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I'm in as well. See you tonight!

Confirmed. Tuck's Point at 10:30. See you there. Anyone else joining in? -John

I'm up for anything and the time is flexible too. I haven't launched from either, so I'll take any suggestions you have. In order to make progress, here's the menu: - Tuck's Point at 10:30 (bib) - Pavillion Beach at 11:00 (bib) Route and pace for both to be determined on the beach. For folks that are planning on joining in, please state your interest and preference here. Thanks -John

Hi Ernie, I'm assuming you meant "NOT too early". Crane's sounds good to me. High tide is 9:08am tomorrow. Say BIB at 10:30? Lunch somewhere on Plum Island? NW winds 10-15kt with gusts to 20 with 1-2ft seas seems fine. I'm flexible with plans, just offering a concrete starting point for discussions. -John

Saturday is a very rare free day for me. I'm looking for a level 2+/3 ocean paddle. If anyone is putting anything together, I'd love to join in. Thanks -John

Hi David, I'm in. See you in the morning. -John

QUOTE(Kevin B @ Jul 10 2008, 01:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>1pm? I'm in. See you tomorrow. Anyone else that's interested is, of course, welcome to join us. -John

QUOTE(Kevin B @ Jul 10 2008, 08:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>John, Let me know what you want to do for tomorrow. If the Cape sounds like a bit much at this time, we could put in early (before the practice session) at Forest River and head out to some of the islands. The cape does sound like a bit much until I've done some more paddling this year. Heading out to the islands sounds perfect. I'm willing to do some miles, I just want to be realistic about what I can handle. Name the time and I'll meet you at Forest River. Thanks -John

Thanks Bill, this was hugely helpful! -John

A gmaps pedometer route looks like 23nm, which seems pretty substantial for my first real trip of the season. Were you looking for some towing practice? -John

Hi Bill, Thanks for the info, but it's not really helpful. I can look up the tides for any point around the area, but without local knowledge of where you want to be (or avoid) during the ebb and flood, I can't make good trip planning decisions. Thanks -John

QUOTE(Kevin B @ Jul 9 2008, 12:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>How many miles? Circumnav Cape Ann? How many miles is that? I did a circumnav of Plum Island last year without much difficulty and that was about 18nm IIRC. What are the tides looking like for Cape Ann Friday? -John

Looking for a trip on Friday. I'm up for just about anything that gets some miles under my boat. Anyone have anything planned or willing to help me plan something? Thanks -John

Hi Kevin, Friday is looking beautiful for a paddle. Let me know what your plans are and I'll join in. Thanks! -John

I'm in. See you on Sunday. -John

I'm in. I haven't been out this season yet and the walls of my office are closing in. See you at 3. -John

Hi Karen, I've been sick all week, so I'm going to pass. Enjoy the paddle! -John

Hi Karen, I'm interested. Well, interested enough to send Suz mail about getting a drysuit. I doubt that I'll have it in time though. Where are you planning to launch from? Stage harbor? -John

Hi Ernie, I also really enjoyed the Mystic sessions last year and my skills improved substantially. Unfortunately I have a conflict on Tuesdays until the end of June. If you wanted to switch it to another night, I would happily start going as soon as me and my wetsuit could handle the water temps.

Hi Galen, One of my favorite trips is to put in in a little cove at the west end of Pleasant Bay and head straight out to the ocean or down between Chatham and the national seashore. The public put in is at the end of Cove Landing Road right off of Rt. 28 in Chatham (cross street is Pleasant Bay Rd.). You can then paddle east through Pleasant Bay and out through the new break in the national seashore (head east until you get to the inside of the national seashore and then turn south for < 1 mi). The break has some substantial current at full flood and can have standing waves when the tide is going out . If the ocean is too rough you can turn south and stay inside the national seashore and paddle down to the break at Chatham light. This area is also interesting at full flood but not nearly as much as it used to be before the break opened further north. When I was last there in August, the tide information for Pleasant Bay had not been updated to take the new break into account and was substantially wrong. Also there are many sand bars in the area which are dry at low tide, so plan your route and timings accordingly. Enjoy! -John

The weather is looking good for Friday, so I may bail out of work and join you. What time are we looking to launch and from where? The causeway? Thanks! -John

Here are a few pictures (flickr.com) from the paddle on Sunday.

Hi Bill, Thanks for the info, but I'm still not having any luck. I've gone through step 6 and clicked the "Create album" button at the bottom of the form, but I still get sent back to the list of forums and when I look at "Your Albums" again, I still don't have any. I've tried this with Camino on MacOSX and Firefox on Linux with the same results. I hope this isn't a Windows-only JS issue. Thanks for any help you can give me. -John