KAYAK: Beginner: Creek meets River, You meet Sea Kayak

  • June 06, 2023
  • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Manhattan Ave Street End Park, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
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Registration

  • Registering as a Beginner Paddler. Select this option if you're a beginner.
  • Select this option if you're an intermediate/advanced Kayaker that hasn't yet been assessed by a NBCB Trip Leader. You will need to demonstrate a wet exit and assisted rescue on this trip.
  • Only select this if you have been assessed as a NBCB Kayak Trip Assistant.
Registration is closed

This trip is for members who haven't paddled with us before and need to get qualified to join Intermediate trips AND members who have little/no experience and want to try out a deck boat (Sea Kayak with narrow cockpit and, often, a skirt cover).

We will take a very short canoe trip to the launch from Manhattan Ave Street End Park (MASE) (yes, a 2-Boat paddle!). We'll then prep the kayaks and launch from the Ash St boatyard.

We'll get oriented with NBCB's fleet of sea kayaks, help each other launch and then paddle to the East River. 

  • Skill level: Beginner (see what this means here)
  • Meet:  6pm  sharp at Manhattan Avenue Street-End Park
  • Launch 6:45 PM
  • Low slack @19th St. Pier: 6:32pm
  • Return: 8-ish pm
  • Trip leader: Dewey (dthompson (that curlicue) pickerelpie (period) com
  • What to wear and bring

Dress to get wet, bring water, a snack, etc. Avoid jeans or other heavy cotton clothing.

This trip is intended for beginners by which we mean those who have never kayaked, those working on skills towards intermediate and those who may have skills but haven't yet paddled with us and gotten assessed.