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Assateague would work well. Protected enough for the first two paddle in campsite routes that a decent open boater could make it, but likely to have enough wind to show the merits of decked boats. Needs to be before the last frost, or you will be feeding the ticks and mosquitoes.

So, wetsuits, drysuits, etc. I paddle year round, and have taught cold water paddling workshops for our club. The biggest message we try to get across is that you need to swim your gear to know how well it will work. Find a nice safe place you can wade in and submerge and still stand up. Put on...

Hmmm. Sounds as if your rig is not very balanced it you have to push the rudder over so far on a broad reach, probably because you are not using a leeboard? Consider adding hand line steering, which you can route up and around the cockpit. This gives your legs a break, but also allows hiking...

Yep, I am back. A different trip than what I hoped for when I made the reservations for Poinsett State Park, but it was better than staying at home and I did not have the time to head further south. It was an easy drive to Poinsett, which is a smaller state park and nicely wooded. Be sure to get...

I have two Seawinds, and have/had several ruddered kayaks with different rudder assemblies. I find a number of significant advantages in the Kruger kidney bean rudder over the typical straight vertical rudders. With the kidney bean rudder only partially deployed you don't have to worry when...

Thank you for all the suggestions and information. I am going to start with several days of base camping at Poinsett stste park in SC. This will give me several days in Sparkleberry swamp, put me in easy proximity to the Congaree NP, and let me get some sailing on Lake Marion out of Rimini or...

Looks like it is gun season for deer down there now. Wondering how bad that will be.... Jones and salters are in a state park, but all the rest of the paddling near there is in areas that can be publicly hunted.

My current eastern Carolina paddling library: Bannon and Giffen - Sea Kayaking the Carolinas Bob Benner and Tom McCloud - A Paddlers Guide to Eastern North Carolina Ferguson - as you mentioned. Gilbert and Shufer's series, Wild River Guide to Coastal Waterways, Wild river guide to North Landing...

Mike, you have several chapters of a book right there! I have done the state parks along the edisto when I did a descent of that river from about the fall line downward. Colleton is a gem, small and hidden. Givhans Ferry is ok, but that walk from the beach to the camping area (and up that...

Thanks. I would do the Okefenokee again in a heartbeat but water there is way down due to a drought.

i have two weeks in mid November that I can use to get away and do some paddling here in the east coast. I am looking at Georgia or South Carolina for some flatwater paddling or canoe sailing. Car camping or backcountry, either would work. Any suggestions from the experienced paddlers out there?

I have tested thhe kruger Seawind with full cover on, with bow and stern air bags. Works like a sea kayak rescue, but a lot of water. I now carry an electric bilge pump.

How do you do a deep water rescue on a canoe that has a full spray cover?

I am paddling a Hornbeck classic 13. Floatbags are secured by their corner rings to the bow, and the nearest thwart. The creek is only tidal for about two of its miles above the launch. Since the only other floatation in the hornbeck is the seat foam, the bags keep the hornbeck from sinking, and...

Well, six of us did the Tuckahoe yesterday. Launched from Hillsboro ramp on the last hour of high tide, and headed up stream. Of the three major blockages that had existed two weeks ago, the first teo were gone, but the third was cut in a way that would only be passable if we had at least six...

"And, due to the tannins from the bald cypress trees, apparently completely mosquito free". HaHa. You need to spend an evening and night in there.

Serendipitously, DNR announced two days ago they have removed all the blockages. So, Thursday I am leading a Chesapeake Paddlers Trip there and we will try it. Up and back from Hillsboro. I am still bringing a saw and shears. If you want to come, let me know - we insist on wearing pfds, and...

Tuckahoe creek still has many blockages. Was just there last Saturday. Dividing creek is a very nice paddle. Also add to the list the upper Choptank. For a strainer free paddle, do Greensboro up to the weir and back on the tide. For a more physical workout, bring your shears and go from the...

Has anyone tried a rescue with a skirt in place?

Love my ZREs.