Chesapeake Paddlers Association

I heard the news that Bill Smith, a friend and former CPA Coordinator, passed away.  I first met Bill on a CPA paddle when I was still relatively new to Maryland.  He immediately became friends with my husband since they both had history in the Navy.  It turned out that we had also shared membership in an outdoors group in ...

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Extracted from the Bay Journal by Jeremy Cox After 30 years of slow progress toward restoring the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers, federal agencies adopted a new strategy in 2014 with goals for 2025.  The 2014 strategy added three more states and finally encompasses the entire 64,000 square mile drainage.  It featured enforceable pollution caps set by ...

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Steering Committee Member and former Coordinator Bill Smith passed away unexpectedly in his sleep last week. A native of Michigan, Bill was an avid kayaker and canoeist who joined CPA in 2009 after moving here from Florida. He was Coordinator from 2017-2022 and served on the Steering Committee from 2016 to the present. After retiring from his construction career, Bill ...

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It’s been a hot summer so far and it is only July.  Kayaking can be a great way to beat the heat, but we also need to be aware of the dangers.  One issue that I have seen when paddling in hot weather is heat exhaustion.  Heat exhaustion is a condition that occurs when your body overheats due to prolonged ...

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Ralph Heimlich is re-creating his 2019 Potomac Passagemaker paddle series this year. The fourth trip in the series was a kayak camper that covered the Potomac River from Leesylvania SP to Caledon SP, launching and returning to Mallows Bay Park in Maryland. Read about the adventure here.

Marla Aron has ended her term as CPA Logo Gear Volunteer after doing a wonderful job for many years. CPA now needs a volunteer to steward the logo gear sales. This is your opportunity to give back to YOUR paddling club. The job responsibilities include inventorying and maintaining stocks of shirts and other logo gear, transporting them to CPA events ...

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Coordinators Column It’s late spring and getting close to summer, and the paddling season has already started.  There are a few things we need to remember.  First, the air is warming but the water temperatures are still low.  Especially since we have had several days of rain, most of which seems to have happened on the weekends.  This will hold ...

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SK101, Introduction to Sea Kayaking, was held April 13, 2024 at Cult Classic Brewery on Kent Island, Maryland. Thanks to photos taken by Rich Stevens, all the action at SK101 was captured and put into a video. Click on the image here.