INTRODUCTION TO SEA KAYAKING

On Thursday, June 23rd, Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, and Plum Island Kayak, Newburyport, are co-hosting an Introduction To Sea Kayaking course from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

Participants will learn the basics of sea kayaking with an evening outing in the Plum Island estuary. Kayak and equipment rental are included in the fee.

Participants will learn safety precautions and paddling techniques and will gain confidence handling these very seaworthy boats. Participants will then paddle into the Plum Island estuary and explore tidal creeks, mudflats, and salt marshes.

Preregistration is required for this program. To register, please call 978-462-9998.

The fee covers single kayak rental. Subtract $10 per person for double kayak rental and $15 per person if you use your own kayak.

Experience Level: Beginner I – no experience required; easiest paddling. Paddling time: 2 hours.

Meet at Plum Island Kayak, 92 Merrimack Street, Newburyport.

To prepare for your trip, visit the Plum Island Kayak website and click on Planning your Trip.

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INTRODUCTION TO SEA KAYAKING

On Thursday, June 9th, Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, and Plum Island Kayak, Newburyport, are co-hosting an Introduction To Sea Kayaking course from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

Participants will learn the basics of sea kayaking with an evening outing in the Plum Island estuary. Kayak and equipment rental are included in the fee.

Participants will learn safety precautions and paddling techniques and will gain confidence handling these very seaworthy boats. Participants will then paddle into the Plum Island estuary and explore tidal creeks, mudflats, and salt marshes.

Preregistration is required for this program. To register, please call 978-462-9998.

The fee covers single kayak rental. Subtract $10 per person for double kayak rental and $15 per person if you use your own kayak.

Experience Level: Beginner I – no experience required; easiest paddling. Paddling time: 2 hours.

Meet at Plum Island Kayak, 92 Merrimack Street, Newburyport.

To prepare for your trip, visit the Plum Island Kayak website and click on Planning your Trip.

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The Leo Almeida Memorial North Shore Striped Bass Tournament is celebrating its eighth year on Labor Day weekend, September 4th – 6th. It is the only tournament that combines the North Shore’s fishing heritage with the fight against hunger in local communities.

The Leo Almeida Memorial North Shore Striped Bass tournament is the only tournament of its kind dedicated to the fishermen and women of Boston’s North Shore. This charity tournament is held over Labor Day weekend with proceeds directed to fighting hunger in our community. It is named in memory of its founder, Leo Almeida, a lifelong resident of the North Shore who created the tournament to bring together his love of fishing and his commitment to the community.

This tournament is about a lot of things, but most of all, it is about fishing and fun. Boston’s North Shore is home to some of the best striper fishing on the East Coast. The waters of Essex County, Massachusetts stretch from Lynn and Nahant all the way to the New Hampshire border. Are you a surfcaster in Marblehead? Maybe you fish from a boat somewhere off Cape Ann? Or is Plum Island your favorite place to cast? However you fish, wherever you fish – this tournament is for you!

There are both adult and youth divisions and categories for fishing from boat or shore/surf. Cash grand prizes are awarded in each category. Continuing a tradition begun in 2007 with the fifth annual tournament, the tournament record setting fish will earn the angler who caught it an extra $100 bonus.
The tournament also includes a raffle, so even if you don’t land “the big one,” you still have a chance to win a great prize, donated by generous local merchants.

Tickets:
Entry fee is $15. Tickets are available in Salisbury at Bridge Road Bait and Tackle and Tim’s Bait Shop; and in Newbury at Surfland Bait and Tackle.

For More Information:
For more information, visit the Leo Almeida Memorial North Shore Striped Bass Tournament website or call Tournament chairwoman Amy Almeida at 617-501-1659.

Giving Back:
When you enter the Leo Almeida Memorial North Shore Striped Bass Tournament, you get more than the chance to win big from a weekend of good fishing, you also get the good feeling that comes with knowing that you are playing a part to help those who are most needy in our community.

In the Tournament’s first seven years, over $30,000 has been raised for North Shore food pantries. This year, tournament proceeds benefit three North Shore food pantries – Danvers People to People Pantry, Gloucester’s Cape Ann Pantry, and Our Neighbors Table in Amesbury.

