Jready Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Hey all, New to the Message Board. I am going to be moving to the New England area in the next year or so, and would like to find myself in an area that has descent(enough water to get down) class III-IV year round kayaking. Are there any rivers you would recommend? Are there any towns that would be good to base out of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Sylvester Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 We are mostly ocean paddlers on this site. New England has a few decent rivers but better to get on the Merrimac Valley Paddlers site, Meetup for white water or maybe the AMC NH paddlers site. Many of us enjoy finding white water like conditions on the ocean in our long boats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jready Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 Paul, Thanks for the info! I'll look into those recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEL Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 At least in NH many of the rivers are low in the winter after the draw downs in the Fall. Once exception is the Winni where there is a traditional New Years Day run of water that is III and IV into Franklin. I believe they do a release just for that event. Lots of NH rivers to run in the Spring when the snows melt. Maine too. NH rivers tend to get bony in Summer. Don't know about rest of area. As Paul suggested, MVP is good source as they are active IV and V paddlers. Ed Lawson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I have a number of links to white water groups in my home page: https://kates.org/ Welcome to New England. If you start Ocean kayaking this is a great group to join. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbhazeltine Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 look up Merrimack Valley paddlers, http://www.mvpclub.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jready Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 You all rock. Thanks for the great info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgr Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Check out Chasing Rain by Alden Bird and Bruce Lessels AMC guidebook to new England whitewater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeXterior Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 will take note of this too. thanks for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateHanson Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 The Alden Bird book is a good recommendation. (It's called "Let It Rain".) There are a number of decent WW options all over New England, though some are limited or low in the winter). Good surf and tide races on the ocean in the winter though, (and they never freeze!) Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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