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ARF - Northeast Canoe Gathering

Cboaters their friends and family in any watercraft paddling on the Deerfield river in Massachusetts. Coinciding with Deerfest weekend in Charlemont, MA.

3 Day Event
Fri 6/29 thru 7/1



Some canoes will be available upon request at this event to roll at the campground pond. We'll have a L'edge, Option, Phiend Prototype, Blackfly Ion, and Detonator on hand to try. The Savoy campground has a pond for rolling.

I'll be coordinating extra canoes and newbies for Saturday afternoon on the easy CL 2 Fifebrook section after Dryway paddlers finish around 12:30pm. If you want to attend and bring an extra canoe and paddle with the New Kids Fifebrook group, please let me know. It would be helpful if people register their attendance on the Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/events/33404254 ... 549997647/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

RIVER:
Class 2(3) - Fifebrook Section 4.8 miles.
Zoar Gap is the only CL 3, take out before or after.
Class 3 - Dryway Section Take out at stairs above Dragons Tooth (great class 3)
Class 4 - Dryway Section Take out below DT @ reservoir. 2.7 miles (easier class 4)

Groups Meeting at both rivers each day.

Camping:
Savoy Mountain State Forest campground
reservations via http://www.reserveamerica.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Canoeist are reserved around site 37
sites 8,9,10,45,36 are available as of 6/1.

Enjoy the 1st Annual ARF - Ain't Redneck Fest


Deerfest Link:
http://www.americanwhitewater.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;​/content/Wiki/​aw:events_deerfield

Darn ... it would be worth going just for a T-shirt with that logo on it!

I'll be there if I can - this might finally drag me away from the Hudson / Moose / Schroon to the Deerfield for once!

That is if you'll allow a decked boat along with all the OC's

I'd like that tee sirt, wait im a canoist, does tat mean Im already reserved arounf 37?

I won't be making it this summer, but cheers for putting on a southern NE gathering!!! I hope to make it to the 2nd-47th ARFs. I would be on board for getting a T-shirt if there will be extras.

Shep

p.s. I hope there is video of an open-boat armada at Dragon's Tooth!

Will be there Fri-Sun, staying @ site 20 with the family. I would like to get in at least 1 run with the group.

Going by everyone that has contacted me and registered on the Facebook Event I'm gonna say there might be 25+ openboats swarming down the Class 4 section of the Dryway in 4 weekends....

That would be unprecidented going back to early 2000's. Before the PE Creekers came out the most canoes I ever saw there in any of my laps were maybe 3 and most often NONE.

Well Jim's Caption is 15 feet so that counts for at least two

I'll be heading down fri. with two other boater and staying at site 8. looking forward to meeting a bunch of you folks.

ill be down friday for the duration got site 16 not sure who im bringing at this point looking to run the top of the dryway at least..... maybe swim the tooth if I feel ballsy

I'm going to make shirts to hand deliver at the event. I don't care if you are at the event if you just have someone there to take it off my hands that's cool.

Alex V. said he would take shirts to TN if anyone is a goat lover.

Paypal my account waynegman@aol.com $20 by 3pm this Friday for size XL of the artwork shown in this thread on a lighter color shirt (grey likely). Any email about a shirt should have the subject "SHIRT"


btw - I know of atleast 8 sites at savoy that will have groups of Cboaters. And some sites have extra space so post up here or on the FB event to split on sites.

Just the one size?

dam it...sounds like it will be a blast! I would love to make it but I will be in the Yukon. Have a blast! I will be back at the end of July if anyone wants to hit the river again!

gumpy wrote:Just the one size?

Is your tailor overworked?

The ARF Event STICKER Is Just About Done. Deerfest only wishes they had this OC fun going on.