Paddling on Sandy’s tail on the Webb River

Ron Chase of Topsham paddles down the Webb River in Carthage on Wednesday. Hurricane Sandy dumped buckets of rain throughout Maine and bumped up river levels. While rivers such as the East Branch of the Swift in Byron proved to be too high to paddle, the Webb ran at a good level for Chase, Randy Berube of Lisbon and Ken Gordon of Auburn. To watch a video and to see more pictures, visit sunjournal.com/webbwhitewater.

Ron Chase, front, of Topsham and Randy Berube of Lisbon paddle down the Webb River in Carthage on Wednesday. Hurricane Sandy dumped buckets of rain throughout Maine and bumped up river levels. While rivers such as the East Branch of the Swift in Byron proved to be too high to paddle, the Webb ran at a good level for Chase, Berube and Ken Gordon of Auburn. To watch a video and to see more pictures, visit sunjournal.com/webbwhitewater.

Ken Gordon of Auburn paddles down the Webb River in Carthage on Wednesday. Hurricane Sandy dumped buckets of rain throughout Maine and bumped up river levels that please whitewater boaters. While rivers such as the East Branch of the Swift in Byron proved to be to high to paddle, the Class III Webb ran at a good level for Gordon, Randy Berube of Lisbon and Ron Chase of Topsham. To watch a video and to see more pictures, visit sunjournal.com/webbwhitewater.

Ken Gordon of Auburn paddles down the Webb River in Carthage on Wednesday. Hurricane Sandy dumped buckets of rain throughout Maine and bumped up river levels that please whitewater boaters. While rivers such as the East Branch of the Swift in Byron proved to be to high to paddle, the Class III Webb ran at a good level for Gordon, Randy Berube of Lisbon and Ron Chase of Topsham. To watch a video and to see more pictures, visit sunjournal.com/webbwhitewater.

Ron Chase of Topsham paddles down the Webb River in Carthage on Wednesday. Hurricane Sandy dumped buckets of rain throughout Maine and bumped up river levels. While rivers such as the East Branch of the Swift in Byron proved to be too high to paddle, the Webb ran at a good level for Chase, Randy Berube of Lisbon and Ken Gordon of Auburn. To watch a video and to see more pictures, visit sunjournal.com/webbwhitewater.

Randy Berube of Lisbon paddles down the Webb River in Carthage on Wednesday. Hurricane Sandy dumped buckets of rain throughout Maine and bumped up river levels. While rivers such as the East Branch of the Swift in Byron proved to be too high to paddle, the Webb ran at a good level for Berube, Ken Gordon of Auburn and Ron Chase of Topsham. To watch a video and to see more pictures, visit sunjournal.com/webbwhitewater.

Randy Berube of Lisbon paddles down the Webb River in Carthage on Wednesday. Hurricane Sandy dumped buckets of rain throughout Maine and bumped up river levels. While rivers such as the East Branch of the Swift in Byron proved to be too high to paddle, the Webb ran at a good level for Berube, Ken Gordon of Auburn and Ron Chase of Topsham. To watch a video and to see more pictures, visit sunjournal.com/webbwhitewater.

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