Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse

Grab a costume, decorate your boat, and get on the water for our annual Halloween paddle. The Oc3 migration will happen during thee trip and please also complete the Google form:

This trip is open to those who have volunteered in 2025 during our public program events. Our public program will start again in May 2026.

HCCB is completely volunteer run. Our guides generously take time out of their busy schedules to run trips and trainings. If you RSVP yes, please consider this a commitment to attend. If you cancel or no-show, you take a spot away from someone else. Hosts reserve the right to temporarily or permanently ban you from all their meetups if you cancel within 8 hours or are a no show.
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Novice Volunteer Trip - Little Island & Gansevoort Beach - 2 mile round trip

Let's cross to Manhattan, check out Little Island, and visit Gansevoort "Beach"! Note this landing can be very tricky, so plastic kayaks are preferred.

PREREQUISITES TO RSVP:

1. Volunteered 4 full embayment shifts in 2025
   AND
2. Completed a sea kayak/SUP training in 2025 with our boathouse and you felt comfortable in your craft with no issues keeping up.
   AND
3. You show full control of your kayak/SUP, you can launch/land independently and have completed a wet exit in 2025

COME PREPARED:

• At least 1 working and charged all-around white waterproof light
• Appropriate clothing for water and air temperature, no cotton. Wetsuit/drysuit may be required. We may have a dry suit if you want to borrow
• Water in a reusable bottle or hydration pack
• Food if you plan to picnic or cash/credit to buy food there.
• Sun protection - hat, sunglasses, sunscreen
• Change of clothes in a dry bag

CRAFT:

• Sit on top - not recommended
• Sea Kayak - must have completed a wet exit in 2025
• OC1/OC2 - Have a Ke Aloha coach contact host to make sure you are a supporting paddler and have approval to paddle small OC boats
• SUP - must have completed 1 training with us in 2025 and a short trip out of the cove
• Surfski - must have completed 1 training with us 2025 and a short trip out of the cove

TIMELINE:
12:15 PM Arrive at the boathouse
12:30 PM Safety briefing hard cutoff to arrive. Whoever does not make it by this time will not be able to join
1:00 PM Move boats to the beach
1:15 PM Depart from HCCB
1:45 PM Hang out at Little Island for 15 minutes
2:00 PM Arrive at Gansevoort
2:15 PM Land and stash boats

90 minutes to eat and relax

3:45 PM Meet at boats, prepare gear, return safety briefing
4:00 PM Depart from Gansevoort
4:45 PM Arrive at HCCB
5:00 PM Clean, put away equipment, and debrief
5:45 PM Trip ends

Sunset 6:39 pm

This trip is open to those who have volunteered in 2025 during our public program events. Our 2026 public program will start again in May.

HCCB is completely volunteer run. Our guides generously take time out of their busy schedules to run trips and trainings. If you RSVP yes, please consider this a commitment to attend. If you cancel or no-show, you take a spot away from someone else. Hosts reserve the right to temporarily or permanently ban you from all their meetups if you cancel within 8 hours or are a no show.

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Columbia University: Advanced Volunteer Trip - 22 miles total

Are you ready for a paddling marathon?

Let's visit the Muscota Marsh. We'll get to paddle under 3 bridges, see the little red light house, and also paddle on a 2nd river.

PREREQUISITES TO RSVP:

1. volunteered at least 4 shifts in 2025
   AND
2. completed sea kayak LV 2 in 2025 or SUP LV3
   AND
3. completed at least one intermediate or advanced trip in 2025
   AND
4. you are able to paddle consistently at 2 knots for 2.5 hours each way & have an advanced time trial

COME PREPARED:

• At least 1 working and charged all-around white waterproof light
• Wetsuit or dry suit (we may have a couple of dry suits available)
• Change of clothes in a dry bag
• Something warm to put on when we land
• Neoprene booties (we may have some available)
• Change of clothes
• Water in a reusable bottle
• Anything else you may need to spend 6 hours paddling in cold weather

CRAFT:

• Sit on top - not allowed
• Sea Kayak - Level 3
• OC1/OC2 - Ke Aloha supporting paddlers with a Ke Aloha coach approval
• SUP - only if completed 10+ mile round trip in 2025
• Surfski - not allowed

TIMELINE:
8:00 AM Arrive at the boathouse
8:15 AM Safety briefing hard cutoff to arrive. Whoever does not make it by this time will not be able to join
8:45 AM Move boats to the beach
9:00 AM Depart from HCCB
12:00 PM Arrive at Columbia
12:15 PM Land and stash boats

90 minutes to eat and relax

1:45 PM Meet at boats, prepare gear, return safety briefing
2:00 PM Depart from Columbia
4:30 PM Arrive at HCCB
4:45 PM Clean and put away equipment
5:30 PM Trip ends

Sunset 4:44 pm

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