Change History for Touring Boat Schedule: Last Updated Feb. 19, 2010
1) 1/28/2010 Fixed dates for Grayson Lake (Dates shifted by 1)
2) 1/30/2010 Firm up Grayson Lake trip as May 22/23 and indicate that this is a joint event with Cincinnatti Paddlers.
3) 2/19/2010 Add joint Flatwater, Whitewater, Touring Events
4) 7/2/2010 Add Mojo Rolling Clinic
5) [B[7/10/2010[/B] Add Lake Monroe Picnic

HCC Touring Kayak Schedule

Sat., March 20, 2010 First Day of Spring Summit Lake Paddle, New Castle, IN
Joint Flatwater, Touring Kayak Trip
Joel DeLashmit

Sat-Sun. April 17-18, 2010 Lake Monroe Overnight Trip, Bloomington, IN
Note: Wildlife areas will be open at this time.
Kevin Dogan

Sat-Sun. May 22-23, 2010 Grayson Lake, KY
Joint event with Cincinnati Paddling Group
Todd and Cheryl Sullivan

Sat. May 29, 2010 Touring Kayak Open Water Rescue Clinic
Joel DeLashmit-Training, Jim S.-Admin.

Sat. June 5, 2010 Northwest Indiana Paddlers Association (NWIPA) Dunes State Park Paddle

Thu-Sun June 10-13, 2010 Carlisle Lake 3-day trip, Carlisle, IL
Joel DeLashmit

Sat July 17, 2010 Lake Monroe Picnic/Paddle
Jim Sprandel

July 31, 2010 Cataract Falls/Cagle Mills Trip
Joint Flatwater, Touring Kayak Trip
Jim Sprandel

Sat.-Sun. Aug. 21-22, 2010 NWIPA Michigan City - South Haven Paddle
This is similar to last year’s 2-day, 50-mile paddle from Chicago to Michigan City except shifted 50 miles along Lake Michigan’s shore. In 16 years, they want to cover the entire shore of Lake Michigan.

Sun. August 29 Mojo Rolling Clinic, Lake Maxinhall, Debbie Baker

Fri.-Sun. Sept 10-12, 2010 Lake Michigan-Manitou Island (Intermediate-Expert Trip)
Brad Hughey

Sat.-Sun. Oct 2-3 Lake Patoka Overnight Trip
Jim Sprandel S. Kellie Kaneshiro
Note: No Pirate Paddle/Party this year so there is not a conflict.

Sat.-Sun. Oct. 23-24, 2010 Lake Monroe Overnight Trip
Jim Sprandel

Non-Club Events that people might be interested in

Feb. 22-24 Florida Gulf Coast Kayaks Skills/BCU Week, Ft. Lauderdale
Feb. 25-28 Florida Gulf Coast Sea Kayak Symposium, Ft. Lauderdal

Fri-Sun. Mar 12-14, 2010 Canoecopia, Wisconsin

May 28-31 Western Michigan Coastal Kayak Assoc. Symposium, Blue Lake, MI

Apr. 16-18 East Coast Canoe and Kayak Festival, Charleston

Jun. 11-13 South Bass Rendezvous, Put-In Bay, Lake Erie

Fri-Sat Jun 25-26, 2010 Cincinatti Paddlefest

Sun. Jun 27 South Bend Paddlefest

Jul. 9-11 Door County Sea Kayak Symposium, Door County, WI

Jul 16-18 Great Lake Sea Kayak Symposium, Grand Marais, MI

Aug. 12-15 Ladies of the Lake Sea Kayak Symposium, Marquette, MI

Sept. 16-19, 2010 Midwest BCU Week, Chicago

Oct. 27-31, 2010 BCU Week, Typee Island

The club received this e-mail on 2 regional Lake Michigan Trips that sea kayakers might want to attend. Dan Plath is the head of the Northwest Indiana Paddlers Association (NWIPA) who helped sponsor the Burham Woods paddle from Chicago to Gary last year.

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:23:01 -0600
Subject: Dates for the Lake Michigan Water Trail Expediton & a kayak tour of
the Indiana Dunes
From: Dan Plath <dkplath@gmail.com>
To: Dan Valleskey <danpaddles@gmail.com>

Hi Dan,

We have tentatively set a date of June 5th for a 1 day tour of all of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore via kayak. It is part of National Trails Day. We also set the date for the expedition for this year. We are going to hold it on Aug. 21st & 22nd & paddle from Michigan City to South Haven. More info will be coming out soon. Thanks

Dan

Brad Hughey has agreed to sponsor a trip to Manitou Island the weekend of Sept 11. This could be challenging since there is an 8.5 mile open crossing from the mainland out to Manitou island in Lake Michigan. Brad said that if it's too rough - there are other places to paddle in the area. Due to the long open crossing, spray skirts, rescue training, and some comfort in moderate sea conditions required.

Everyone will be expected to complete rescue training and practice together before this trip.

Jim S.

Manitou island is a great trip. I have been up there 4 times and paddled to the island 3 of the 4 times, once it was to rough, two of the trips we had 2-4 foot waves which sems to be pretty common, one trip it was glassy smooth going out and back. Be sure to plan for an extra day on the island if conditions are to rough to paddle in on your return day. There is also a ferry that makes the trip, we have had good luck with non paddlers taking it out and camping with the paddlers. The ferry is also an option , we once had two of our paddlers that didnt like the conditions for the day of our return so they took the ferry in. They will take you if there is room which in Sep that should not be a problem but they do charge the round trip price plus money for the kayaks. The only draw back to the ferry is it returns to a different location than where the paddle out starts so you still need some one to paddle back to the cars and then drive about 30 min north to the ferry dock. One other thing to watch out for is you do cross the shipping channel, the lake freighters move faster than you think so be on the look out and know when your in the shipping channel. Jim, I think you have my E mail so if you have any questions or you want to see some pictures from my trips send me a note......Jay

This schedule was updated to reflect the Trip Planning meeting (1/24). I edited the 1st Message in this chain so look at it.