Jim Snyder

The axe murders on Smuttynose took place on this night 148 years ago. https://newengland.com/today/travel/new-hampshire/portsmouth/smuttynose-murders/

Thanks for the suggestion, and this might work better for some people but I'm sticking with our plan. We'd be at the mercy of their schedule unless they booked a trip specifically for us. We'd be on a guided tour, likely with some rec boats along. Also the trip from Newburyport is twice as long and costs $185. I plan to keep our cost well under $50. The barbeque does sound good though.

Jeff Charrette, Nick Pearson and I took a detour from our Newcastle trip to check out Jack Farrells boat, the Utopia, on its mooring in Portsmouth. Jeff and I hope to test run this trip when the weather and water warm up a little bit.

Latest status, I was told by the seacoast office that the gate is open, no reservations during off season, but the lot is not plowed.

I just got a lesson from Joe on chart making after he saw the pathetic one I posted above. So get rid of the other one and check out this one: Isles of Shoals .pdf Good news, I think Joe was using me as a guinea pig for a workshop on chart making!

I made a chart for this trip. If you're printing, use the .pdf. Isles of Shoals.pdf

A member just texted me that they're having tech difficulties responding to this thread. I can't see the problem but if others are experiencing a problem please contact me by other means and we'll figure it out. Again the purpose of this thread was to see if there was enough interest to pursue the idea, it is not a sign up sheet. It looks like we could schedule two trips based on the interest. Jeff and I are hoping to do a test run when things warm up a little and we'll report here.

Yes. Let's go off the forum for arrangements.

It looks like if this trip fails to happen it won't be for lack of interest. Please continue to post suggestions here and watch this space. I welcome the scoffers who think we are just plain lazy too.? This thread is not a signup sheet. I will work on details assuming a 10 to 15 member trip and create a signup thread when cost and potential dates have been established. There is practically no opportunity to hide from conditions so we need a good day and alternate day. In the meantime I'll be reading https://nh.overdrive.com/media/224233

Hi Alex, I thought DUI meant something else... I still have the neck ring, installation tool, and a silicone neck gasket. You can have any or all of it if you can use it.

I've had Isles of Shoals in my head since I started seakayaking five years ago. They're there on the horizon, on the chart. I figure eventually I'll paddle out there. But I have another idea. Looking at the chart, if you circumnavigated them it would be almost 6 nm. Adding in exploring and play this could probably double. Add in some excursions on land and you could easily fill up a day without the 4 hour round trip crossings. I've exchanged email with Jack Farrell of Seacoast Maritime Charters (https://www.seacoastmaritimecharters.com/) about getting a group and gear out there and I think it could work. I think Jack was intrigued by the idea and eager to work with us. Another possibility would be to paddle out and hitch a ride back. The cost would depend on how many paddlers we had and whether we tried to fit in with an existing trip or just chartered the boat. I would have to find a reliable preventative for seasickness. Optimistically, I picture by September 1st arrives, we will all be vaccinated and covid will be receding into memory, making this trip realistic. We'll see what happens. If you think you might be interested, please weigh in here.

This should get nominated for most hijacked thread of the year. I'm thinking of setting up a contest...

Update: The club has secured two different available sources for rental drysuits for this workshop and budgeted funds so there will be no cost to participants.

Phil, I probably could have grabbed a better quote to call attention to the website. I think it has a lot of good information for paddlers but the kind of incident in that quote refers to people ending up in cold water without the protection of wet or dry suit and gasp water before air. it was not my intention to be alarmist.

Cold water can kill you in less than a minute. It's actually so dangerous that it kills a lot of people within seconds. Thousands of people have drowned after falling into cold water and a lot of them died before they even had a chance to reach the surface. -From the front page of the National Center for Cold Weather Safety This is Moulton Avery's organization. There is tons of information on how to avoid becoming a statistic in cold water. http://www.coldwatersafety.org/nccwsRules3.html

In the interest of maintaining just one list, PM Bob only. If you have comments or questions, please post here.

Bo Gus. They're not heated. https://www.smartsaker.com/products/warm-thermal-gloves-cycling-running-driving-gloves-1?variant=32967030276180

I picked up my drysuit from Outdoor New England today with three new gaskets. They did a great job at a very reasonable price. If anyone wants to get a suit tuned up during the summer and you paddle with me, I would be happy to ferry your suit to Franklin if that works out for you.

Honestly it might work well for someone else. It's a matter of geometry, anatomy, and tayloring. It was fine once I had it on and if I could have gotten in and out without so much stress it would have been great.

Ed, I am so frustrated with this software. I downloaded some local charts and got them to display once but now they're gone and I can't get them to display.

Brian, it was more the geometry of trying to get the ring to clear my head at the same time as the gasket. The gasket itself really wasn't a problem. Outdoor New England is now installing three new gaskets and going over my suit for any other problems. The yellow retainer had slipped out a little and the ring was starting to come unglued in one place, both as a result of the struggle to put on and take off. Anyone who's watched me taking my suit on or off lately knows what I mean. I did like the silicone gasket, I wish they could be glued in. If anyone wants the Si Tech ring and silicone gasket, you're welcome to it.

Follow up. The bad news: Sadly I'm abandoning this modification. The problem is with my big giant head it's so hard to get both the ring and the gasket on and off that I put a lot of stress on both the ring and the gasket that on doing a safety inspection this morning I found the ring starting to fail. The good news: My local whitewater shop, Outdoor New England, or O. N. E., Is doing drysuit repairs at very reasonable rates. I'm dropping it off tomorrow to get a standard neck gasket and maybe replace the wrists just because they're getting kind of old. https://www.outdoornewengland.com/

I plan to paddle on Friday and would like to pull a group together. It's going to be very light winds and temps in the low 30s. I'm initially thinking York Harbor but if their are MA paddlers who feel more comfortable in NH we could do Rye Harbor. It's going to be very long period small swell so there should be some nice surf and rock possibilities. Reply here if you're interested!