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Delmarva Paddlers Retreat is Back Off
Chris Beckman writes us, "Deja vu all over again. Unfortunately, we have pulled the plug on Delmarva for 2021. With the rise in covid cases and the number of vaccinated people still coming down with it we looked at all the options and just didn't see a way to pull it off safely."
COVID Paddling on Jersey
by Kevin Mansell
Saturday 14th March 2020 was another beautiful spring day on Gozo, the sister isle of Malta. We had paddled out from Hondoq, heading east along a delightful stretch of coast, whilst en route we covered the British Canoeing Paddle Explore Award, with a 100 per cent pass rate. The group decided to celebrate their kayaking success, with a couple of beers, in the bar in Qala, which was just up the hill.
We knew that the world was changing; the evening news programmes were filled with grim images of the situation in Italy, a country only just over 60 miles away, to the north. Sicily was visible on clear days. What we didn't realise was just how quickly things would change. Chris from Kayak Gozo was waiting for us with the news that the Maltese authorities had just closed the beaches to water sports, so no more paddling.
The Blackburn Challenge
by John Moore
As Bob Blair, President of the Cape Ann Rowing Club put it, the Covid pandemic has been like a "full on curve ball." After canceling last year's annual Blackburn Challenge, the Club decided to host a "Scaled Down Event" this year on August 7th. The race committee had lost several members, and volunteers were scarce, but committee member Suzanne Sweeney said the revised event made their jobs "a little easier considering their staffing challenges."
Book Review: Hudson Bay Bound by Natalie Warren
Review by Paul Caffyn
Back in June 1930, two young North American high school graduates set off in a second-hand 18-foot wood and canvas canoe to paddle from Minneapolis northwards to Hudson Bay in the Canadian Arctic…
Then 76 years later, two young college graduates, Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho decide to tackle that same paddling journey.
The Great River Rumble's Last Hurrah
by Kerry Kirk Pflugh
The Great River Rumble, conceived by Rex Klein and John Miller in 1995, was an annual gathering of paddlers of all skill levels and boat types for a week-long paddling adventure on the Mississippi or on one of the rivers leading to it. Unfortunately, after 25 years, the original organizers are retiring, and they been unable to find anyone willing to take up the monumental task of arranging and leading the trips…
The goal of the Rumble was to introduce people to paddle sports and to foster in them an appreciation and stewardship of our nation's great rivers. Over the years, the Rumble has reached more than 1,000 paddlers, 70 per cent of those paddlers returning year after year to be led by Rex and supported by his core team as they paddled down the river.
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Kayak Touring in Chesapeake Bay
by Ralph Heimlich
Have you ever wondered about kayaking and camping out of your boat? The Chesapeake Bay area has many places where you can do an overnight on the water at a paddle-in campsite. The Chesapeake Bay Water Access Map on the Chesapeake Paddlers Association (CPA) website lists a total of 64 paddle-in sites around the greater Bay area. However, if you want to take a multi-day trip where you paddle from site to site along a route (known as kayak touring), your options are more limited. This article focuses on one of my recent trips to illustrate some challenges, and on two well-developed water trails that follow the Patuxent River in Maryland and the mid-Potomac River forming the border between Maryland and Virginia.
A Perfect Summer Sojourn: Paddling in the Adirondacks
by David Eden
August comes around again, and it's time to head north and west through miles of bizarre directions, topped off by an entirely unexpected ferry ride across Lake Champlain (gotta change my Waze!) to meet up with our friends from the Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association (RICKA) for their annual trip to the lakes region of the Adirondack (mountains) State Park (ADK). This particular trip was especially welcome, having been deferred for a year because of the pandemic.
Some Photos of Muscle Ridge, Maine
by Paul Foster-Moore
We just snuck back from the Lobster Buoy campground this morning before the rains descended again, after two solid days of blue skies and low humidity paddling. We especially enjoyed Nettle Island where we stopped for lunch. Some very lovely coves, pocket beaches, and what I'm calling lagoons - quiet and enclosed bodies of water undisturbed by the wind and waves.
Stonington Days
by David Eden and Tamsin Venn
We set out on for another day of paddling the beautiful Deer Isle archipelago. The Stonington islands are without a doubt one of the most beautiful places to paddle on the Maine coast. Pink granite ledges in giant shapes rim spruce bedecked islands, like perfect sculpture, spruce bows hanging over solid rock. Pocket beaches of sand and shell lead to lush grass meadows, ferns, wildflowers, raspberries, with lichen-covered granite slabs and views of a nearby island, each inviting picnicking and sunbathing.
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