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Be sure to check the m essage board for a trip this weekend!
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RICKA
Adirondacks Trip August 5 – 12, 2023
The Flatwater group will return to
Lake Eaton Campground in Long Lake Village, NY for the 2023
Adirondacks camping and paddling trip.
You can make campground reservations now at
Reserve America Please try to select a site in the 10-54
area (waterfront from 31-54).
If you are planning on joining the group, please contact Chuck
Horbert at
chorbert13@gmail.com to be added to the list for future
organizational emails. Emails will be sent only to those who
sign up
Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects
of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or
death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although
safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club
activities.
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December 2nd Santa Paddle
Trip coordinator is Pat Lardner
pslardner@gmail.com
Paddle with Santa at Wickford Harbor
on December 2nd– meet at
11:30 a.m. for a 12:10 p.m. launch .
A wetsuit or drysuit is required for this paddle.
Join us as we escort Santa as he arrives by boat in
Wickford Harbor.
We will meet at the Wickford Town Dock next to Gardner’s Wharf
(170 Main Street, North Kingstown, RI).
Please RSVP to Pat Lardner at pslardner@gmail.com so we know how
many hats we will need for Santa’s elves.
The Kayak Centre is also paddling with
Santa on Friday evening and Sunday afternoon.
Launch times those days are 5:00 PM on Friday and
noon on Sunday. If you are interested in
paddling either of those other two times, please
contact the Kayak Centre at 401-295-4400 for more
details and to be aware of any changes to that
schedule.
Changes and cancellations to trips will be posted on the
flatwater message
board.
Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our
coordinators
provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are
responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the
trip location.
Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects
of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or
death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although
safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club
activities.
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Changes and
cancellations to trips will be posted on the flatwater message
board. Please check the board before leaving for any
trip.
Our leaders provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers
however, you are responsible to refer to a map and familiarize
yourself with the trip location.
Note:
Please inspect your boat and gear for any invasive
Aquatic plants. If you have
been on the water in the past 5 days, please clean and dry your
equipment. Also, check, clean, drain and dry after.
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The people who coordinate RICKA trips
are responsible for setting a meeting time and how to get to
the put-in and take-out. The trip coordinators are unpaid
volunteers who are not professionals. They are not and
cannot be responsible for determining the adequacy of your
skill level, your personal safety, well-being, or happiness. Tri
Trip coordinators:
Changes and cancellations to trips will be posted on the
flatwater message
board.
Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our
coordinators
provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are
responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the
trip location.
Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some
aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of
serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak
Association, although safety conscious, cannot guarantee
your personal safety in club activities.
Covid Protocols s
are group events. You and you alone, are responsible for
yourself.
Directions are
provided as a courtesy to paddlers, please refer to a map
before leaving for a trip.
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At this time
of year, wetsuits or drysuits are REQUIRED.
You will not be allowed to paddle with the group if you do
not comply. If you are weating a wetsuit, please bring a
change of clothes.
10.6.8 All other users of State
Management areas and designated undeveloped State Parks are
required to wear two hundred (200) square inches of solid
daylight fluorescent orange from
the third Saturday in April to the last day in May,
annually.
In leui of a meeting in the summer
month,s we offer an event that is suitable for everyone. We
have a permit for sites 45 and 46 if you want to get there
early to paddle (the permit is in Cheryl Thompson's name if
you are asked)

Our first on-water meeting/paddle of the
season is the signal that summer is here! For those new to
the club, a group paddle or event replaces the more
structured meetings of fall through spring, and takes place
on the third Monday evening of the month.
Meeting on the water is a group paddle or event that
replaces the more structured meetings of fall through
spring,
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Paddle with Santa in Wickford-
Trip organizer: Pat Lardner pslardner@gmail.com 401-524-8057
Meet at 11:30 AM to decorate your Canoe/Kayak.
RSVP to Pat Lardner at pslardner@gmail.com so
she can have Elf hats for everyone attending.
Wetsuit or Drysuit mandatory
Wickford Festival of Lights
Once again we will be escorting Santa down Wickford Harbor as he
arrives by boat at the the town dock.
Paddlers should plan to deck their boats with holiday
decorations and bring their holiday cheer!
We will meet at the same location as last year,
170 Main Street, Wickford, RI. Parking lot is located to the
right of Gardners Wharf Seafood.

Changes and
cancellations to trips will be posted on the flatwater message
board.
Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our leaders
provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are
responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the
trip location.
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AIS found in this body of water
This trip requires a car shuttle so
please have a mask available in the event the leader and/or
drivers require one.
This trip requires a
car shuttle so please have a mask available in the event the
leader and/or drivers require one.
Turkey
Paddle
Bookmark 1Suitable for all boat sizes approximately a 7+ mile paddle.
The Pachaug Pond Boat Launch
Address: 945 Voluntown Road Griswold CT
Access to Pachaug Pond is provided through a state owned boat
launch located adjacent to the dam. The boat launch can be
reached by taking Interstate 395, Exit 22 onto Route 138 east.
Proceed east on Route 138 for approximately 2.5 miles to
launch area.
The Pachaug Boat Ramp- The ramp is of concrete planks with an
asphalt approach. There are parking and fishing facilities for
the handicapped adjacent to the boat launch. Parking Area -The
parking area adjacent to the boat launch can accommodate
approximately 40 vehicles. Chemical toilets are available on a
seasonal basis.
Note: Please inspect your boat
and gear for any invasive
Aquatic plants. If you have been on the water in the past 5
days, please clean and dry your equipment. Also, check, clean,
drain and dry after.
Changes and
cancellations to trips will be posted on the flatwater message
board.
Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our
coordinators
provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are
responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the
trip location.
Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects
of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or
death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although
safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club
activities.
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Erik Eckilson eckilson@cox.net 617-794-0378.
T his trip requires a car shuttle so please have a mask available
in the event the leader and/or drivers require one.
Bring a lunch
A 7.5-mile trip on a pretty
section of the Pawcatuck. We will put in at Bradford Landing
and take out at Post Office Landing at Potter Hill. You can
run or portage the fish weirs at the old Bradford Dam. The
river twists and turns through the woodlands of the Grills
Preserve owned by the Westerly Land Trust and Hopkinton Land
Trust. We will stop for lunch (and a swim) at the beach off
Narragansett Way.
41° 24.386' N 71° 44.882' W Google
Maps
0.4 mile south of where Route 91 and Route 216 merge in the
village of Bradford, look for a sign for "Bradford Landing" on
the east side of the road, across from Bradford Dyeing
Association.
Note: Please inspect your boat
and gear for any invasive
Aquatic plants. If you have been on the water in the past 5
days, please clean and dry your equipment. Also, check, clean,
drain and dry after.
Changes and
cancellations to trips will be posted on the flatwater message
board.
Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our
coordinators
provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are
responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the
trip location.
Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects
of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or
death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although
safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club
activities.
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