The Safety Boater Clinic is intended to train paddlers to function effectively as Safety Boaters within a group, emphasizing positioning, communication, anticipation, and boat-based rescue techniques. In spite of the lack of water in nearby rivers the Clinic was a …
For a while now, I have had the thought that it would be cool to complete the entire length of the Haw River by kayak. Even in low water, the Haw is always navigable, and since longboats need love and …
It was the coldest day of the week but the water level looked adequate so Alton Chewning & I hatched a plan to run Middle & Lower yesterday. The last and only time I’d done these sections was October 2024 …
Last Saturday we had a motley crew of Shane Brown, Gary Cousino, Brooks Burleson, Jim Clarke, Chris Mattox and some weirdo in a metal canoe with dogs. Water levels were low but this crew was mostly out for the sunshine …
Rusty, Crusty & Dusty – But Stylin’ (Middle-Lower Haw 2/28/26 trip) Read more »
On New Year’s day 2026 a small handful of club members (myself, Alton Chewning, Roy Siggins, Colin Harrington, and Jim Butler) joined forces with the “Polar Paddle” put on by the Haw River Canoe & Kayak Co. at the backwater …
“Canoe Freestyle is the art and science of precision, quiet water paddling.” Thus began the required evening lecture on the night before North Carolina’s first canoe freestyle clinic, hosted May 3 in Saxapahaw. Our guest of honor was Marc Ornstein, …
On May 16 Larry Ausley, John McDonald, Christopher Mattocks, Diana Haywood, Alton Chewning, and Colin Harrington (and myself: Jason Jones) set out to link the Middle and Lower Haw sections near Pittsboro. Most paddlers were in whitewater kayaks, and Chris …
It was a great day cleaning up at Robseon Canoe Launch with The Haw River Assembly. We had 3 kayaks and 3 canoes launched with a total of 12 boaters on the water, along with another 7 folks (and a …
6 brave adventurers set out on a Jason Jones posted trip today on the Upper Haw River. The water levels were so ferocious (550 cfs on the Bynum gauge) that our fearless leader left his crew under the direction of …
— Testing Email Forwarders with a Trip Report — We ran the lower haw very early on the morning of 2022/02/15. This time of year it’s light enough to paddle at 0645. We were on the river by 0700 with …