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On Sunday, August 29th, Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, and Plum Island Kayak, Newburyport, are offering an all day kayaking trip to the Isles of Shoals for experienced kayakers.

The Isles of Shoals are a group of small islands and tidal ledges situated approximately 12 miles off the New Hampshire/Maine coast. It is a great area to explore by kayak. You’ll have the opportunity to explore the wildlife on and around these Isles from your kayak.

The all day trip, from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, includes a shuttle out to the Isles of Shoals from Newburyport, and on-deck barbecue lunch.

You’ll cruise from downtown Newburyport to the Isles of Shoals aboard the 48-foot cabin cruiser, the Erica Lee II. The Isles are located approximately 12 miles off the New England coast and are partly in New Hampshire and partly in Maine. They have a rich human history (both famous and infamous) and are a spectacular site for observing natural history.

Upon arrival at the Isles, participants can choose to paddle around the mothership in Gosport Harbor or head over to Smuttynose Island or to Star Island for ice cream. For the more adventurous, there will be a guided paddle to White Island or Lunging Island, depending on the conditions.

The price includes an on-deck barbeque lunch. Subtract $20 per person for double kayak rental. There is no discount if you use your own kayak. Experience Level: Intermediate III (some experience required; stamina necessary).

Paddling time: 5 hours with a 45-minute break and 1 hour for lunch.

Preregistration is required for this program. To register, please call 978-462-9998.

Where To Meet:

Meet at the Newburyport boardwalk (on the Merrimack River in downtown Newburyport).

Cost:

This program is for adults: $160 for Mass Audubon members; $170 for nonmembers.

Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, located at One Plum Island Turnpike in Newburyport, is a natural history education center that is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday and on Monday holidays, 8:30 to 4:00 pm.

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INTRODUCTION TO SEA KAYAKING

On Sunday, August 8th, Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, and Plum Island Kayak, Newburyport, are co-hosting an Introduction To Sea Kayaking course from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm.

Participants will learn the basics of sea kayaking with an evening outing in the Plum Island estuary. Kayak and equipment rental are included in the fee.

Preregistration is required for this program. To register, please call 978-462-9998.

Where To Meet: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA.

Cost: $35 for Mass Audubon members, $45 for non-members.

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On Sunday, August 1st, Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, and Plum Island Kayak, Newburyport, are offering an all day kayaking trip to the Isles of Shoals for experienced kayakers.

The Isles of Shoals are a group of small islands and tidal ledges situated approximately 12 miles off the New Hampshire/Maine coast. It is a great area to explore by kayak. You’ll have the opportunity to explore the wildlife on and around these Isles from your kayak.

The all day trip, from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, includes a shuttle out to the Isles of Shoals from Newburyport, and on-deck barbecue lunch.

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Upon arrival at the Isles, participants can choose to paddle around the mothership in Gosport Harbor or head over to Smuttynose Island or to Star Island for ice cream. For the more adventurous, there will be a guided paddle to White Island or Lunging Island, depending on the conditions.

The price includes an on-deck barbeque lunch. Subtract $20 per person for double kayak rental. There is no discount if you use your own kayak. Experience Level: Intermediate III (some experience required; stamina necessary).

Paddling time: 5 hours with a 45-minute break and 1 hour for lunch.

Preregistration is required for this program. To register, please call 978-462-9998.

Where To Meet:

Meet at the Newburyport boardwalk (on the Merrimack River in downtown Newburyport).

Cost:

This program is for adults: $160 for Mass Audubon members; $170 for nonmembers.

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Hampton Beach Catamaran Regatta

In addition to enjoying the beach and all of the funky shops on the Ocean Blvd. beach strip, If you visit Hampton Beach on Saturday and Sunday, June 19th & 20th, you can watch the annual Hampton Beach Catamaran Regatta.

This event has become a highlight of the summer as champions and (relatively) new sailors alike converge on Hampton Beach for a weekend of sailing. The weekend is well organized, with races throughout the day. The races, which are held not too far off the beach, can easily be watched by visitors and non-sailors.

To watch the regatta, simply get yourself a good bit of sand a camera and relax and enjoy the proceedings.

For more information about the regatta, visit the Hampton Beach website.

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Canoe Building at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum
Join Hilary Russell of the Berkshire Boatbuilding School to Build Your Own Canoe

Did you ever want to learn how to build a canoe? Do you have an interest in boat building? If you do,  this five-day program, Build Your Own 10 ½’-15 ½’ Canoe,  at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Essex, MA is for you.

