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August 23rd Ware River
in Barre. Meet at 11:00 for an 11:30
launch. Trip organizers are Steve and Joanna Norris
sirron30@gmail.com Unfortunately We need to cancel the Ware River trip scheduled for this Saturday. They have dropped the water level about four feet for a Milfoil removal project. They expect it to recover in a couple of weeks but for now its too far to drive for extremely low water. We hope to try again before the season ends. |
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Bring a lunch. 
Changes and cancellations to trips will be posted on the flatwater message board. Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our coordinators provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the trip location. Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club activities |
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Full moon too. Trip organizers are Cheryl Thompson stonefoxfarm@juno.com 401-497-5887 and Skye and Steve Pechie scitamb.2@juno.com Meet at 5:30 for a 5:45 pm launch. Sunset will be at 7:14. Bring your dinner if you wish to eat while waiting in your boat for the display to begin. Minimum boat lenght requirement is 14 feet and longer The Coast Guard requires Kayaks and canoes to display a single white light that is visible from all angles. Most boats use deck mounted lights. Headlamps are essential at the take-out as it is not lit, though some parking spots are floodlit.
A note from Rich Coupland who has organized this event
previously:
"Every year, September through early October, the swallows congregate on the lower Connecticut River. Perhaps half a million birds gather in the reeds of a small island each evening before sunset, then lift into the sky and swoop back and forth in large, a coordinated display known as a murmuration. To sit in a small boat and look up at this display is a very special experience. The gathering is usually at the north end of Goose Island, on the east side of the Connecticut River, a mere two miles north of I95. It has been ongoing for many years. There are often private power boats and kayaks there in the evening, and there has been a commercial dinner cruise that visited the site. The Associated Press did a story on this in 2014: https://www.thestar.com/life/travel/torn...4.amp.html. The preferred location is just south of I95, on the east side of the Connecticut River at Ferry Landing State Park, 398 Ferry Rd, Old Lyme, CT 06371. Drive down to the water, and the put-in is a small sandy area with a couple of picnic tables, before the first parking area. There isn’t much traffic on this dead-end road, so most people stopped to offload their boats, then found parking. The Paddle is about 2.3 miles north to the viewing area at the north end of Goose Island. Paddle to the right of Calf Island and Goose Island, then around to the north point of Goose Island. Watch for other boat traffic. Some thoughts: We were comfortable in lightweight paddle clothing but, in general, plan for cooler evenings. Over-all, this was a great way to spend a late-summer evening!" Rich Changes and cancellations to trips will be posted on the flatwater message board. Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our coordinators provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the trip location. Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club activities |
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September 14th WiRICKA picnic and Paddle. Trip coordinator is aaronrouby@gmail.com The Flatwater paddle will be at Wilson Park. Meet at 9:30 and we will be launching promptly at 10:00. Wilson Park boat ramp. Paddle in the calm, wind-protected waters among the islands and marshes.
Turn onto Intrepid St. from RT 1 (it's just North of the junction of RT 1 & 1A, near the fire & Police stations). Continue to the launch and the parking lot at the very end. NOTE: You can also get to the launch by going through the main entrance for Wilson Park from RT 1A, just South of the RT 1 & RT 1A junction, but it might be easier going the other way. GPS N41 34.638 W071 27.187 Boat ramp Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our coordinators provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the trip location. Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club activities |
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September 21st Wickford Harbor
(Paddle for Progress) Meet at 9:00 for a 10:00 launch.
Trip organizer is Gary Powers
garpow28@aol.com Location: Gardner’s Wharf, 170 Main Street, North Kingstown, RI Google Map Gentle paddle in Wickford Harbor around two picturesque inner harbor islands. In support of the 2025 Paddle for Progress to help the Rhode Island Hospital Foundation raise money and awareness for breast cancer research and care in RI, RICKA has created a paddling team. Registration is from 8:30-9:30 with the paddle from 10:00–12:00. The RICKA team will have an optional extended paddle after the organized event and is suitable for all levels of paddle experience. RSVP by Registration/Join RICKA Team is required: Join Here If you are unable to attend but would like to still support RICKA’s goal of raising $1,000 for this cause, please consider a donation: Make a Donation |
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September 27th Charles River
Charles River –
Needham to Wellesley. Meet at 10:00 for a 10:30 launch Trip coordinator: Erik Eckilson - 617-794- 0378 Eckilson@cox.net We will put-in at the Charles River Peninsula (Fisher Street, Needham, MA) and paddle upstream into the “Bays Region” of the Charles. The river flows through a mix of marsh and woodland and is relatively undeveloped except for some large houses. It is a 5-mile trip up to the Elm Bank Reservation (900 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA), which is the best place to stop for lunch. Long boats are better for this trip. Bring a lunch. Google Maps link to Charles River Peninsula https://www.google.com/maps/dir//42.2603509,-71.2653355/@42.2603296,-71.3353754,14664m/data=!3m1!1e3 Trustees of Reservations website for the Charles River Peninsula https://thetrustees.org/place/charles-river-peninsula/ Nearest address is 87 Fisher Street, Needham, MA, which is across the street. The entrance is near the intersection of Fisher Street and Russel Road. Trip co Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our coordinators provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the trip location. Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club activities |
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October 5th Sunset and Full Moon Paddle on Worden Pond. South Kingstown Meet at 5:30 for a 6:00pm. Trip Coordinators: Jen Stanton bigredstantons@gmail.com Cindy Gianfransesco and Chuck Horbert chorbert13@gmail.com 401-418-2838 Worden Pond is the second-largest freshwater lake in RI. Bring a headlamp or waterproof light. Worden Pond in South Kingstown Worden Pond is a large lake in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island. It is the second-largest freshwater lake in the state of Rhode Island, behind Scituate Reservoir, and the largest natural freshwater lake in the state. This access site on the south shore of Worden Pond has a small dock, a cement plank boat ramp, and a large gravel parking lot.
