Joseph Berkovitz

Useful addition - though hard to tell if they will integrate it into the regular marine FC web pages if approved.

Nancy: Yes, you’re definitely signed up. At the end of the signup you should have seen a confirmation message on your screen. I will be sending an email to participants later this morning and then everyone will be in on the action.

Trip is now full — PM me If you want to be on the wait list.

If you had trouble signing up to this a few minutes ago, I made a dumb mistake and the form was disabled. Fixed now.

Wait, wait, hold on... is this allowed? Is it OK to have a FRIDAY Lunch Paddle? That sounds wrong and possibly illegal. Also, many NSPN folks will be away in Bar Harbor at the annual retreat. But I did google this question and no one on the internet said I couldn't do it. How's that for a justification? If you want to do something questionable, this sketchy rationale may also work for you. (My backup reason is that I may still be recovering from some minor oral surgery on Wednesday and I don't want to schedule and then cancel a paddle. If your heart is set on paddling Wednesday, PM me and perhaps I'll be doing fine and going out anyway.) Riverhead Beach is no longer charging parking fees, and it should be a fine venue for conditions Friday. We'll finally be seeing the return of high pressure with gentle winds in the morning, a sea breeze in the PM and likely some nice long swells from Hurricane Earl south of Bermuda. Let's meet up at 9:30 am at the Riverhead parking lot in Marblehead (see map location) with an aim to depart around 10:00 am. Here's the registration link:https://forms.gle/2s69AYNhPbGZKLFd7 You can get tide information, charts and weather forecasts for the area here: https://coastalpaddling.com/42.51191/-70.84620/13?tides=y&date=202209091000 Tides are nice for launching: 04:46 am low -0.81 10:00 am 8.85 11:02 am high 9.54 05:00 pm low -0.24 11:20 pm high 10.77 We'll pick an appropriate route based on conditions and the group's preference as per the usual improvised process. To join the trip you must be a paid-up NSPN member, and have signed the club participant waiver for this season. Your signup information will only be shared with other members on the trip. Covid-19 paddling: this trip requires paddlers to be vaccinated/boosted against Covid-19 and symptom-free, as rescues or first aid may require close physical contact. Trip level: WLPs do not have a specific level. All properly equipped members are welcome: please bring boats with rigged deck lines, bulkheads, spray skirts, and dress for immersion. For this trip a helmet is recommended also. NOTE: The Wednesday Lunch Paddles are cooperative adventures, not guided trips. We encourage paddlers to make their own independent decision about their comfort level with conditions at the time of the paddle. Each participant is responsible for her/his own safety. Don’t assume the trip initiators are smarter, stronger, better at rough water, more attractive, or more skilled paddlers than you are. For more information, see this description of our trip philosophy from the NSPN web site. Please PM me if you have questions or if you haven’t paddled with us before. Hope to see you there!

