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Wow. Hot Tang. ;-) <shudder> Seriously though, great story Rick. Wondering about the technique of holding on to your boat in conditions like that. Would the 'having one foot in the cockpit while holding on to deck lines...' technique be even less effective ? I could thing of several ways why either technique is simply inadequate in these conditions but I was just wondering of your opinion?

Hi Peter, Duly Noted!

How about combining it with the already scheduled New To Kayaking Workshop ?

hahaha Loved it.

wow. It looks wonderful. So, it will have a racing stripe ? red/white?

Hi Ken, I have just returned from two days in the mountains with my sons and I could not have responded in time to your snub on the previous post which you managed to get locked. That was an accomplishment we haven't seen here in a while. I don't know where to begin with you but the fact that you came to this discussion board and managed to raise numerous red flags without possibly noticing your lack of social interaction skills is alarming. In a few posts you managed to a) insult our female members with sexist remarks insult part of our membership by telling them they are old and and not worthy your manliness in open water paddling c) provide homophobic remarks to a paddle invite about which you erroneously assumed you were to be the only paddler beside the invitee. Seems that you put down people who practice skills in a pool but don't have the balls to leave your comfy couch to spend overnight in a marine environment close to tide races, waves, rocks etc.. shows that you can handle about 3 hours of 'extreme' but then you need to return home to your security blanket. d) show your lack of spelling skills and underlined it with your lack of using a spell checker e) show you haven't got a clue about what a blog is and what is a public discussion board f) tried to impress us with 20% discount on British boats (I have to admit that was the funniest part of reading your remarks) g) show us the virtues of getting drunk on weekdays The best part, however was your choice of a boat with the name "Xtreme" as a choice to extend (Moderator edit). I'm done with you.

Ken let's paddle next weekend and stay overnight at one of the casco bay islands? I want to test some new camping gear so this would be a great chance to do something as far from the pool as possible. A day trip is just not enough to get a good immersion of elements. A can meet around 8am at Falmouth town landing

Can someone please paddle with this dude this weekend? I'm dying to find out. In the meantime Ken, I replied to your trip idea saying could paddle next weekend.

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Welcome to NSPN Ken. There is a wide variety of paddlers here, with many of abilities that you ascribe to. Initially I thought, "wow, does Ken swing from the branches as he goes hiking or does he just walk the trail?", but at least we know exactly what you seek. Stay tuned for the surf sessions.

Hi Ken, wow you are a real person. Initially I thought the first post was some kind of spam. Well, Kate is right. Most paddlers are just coming out of hibernation but there is a group that paddles every Tuesday out of Seabrook to play in the surf. I think they might chime in to let you know when they start again.

Good thing there are several outhouses on the island. Will Do. :-)

Are you implying that the QCC is a rec boat (evil laugh) ;-) ? Wow. You have so many people signed up? Now, I feel like I should help out. I'll put this on my calendar. I can bring 4 boats a sun shade shelter and two chairs.

Yay!

I usually bring my own water but I can recall my last visit to the island (sometimes late fall 2011) I recall seeing water gushing off one of the small cliffs on the opposite shore of cocktail cove. Is there a freshwater spring on the island?

Yes. A pure delight.

that is a sound advice,

Gave not have Sorry

Someone here have me a link to an inexpensive west marine I pump powered by d cell batteries. It works fine for me.

If you want your tent to last and if the conditions allow then I advise against pitching your tent early and subject it to the UV of the Sun. If you tried to do a test and just pitched a tent in your backyard and left it there all summer you would see that it doesn't take a lot of sunny days to deteriorate the fabric. If it is cloudy or partly cloudy then I pitch the tent without concern but if we have a scorcher I find a place where my tent will stand but leave my stuff in that location unpacked until late afternoon.

Interesting. Your friend used it in kayak camping? Under a tarp?

I sit on my frying pan while I paddle.

also consider what will your camping needs really be. I venture to say that 90% of us are weekend warriors. Just having a down sleeping bag and taking care of it is not going to give you any issues camping. Usually you'll be out for one night. If you bag gets wet (somehow) overnight then you'll go home the next day anyway :-)

so true. I was never a huge fan of Bivy's and Spider planted a thought in my brain last summer. Now I have a new bivy sack to test in the upcoming season. :-)

also - remember when you first sat in a kayak and how you 'probably' wondered how in the heck will I last in a boat like this for hours? Like every new activity you will need to get accustomed to it. New sport - new muscle groups to use, not to mention your mind has to accept things... What I am trying to say is that if you aren't accustomed to sleeping on hard ground then it will take about 2 or 3 nights/outings before you will sleep well. Actually for me it takes a trip or two every year before I'm comfy and able to sleep comfortably through the night. It will take some time before you will get used to sleeping in a sleeping bag (if you don't do it often). It will take some time before you settle on a comfortable routine that works for you. Just like with seakayaking - which you are very good at right now - it took a few repetitions to get there. :-)