Novice Volunteer Trip - Downtown Boathouse - 5.5mile round trip

Let's cross to Manhattan and visit our friends at Downtown Boathouse!
Once the RSVP opens, you will be placed on a waitlist until the host reviews your volunteer status to make sure you completed the qualifications below.

PREREQUISITES TO RSVP:

1. Attended at least one training in 2025 or 2026
   AND
2. Volunteered at least once at a 2025 embayment or at the Hudson River Cup in 2025
   OR
3. You attended an "intro" session with us and/or volunteered at 1 or more shifts in 2026

Craft:

• Sit on Top - if you are prepared to paddle hard
• Sea Kayak - only if completed a wet exit in 2026 and show control of your kayak
• OC1/OC2 - Ke Aloha supporting paddlers with a Ke Aloha coach approval
• SUP - only if completed 3+ mile round trip

Come prepared:

• Temperature appropriate clothing
• Change of clothes in a dry bag
• Water in a reusable bottle
• Sun protection - hat, sunglasses, sunscreen
• Snack or currency to purchase food

You must have sun protection and plenty of drinking water to participate in this trip.

Timeline:

9:30 - arrive at HBCC
9:45 - safety briefing/cutoff
10:15 - begin to launch boats
10:30 - depart HBCC. Pit stop at little island
12:00 - arrive at DTBH

Hour and 15 to relax

13:15 - prepare boats to depart
13:30 - Depart for HBCC
14:45 - arrive at HBCC, clean-up
15:30 - trip ends

Sunset 8:25 PM

Hudson River Entrance Current Predictions
2026-06-7 8:21 AM ebb -2.14
2026-06-7 12:11 PM slack -
2026-06-7 2:35 PM flood 1.04

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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 at the last minute or no-show, you take a spot away from someone else or prevent a trip/training from happening. We understand that life happens, so if you must cancel close to the start of a trip or training, please change your RSVP to “Not Going” and message the host(s) or comment in the chat. Here are our guidelines about cancelations and no-shows:
* For a trip, please cancel prior to 8:00 PM the day before the trip.
* For a training, please cancel at least 6 hours before the training.
* If you do not cancel before the cancelation cutoff time, you will be marked as a no-show.
* Hosts reserve the right to deprioritize you on waitlists after the second no-show of the year.