Paddling Equipment Rental

The CKC owns flatwater and whitewater canoes and kayaks, life jackets, first aid kits, safety and rescue equipment, and cooking and eating equipment. This equipment is available for the members to use on paddling trips at a nominal rental fee.

 
The rental rates for our boats are a fraction of what one would pay to a commercial livery. If a boat is lost or damaged on a scheduled trip, the renter's maximum liability is $50 per person for a tandem boat, or $100 per boat for solo boats.
 
Boats rented from the CKC can be picked up from The Barn on Thursday or Friday of the weekend before the trip and must be returned Monday or Tuesday after. If a paddler is signed up on two trips on two consecutive weekends and has obtained prior approval from the Equipment Chair and both trip leaders, a boat may be kept at home in a secure location during the week between trips.
 
The Chapter’s kayaks may be rented on any Chapter trip. Canoes are available for rental on trips of up to and including Class 3 whitewater. For Class 4 trips, solo whitewater canoes may be rented on a case-by-case basis, subject to the approval of the Canoe & Kayak Committee Chair.
 

In rare cases, a scheduled AMC trip must be cancelled after the participants have met at the put-in, due to some reason that puts the trip in conflict with the CKC’s policies. The participants may choose to conduct the trip as a private activity (a “bootleg trip”), outside of the auspices of the AMC. In this case, any CKC boats rented for the trip may still be used without obtaining permission from the Chair.

 Our Rental Fleet can be found Here

To rent/reserve a club boat for a club trip (outside the paddling instructionals) contact the Equipment Scheduler at Canoekayak [dot] Equipment [at] amc-ny [dot] orgCanoekayak [dot] Equipment [at] amc-ny [dot] org