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bobandcarla · 02-03-2006, 05:53 AM

Hi DavidH, we will have fun!!! This group is great!!! Nicest bunch of people I ever met.

A few of us are going to Pennsylvania before this rally and that should be fun also.

gadgetat · 02-03-2006, 07:19 AM

David,

I'm really looking forward to it. My first "official" get together with other Airstream owners! You could always come too....

I was out your way in 2002. Great area, and I hope to go through there again soon, this time with my Airstream.

Rich

myboyburt · 02-20-2006, 12:34 PM

NEW!

Thanks to our Unit President we' ve added a Sunday seminar for folks attending the "Spring into Camping" Rally.

After checkout time on Sunday attendees are invited to head over to one of the State Reservation's parking lots (which one is TBD) for a Airstream Towing and Backing Seminar! This is an event many of our female members have been asking for (including me!). Two tow vehicles with attached Airstreams will be waiting for folks to work on increasing their towing and backing skills.

Backing up your trailer - training lead by Nancy (Unit President)
Maneuvering your trailer - training lead by Leon (he doesn't know this yet).

Anything else folks want us to cover? Let me know and we will try and include it in our Sunday Seminar.

Uberlanders · 02-20-2006, 01:05 PM

Oooh. Will there be weaving through cones?

myboyburt · 02-20-2006, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Uberlanders

Oooh. Will there be weaving through cones?

I'm hoping to arrange it.

bobandcarla · 02-20-2006, 03:11 PM

Hey, is this like a rodeo???

myboyburt · 02-20-2006, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bobandcarla

Hey, is this like a rodeo???

Sure! But only if we use your tow vehicle and trailer.

AirHog · 02-20-2006, 03:24 PM

And for those of you kayak lovers, we just purchased our second kayak and would love to have a group join us on Saturday! There is a marsh area at the entrance of Salisbury Beach, where we plan to launch our kayaks.

Gail

Pam · 02-20-2006, 03:31 PM

Hey Gail, we're bringing our two kayaks as well!

Fun, fun, fun! Hope the weather warms up by then!

balrgn · 02-20-2006, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by myboyburt

NEW!

Thanks to our Unit President we' ve added a Sunday seminar for folks attending the "Spring into Camping" Rally.

After checkout time on Sunday attendees are invited to head over to one of the State Reservation's parking lots (which one is TBD) for a Airstream Towing and Backing Seminar! This is an event many of our female members have been asking for (including me!). Two tow vehicles with attached Airstreams will be waiting for folks to work on increasing their towing and backing skills.

Backing up your trailer - training lead by Nancy (Unit President)
Maneuvering your trailer - training lead by Leon (he doesn't know this yet).

Anything else folks want us to cover? Let me know and we will try and include it in our Sunday Seminar.

My truck would be like cheating. On the other hand Quad stear take a bit to get used to....

Uberlanders · 02-20-2006, 04:00 PM

New Airstream Rodeo Events:

Team Bambi roping
Wine bottle racing
Bucking flamingo riding

hiker · 02-20-2006, 04:13 PM

Can novice males participate in the Backing and Maneuvering seminars? BTW we stopped at Salisbury Beach Reservation this Saturday on our way to NH ... it was so windy and cold. Can't wait until April.

yukionna · 02-20-2006, 04:34 PM

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Can novice males participate in the Backing and Maneuvering seminars? BTW we stopped at Salisbury Beach Reservation this Saturday on our way to NH ... it was so windy and cold. Can't wait until April.

Absolutely! These seminars are open to all interested.

Over59 · 02-20-2006, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Titu & Gail

And for those of you kayak lovers, we just purchased our second kayak and would love to have a group join us on Saturday! There is a marsh area at the entrance of Salisbury Beach, where we plan to launch our kayaks.

Gail

If it isn't going to be too windy we will bring the canoe if the tide charts look OK. Don't want to be going the wrong way when it's going out.

yukionna · 02-20-2006, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Over59

If it isn't going to be too windy we will bring the canoe if the tide charts look OK. Don't want to be going the wrong way when it's going out.

Attached is the tide chart for the mouth of the Merrimack River during our rally dates...at first glance it looks like the tides are in our favor. For example, on Saturday morning the low tide is at 7:15 am. So just after breakfast would be a good time to head out as the incoming tide won't be too strong yet. Then in the late morning, the incoming high tide will help carry us back to our launch point. We would just need to make sure we are back between 1:30 and 2:30PM before the low tide "pull" starts up again.

myboyburt · 02-20-2006, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Uberlanders

New Airstream Rodeo Events:

Team Bambi roping
Wine bottle racing
Bucking flamingo riding

Sign me up for the wine bottle racing event....

Over59 · 02-20-2006, 05:23 PM

OK, so here's the map.
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/pab/pabpdfs/pab-76.pdf

yukionna · 02-20-2006, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Over59

OK, so here's the map.
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/pab/pabpdfs/pab-76.pdf

Lucky for us, we will be doing most of our navigating in that map area during high tide. Brian and I went kayaking in that area during low tide and it is a maze because you can't see above the sidewalls of the waterways. At one point, I stepped out of my kayak to try to see above the marsh to get my bearings. That wasn't a good maneuver as the low-tide muck was like quicksand and I was actually sucked into the muck up to my knees. Thank goodness I wasn't kayaking alone!

I would recommend we launch closer to the river and stay out of the maze! It is beautiful but dangerous.

balrgn · 02-20-2006, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by myboyburt

Sign me up for the wine bottle racing event....

Wine? Sign us uf for that event to! I love spectator sports!

We'll bring some extra wood, evenins may be a bit chilly

Chuck · 02-21-2006, 08:02 AM

WARNING

as a native of this neighborhood, I feel I must post this PSA about boating in the area. do not go into the river, unless you really really really know what you're doing, and are super-aware of the tides. The Merrimac has one of the most dangerous currents on the eastern seaboard. On the outgoing tide, a paddle-driven craft could easily be swept out to sea faster than you can say "Wally Byam".

I used to go sailing out there as a kid, in these small little boats...we'd need to have a motorized escort with us all the time, because the only way we could get back to the marina was by being towed. It was impossible to go upstream, even with a stiff seabreaze blowing straight up river. (and we weren't even in the channel, where the REAL current is...which, unmarked on Paul's map, runs very close to the shores of the State Park.) We used to get a kick out of "hovering"...set up the boat so that it was going full-tilt upstream...yet not actually moving, matching its forward speed to the speed of the opposing current. we'd just sit there and bob like a cork in the waves...but under full sail

a lot of the time, we'd be moving backwards.

anyway....just be carefull.