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I'll be there also .

Here are some more pics from the day in which it was wet below the hull and wet above the hull. Still fun, had the entire lake to ourselves and quiet minus our cackling as we meandered all about. Low hanging, swirling clouds gave the day a mystic feel. https://picasaweb.google.com/427varney/SquamLakeJune11th2011#

Don't have a full handle on my weekend yet, but for now I'm a go. Shoulder has been pain free and looks to be good to go for distances as I've been working in some miles on it.

Dam, going to have to miss this one as the expansion tank on furnace blew this morning. Big clean up. good news is the power was out all night as if it hadn't been, the system would have pumped and pumped for hours most likely without my knowledge till morning came. Well it would have given me my own personal pool to have practices in I suppose.

Thanks to all who put this together and the endless pot luck choices. ~Scott

I will be coming down with Jeff Charette. Scott

It was a local NH newspaper. This comes up about every year now, but with this new legislature I wouldn't be surprised to see it pass. Those up here who run repeatedly on no broad base tax pledge also quietly and repeatedly look for target groups to fee to death. Register a car up here and you will see what I mean.

Lawmaker wants paddlers to pay CONCORD — Paddlers, rowers and sailors may pay to register their canoes, kayaks and small sailboats if the Legislature adopts a bill introduced by Representative John Byrnes (R-Swanzey) that would eliminate their exemption. "Quite simply they use the same facilities and enjoy the same services as all other boaters, but don't pay for them," said Byrnes, a freshman lawmaker and lifelong boater and angler. "The other boaters pay a hefty fee while the canoeists and kayakers pay nothing, but expect the same services. It is a question of being fair." "I'm one of them," Byrnes continued. "I have a canoe and fly fish. I park my pickup in the lot and use the ramp. If I capsize, I expect to be rescued and if I drown, I expect Fish & Game to recover my body," he remarked. "I'm guilty, but I'm willing to pay." Byrnes, a retired officer of the Keene Police Department, said that he has yet to address the details of the legislation, but anticipated that it would include a modest, flat fee for all small boats powered by muscle and wind. Boat owners are liable for two fees. The boat fee (RSA 72-A:3), which varies with the age, length and power of the vessel, exempts, canoes, kayaks, rowboats and sailboards as well as sailboats less than 20 feet in length and jet-skis or "personal watercraft" of less than ten feet. The registration fee (RSA 270-E:5), which is based only on the length of vessels, exempts sailboats less than 12 feet long along with all boats propelled by human power. In addition to the registration fee boat owners are also required to pay $7.50 for the lake restoration and preservation fund, $1 for the N.H. Fish & Game search and rescue fund, and $5 for the public boat access fund. If the boat is registered with an authorized agent, generally a marina, rather than the N.H. Department of Safety, a $5 processing fee is charged. Byrnes said that he has not determined how the proceeds from the additional fees would be allocated, but indicated that they should be applied to the programs and services from which all boaters benefit. Representative Richard Drisko (R-Hollis) chairs the Exotic Aquatic Weeds and Species Committee established by the Legislature to oversee the state's effort to control milfoil. "Our major problem is money," he said, explaining that expanding the number of boat registrations could provide additional funds for the matching grants the N.H. Department of Environmental Services distributes to municipal governments and local organizations to address milfoil. However, Drisko said that past efforts to eliminate the exemption for canoes, kayaks, rowboats and small sailboats have failed. "But," he said, "it is always worth a try." Likewise, Jared Teutsch, president of the New Hampshire Lakes Association, said that his organization worked with the N.H. Fish & Game Department to do away with the exemption in the past and would give serious consideration to supporting a fresh initiative that steered funds to protecting the water quality of the lakes. He noted that in Maine a $20 fee is levied on canoes and kayaks and the proceeds are applied to controlling exotic and invasive species. Last year the Legislature, at the request of the Department of Safety, doubled the boat registration fees to ensure sufficient funding for the Marine Patrol. But, Representative David Hess (R-Hooksett) has filed legislation to repeal all tax and fee increases enacted since 2007.

These shots were from the paddle following the NSPN General membership's meeting that took place at Pavilion Beach. Unfortunately my battery died so some of the more dramatic clouds and bigger rides didn't get recorded. http://picasaweb.google.com/427varney/NSPNPaddle101710# Scott

More pictures. http://picasaweb.google.com/427varney/Plum...vigation101010#

Just curious, why not go with a Goretex Bivy Sack or something similar to reduce the condensation that builds up in the inner layers rather then an all plastic non breathable final layer? Stephenson (custom lightweight tents) in Guilford NH has been advocating vapor barriers as the first layer, then insulating layers on top of that. Not personally advocating it, just throwing it out there. http://warmlite.com/vapor-barrier http://tinyurl.com/25a89sw

Do you have links to this plastic tape?

