A full moon paddle is an awesome way to spend time on the water. If you’ve never been or you’re looking for a full moon paddle, the folks at Ozark Mountain Rowing and Kayak Club have organized this upcoming paddle event. All skill levels of paddler are welcome, beginners and advanced alike.

Here are the particulars for the Ozark Mountain Rowing & Kayak Club Full Moon Paddle:

When: Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 9:00 PM

Where: Dale Avenue Boat Ramp, Table Rock Lake, MO (just outside Branson, Missouri)

What: 2nd Annual Full Moon Paddling Trip. An awe-inspiring evening of paddling and fun on Table Rock Lake with the full moon glinting off serene lake waters… A great trip for first timers, beginners, and advanced canoers and kayakers

How: Take Highway 265 South over the Table Rock dam, past the Table Rock State Park turn off and the Table Rock Marina entrances.  Dale Avenue is the next street on the right.  Take Dale Avenue 200 feet to the boat ramp.

**Important Info: All Paddlers must wear a life jacket AND are required by state law to bring a flashlight or wear a head-lamp.

If you want to go on this trip and don’t have a kayak, here are some outfitters that will rent you a kayak and deliver it to the launch location:

• Rodney Wright at 165 Marina View – (417) 336-2811
• Larry Thompson at Bull Creek Outpost – (417) 561-1045

Thanks to Eric Farris for letting us know about this upcoming kayak trip!

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Think you’re a hard core kayaker? Well, how about a 340 mile, non-stop kayak race from Kansas City to St. Charles, MO? The event takes place July 15-19 this year.

Imagine a race across the entire state of Missouri, just you and your boat thrown against 340 miles of wind, heat, bugs and rain. This ain’t no mama’s boy float trip. This race promises to test your mettle from the first stroke in Kansas City to the last gasp in St. Charles. Just entering it will impress your friends. Finishing it will astound them… and winning it? Well, you always thought you were sort of a legend anyway, didn’t you? It’s time to prove it.

The Missouri 340 is an endurance race across the state of Missouri. Competitors will start in Kansas City and finish, some of them anyway, in St. Charles. With numerous towns and hamlets, the course offers plenty of opportunity for resupply while enroute. The Missouri River is also incredibly scenic and isolated in some stretches, with wildlife and beautiful vistas to rival any river in North America. But if you’re trying to win this race, you won’t have time to enjoy  any of it.

Participants are allowed exactly 100 hours to complete the course.  There are nine checkpoints along the route where paddlers are required to sign in and sign out. Cutoff times will be associated with these checkpoints based on the 100 hour pace. Failure to miss two consecutive deadlines is grounds for disqualification. To finish this race in 100 hours is a huge accomplishment. Only 2/3 of the teams were able to do that last year.

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