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Equipment/Facilities
All our facilities consist of a storage area for our boats, lockers, (please bring your own lock) and a dock to access the river.
Our Clinton facility has changing rooms, and an outdoor shower. There are portable toilets at both ends of the Clinton Cove Park
Our Pier 40 facility has changing rooms, and a hose. There are toilets at the entrace to the Pier 40 buliding on the West Side Highway side.
Most of our kayaks are self bailing sit-on-top kayaks. You will sit on top of the boat and ride it like a giant surfboard. The boats are unsinkable, and self bailing. Any water that splashes up on the boat drains out the holes in the bottom. If you capsize you can just climb back on top and continue to paddle. Because the boats are self bailing the seat of your pants will get wet while you paddle, but that's part of the fun.
The Boathouse also owns a number of traditional cockpit type kayaks. These boats are only for advanced users, and are only used during special programs. They require some training and close supervision by our volunteers. One of the benefits of becoming a volunteer at the boathouse is the opportunity to try out one of these kayaks.
We have both single and double kayaks. A single kayak accommodates one person, a double kayak requires two people. Some of our double kayaks have a space for a kiddy seat so that small children can ride in the kayak between the two adult paddlers.
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