Gloucester Sea Kayaking Trip
July 8, 2000
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By Jim Lewis
On Saturday, July 8, 2000 Jim Lewis led a Sea kayaking trip from
Lane’s Cove on the North Side of Cape Ann to Wingaersheek Beach at the
mouth of the Annisquam River. The group included Jim Lewis, Laura Morgan,
Soojin Stickney and Julia Steed Mawson.
The group met at Lane’s Cove at 10:00 am, Saturday morning in the
middle of a clear, windless, warm and sunny day. With ocean rollers of
less than three feet it could almost be described as a perfect day on the
ocean. Anyone that needed to rent kayaks could do so with Discovery
Adventures, which is located at Lane’s Cove.
Wingaersheek Beach from the shore. The Annisquam River is just
beyond the rock formations seen jutting out into the water.
At Wingaersheek Beach we spent some time wading around and collecting
sand dollars.
On the trip back to Lane’s Cove we stopped in several of the rocky
inlets and coves in an attempt to fend off the effects of seasickness, but
with only limited success. One member could not complete the trip and was
let off in the cove by the University of Massachusetts research center,
which was approximately halfway back to the starting point,
This trip was a relatively short one to acquaint those who have never
sea kayaked before with the art of paddling in the Ocean. This area is
characterized by a rocky coastline with many sandy coves and inlets. The
group left Lane’s Cove and paddled north along the coast to the mouth of
the Annisquam River and Wingaersheek Beach, where we ate lunch. Despite
the almost perfect weather and ocean conditions a couple in the group
developed queasy stomachs, which in other words was a mild case of
seasickness. All power boaters in the area were very courteous and steered
clear of our path.
Laura Morgan, Julia Steed Mawson and Jim Lewis in one of many
inlets we explored.
Typical picture of the curious sea birds we encountered along the
trip.
After the trip Julia remarked, “I do remember hermit crabs, and
beautiful beaches, sand dollars, great clouds, isopods, starfish, nifty
rock formations, lovely warm water, nice kayaking teammates."
Anyone else interested in these types of adventures?
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