Working Link -- hopefully http://picasaweb.google.com/11132830468888...nOfCapeAnn9510#

More Pictures from the Renegade Pod http://tinyurl.com/29dq8jy

Looking at the tide chart, not sure it will go all the way around Gerrish as it will be to low in the back part of Chauncey Creek I'm guessing, but I am still interested and plan on making it. Not a definite, but don't have any glitches as of now to prevent making it. Scott K.

More pictures and short descriptions of four fantastic days on the water. Day One: http://picasaweb.google.com/11132830468888...toningtonMaine# Day Two: http://picasaweb.google.com/11132830468888...leAuHautPaddle# Day Three: http://picasaweb.google.com/11132830468888...entIsland81410# Day Four: http://picasaweb.google.com/11132830468888...tchIsland81510# Day one we all drove up and decided to paddle to Stonington for dinner. On the return we were rewarded with shooting stars and bioluminescence sparkle from our paddle strokes and bow wakes. Day two we went all the way out to Isle Au Haut, circumnavigated Kimball and wandered right through the center of the Archipelago on our return. logged over twenty miles under a stella sky and calm conditions. Day three, Barb came down from Orrington Me. to join us and steered us towards a wonderful loop around Sheep, Saddleback, Enchantment, Spruce, Buckle, Hell's Half Acre, Grog and back. Again another stella day with calm seas. Porpoises, eagles, osprey, terns, eiders, guillemots, were some of the many sightings we had. Day four I and Konstantin decided to squeeze in one more paddle and went around Crotch Island to George Head, St. Helena, Green and back seeing the Stonington working fleet, granite quarry and the famous swimming hole on Green. We had a good head wind to start, but it gave us a free ride back to Old Quarry to end the trip on. On the way home my vintage cassette in my tired old truck played Shawn Colvin singing Greg Bown's "One Cool Remove Away" and one cool remove away this trip was. Great place to see and paddle in and an equally great group of people to paddle with.

I don't see why you couldn't simply put a small fiberglass patch and resin over the worn area. If the worn spots are simple depressions that only require to be filled back in then two part PC-7 or PC-11 Epoxy that you can buy inexpensively in small tube quantities at ACE Hardware stores and many other hardware stores and sometimes at large box store lumber yards will easily bond to your hull and both of the epoxies are waterproof plus they come in the color of white (or black) These epoxies you simply mix the two parts, spread as see fit then you can put packing tape over them to make it smooth while it cures. I've used this epoxy to repair chips in hulls before. http://www.pcepoxy.com/our-products/putty-...s/pc-marine.php

Sharks Rule..... http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleri...res/Sharks-rule

Great shots as always Doug. I would like to say it is the camera, but I know better. Once again thanks for putting together this one. I agree, it was a "best paddle of the year" for multiple reasons. Scott

" No gelcoat was lost...mainly because there was no gelcoat to lose" All is well as long as your craft doesn't decide to give the skin off its' back for some unknown granitic sweetheart.

Fifteen of us launched from the Cape Neddick Campground (Maine) on the Neddick River for an excellent day on the water. If variety is the spice of life, then we had a life with spice on Sunday, August 1st. We started with a nice launch site at the Cape Neddick Campground ( $10 launch fee required), paddled out onto the ocean, into fog, found lots of rocks to play in, paddled in under the 50 foot cliffs at the Cliff House then landed at Ogunquit Beach under pristine blue skies and warm water. After lunch people worked the rocky coastline as they saw fit with a detour into Perkins Cove, then more rock play. Some really worked the edges of the rocks in hopes of polishing the sides of their boats free of any fiberglass-gel coat impurities that their boat might have inadvertently slipped out of the factory with. I myself tried to help Sal find his missing gel coat on our paddle back and so did he for me as on an occasion or two we managed to leave a white zebra stripe or two. Couldn't have picked a better day to paddle and what a call by Doug Mogill for organizing this and deciding where to paddle. Here are some pictures from the day and paddle ... http://tinyurl.com/2vc9zhh

Sony has entered the market of shockproof, waterproof cameras. I do not know anything about this specific camera, but have been impressed with the lens quality in the higher end Sony point and shoot cameras. It has Carl Ziess aspherical lenses which traditionally are excellent lenses. This is their latest entry and I haven't come across a bad review of it yet. http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/sonys-w...to-review-scru/ I myself recently picked up an Olympus 850SW at one of the LL Bean outlet stores for a little over $200. Reasonably happy with it, but looking at the shots from the top of the line Olympus camera that some others in the club have, I would say mine is a step down in image quality from theirs.

Yes it was a gorgeous evening and most palatable water temps as I tested that as well with my window shading. We even briefly had a seal weave its' way through our various boats occasionally taking in the vista of all the inverted hardshells that were randomly floating with him or her. All good and here are some more pics..... http://picasaweb.google.com/11132830468888...ptonBeach72010#

While paddling ... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38339576/ns/wo...rica/?GT1=43001