IndianChris
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Cool pics. Are those the Northport stacks in that second picture? Cool! Looks like you had a nice day.
After looking at maps, I was thinking of taking your advice and exploring those islands a bit. We'd like to do a round-tripper. Leave from Caumsette and plot a course with the GPS towards those islands. Explore a bit, have a snack and return to Caumsette to a cooler of beers and burgers ready to be bbq'd. Feel free to join us!
The distance from Caumsette to CT is much shorter, as you said, than if we left from the mouth of the Nissy or Sunken Meadow. It's better that way since I don't even have a kayak yet.
I'm gonna have a sit-down with my absentee-buddy this weekend who got me started on this whole trip. We're gonna tool around Smithtown Bay for a while. I'll borrow a Tempest from work which is the boat I hope to have in a week or two. Once I have it, we'll set a date for the trip.
Don't get me wrong, I've been paddling canoes for a while so I do have some experience with a paddle. And I've been tooling around at work when it's slow in the Tempest. Endurance-wise, I also expect to be fine for the Caumsette departure. What I need to learn before we do this is a solo-wet recovery. I also will learn wet recovery with the assistance of another paddler. Any advice on instructional books or web-sites on these?
Thanks again.
After looking at maps, I was thinking of taking your advice and exploring those islands a bit. We'd like to do a round-tripper. Leave from Caumsette and plot a course with the GPS towards those islands. Explore a bit, have a snack and return to Caumsette to a cooler of beers and burgers ready to be bbq'd. Feel free to join us!
The distance from Caumsette to CT is much shorter, as you said, than if we left from the mouth of the Nissy or Sunken Meadow. It's better that way since I don't even have a kayak yet.
I'm gonna have a sit-down with my absentee-buddy this weekend who got me started on this whole trip. We're gonna tool around Smithtown Bay for a while. I'll borrow a Tempest from work which is the boat I hope to have in a week or two. Once I have it, we'll set a date for the trip.
Don't get me wrong, I've been paddling canoes for a while so I do have some experience with a paddle. And I've been tooling around at work when it's slow in the Tempest. Endurance-wise, I also expect to be fine for the Caumsette departure. What I need to learn before we do this is a solo-wet recovery. I also will learn wet recovery with the assistance of another paddler. Any advice on instructional books or web-sites on these?
Thanks again.
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