Here's my report on this year's Bold Coast trip, which included Dan Carr, John Harkey, Philippe Gassin, Beth Sangree, Paul Sylvester, Ricardo Caivano, John Haile, Catherine Kimball, John Power and myself. Let me say up front: this was really a terrific group, very well matched and mutually supportive, and I had a great time paddling with everyone. Definitely one of the best club trips I've ever been on. Note on pictures: this year I am including only a few photos (hopefully some of the best ones) in the trip report as highlights. The full set of photos can be viewed online in this Google Photos album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/QoVZvXn2ypg1rKHL8 Friday, Day 1: Cobscook Bay / Reversing Falls Conditions: Heavy fog and overcast, occasional showers, light winds increasing to S 12 kt in afternoon. Air temps around 65-70 F. Water and air warm enough that most wore neoprene. Mileage: 19.5 nm Slack Before Ebb at Falls: ~11.45 am Due to the forecast for T-storms we scratched the original plan of starting out on the Bold Coast where takeouts are few and sometimes iffy. Instead we opted for Cobscook Bay, doing a direct paddle from the Sunset Point campground to Reversing Falls, riding the flood in and the ebb back out. This would have been better for the 2nd day; as a starter day it was slightly less than ideal since slack would be 1 hour earlier and we humans were not really prepared for a super early start on the first day. The first couple of miles did not really get a current assist as the flood comes in further north next to Eastport's Estes Head. We passed outside of Rodgers Island and headed northwest towards Comstock Point where we expected to pick up more of the flood. We were a bit wary of getting way out in the channel to get the current though what with the dense fog (the opposing shore was completely invisible) and the occasional sound of boats motoring through the murk. We finally got some stronger flow as we came up towards the top of Seward Neck, landing at a pleasant beach on Grove Point for a short break. Continuing from Grove Point we wanted to aim for the general vicinity of Denbow Point across the mouth of South Bay, which was completely invisible: we were heading out into white nothingness, with the exception of passing by tiny, barren Razor Island. We started getting pushed south into the bay by the flood and had to correct towards the end. By the time we reached Denbow Point it was apparent that the flood (and our precious current assist) was coming to an end. This meant that we might altogether miss the flood. Paul and some folks opted to go straight through the falls, as they would still be flooding but would likely not really be falls anymore. A few others and myself took the long way around Falls Island. Normally this is the prudent route to arrive at the falls without committing to go through them, and even so it is usually quite a horizontal torrent of water requiring careful ferrying and eddy hopping. This time, as it was so close to slack, it was more of a wide graceful river which made it seem strange and unfamiliar! As it happened we saw Paul and his group come out of the exit of the falls ahead of us at the west corner of Falls Island, unscathed by the falls which were approaching slack. Our roundabout group arrived a few minutes later and we both grouped up for a lunch on Falls Island, watching the ebb flow start to develop after 15 minutes of relative calm. Not long after that photo, the fun began as we traversed the falls. It is always surprising here to me how the water doesn't really just go in one direction, there are so many different eddies and the flow is so strong that it feels like the falls are alternately switching directions as you cross the various eddy lines. Eventually most of us wound up playing in one or another of the various standing waves. The photo album contains some good action videos of different folks playing on these waves, but here's a representative one of Phil: After over an hour of all this, people (well, at least me) started to get tired and we still had a long way to go! So we rode the ebb out of the falls and did our best to follow the current home. There was another rest stop on Grove and then, thanks to the improved visibility, a fast (5-6 kt) ride down the channel to Johnson Bay. A short slog into a headwind and we were back at the campground, ready for some food and a damp evening in the tents — but with the promise of drier and calmer weather arriving the next day. The night brought with it a strange tide of sound that washed over us and gradually revealed itself to be someone shouting very loudly from far away, their bullhorn-like bellow carrying over the water. Whoever it was appeared to be very angry but talking to everyone or to no one. The content was disturbingly laced with swearing and ethnic/racial slurs but the overall thread was hard to make out - if there even was one. This thing never occurred there before to my knowledge, and it didn’t happen again during our stay, thankfully. Saturday, Day 2: Bold Coast / Baileys Mistake to Moose Cove Conditions: Partly cloudy becoming sunny, drier. Winds NNW 10+ kt, seas 1-2 ft. Air temps 60s reaching upper 70s later. Water surprisingly warm for this area, not really a need for a drysuit. Mileage: 11 nm Before leaving the campground this morning, we were lucky enough to be treated to a stretching session courtesy of our very own athletic