Anderson Island Circumnavigation and Hike

Let's circumnavigate Anderson Island and do a 5 mile round-trip hike along the way, from a shore stop at Carlson Bay to Jacob's Point Park and back.

Paddle Description: This paddle will be 14 nautical miles, with strong current with us most of the way.

Camping at Carlson Bay Thursday night is a possibility.

Sign-up Requirements: To sign up for this trip, you must be an intermediate or beyond paddler, with wet exit, re-entry, and rescues training and practice, and you must be able to paddle a sustained 2.5 knots paddling pace. The required kayaking experience and skills need to be documented in your meetup profile information and especially in your answers to the sign-up questions.

Equipment Requirements: Sea-kayak, paddle, pfd, paddlefloat, pump, sprayskirt, immersion gear, warm hat and waterproof hat, sunscreen, water, snacks, picnic lunch, VHF radio if you have one, kayak boots, extra warm clothing in a dry-bag.
Hiking boots, clothes and gear.

Immersion Gear: Wearing immersion gear (a kayaking 3 mm wetsuit or a dry-suit over insulating clothing) is mandatory on the paddle.

Parking, Conditions, Contingency and Covid-19: No parking pass is required. This paddle is contingent upon wind and weather conditions that are acceptable for this paddle. We will social distance on shore, and we will bring face-coverings and use them on shore as needed and as required by State law.

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