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I'll be there, with plastic boat.

Yes, looks like they got the rescue done efficiently. This all happened in what we’d think of as easy conditions. Just a couple of bigger waves…

For those who didn't get the message, Newbury is open through August, closed in September, and reopening in October specializing in canoes and also carrying Stellar surf skis and kayaks. They have committed to support their past kayak customers. Details on their site. Carl did sell Osprey. They're still in business, and their new manager, Brandon Gunderson, is a great guy.

On the site where you reserve and pay for a space. There’s a long list of discounts.

Yes, it indicates a rock awash at low water datum. This datum varies depending on the chart, typically Mean Lower Low Water on NOAA charts. Ref p. 160, "How to Read a Nautical Chart", 2e, Nigel Calder. Good text including Chart No. 1 and international references.

NRS Havoc Livery helmet is made for rental use, so it’s adjustable to fit most heads. It’s cheap enough and adequate for light to medium use. NRS, Gath, WRSI, and Sweet make better and more expensive helmets, but you have to find which one fits your head shape.

Bring a tow belt too if you have. If you want to sneak in some practice beforehand, come over to Chebacco on Thursday. We get each other back into our boats all the time there. No rocks, though.

We are. Come on over.

Thursday‘s going to be a nice day. You should come to the pond.

Tom's changed the price to $1800.

Look in the NSPN Business forum, below the one for Commercial Classifieds. It won't show up if you're not logged in as a paid member (which is why it's there and not linked directly).

Look in the NSPN business forum.

Topics are in order on a page by last comment date, not creation date. Some of the reports of more interesting incidents needed some months of reflection before the participants were ready to tell the story.

I’ll be there. It’s always fun to introduce people to what we do and who we are.

RadarUS+

I was able to take this course with Todd a couple of years ago. It's a real skill builder for us sea kayakers, and more fun than a barrel of monkeys going over Niagara Falls. The whitewater environment gives you the chance to walk the river and read the water and plan your moves, then see if you can paddle the plan.

Come join us at Chebacco Lake in Hamilton on Thursdays at 5pm until sunset though the summer. Practice strokes, rolls, rescues, falling out of your boat, or just watching kingfishers. It's a great place for new and developing paddlers to learn and experiment, and for experienced paddlers to tune up. Dress for immersion. A wetsuit is warm enough in early season, and keeps down the bruises from climbing back into your boat ten times a night. We meet at the boat ramp at the south end of the lake, and hang out in the cove to the left of the ramp. You can either get off 128 at Pine st (exit 49) and head north on the dirt road, or find Chebacco road off Rt 22 in Essex and avoid the dirt. No entrance fees.

Christopher, looks like you're all set now by dint of persistence or magic.

I’ll be there. I’ll do whatever is most useful

We have a similar chart up front at https://www.nspn.org/trip-levels/ Keep in mind that just one parameter has to be met to push a trip up to a given level, not an average or all parameters. Given the units used (wind in mph rather than Beaufort scale, for example) the chart seems to be of US origin, not UK.

Yes. Look on the front part of NSPN.org, Paddling with NSPN, Put-in locations. Updates always welcome.