rylevine Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Great Paddle. Thank you to the participants. Trip report attached. - Bob Trip report 7_15_2020 Boston Harbor WLP.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prudenceb Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 It was a really wonderful paddle! Our newest member, Amy, in a 14 foot Carolina kayak, new to conditions like this, did splendidly. A very special day. Thanks to all, especially Bob, for arranging and giving geological narration to whet our appetites for the Geology Paddle to come. This was a new launch spot for me. Socially distant beach briefing. Heading out under beginning-to-clear skies. (It had been lightly raining when many of us approached the put in.) Michael at a gong. Amy at a nav aid. The group in lumpy seas approaching....? I didn't have a chart and I don't remember the island names! Michael at another marker. Al giving some George's Island background. Socially distant on-water waiting. Nancy and Jane plotting some rolls... Five paddlers, one boat at Lovell's lunch stop. Hmmmm.... Oh my but the day turned absolutely glorious on the backside of Lovell's as Bob gave a mini-geology lesson pointing out former drumlins in the distance that were now submerged forms over which waves were breaking. Preparing to cross back to Deer Isle. Eyes mostly left viewing the city skyline...and the waves breaking over spit of rocks off end of Lovell's. I wish I had photos of what it was liking crossing over to Deer Isle, but, alas, it was a two-hands-on-paddle crossing. Bob describes what we saw in trip report above. He said that there were some six foot wave/swells. One would pass and you'd look down the steepish wall into a canyon of water. Very impressive. But we all made it across. Bob later confessed that it was his great fear that someone would capsize in the channel. If someone had, it wouldn't have been a bad day for it...there were virtually no boats. Jane surveys the waste treatment plant. We are fortunate to live in a city with such a beautiful skyline, and to be able to paddle and see it from the water. And finally, back to the take out. What a day! Prudence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Chiuchiolo Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) Great pictures! What a fun day! Edited July 18, 2020 by Amy Chiuchiolo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Hill Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Another awesome day with a great group of paddlers. Let's do it again, say, on a Wednesday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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