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We will meet at 10:00 am and launch promptly at 10:30 am. The launch is at Fishermans Beach in Swampscott. Registration: To attend, please respond here or PM me. To join the trip you must be a paid-up NSPN member, and have signed the club participant waiver for this season. Your signup information will only be shared with other members on the trip. Predictions and Plan: NOAA Forecast is ENE wind 5 to 7 kt becoming ESE in the afternoon. A chance of showers, mainly after noon. Seas around 1 ft., 55F, Magic Seaweed - Nahant, 1.5ft 6 sec waves. Tentative plan is to Nahant Beach then out to East Point, Nahant. Covid-19 paddling: this trip requires paddlers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 per request of the trip organizers, as rescues or first aid may require close physical contact. Trip level: WLPs do not have a specific level. All properly equipped members are welcome: please bring boats with rigged deck lines, bulkheads, spray skirts, and dress for immersion. NOTE: The Wednesday Lunch Paddles are cooperative adventures, not guided trips. We encourage paddlers to make their own independent decision about their comfort level with conditions at the time of the paddle. Each participant is responsible for her/his own safety. Don’t assume the trip initiators are smarter, stronger, better at rough water, more attractive, or more skilled paddlers than you are. For more information, see this description of our trip philosophy from the NSPN web site. Please PM me if you have questions or if you haven’t paddled with me before. Hope to see you there!

We will meet at 10:00 am and launch promptly at 10:30 am. The launch is at West Beach in Beverly. Registration: To attend, please respond here or PM me. To join the trip you must be a paid-up NSPN member, and have signed the club participant waiver for this season. Your signup information will only be shared with other members on the trip. Predictions and Plan: NOAA Forecast is WNW wind 12 to 15 kt. Sunny. Seas around 2 ft. Windy.com showing similar winds and gusts to 26kts, 4% cloud cover, 55F, 2ft 3 sec waves. The tentative plan is to paddle along the Gales Point-to-Singing Beach ledges and rock face wind shadows. Covid-19 paddling: this trip requires paddlers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 per request of the trip organizers, as rescues or first aid may require close physical contact. Trip level: WLPs do not have a specific level. All properly equipped members are welcome: please bring boats with rigged deck lines, bulkheads, spray skirts, and dress for immersion. NOTE: The Wednesday Lunch Paddles are cooperative adventures, not guided trips. We encourage paddlers to make their own independent decision about their comfort level with conditions at the time of the paddle. Each participant is responsible for her/his own safety. Don’t assume the trip initiators are smarter, stronger, better at rough water, more attractive, or more skilled paddlers than you are. For more information, see this description of our trip philosophy from the NSPN web site. Please PM me if you have questions or if you haven’t paddled with me before. Hope to see you there!