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This paddle will happen but the details are still being planned. Please wait until this afternoon when I will post a registration from and provide more information. Thanks!

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And here we go! This week's Wednesday Lunch Paddle is on June 17, 2020.

Covid-19 paddling: on this trip we will strictly observe social distancing and MA state recreational boating guidelines for the pandemic. Please inform yourselves of all regulations that apply at the time of the paddle. There is a strict limit of 10 paddlers on the trip. You must register using the form link below to be sure that you're actually on the paddle.

We will stay at least 6 feet apart, minimize sharing docks and ramps with others, and wear face masks while off the water in public use areas. We also employ an online waiver to avoid passing around a physical piece of paper.

To attend, please register using this form which will also add your information to the float plan:

https://forms.gle/eZMZgZkQW4RKvfiU6

You must be an NSPN member to join this trip. Your signup information will only be shared with other members on the trip.

Location: Riverhead Beach, Marblehead MA.

https://goo.gl/maps/p6cWChiSE88bCkrCA

Predictions:  Light winds 3-8 kt SW becoming SE, Partial sun 64 F, Water 58 F, <2 foot swell (Yes, Dan, this has been updated from last week ?

9:23 AM EDT High Tide, 8.19 Feet
3:16 PM EDT Low Tide, 1.34 Feet

When/what: We will meet at 10 and launch at 10.30 sharp. We'll have a beach briefing in some safe manner, make a plan together based on what people feel like doing. Our current thinking is to go around Marblehead Neck to the Devereux surf break which should see increasing action as the tide goes out. Lunch on Tinkers or the Devereux "pocket beach".

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.

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 or Bob before.

Hope to see you there!

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Will this 'present a positive image of our club and/or our sport to the general public or officials'?

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Oh yes, it will most definitely present a positive image (and it already has on previous editions of this paddle). We are very disciplined about masking up, social distancing and keeping the numbers to the state recommended limits. 

[I assumed that your quotation marks were sarcasm-free. But it’s always hard to be sure in this textual medium. If you were being sarcastic, then my answer is, “it depends whether you show up for this paddle or not”.]

Edited by Joseph Berkovitz
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1 hour ago, josko said:

Will this 'present a positive image of our club and/or our sport to the general public or officials'?

We really do a careful job.  For example:  our last beach briefing...

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2 hours ago, Joseph Berkovitz said:

And here we go! This week's Wednesday Lunch Paddle is on June 17, 2020.

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Our current thinking is to go around Marblehead Neck to the Devereux surf break which should see increasing action as the tide goes out. Lunch on Tinkers or the Devereux "pocket beach".

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Would the trip be more than 50% paddling or surfing?  I like both, just trying to plan.

-K

 

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I'm not available this Wednesday but I don't see the limitation to MA residents in this post. Are we unbanned? ?

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Ken, the proportions of who does what for how long on any WLP are completely adjustable as per People’s preference. We can also do some rock gardening and just plain paddling. But I doubt that surfing could take up more than 30 or 40 minutes in any case since travel to and from the break is needed. 
 

Jim, I took out the explicit limitation as I think paddlers can read the MA regulations themselves and make up their own minds whether it’s a good idea to come. 

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Need to cancel  today.  Have a head cold and I'm dragging and low on energy.  

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