Launched SUP to be able to get to pilings to run some new dock lines for the trimaran before the big storm. Then took a small paddle around the Little Magothy. Wind was coming up, rain was starting. Saw Bald Eagle, Buffleheads, Great Blue Herons.
Century Club: Keith Chapman
Sunset SUP. Little Magothy Inlet Marks to Little Magothy tour. First of the New Year!
New Years Eve SUP. First set Little Magothy marks to Little Magothy Tour, and then drift in the Bay to toast the passing of 2023. LM had Great Blue Herons, Kingfishers, Mallards, and a pair of Bald Eagles. Very nice send off to the old year!
Sunset SUP. First set marks to Little Magothy tour.
Sunset row on the Cape Dory 10. Launched from beach with the Sunfish dolly. Went past Persimon Pt. and back. Went nice with the longer oars. Beach launch works pretty good. Poor boat really needed a bath, but figured it would be happier on the water than being washed...
Afternoon SUP. To Little Magothy Inlet Marks then towards Magothy and Deep Creek green and back. Back on Black Project paddle. Met community paddlers on the water and stopped to chat on way out and back.
Lunch time SUP. Little Magothy Inlet marks to LM tour, finishing just as rain started in earnest. Used trial Quick Blade Stingray paddle. Nice paddle, unconventional, average times similar to my Black Project paddle, but a lighter feel and very nice catches.
Late afternoon Christmas Eve SUP with Greg. Loaned him both paddles to try, including the Quick Blade Paddle from East of Maui. Leisurely tour of the Little Magothy. Saw pretty cool beaver dam.
Late afternoon SUP. Little Magothy Inlet marks, short tour of LM before dark. Trialing Quick Blade Stingray loaned to me by East of Maui. Took a little to get used to, nice paddle.
Late afternoon SUP in the light rain and fog before the bigger part of the coming storm. Little Magothy Inlet Marks to LM tour. Some Buffleheads and Mallards, Kingfishers. Earlier saw Snow Geese up high heading to Eastern Shore. Large flocks of Canada Geese came into the LM area on second half of paddle. Not as many of the Winter ducks as usually seen this time of year.