bodywork expert John Power who generously shared his expertise with us. I hope he’ll share more of that in the future! We launched from the newly reconstructed boat ramp at Baileys Mistake, now an MCHT property. It used to be a sketchy drive over mud and gravel to get to the water at lower tides, with no parking lot; now it's a spankin' new grooved concrete ramp with an ample gravel lot that accommodates quite a few vehicles. Wow! We launched around 9:45. We had excellent lee from the northerly winds all day thanks to the landscape, and nice 1-2 foot long swell coming in from the ocean. The day opened with a trip across Baileys to Balch Head and an investigation of the ever-popular wrecked sailboat in Haycock Harbor, near around high tide. Then we moved on to some fun rock play in a high protruding ledge with a couple of slots and swell piling high along its outside. No photos of that, unfortunately! Somewhere along this stretch we encountered an ocean sunfish, sometimes mistaken for a shark if you only see the fin and don't notice how floppy and lazy that fin is. It's easy to see why from this picture, in which Ricardo and Cath are being "menaced": Onwards we went along the impressive bold coastline to our ravishing lunch stop on a pocket beach outside Moose Cove. Thankfully Dan Carr was on hand to remind us where it actually was... We proceeded a bit further to paddle along the enormous headlands past this beach with swell piling up next to them. Then we returned to visit a MITA campsite on Maine state-owned land at the ravishing Sandy Cove. Not only a beautiful campsite but one of the finest sand beaches in the whole state, if you ask me... that's Grand Manan out there in the distance... By this time it was truly a sunny, crisp day. We reached Bailey's and loaded up in the warm sun. Sunday, Day 3: Campobello / Head Harbour to White Horse Island Conditions: light SE winds, sunny, air 70-80 F, calm seas (Bay of Fundy) Today was our first of 2 paddles slated for Canada. Previously we'd all used the ArriveCAN app to set up our Covid and passport documents. The app works well except for one bizarre wrinkle: even if you are doing a day trip, you are forced to supply an address where you are staying in Canada. We gave the address of Head Harbour Lighthouse, which seemed appropriate. Our route today was somewhat improvised, as we hoped to find some whales. We launched from the customary deserted marine equipment warehouse and snaked out of Head Harbour to the lighthouse. The light was bright! Soon we were out in Head Harbour Passage: We headed north up the chain of islands at the far west of the Bay of Fundy, to an area that had been literally choked with feeding whales at the same time and tidal cycle last year. But... no whales here in 2022! However, we saw a large number of harbor porpoises, doing their porpoise thing. We meandered up to Barnes Island where we ate lunch on a hot deserted beach and watched a fish farming operation on nearby Simpsons. After lunch, at Ricardo's suggestion the group decided to strike out into Fundy to visit nearby White Horse Island, about a 1 nm crossing. On the chart it looked strange, a thin crescent of rock. It looked odd from the water too: As can be seen above, one side was darker and more vegetated. When we headed around the other side and passed through a magical slot in the island, the picture changed entirely! White Horse was a wonderful visual surprise. Check out the full photo album for more pictures and videos of this amazing place. On the way back, we stopped at Nubble Island to resolve an ongoing mystery of how the owners of a shuttered cabin managed to access it from the intimidating cliffy shores of the island which mostly looked like this: Answer: via a wooden ramp elsewhere on the island (not shown). Then it was off for a brief break on well-named Sandy Island. Some people were sunbathing there, it is probably a nicer beach than anywhere on the larger islands or mainland in that area. Finally we returned across Head Harbour Passage. Along the way a motorboat stopped and a woman told us that they had been watching a great white shark follow us for quite some time. Or something like that. Beth had the perfect, calm response, or so I thought: "Thanks for telling us!". If it was true, it wasn't something we could usefully act on. If it was false, the same. And we continued on our way, sans shark (or ocean sunfish) bites. Presumably, whatever the accuracy of what the people told us, sharks are out there somewhere, as always. Day 4: Head Harbour to Nancy Head Conditions: bright, sunny, dry, air around 65 F. Wind SE 8-10 kt. Distance: 6 nm For our last half-day paddle with a somewhat reduced crew, we visited the northeastern cliffs of Campobello Island: The cliffs here are high and tortured-looking, but without the ocean swell of the Bold Coast. The water color and behavior are different, and a current runs alongshore: We took a slow, contemplative paddle along the cliffs on the way out. As we paddled there were areas further offshore of steep chop coming in against us at an oblique angle. When we turned around, it was a great opportunity for a mini-downwinder, riding the waves and fairly flying by the landscape on our way back to the harbour. A fun way to end the trip! In Conclusion Another wonderful trip with wonderful folks! Thanks again to everyone who made this journey what it was. This photo (from Saturday at Sandy Cove) says it all:

