Joseph Berkovitz Posted July 19, 2021 Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) Skills Practice Session #3 of this year will take place Sunday 7/25/21 (not Saturday) 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. The plan is for myself, Rob Folster and Jeff Charrette to facilitate the session. 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 slowly build over the course of the morning. 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/3XeL8SoxkarsMDE96 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 July 21, 2021 by Joseph Berkovitz
Joseph Berkovitz Posted July 20, 2021 Author Posted July 20, 2021 Due to a dumb mistake on my part, signups were turned off for this event. If you received a message that the event was full, please try again.
Vladimir Gersht Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 Saturday or Sunday??? Your post refers to Saturday in the body, and to Sunday in the heading. I presume it is Sunday after all, as the 25th is Sunday, but please clarify.
Joseph Berkovitz Posted July 21, 2021 Author Posted July 21, 2021 It is Sunday not Saturday. Sorry about the error, I will edit the post
Joseph Berkovitz Posted July 23, 2021 Author Posted July 23, 2021 We will make the call on the weather tomorrow. The timing of potential wind and rain on Sunday is still uncertain.
Joseph Berkovitz Posted July 24, 2021 Author Posted July 24, 2021 This trip has been cancelled due to forecasted poor weather.
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