Beth M

We will be at the Salem Willows at 5:30 on Friday. Some of us launch from Tuck Point across the river as well as other locations and meet on the water in the cove next to the pier.

Bob, Good. I'll look for you there. Beth

Kevin, Jillian or Bob,

Are we on for this evening? If so, where and when?

Beth

I'll be there.

I'll bet the moon will be beautiful tonight.

Beth

I see that full-moon this month occurs on 24th; but that is a Tuesday. So what about paddling that Saturday, 21st?

If there is enough interest, I guess we'll make it out of the (now becoming-) regular Lanes Cove, at around 1900-1930.

Anyone?

Sounds like fun, I'll be there too.

Beth

What a fun trip! Liz timed the trip so that we were paddling out as the racers were coming in. It was a kick to see the racers, with their variety of vessels and techniques. We stopped for lunch near Brace Rock (Liz pointed out that this is only possible when the ocean is reasonably calm) We walked through the slippery seaweed to get to the top of Brace Rock (you can see us there in the group photo that "pocky" posted). Note: we stopped on Ten Pound Island, (not Star Island).

Thanks to Liz for leading this. It was a great experience. For those of you who missed out, the Blackburn Challenge is an annual event, so perhaps we can do a similar event next year.

Beth

Liz, June, Beth, and I set out from Pavillion Beach and saw the first racers coming through up close shortly after crossing the channel. First boats in were double crew shells and some singles, and then the paddleboarders. Then outriggers, and the first kayakers came through not too long after. We were sad to see that NewYorkOutrigger.org beat the pants off of BostonOutrigger.com...

We went from the Greasy Pole to Brace Cove and back with a detour at Star Island to go swimming.

Results are at http://www.blackburnchallenge.com/Blackbur...e2010Timing.xls

I found some excellent photos at Jay Albert's site at http://capeannimages.blogspot.com/2010/07/...-challenge.html , and I posted

some personal photos from our trip at http://www.nspn.org/forum/index.php?autoco...um&album=80 . I believe Liz mentioned that someone from NSPN was taking photos from shore with a good long tele lens -- can you post them too?