North Lake Washington Loop Paddle

We are going to do a loop paddle at the north end of Lake Washington. This paddle will feature an estuary bay, an interesting variety of ducks wintering on the lake, a natural wooded shoreline at St. Edwards Park, and the Lake City area shoreline with a lot of interesting features.

Sign-up Requirements: This is a 12 nautical mile paddle in cold water that may be subject to wind waves. To sign up for this paddle, you must be an advanced novice or beyond paddler with wet exit, re-entry, and rescue training and recent practice and we must be able to paddle a sustained 2.5 knots pace. The required kayaking experience and skills need to be documented in your meetup-profile information and your answers to the sign-up questions. RSVP's without answers to the sign-up questions may be deleted.

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Schedule and Itinerary:

9:00 a.m. - meet at Juanita Beach Park, off-load, and park.

9:45 a.m - launch and paddle 5 n.m. north to Log Boom Park in Kenmore.

~ 11:45 p.m. - picnic lunch at Log Boom Park

~ 12:30 p.m. - launch and paddle 7 n.m. south back to Juanita Beach Park.

~ 3:30 p.m. - land and take-out back at Juanita Beach Park.

Conditions, Contingency and Misc.: This paddle is contingent upon acceptable wind conditions. There is free parking at the launch location.

Equipment Requirements: Kayak, paddle, pfd, paddlefloat, pump, sprayskirt, sunglasses, sunscreen, water and snacks, picnic lunch, waterproof hat, immersion gear, VHF radio if you have one. Extra change of warm clothes in a dry-bag.

Immersion Gear: Wearing immersion and rain protection (drysuit with insulatiing clothing under or a wetsuit with a waterproof paddle jacket) is required on this paddle.

Miscellaneous Requirements: This paddle may also be posted on the Washington Kayak Club website, and, per their insurance requirements, prior to launching, all participants will need to sign a Waiver and Release of Liabilty similar to the WKC Waiver (http://www.washingtonkayakclub.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=821680&module_id=158094). A copy will be available for signatures at the launch location.

Waiver and Indemnification: This is not a guided paddle nor a kayaking-skills lesson. In signing up for this paddle, each sign-up-ee certifies that he/she has the required kayaking skills and experience described in the "Sign-up Requirements". Kayaking activities have inherent risk and each sign-up-ee acknowledges that kayaking activities have risk of injury or even death, and signs up and participates entirely and exclusively at his/her own risk.