RICKA sea kayak trips
Unofficial photos of the Rhode Island Canoe/Kayak Association [www.ricka.org]
Mostly paddled in the Narragansett Bay Area, the 'Best day paddle area in the United States'.
For your viewing pleasure by M. Krabach [www.krabach.info].
Photos may be viewed two ways, by clicking thumbnail index photos, or by using topographic maps linked to the photos. The maps encompass the area paddled and have clickable buttons to the photos or shaded boxes that link larger detailed maps with buttons.
For a map of the Southern New England Coast which shows locations (and links to) some of the Ricka day trips listed below, see the [coastal map].
August, 2002 Dutch Island exploration [Index] [Map]
May 30, 2005 Spinks Neck Beach, Davisville to Prudence Island [Index] [Map]
July 3, 2005 Goddard Park to Warwick Fireworks at Buttonwood Park [Index] [Map]
July 10, 2005 Hingham Harbor to Peddocks Island in Mass. Bay [Index] [Map]
July 16, 2005 Kings Beach Foggy Day to Easton Bay, Newport [Index] [Map]
July 17, 2005 Barn Island Foggy Day to Dodges Island, Mystic [Index] [Map]
July 30, 2005 Slocums River to Allens Pond, Dartmouth [Index] [Map]
August 6, 2005 Pier 5 to Galilee Beach and Pt Judith Harbor [Index] [Map]
August 7, 2005 Ft Wetherill paddle to Brenton reef and Sheep Pt Cove, Newport [Index] [Map]
August 13, 2005 Ft Wetherill circumferential paddle around Jamestown Island [Index] [Map]
August 20, 2005 Jamestown, Gould and Rose Island Hop in East Passage [Index] [Map]
August 19, 2006 Haines Park to Bristol Town Beach with Waves [Index] [Map]
August 27, 2006 Ft. Wetherill to Newport Harbor Wooden boat show [Index] [Map]
September 9, 2006 Ft. Wetherill Island Hop with Coddington Cove diversion [Index] [Map]
October 8, 2006 Rye Harbor, NH to Isles of Shoals open ocean paddle [Index] [Map]
October 21, 2006 Westport Harbor and East Branch with lunch on white rock [Index] [Map]
November 4, 2006 Magazine Park to Barking Crab Restaurant, Boston Harbor [Index] [Map]
December 3, 2006 3rd Beach, Sachuest Pt. to Ochre Pt. Newport [Index] [Map]
June 30, 2007 Ft. Wetherill to Tall Ships in Newport Harbor [Index] [Map]
August 11, 2007 Heads Beach to Dutch Island Fortifications and beyond [Index] [Map]
August 25, 2007 Barn Island, Stonington to Ram Island and back [Index] [Map]
September 23, 2007 Rye Harbor, NH to Isle of Shoals off shore paddle. [Index] [Map]
September 30, 2007 Westport Harbor to Gooseberry Neck and over Horseneck Beach [Index] [Map]
October 7, 2007 Charles River paddle to Barking Crab Restaurant in Boston Harbor [Index] [Map]
All the the kayaking photos have been scanned into 1600x1000 or 3300x2000 pixels. The photos you see here are in 640x400 pixel format. If there are any photos that you would like to see, or save, in the larger format, email me: mkrabach at efortress.com.
Related Information for Kayaking
Coastal Access for Kayaking [text], or [Coastal Access Map]
Marine Weather Forecast [text], or Present Marine Conditions [text], or [Marine Weather Map]
Tidal Predictions and Data [text]
Kayaking Resources Site [SeeKayak]
Photos by Michael Krabach. Photo negative scanning done with HP Photosmart scanner and VueScan 8.2 (www.hamrick.com), or Epson 4990 Perfection scanner and software. Image manipulation done with ACDSee v4 (www.acdsystems.com). Thumbnail pages done with XnView (www.xnview.org). Topographic maps from Topo! (www.topo.com). Map screen capture with HyperSnap-DX (www.hyperionics.com). Html and graphics done with OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org) and StarOffice (www.sun.com). Map hyperlinks with (www.liveimage.com). Html touchup editing done with AceHTML Freeware (visicommedia.com). File ftp uploading done with Total Commander 32 (www.ghisler.com). Pages tested using Opera (www.opera.com), Firefox 2.0 and IE6.
Rev November 3, 2007
