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Attached is the trip report for the Boston Harbor Navigation Session and Paddle. We decided to switch the paddle to April 14th and the in-house session to April 15th due to weather. Thanks to all the participants! Bob Trip_report_4_14_2018_Quincy_Hough's_Neck_Nav_Paddle_posted.pdf

Boston Harbor navigation session and paddle is on again for this year. The level is for advanced novice paddlers. Pre-trip session is Saturday April 14th, and the paddle is Sunday, April 15 from Hough's Neck in Quincy. The pre-trip session is in Salem and should run for a few hours in the afternoon. Not required for the Sunday paddle. The material is the same as last year; but the theme this year is avoidance of chart and compass, not to mention calculators - everything with fingers and toes! Suggestions welcome. Some references: I've got to mention my now favorite book - Nature is your Guide: How to find your way on Land and Sea, by Harold Gatty. This guy was the real-deal; the navigator for Wiley Post on the first air circumnavigation of, well, the world...Forget finding direction by chart and compass, or even swell and wind - how about anthills on the beach! OK, it is an exaggeration, but Gatty used towering termite nests to determine his direction from the air over Northern Australia. Another reference, more pertinent to coastal navigation from the deck, is Leonard Eyges, The Practical Pilot, Coastal Navigation by Eye, Intuition, and Common Sense. We will also use Sea Kayak Navigation by Franco Ferrero, and other common references. I'll be posting a syllabus for both in-house and on-the-water sessions. PM me if interested, and I'll reply with details. We have about a dozen tentative people so far so we are getting close to a maximum. Trip waivers will be part of the float plan. Bob