Peter - thank you for a “read royale”. I really appreciate your sharing this description of a trip I didn’t know existed! It sounds like a fabulous waterborne vacation. joe

Hi friends, Nate Hanson of Pinniped Kayak will be leading a 4 day camping trip Sept. 26-30, on which I have the pleasure of assisting. Nate says this about the trip: it “One or two spaces are still available for an exploration of the Downeast coast with me and Joe Berkovitz at the end of September. On this 4-Day Journey, we’ll get out to some of our favorite islands of the Downeast coast, and develop skills around navigation, tidal planning, and expedition paddling.” You can find out more about this trip and register here on Nate’s website.

Bob and I are both out of town on Wednesdays until September 7th. If anyone wants to organize some WLPs between now and then, please be our guest!

People: Fred Goodman, Stephanie Golmon, Ricardo Caivano, Barbara Ryan , Jody Harris, Vladimir Gersht , Sue Henry Morin, Sherry V. Smith, Chris Carroll Co-organizers: Joe Berkovitz, Mike Habich Route (8+ nm): (Link to explore the area further) We took off around 9:30 am from Granite Pier on a calm and sultry day that was growing hotter by the minute. Once on the water it was mercifully cool and calm. A misty marine layer hung over us softening the view and the sunlight. The water was almost glassy with a barely defined horizon. Swell was almost nonexistent. Our plan was to begin with a visit to the Rockport Breakwater, and then continue out to the Dry Salvages, after which we could lunch at Straitsmouth Island or, as a plan B, Loblolly Cove. We could just barely make out the dim line of the breakwater, confirming its direction with some quick viewing of charts on the water. A little under half an hour later we arrived. The journey through the quiet haze was peaceful and we quietly paddled around the breakwater taking in the sights, sounds and sometimes smells of the water and birds. Some gray seals hung around the north end of the breakwater. The history of the never-completed breakwater is interesting: thanks to Ricardo for finding this overview and also a much older, more detailed article that was written during the construction. Although it doesn't do much for the maritime economy, it is an atmospheric place and very much worth a visit. On the far side of the breakwater the glassy conditions became tiny wind ripples in a slight onshore breeze. The Dry Salvages were clearly visible and we felt good about heading out there. A magical garden of exposed ledges with cushiony seaweed awaited us. Normally this is a very rough place with breaking waves coming from multiple directions, but today it was a place of quiet repose: The above was the Little Salvages — we went on to explore the larger Dry Salvages right next door, which has similar ledges clustered around a rocky pinnacle. Making our way around we suddenly encountered many gray seals giving us (as Mike put it) the "seal of disapproval": We know how to take a hint, so we set off for Straitsmouth. It was around 11:30 and lunch felt like a good idea. However low tide was around noon, and Straitsmouth was not a good place to land 11 boats. The end of the nice new boat ramp there is close to 2 feet above low water, and the other options were pretty injury-prone at this tide level. So Loblolly Cove it was. The beach at Loblolly while inaccessible to nonresidents by car is a nice place to land and we got a friendly greeting from people there. Some of us (including Jody and Barb) set ourselves up on rocks above the beach for lunch. While up there, a couple of snorkelers emerged from the water in wetsuits and started talking to the club members who opted to eat lower down on the beach. After a some conversation we heard a yell come up: "Jody, is that you?" "Barb, is that you?" It turned out that the snorkeling party included Jody's son and daughter-in-law and a friend who—completely unknown to Jody—had decided to snorkel that day at Loblolly Point! Family snapshot: Finally it was time to return to the heat of the mainland. We made our way back to Granite Pier, occasionally stopping to play in what bits of swell we could find—and there was a little. A superb day on the water with friends. Thanks everyone! Please post additional pix to this thread if you have them and would like to share. J

This trip is now full and accepting a waitlist. Please feel free to register at the link above to get on the list.

People: Britta Magnuson, Sue Hriciga, Mike Habich, Jody Harris, David Mercer, Amy Chiuchiolo, Ricardo Caivano, Barbara Ryan, Joe Berkovitz Route: (or browse on CoastalPaddling.com) We launched from Fishermans in downtown "Swampie" a little after 9 am. There was a light northeast wind that reached us once we were a little bit offshore, which was a relief as the heat was already building. Conditions were impressively calm and almost glassy, although some light swell lapped at the beach. The group headed out to Dread Ledge where conditions were still calm but there was slightly more swell - as in, perhaps half a foot. The low water environment was very conducive to play on the soft cushiony seaweed-covered rocks. It was fun to explore the ins and outs of Dread at low tide including many little slots and channels that are normally far too rough to paddle in. Thence to Egg Rock. At Egg, as is usually the case, there was more wave energy. A group of us circumnavigated the rock, with many approaching the steep-and-deep cliffsides more closely than they might have in the past. It was incredibly peaceful in Nahant Bay this morning, with very few fishing or pleasure craft out. From Egg we made our way to our lunch spot on the "secret beach" on East Point. It's not really secret but it is hard to get to from land and not always that easy to land on even in a boat. It was quite low water and the landing, while in calm water, was on algae covered cobbles with difficult footing. But a lovely spot as always with beautiful views out over the bay and ocean. The post-lunch chapter took us around the corner of East Point to the "ball of the foot" (if you think of Nahant as a foot, and I definitely do). This area has impressive ancient rock formations and also very impressive rock gardening. But with the gentle swell, this too became a great playground for some of us who haven't played in rocks so much. We found a nice pourover that served as ocean playground equipment for maybe 20 minutes or so while its water level was perfect. Our last stop of the afternoon was Nahant Beach, which did not disappoint - unless you count our getting kicked out of the first place we stopped by lifeguards, who very politely explained to us that as kayakers we needed to go down the beach to the non-guarded section, which we happily did, finding a section with no swimmers where we could play safely. The day delivered its final dose of light conditions ideal for practice—this time, surf practice in the warm shallow water! Thanks everyone who made yesterday the delight that it was.