41° 25.776' N 71° 34.04' W See this location in: Google Maps Driving Landmarks: On Wordens Pond Road, 1/2 mile west of the junction with Route 110 (Ministerial Road) Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our coordinators provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the trip location. Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club activities |
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October 11th Tully Lake Royalston MA. Meet at 11:00 for an 11:30 launch. Trip organizer is Erik Eckilson - 617-794- 0378 Eckilson@cox.net RSVP requireed. Bring a lunch. The foliage should be bealutiful. We will meet at the Tully River Canoe Launch off Doanes Hill Road, Royalston MA. This is the canoe launch near the Tully Lake Campground, not the boat ramp at the dam.
After the trip we can take a walk across the street from the canoe launch to see Doanes Falls. Directions: Get yourself to Route 2 West in MA and take exit 17. Go north on Route 32, through Athol, for about 6 miles - you will see the Tully Lake Recreation Area on the right (address is 2 Athol-Richmond Road, Royalston, MA). Continue north on Route 32 for about ½ mile and turn right on Doanes Hill Road. Access is about a mile up the road on the left, past the campground and just over the bridge. COVID information for Tully Lake is here: Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our coordinators provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the trip location. Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club activities |
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October 18th Saturday Blackstone Gorge Fall Colors Paddle
Meet at 9:30 for a
10:00 launch.
Leaders: Gary Powers garpow28@aol.com
This is a pretty fall paddle, just under 4 mi. round trip
and suitable for all paddlers. Parking lot is small.
The put-in for this section is near the Blackstone Gorge
across from 66 County Street, Blackstone MA.
GPS Coordinates: N42 00.923 W071 33.165 with a short walk from the parking area to just above the Rolling Dam (1886). The Rolling Dam is large and backs up a lot of water into a millpond that was used to power the Blackstone Manufacturing Company (1904) and currently provides water power for hydroelectricity. About one mile up river is the Triad Bridge where three railroad lines were to cross at a point forming a three-tiered bridge. At about 1-1/2 miles on the left bank is Blackstone's best-preserved lock structure, the Millville Lock (1828).
For more information about the Triad Bridge and Millville
lock please visit:
The trip continues another ½ mi to our turn around spot,
just below Central Street in Millville where we meet small
rapids near the remains of the site of a succession of
mills, a grist mill (1732), a sawmill (1753), and the first
woolen mill (1814) in the Blackstone Valley, among others.
From there, we turn around and finish our fall colors tour
back at the Blackstone Gorge dam.
Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our coordinators provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the trip location. Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club activities. |
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November
1st Turkey Paddle
at Wallum Lake. Meet
at 1:30 for a 2:00 launch. Coordinators are Cheryl Thompson
stonefoxfarm75@gmail.com 401-497-5887 and Sharon Dragon shdrag1@gmail.com 401-225-3942. A lovely fall paddle with dinner at a nearby restaurant. Restaurant is Bistro Eight Ates 172 Gore Rd, Webster, MA 01570. . You are welcome to come to the paddle only or the restaurant only.if you can not make both the dinner and paddle.
RSVP by October 26th if you intend to have
lunch with us, dinner is about 4:00 pm..
You will not be charged for parking at Wallum Lake. No RSVP needed for the paddle, just for the reservation at the restaurant. At this time of year a change of clothes in a waterproof bag is required. A wetsuit or drysuit is recommended.
Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our coordinators provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the trip location. Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club activities. |
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Paddle with Santa in Wickford- Trip organizer: Pat Lardner pslardner@gmail.com 401-524-8057 Meet at 11:30 AM to decorate your Canoe/Kayak. RSVP to Pat Lardner at pslardner@gmail.com so she can have Elf hats for everyone attending. Wetsuit or Drysuit mandatory Wickford Festival of Lights Once again we will be escorting Santa down Wickford Harbor as he arrives by boat at the the town dock. Paddlers should plan to deck their boats with holiday decorations and bring their holiday cheer! We will meet at the same location as last year, 170 Main Street, Wickford, RI. Parking lot is located to the right of Gardners Wharf Seafood.  Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our coordinators provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the trip location. Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club activities. ________ |
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The people who coordinate RICKA trips are responsible for setting a meeting time and how to get to the put-in and take-out. The trip coordinators are unpaid volunteers who are not professionals. They are not and cannot be responsible for determining the adequacy of your skill level, your personal safety, well-being, or happiness. Tri Trip coordinators: ....... At this time of year, wetsuits or drysuits are REQUIRED. You will not be allowed to paddle with the group if you do not comply. If you are weating a wetsuit, please bring a change of clothes. Our first on-water meeting/paddle of the season is the signal that summer is here! For those new to the club, a group paddle or event replaces the more structured meetings of fall through spring, and takes place on the third Monday evening of the month. Meet at 10:00 for a 10:30 shuttle Trip coordinator: Erik Eckilson 617-794-0378 eckilson@cox.net This trip has been cancelled. We will try to reschedule it. Sudbury River – Wayland to Concord We will put-in at Sherman’s Bridge Road in Wayland and paddled down to Lowell Road in Concord - about 8 miles. For much of the trip, the Sudbury meanders through marshland of the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. We swill stop for lunch at Brooke Island at Fairhaven Bay. Those who are interested can continue a short distance past the take out to visit the Old North Bridge in the Minuteman National Historic Park. Put-in: 72 Sherman's Bridge Rd, Wayland, MA 01778 https://maps.app.goo.gl/McRcBeWF1PsrsUY19 24 |