We had high water on the St. George River. The Sheepscot was running a beefy 1800 which is the gauge I use to judge the George. During the race the day before, 42 of 96 entrants DNF, so we were expecting a little more excitement than normal. At the takeout, a Game Warden warned us to watch for pinned boats and lost gear. He wasn’t exaggerating. We must have passed a dozen badly damaged canoes and kayaks wrapped around debris and pinned in near impossible predicaments. Ryan and Shweta paddled a raft so we collected gear along the way and they carried a racing kayak from the bottom of the last rapid to the takeout. Oh, by the way, the river was great fun with moderate waves and a strong pushy current. We stayed in our boats.
Participants: Ryan & Shweta Galway (Raft), Paul Plumer (Canoe), Ken Gordon (Kayak) and Elderly TC Ron Chase (Kayak).