rylevine Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 This week's Wednesday Lunch Paddle is on June 16, 2021 at Nahant Beach. This special edition offers a combination Surf Session and Lunch Paddle! You can do one, or the other, or both! How much fun is that? The surfing portion of the menu will meet at 9:00 to get OTW at 9:30, and will run through about 11:00. This will be an opportunity for practice in the surf, including surfing, bongo sliding, swimming, and rescues. The lunch paddle portion of the WLP will start at 11:00, when we will determine plans for the rest of the paddle. Options include a run to Egg Rock, Saunders Ledge, or Dread Ledge. COLD WATER PADDLE: Water temperatures are still low. Come prepared for immersion. If you are not sure about what this means, please contact the organizers and we can figure out if it works. HELMET REQUIRED: We will be launching and landing in a surf zone. Covid-19 paddling: on this trip we will strictly observe social distancing and MA state recreational boating guidelines for the pandemic. Please research and respect all regulations that apply at the time of the paddle. Location: Nahant Beach State Reservation https://goo.gl/maps/fRQjQEyWK3k5veKi9 we will meet on the beach near the Tides Restaurant end (far end of the causeway) so park asap when you enter the lot. Parking: the lot is $10 for MA residents. There is a free lot just off the rotary where the causeway begins so you could get lucky with a spot there, but you'd need to be able to make your own way down to the other end of the beach. Out-of-state residents; please contact me for other parking options. Registration: To attend, please PM me directly with your contact information, emergency contact, car and boat information, and indicate your arrival time (9am or 11am). It will be necessary to sign a waiver at the beach. Predictions: Light NW breezes 5-8 kt, air temps 60-70s, water temp 55 F, swell 2 ft @ 8 sec, breakers at beach 2-3 ft per Magic Seaweed Tides: LT at 10:25 am When/what: Surf zone people meet at 9:00 am and launch at 9:30 am. Non-surf folks, meet at 11 am and launch at 11:30 am (surfers may still be in the water but we'll come to the beach to say hello). This trip doesn't have a specific level: we'll determine the route based on who shows up, what people want to do, and what the environment wants to do. All properly equipped members are welcome: please bring boats with rigged deck lines, bulkheads, spray skirts, and dress for immersion. Bring a helmet since this trip launches and lands in surf. If you're not sure you have a safe vessel, please get in touch with us and ask. NOTE: The Wednesday Lunch Paddles are cooperative adventures, not guided trips. 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. We encourage paddlers to make their own independent decision about their comfort level with conditions at the time of the paddle. Please PM me if you have questions or if you haven’t paddled with me before. Hope to see you there! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Donahue Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Will attend. PJD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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