32nd Annual Delmarva Paddler Retreat
Save the Date:
 October 7-10, 2021
"Friends and Fun"

Peter Gengler had an idea a few years ago about celebrating the real reason events like Delmarva exist, “It’s all about Friendships”. Coming off of a year and half of Covid we thought this would be the perfect theme for this year’s Delmarva. Thank you, Peter.

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We have had a lot of feed back and with uptick in Covid and not knowing what October will bring we will be requiring that all participants be vaccinated.  Given our general demographic and the close nature of rolling instruction we think this is the prudent path to take to keep everyone safe.

Thank you for understanding. 

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It is doubtful that we will be able to have any international guests, including Canada, so we aren’t planning for that.

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The new dining hall will be under construction in place of the old dining. Walt and Shawn (Big Jim’s replacement) feel very good about being able to serve us meals. They have several large groups in the weeks ahead of us and figure will they easily have the kinks worked out by the time we get there. But to help them out will be capping registration to 75 participants. 

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The pavilion is finished. It’s very nice and has a fire pit which will have a roof over it to allow socializing around it if it rains. The plan is to use it for meals. They may be able to get sides put on it, but we are not planning on it. By capping the numbers to 75 we can use the Quails Nest if necessary.

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The new bathrooms south of the dining hall amongst the platforms are operational. Using the platforms over there will be a whole lot more convenient.

We will be emphasizing instruction, learning new skills and then using your new skills in a series of games and participation workshops. Jenny has some new ideas she can’t wait to try out.

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Registration will open later this month, which is the same as very soon!

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Another successful Delmarva is behind us.

Thank you all.

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Where do we start? 8 gorgeous kayaks were built and launched. The workshops were exceptional. The on water classes were well received. The weather wasn’t perfect but was very workable. Susan Conrad was spotted several times having too much fun. Sign up for her newsletter and let her know we want her to return next year to tell us about her latest adventure.

Mike Hamilton keeps coming up with new ideas, we can't wait till next year. 

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Have you seen Peter's Videos?

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What if the kayak build was reality TV? Peter and friends have the answer!

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And for good measure here's Peter's video tribute to Delmarva 2019