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Upcoming Trips and Events
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GMGI Tour 11/11/25 @ 3pm
Tour GMGI, Gloucester Maine Genonics Institute, on Tuesday, 11/11/25 @ 3pm. We will begin at the Gloucester Biotechnology Academy- 55 Blackburn Center. See the General Message board for more information on GMGI. Tour lasts approximately one hour and is limited to a group of 10. If you have questions, you may PM me.
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Upcoming Trips and Events
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GMGI Tour 11/11/25 @ 3pm
Tour GMGI, Gloucester Maine Genonics Institute, on Tuesday, 11/11/25 @ 3pm. We will begin at the Gloucester Biotechnology Academy- 55 Blackburn Center. See the General Message board for more information on GMGI. Tour lasts approximately one hour and is limited to a group of 10. If you have questions, you may PM me.
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Sun, Apr 23, 2017
NSPN Navigation Workshop at REI in Reading - FULLJoin us for a day of navigation practice, with hand-on exercises on land, in the classroom at REI, and in your kayak on a nearby pond.
9 - 11: Basics of map reading, orienting the map with a compass, taking a bearing with a compass, land exercises outside at a nearby park.
11 - 3: REI Reading classroom: using map and compass together, declination, lunch, plotting/reading bearings on a chart, triangulation, map and compass exercises.
3 - 5: Veteran's Field boat launch at south end of Lake Quannapowitt: (Level 1 paddle) on-water navigation practice, matching features to the chart, using ranges to stay on a bearing, triangulation practice.
5:30: dinner nearby for anyone who wants to socialize afterwards.
This is a free event, but you must RSVP ahead of time so that we can print enough maps for the class. The exact meeting time and location for Sunday morning will be sent to everyone who registers a few days prior to the navigation workshop. Please RSVP on the NSPN calendar posting and check this forum link for further discussion and to ask questions:
http://www.nspn.org/forum/topic/11468-navigation-workshop-ideas/
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