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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 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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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.
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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.

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.   

 

Sudbury River

Meet at 10:00 for a 10:30 shuttle  Trip coordinator: Erik Eckilson 617-794-0378 eckilson@cox.net

This trip has been cancelled. We will try to reschedule it.

Sudbury River – Wayland to Concord

We will put-in at Sherman’s Bridge Road in Wayland and paddled down to Lowell Road in Concord  - about 8 miles.

 For much of the trip, the Sudbury meanders through marshland of the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. We swill stop for lunch at Brooke Island at Fairhaven Bay.

Those who are interested can continue a short distance past the take out to visit the Old North Bridge in the Minuteman National Historic Park.

Put-in: 72 Sherman's Bridge Rd, Wayland, MA 01778

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