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My First Expedition CONNE C TI C UT SEA KAYA K ER S August 2000 MY FIRST Charles EXPEDITION Walsh erhaps because I’m slightly dyslexic, lotion and an extra shirt and pants. I’m I always seem to get tides back- wearing a red life jacket that I know will wards. Staring at the tiny-print tide Rescue Clinic not keep me warm if I go in. chart I keep plastered to the refrigerator Sat. Aug - 26 clinic and paddle P Any serious kayaker witnessing this de- held by two magnetic beer can openers parture would probably call the Coast does no good. The longer I stare at it, the Guard to report me for reckless voyaging point. Uncas Point to Joshua Point. Flying greater chance I’ll get the tide backwards - In a half an hour, I’m in the Thimbles, Point to Johnson Point. Sound End Point to ebbing when it should be flowing, coming which at the time of year are mostly empty Morgan Point. On and on it goes. when it should be going. of their summer residents. The houses The peanut butter and jelly sandwich So I should not have been so surprised perched on the glacier-smoothed rocks are and my water are long gone as I finally last Wednesday when the water level at mostly boarded up. scrape onto the sand of New Haven’s the spot in Guilford where I planned to Gliding past one of the larger islands in Lighthouse Point, where I pull out the cell launch was full to the brim instead of near- the Thimbles, I spot a woman seated on a phone and beg my wife to come and get ly empty as my chart study told me it porch who glances up from her book to me in West Haven. would be. eye me suspiciously. A billboard-sized sign My arms have turned to lead and my The place in Guilford is my brother’s reads: “Private. Keep off. Beware of dog.” back feels like the dog has its teeth into house which is on a small harbor. But when I skim too near the island, a several of its vital muscle groups and Although the higher tide made launching large German shepard leaps out onto a won’t let go. easier, the tide would make the paddling rock, snarling and barking like a broken On the beach in West Haven, not far on my intended course from Guilford to chainsaw. It looks to be fully capable of from Bradley Point, the strollers out after my home in Stratford much harder. I grabbing me and/or the boat and feeding work look at me like I’m a shipwreck vic- would be bucking an eastbound current all us to the seagulls. I escape with a few vig- tim which is pretty close to how I felt. I the way as Long Island Sound escaped in- orous strokes of the paddle and was re- made it about half way of my intended to the Atlantic. lieved the dog didn’t swim after me. journey. My aim in making the 20-mile water trek The rest of the trip, past the mansions As I struggled to load the kayak on the was to determine just how far I could go and greatly enhanced beach cottages that roof of my wife’s Saturn, I noticed the tide before dark or exhaustion set in. are crammed shoulder to glorious shoul- is just starting to turn. Perfect timing! “You got a cell phone?” my brother der along the shoreline, goes from point to asked as I haul my kayak off the car. “Nah,” I say. “Won’t need one. I’ll be sticking pretty close to shore.” Despite my reminding him that when cell phones get wet they tend to fry like soft- shell crabs on a Weber grill, he insists I take the thing along. As I slip into the kayak seat, my left foot slips into the very cold water, soaking my sock and deck shoe with salt water that still feels like mid-February although it’s May. It’s a near perfect day for the trip. The sun, which the next day would disappear forever, is shining brightly as I head to- wards Stony Creek and the Thimbles Islands two miles to the west. Behind me, I later learned, my brother is snapping my picture, “In case,” as he put it, “it was the last time I ever saw you.” My supplies include one peanut butter and jelly sandwich made with a recently defrosted poppy seed roll, a bottle of tap water, a plastic bottle of No. 30 sun block The best seat in the house for viewing the Tall Ships Parade - ConnYak-Wed. paddle. - photo by Tom Maizarz 1st Annual A Recreational Paddle- As I was heading out to the rock area, I Rescue Clinic / Paddle met a fellow kayaker (in a sea-going kay- The weather all week was like "California ak) coming back from the point, and Sat. Aug - 26 Dreaming", so Friday evening I put my asked how the conditions were. He shared Non-participants welcome Otter, by Olde Town, on top of my Jetta, with me that the sea was a bit choppier, (The water is as warm as can be.) and Saturday morning I was in Long and the wind was strong, so coming back Island Sound by 8:15am. The sun was was more work than going. I immediately We’ll be launching at the Great Island glistening off of the water like diamonds, decided to change course, and, instead, Launch in Lyme and paddle out to the and the cool morning air was wonderful. I have some good fun, and hopefully a sound heading north along the shore for a had in my possession my whistle, bulge great experience by heading in a straight paddle and turn back and land on the pump, dry bag with I.D., L.L. Beane knife, line across the water directly towards the sandy beach where the gut meets the sun block (30), and ice tea and a glazed Clinton Beach. This way I could be chal- mouth of the River. We’ll have lunch and swirl donut. With me in my top of the line lenged by the wind, get a little roughing practice rescues (paddle float and assist- life preserver, I felt alive and ready for a up and tumbling about, but in a much ed) draining boats and helping each other "journey". safer area, and with help much closer by, re-enter kayaks. Jay Babina, Dean To my total delight, that is exactly what due to the much increased traffic now Bertoldi and others will lead the demon- I experienced. The paddle out was perfect leaving the Clinton Harbor. stration and all experienced kayakers are - visually colorful, calm, much like a The two issues that surfaced while put- welcome for input or demonstrations etc. Norman Rockwell painting. I had never ting this article together were these; the It’s a great time for a swim - close to seen small boats hooked up to clothing safety status of the person, and the safety shore, smooth sandy beach in calm and line type ropes, and tied to them with status of the kayak. I am 53 years young easy conditions to try or practice these lines from the boat. I watched a soon to be (until August, anyway) and do not want things. If you want to just lay on a blanket fisherman ready himself for his sport of to cause myself unnecessary trauma, and I and watch - that’s fine too. choice by "pullying" the boat onto the realized that I can no longer do the same You’ll find that everytime you do a res- beach, load up, and push off. athletic activities with the same quality cue, it’s always a little different due to I continued out to the deserted part of that I could 20 or 30 years ago. I decided conditions, boat style, size and physical the island, and found an easy access spot. to stay in an area where I could get the condition of the victim as well as your After pulling my kayak onto dry land, I pleasure of the paddle that I was looking own strength etc. Sometimes just getting explored a small portion of the area, and for and be physically able to not only en- your boat in position to do a rescue can then watched the sound slowly come dure, but enjoy my time in my kayak. I al- present problems. Hopefully with the alive as the morning wore on, with gradu- so had to consider the style of the kayak I contributions from a lot of paddlers, we ally more and more boaters leaving the owned, and what I was expecting from it. can all learn from each other and have fun harbor. As I sat on a beautifully aged log, As a recreational kayaker, I keep re- doing it as well. eating the most delicious donut, and sip- minding myself of my personal experi- It will also be a good time to practice ping my ice tea, gazing out over the ence (I have not taken a professional your roll if you need help or just some ap- sound, I knew "it just couldn't get any bet- course; all I know is by watching others, plause. ter than this." overhearing others, and trial and error), DIRECTIONS - GREAT ISLAND Upon leaving my "island", I continued my health and exercise history, the condi- I-95 to exit 70.
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