I’ve been thinking what Fred just said! There is no reason to hold back from signing up, we’ll simply split into manageable pods.

I made a terrible mistake and put Lanes Cove in the title of this thread, but the trip is running out of Rockport Granite Pier (https://goo.gl/maps/77FwvbHQnnrJHNKd7). MANY APOLOGIES FOR THE SCREWUP! Please take note of the actual location.

I am sad but due to other commitments I won't be able to do this trip for the remainder of the month. If you do go, have fun!

No specific time to be off the water as yet.

I think I understand better now, Jim. Thanks for explaining.

Gosh, just when it was seeming like weekend club trips were a thing of the distant past, along comes this Level 2 trip. We will meet at Rockport Granite Pier at 9 am with the aim of getting on the water around 9:30 am. This location has ample parking and with so few weekend trips I want to make sure there's room for people. That said I will probably cut this trip off at around 12 people. parking is $12 cash only. The weather forecast is still not reliable but it looks like it may be a cooler and overcast day (yay!) with light winds and swell. If the forecast changes radically, the location might change too, so stay tuned if you sign up. The trip is now waitlisted but sign up here as people may drop out: https://forms.gle/hkFqTeZF8zhfWrGQA You can get tide information, charts and weather forecasts for the area here: https://coastalpaddling.com/42.62360/-70.74577/11?tides=y&date=202208061200 Rockport tides are: Time Type Feet 06:04 am high 8.15 12:00 pm 0.94 12:09 pm low 0.93 06:28 pm high 9.40 Multiple nice plans and paddles are possible from this location and we'll endeavor to pick something that's fun for everyone. If you have any questions about this trip or you're not sure if it's for you please PM me! To join the trip you must be a paid-up NSPN member, and have signed the club participant waiver for this season. Your signup information will only be shared with other members on the trip. Covid-19 paddling: this trip requires paddlers to be vaccinated/boosted against Covid-19 and symptom-free, as rescues or first aid may require close physical contact. Hope you can make it. Joe Berkovitz

This week's WLP is on August 3, 2022 and will launch from Fishermans Beach in Swampscott (Google maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/R4H1vQGarFPnGGBh7). Parking is free, amazingly enough. This trip will be on the early and small side, since the lot is not very ample and it fills up rapidly. Let's meet up at 8:30 am with an aim to depart around 9:00 am. The weather forecast is for a pleasant summer day with a bit less heat than we've been getting recently and a cooling E wind in the afternoon. Here's the registration link: https://forms.gle/s1G6QqZEPEw1jzUA9 You can get tide information, charts and weather forecasts for the area here: https://coastalpaddling.com/42.47051/-70.90405/13?tides=y&date=202208031200 Tides for Lynn Harbor are: Time Type Feet 03:34 am high 9.41 09:48 am low 0.41 12:00 pm 3.26 04:01 pm high 9.42 10:11 pm low 0.65 We can head north (left) up the rocky Swampscott coast to Devereux, cross Nahant Bay to East Point, and/or play around on the nearby beaches if there are waves (currently looking unlikely). We can make up our plan when we meet! If you want to play in rocks or waves please bring a brain protector. To join the trip you must be a paid-up NSPN member, and have signed the club participant waiver for this season. Your signup information will only be shared with other members on the trip. Covid-19 paddling: this trip requires paddlers to be vaccinated/boosted against Covid-19 and symptom-free, as rescues or first aid may require close physical contact. Trip level: WLPs do not have a specific level. All properly equipped members are welcome: please bring boats with rigged deck lines, bulkheads, spray skirts, and dress for immersion. For this trip a helmet is recommended also. NOTE: The Wednesday Lunch Paddles are cooperative adventures, not guided trips. We encourage paddlers to make their own independent decision about their comfort level with conditions at the time of the paddle. Each participant is responsible for her/his own safety. Don’t assume the trip initiators are smarter, stronger, better at rough water, more attractive, or more skilled paddlers than you are. For more information, see this description of our trip philosophy from the NSPN web site. Please PM me if you have questions or if you haven’t paddled with us before. Hope to see you there! Joe Berkovitz

