Current Skills Practice Sat. 8/7/21 9 am @ Cedar Point, Durham NH

[Joseph Berkovitz]

(Rescheduled from 7/25/21 - This event is now full.)

The next Skills Practice Session Saturday 8/7/21 at Cedar Point Boat Launch in Durham NH (https://goo.gl/maps/yNj3YYBwNqPjsqqz5). Please arrive at 9:00 am, with the objective of getting on the water at 9:30 am. We will be finishing up a little after noontime. 

This session will focus on skills for paddling in tidal current, in a location which is perfect for a gentle introduction to this topic — but also can serve up challenges if desired! There will be a range of conditions available at different times and in varying locations on the upper reaches of the Piscataqua. We will also land on Goat Island, a small public island that is a great place to take a break and eat a snack.

The flood current will reach a maximum at 10:30 or so. Some of the things we can practice include:

• understanding currents, eddies and eddy lines
• reading the water surface to recognize what is happening
• entering and leaving bodies of water that are moving relative to each other (crossing eddy lines)
• maintaining a ferry angle when crossing current
• maintaining position and/or doing rescues in current
• advanced: playing in faster current under the SR 16 bridge

Parking: There are twin parking lots in this location, directly across from each other on US Route 4. We will be launching from the lot accessed from the westbound side of the highway (i.e. on your right if you are coming from I-95 and SR 16). If this lot starts to fill up we will ask you to drop your boat & gear in this lot and park across the street on the eastbound side. There is no fee for parking in either lot.

Registration and Insurance: NSPN insures participants and facilitators through the American Canoe Association (ACA), similar to club pool sessions. This protects everyone involved. If you’re a regular ACA member ($40/year), you can fill out an annual online waiver once for all skills practices, and merely provide your ACA member number on each signup.  Non-members have to pay a $10 ACA event fee through the NSPN Store, and fill out an ACA online waiver for each session. 

The registration form is here, and will walk you through the insurance steps (links are provided to the ACA and NSPN websites as needed).

https://forms.gle/Sq3VBUk3uvQv4cvy8

We will be limiting the size of this session to about 12 participants (not including the facilitators).

Hope to see you there! Please PM me with any questions you may have.

Edited August 2, 2021 by Joseph Berkovitz

[Joseph Berkovitz]

This event has filled up already since many slots were carried over from the originally scheduled date for the session. Please contact me via PM (not this thread) to get on a wait list, if you would like that.