In this 5-day course held at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum you will build your own double paddle canoe – either a 10 ½’ solo, an 11 ½’ solo, a 13 ½” tandem, or a 15 ½’ tandem – classic lightweight craft for easy car-topping and carrying.

The Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum preserves the history of New England’s wooden shipbuilding industry since the 1630s and maintains one of the best maritime collections in the region.

Costs:

Costs are $995 for solo boats; $1250 for 13′ tandem boat; $1350 for 15′ tandem boat.

For More Information:

For photos and information about the school, please visit the Berkshire Boatbuilding School

For additional information call 978-768-7541 or, visit the the Essex Shipbuilding Museum website.

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On Thursday, May 27th, the Essex Shipbuilding Museum is holding its fourth and final presentation as part of its symposium in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the return of the Evelina M. Goulart, a rare transitional dragger built at the A.D. Story Shipyard in Essex, Massachusetts in 1927.

The dragger, returned in 1990, is one of seven remaining Essex-built schooners in existence and has now been on exhibit at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum for longer than most of her sisters survived at sea.

Join friends and members of the Museum for the conclusion of its four-part symposium on the Evelina M. Goulart. The presentation is being made by two national experts in the field of maritime history and preservation: Erik Ronnberg, Jr. and Dana C. Hewson.

Part Four: the Role of Preservation and the Evelina M. Goulartwill begin with a virtual video tour hosted by shipwrights Harold A. Burnham and John Drake, which will take viewers completely around the exterior and throughout the minute details of the interior of the Evelina M. Goulart, objectively assessing the current structural integrity of the vessel.

During the past three months, the Evelina M. Goulart Symposium has covered the maritime history of Cape Ann, the families and cultural diversity of the Gloucester fishing fleet, the history of the American fishing schooner and the evolution of the transitional trawler; the remarkable story of the return of the Evelina M .Goulart to Essex; and the 20 year history of the documentation, preservation and interpretation of the vessel.

Despite the huge contribution that she has made to bring history alive for our visitors, her future is uncertain. A goal of this symposium is to gather interested individuals to form a committee to decide what our options are. This fourth, and final, part of the symposium will bring together two of the best museum experts who have had to face similar challenges.

The evening will be topped off by a friendly get-together over coffee and snacks to exchange ideas regarding the future of this unique part of the museum’s collection.

Admission:

$10 for each single session; $25 for all four sessions

You can purchase tickets online by visiting the Essex Shipbuilding Museum website.

Parking is available and there is handicap access.

Contributions to support the mission of the Essex Shipbuilding Museum are gratefully accepted.

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On Saturday, May 15, the Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Essex, MA is having a Members’ Day for all present, past, and potential members.

The purpose of the event is threefold:

1. To acquaint all of the museum’s members and others with some of  the museum’s  new facilities and the current state of the shipyard.
2. To show to all some of the educational exhibits that are used with school group tours and not often seen by others.
3. And to just get together to socialize, celebrate a new season and enjoy time by the water.

If you come, you can explore and take part in the following events:

• Take the new self-guided tours
• Steam shed demonstrations of plank bending
• Tour the marvelous exhibits at the Central School House
• Interpretation of our flagship the Lewis H. Story and trunnel making
• Opportunities to view some of our historic DVDs of Essex ships and shipbuilding.
• Knot tying for kids – they’ll make friendship bracelets and sailor’s wristlets.

In addition to all of this, Dawn Robertson and Kurt Wilhelm will be on hand to sign their book Essex, which will also be on sale, a very interesting new title in the Images of America series.
Concurrently with Member Day activities, the Cape Ann Rowing Club will be using part of the facility for morning staging and afternoon awards for their annual Essex River Race. Some of you may want to participate in that race in the morning and join us in the afternoon.

Incentives:

Any member who brings or recruits a non-member who joins the Museum by June 30, 2010 will receive next year’s membership at half price, and any non-member who takes out membership that day will receive a free Museum T-shirt.

Chowder and gumbo will be available for purchase from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

So, come on down, you will have a ball!

For additional information call 978-768-7541 or, visit the Essex Shipbuilding Museum website.

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