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Eddystone 2025
I am happy to try to facilitate an Eddystone paddle this July/August. It's a trip I've done twice before.
UP TO FOUR ON THE DAY, more are welcome to join practice paddles.
Peer trip only.
You must be paddling a fast boat designed for covering distance (I'd be taking an NDK explorer).
You must be paddling 25km with ease.
Actual paddle is up to 35-40km, and you need to have done a comparable distance without getting out of the boat at least once, within the past 3 months. Put another way, you must be happy paddling your boat for 7hrs plus without getting out. There is no landing at the lighthouse.
Therefore, you must be happy peeing in/from the boat. Not drinking and winging it is not an acceptable solution.
You need to have a team player approach. We try to make the trip work, but we are prepared to leave it for a better day if necessary.
This is a long meditative paddle in the open sea. Don't sign up if that's not your thing. It's not technically demanding because we won't go in anything other than good conditions.
If I'm nominally organising then I need to know you - sorry, but no new faces on the day.
Of course you can go without me if the group is ready and there's a window I can't make. You'll need to do the tidal planning and be entirely responsible for yourselves.
It needs to be a neap (well, it certainly helps) with fine weather. Some time in the first week of August, from Sunday 3 Aug is looking good for tides, or from Sunday 17 August. Obviously, if we aim for the first window we have the second as a fall back.
That's a long list of constraints, so it may not work. It certainly won't happen unless we make it happen. If you're paddling in preparation, comment on this thread (one possibly is this coming Sunday, 29 June).
Interested:
Maggie
Rich
Theresa
Possibly Martin L
Possibly Owen
Maria Morgan (BCC)
UP TO FOUR ON THE DAY, more are welcome to join practice paddles.
Peer trip only.
You must be paddling a fast boat designed for covering distance (I'd be taking an NDK explorer).
You must be paddling 25km with ease.
Actual paddle is up to 35-40km, and you need to have done a comparable distance without getting out of the boat at least once, within the past 3 months. Put another way, you must be happy paddling your boat for 7hrs plus without getting out. There is no landing at the lighthouse.
Therefore, you must be happy peeing in/from the boat. Not drinking and winging it is not an acceptable solution.
You need to have a team player approach. We try to make the trip work, but we are prepared to leave it for a better day if necessary.
This is a long meditative paddle in the open sea. Don't sign up if that's not your thing. It's not technically demanding because we won't go in anything other than good conditions.
If I'm nominally organising then I need to know you - sorry, but no new faces on the day.
Of course you can go without me if the group is ready and there's a window I can't make. You'll need to do the tidal planning and be entirely responsible for yourselves.
It needs to be a neap (well, it certainly helps) with fine weather. Some time in the first week of August, from Sunday 3 Aug is looking good for tides, or from Sunday 17 August. Obviously, if we aim for the first window we have the second as a fall back.
That's a long list of constraints, so it may not work. It certainly won't happen unless we make it happen. If you're paddling in preparation, comment on this thread (one possibly is this coming Sunday, 29 June).
Interested:
Maggie
Rich
Theresa
Possibly Martin L
Possibly Owen
Maria Morgan (BCC)
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Dave
Having done it earlier in the year I'm not too bothered either way, but thought I'd post it as a possibility.
General comment for everyone:
I'm just back from a Lundy crossing, which is only slightly more than Eddystone and has a sleep in the middle. I found that tiring, and it has reminded me that although I know I can do the distance I don't have extra capacity to help anyone who has bitten off more than they want to chew.
So it's really important that anyone wanting to do this paddle is secure in their stamina. 35-40km in one sitting is a lot harder than 2 x 20 with a decent lunch break.