I thought this was something for the club, since it's posted under Trips / NSPN Events. But it sounds like it's only open to tuition-paying UNH students only (for which they pay no additional fee). If that's true, I think I'll pass. If I'm wrong, please let me know. Joe

Before I can decide I have a few basic questions. Are these commercial instruction sessions or are they being offered free of charge? If the latter, are they being offered by UNH to the public in general or is this purely an NSPN thing? Lastly, are instructors and helpers going to be fully insured? thanks!

This week's WLP is on July 27, 2022 and will launch from Rockport Granite Pier (Google maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/wcKibL4ABWToCR2U9). Parking is $12; cash only. Let's meet up no later than 9:30 am and depart promptly at 10:00 am. The weather forecast is for sun, dry air, low wind and moderate air temps. High water is at 11:34. There will be a modest 1+ foot swell and I would like to go around Cape Ann past Thacher and Milk Islands to Long Beach and have some fun in the surf, maybe have lunch on the beach. This forecast should make for a friendly low-impact opportunity to play in the waves at all skill levels. Lots of pretty rock ledges along the way too. Even if you are not playing in the rocks please bring a helmet for surf-landing safety! Here's the registration link: https://forms.gle/aTPqqQTAbyaJsdSD8 You can get tide/current information, charts and weather forecasts for the area here: https://coastalpaddling.com/42.66470/-70.61840/13?tides=y&date=202207270900 To join the trip you must be a paid-up NSPN member, and have signed the club participant waiver for this season. Your signup information will only be shared with other members on the trip. Covid-19 paddling: this trip requires paddlers to be vaccinated/boosted against Covid-19 and symptom-free, as rescues or first aid may require close physical contact. Trip level: WLPs do not have a specific level. All properly equipped members are welcome: please bring boats with rigged deck lines, bulkheads, spray skirts, and dress for immersion. For this trip a helmet is recommended also. NOTE: The Wednesday Lunch Paddles are cooperative adventures, not guided trips. We encourage paddlers to make their own independent decision about their comfort level with conditions at the time of the paddle. Each participant is responsible for her/his own safety. Don’t assume the trip initiators are smarter, stronger, better at rough water, more attractive, or more skilled paddlers than you are. For more information, see this description of our trip philosophy from the NSPN web site. Please PM me if you have questions or if you haven’t paddled with us before. Hope to see you there! Joe Berkovitz (Note: Bob Levine will be traveling and unable to participate for a while.)

Kate, I’m not sure if the Sea Chicks are part of the Wild Turkeys, or if they’re turkey chicks, or if they’re gyrfalcon chicks or something else. Can you clear that up? I think I got it wrong.

People: Joe Berkovitz, Prudence Baxter, Bill Voss, Barb Ryan, Jody Harris, Michael Hazeltine, Mike Habich, Britta Magnuson, David Mercer We departed Winthrop Boat Launch just before 10 am to ride the remaining ebb out of Deer Island light. There was little wind at launch and peoples' car thermometers were reading 90 F. Traffic in President Roads was surprisingly light, with a couple of large clusters of fishing boats nearby, mostly staying put. By now a pleasant sea breeze had picked up and we were quite comfortable despite the bright sun. At Nixes Mate we stopped to say hello to half a dozen or so kayakers, who turned out to be a mostly female contingent of the South Shore Wild Turkeys including @kate with a number of people in both groups already acquainted! A future North Shore/South Shore convocation of some kind was discussed — stay tuned for possible updates from @crayolabarb on this score. Next we cruised out to Great Brewster and thence to Calf Island, our designated lunch spot. Besides a delightful lunch, a brief tour of the ruin of the 1920s mansion was conducted. Finally, we had a current-assisted run back across each of the two Broad Sound shipping channels towards the "eggs", back to the heat of the city. However, as a delightful postlude, 8 of us stopped by Belle Isle Seafood in Winthrop for a post paddle meal on the water. Great spot for fried seafood! I didn't take any pictures. Please post some if you have any.