Boating News, Reports, & Events
The boating group enjoys canoeing and kayaking on both flat water as well as on the area’s many rivers and streams. The boaters schedule several day trips each year and have enjoyed adventures on the water that require overnight stays as well. Every member of the boating group is invited to suggest and help coordinate excursions. Club members in the boating group don't have to be boat owners as they often rely on professional outfitters.
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Boating News & Reports (NOTE: Always check the WSC newsletters for updates.)
2023 marked the 10th Anniversary of the WSC.
Where best to launch the 2022 WSC boating season? Easy. Simply repeat the club's great 2019 trip with the Rivanna River Company
The good news is the club's boating program now has a solid base. The website has a good list of successful local river trips with details on the outfitters. There are 328 people in the club's email system who have asked to receive emails about boating trips. And most all of the trips were well attended.
It was a good day. The weather was forecasted to be hot, but it wasn’t bad–until about 1:30 when most of us were in sight of the Scottsville bridge. Before that, there were often breezes on the river and white clouds sometimes provided a break from the sun.
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The WSC boating season started, again, with a 5.5 mile Charlottesville to Milton run on the Rivanna on Thursday, May 20th. As before, Rivanna River Company’s Gabe Sliver and crew did a great job.
We have worked up a plan to get WSC members on the water more often. This plan should work for us starting now and should work in the coming years as well.
Now in Phase 3, each group can now engage in activities as they see fit.
Our email newsletters going out before this Thursday, August 15th trip said things such as “the water levels on the Upper James are doing well so far.” Hahahahaha.
Boating, fishing, shooting, archery and biking all are going on.
We were told that this section of the river has gentle riffles. It did. A lot of them. There were deep stretches for swimming. And we saw the towering limestone cliff at the Class II Compton’s Rapid, which team handled with style. The summer storms thankfully went elsewhere.