Here is what the Nelson Beach boat ramp looked like when we arrived.
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The original trip plan of heading across the inlet at Bug Light and around Clarks Island had to be scrapped. The decision was to stay near shore and head up to the Jones River. All five paddlers that arrived decided to make the best of it and do the trip. Nelson joined us since the tides were ok for paddling, but not good for sailing.
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Soon after we headed North, we came across a large rowing life boat headed in the opposite direction.
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Along the Plymouth shore, we passed this shipyard that had a few large boats that looked ready to be launched.
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Chip, Ron and Nelson stayed closer to shore.
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Audrey and I stayed a little further out.
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I wondered if you can call this house a quadruple decker.
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The entrance to Jones River is just around this point.
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We paddled up the river a little.
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The Kingston Harbormasters Building and the Kingston Town Ramp. We wondered what the parking restrictions might be here, but we did not get out to ask or look for signs.
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We decided to only go up the river far enough to see route 3 and then turned back.
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Heading back through the boats moored off Rocky Nook, we'd have the wind at our backs for the remainder of the trip. Sounds easy, but not if you're having a problem with your skeg as Audrey was.
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Everybody else decided to end their trip as we got back to Nelson beach, but I always like to take a spin through the Plymouth inner harbor. The Mayflower replica was looking a little sad.
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The sailing dories still looked pretty nice.
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But the Mayflower looked like they were performing some fairly serious repairs while still in the water.
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I went around the corner and took a look at Plymouth Rock.
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The tide was out, so I couldn't get a very good angle for a close-up shot of the rock.
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On the way back to Nelson beach, I was surprised at how little traffic there was at the Plymouth boat ramp which is normally very crowded on a Saturday morning at 11:30am.
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The tide had gone out and exposed a lot of beach at Nelson Park. I was happy to see tire tracks showing that the ramp was possible to use even though there was about an 8 inch drop to the sand at one side. I was able to easilly drive down onto the beach to load my boat rather than carry it a hundred yards.
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Here is a topo map track view of the trip.
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Thanks for posting the trip Chip. Even though it had to be modified, it was still better to be out paddling than doing just about anything else.
Norm
