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I was thinking that Peddocks should be renamed the "Island of the many headlands" or "Island of false corners". There were at least 3 occasions where I thought we should be around this blankety-blank island by now!

Here's the trace. 13 miles (11.3 nautical) in total ... Thanks for a great paddle everyone. Barry.

Excellent! The only person we are missing is our resident Harbor Islands historian, Marc Parsons. Marc, what say you ? Barry.

Would be great to have you and your camera along Yes, thanks to the $3.8bn facility we will be launching next to! Barry.

Hi Gene: Sounds like a prudent plan and works for me. So we are confirmed for Gene, Ernie, Bob, Scott, Kevin (?) and me. Any other takers ? see you in the AM, (Ernie, you going to swing by ?) Barry.

Lets meet at 10:30am ( BIB 11am) Deer Island. High tide is at 8:14am. Gene, I'll bring my fibreglass repair stuff. Barry.

QUOTE(Kevin B @ Nov 26 2009, 03:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>BH to G sounds good to me.... The forecast for sunday is starting to settle down; of course conditions on the day will dictate final plans. Barry.

I am itching to christen my new drysuit so I am up for anything. How about Boston harbor to the Graves ? Barry.

Excellent pictures as always! Can't wait for my dry suit to arrive, I'll be on the next one. Barry.

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I'll try to make it. Is this the launch ?

How many new members has this thread cost us ?

Thanks Phil! I was having a blast playing behind that rock as the waves converged around it and then shortly after you had moved on one came in at least twice the size of the pictured one and I had to paddle like hell to get over it. And like a fool I had just swapped out my helmet as it was giving me a serious head ache. Barry.

As of 10pm (sat) Sunday: WNW wind 8 to 11 kt becoming NNW in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers before 10am. Seas 1 to 2 ft.

I thought this was interesting; the system generates 1.2 Mw or enought to power 1100 homes (their numbers).

That makes 3 confirmed and Kevin might make it as well. Gene, are we still on ? Barry.

See you there! thanks, Barry.

I'm in. Barry.

I'm up for either Tucks or Crane's again. Looks like temps are going to get into the 70's but it is going to be windy. Barry.

If you ain't dumping you ain't trying hard enough. I kind of regret not taking the opportunity for some rescue practice in conditions. Barry.

Nice pictures! we paddled here in August it's a stunning area. Did you meet the caretaker and her dogs ? Very nice and welcoming person. How old is your son and at what age did he start paddling ? I plan to buy a tandem for next year to take my 5 year old boy out. Barry.

"Zipper" would definitely describe it well; basically the waves were wrapping around the sandbar that had emerged and colliding on the other side. It was a lot of fun, at one point about 8 of the 9 of us were in the one section. Barry.

Thanks for posting the pictures Doug and to Gene for initiating the trip. It was a challenging but fun trip. ~14 knots of wind from the NW in the morning, piling up the chop on the breakwater at Lanes (as Ernie predicted). The sight of the surge coming through the harbor entrance would definitely give pause, but all handled it well. The original plan was to head directly towards the Annisquam but it quickly became apparent that it would be easier to take it on the nose and head straight for Cranes by way of Green "1" and "AR" bell. Playing in the clapotis off the end of that sandbar was a blast. As dramatic as surf but with out the same risk of capsize! 8.4 nautical miles (felt like 15!) Barry.

It's all good! Would be great to get out, looks like it will be a pretty good day Sunday: WSW wind 15 to 18 kt becoming WNW 10 to 13 kt in the morning. Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Barry

How about out of lanes and around Cranes? which would provide a good section out of the wind and trip total lenght of ~ 15 statute miles.