Before booking the cabin make sure your dates are available and you have entered the names of your party in the Cabin Booking Calendar
Bookings are available for the entire cabin.
Use this event listing to register for a stay of up to 5 consecutive nights for you and your group.
Price: $30 per night
For more information, please read the camp and cabin rules.
WE NEED TO CANCEL THIS TRIP FOR A SCHEDULE CONFLICT. SORRY!
We are paddling against the current to Bushwick Inlet practicing strokes. Then, we are going to practice more difficult strokes as sculling draw, bow rudder, and rescues if you want to get wet. I am planning to roll. Do you? We will be back at sunset.
Dress to get wet, and remember to bring water and a snack. Please no cotton clothing.
TL gathering to discuss programs, issues and celebrate awesomeness.
TLs in Training and Trip Assistants are welcome to attend, although on TLs may vote on policies.
ART & SCIENCE: Nature Watercolors 3 of 3
Nature Watercolor for Stress Relief: Florals & Botanicals
An inspiring, beginner-friendly adult watercolor workshop at Queens Landing Environmental Education Center
Let the natural beauty of Hunters Point Park spark your creativity in this calming watercolor workshop designed for all skill levels.
In the first half of the class, you’ll enjoy hands-on, guided play with watercolor techniques that will build your skills. We’ll explore water and paint flow, brush control, wet-on-wet color mixing, color lifting, and a few helpful tips on mixing. We’ll also talk about paints, papers, and other materials.
After a short break, we’ll simplify the basics of color theory and introduce the idea of a “mother color” that unifies and creates color harmony.
Three sessions: June: Birds, Bees & Beetles, July: Marine Life, August: Botanicals.
This class is perfect for beginners or for experienced watercolorists looking for a relaxed, guided experience.
All materials are provided: Watercolor paints, brushes, paper, and a cardboard mat for easy framing of your finished artwork.
Contact monbertkayak@gmail.com with questions.
Presented scientific illustrator Monica Schroeder and NBCB.
Before booking the cabin make sure your dates are available in the Cabin Booking Calendar
Use this event listing to register for a stay of two consecutive nights for you and your group.
There is a two night minimum on weekends. You will be staying Friday night and Saturday night.
Price: $45 per night
You are going to learn the basics of our club and kayaking. How to select the kayak, gear and forward stroke. Then we paddle to the mouth of the Newtown Creek to see the sunset and take photos. If you think that you can advance to intermediate, come and show us some skills, wet exits, and kayak control.
KAYAK Intermediate: Hallet's Cove
This is a waitlist-managed trip. Please join the waitlist and we will confirm if you have a place at least several days prior to the trip.
We'll enjoy a morning paddle eastbound on the East River to Hallet's Cove. We will be traveling on the new moon so we will feel the effects of the spring tide. You can read more about spring tides here. Because the current will be moving quickly, we will travel on the East Channel to get to the Cove.
We'll have time to grab a coffee/food and practice rescues if there is interest. Afterwards, we'll head back to Queen's Landing with the current at our backs.
To join this trip, you must be listed in our system as having Intermediate skills.
Dress to get wet and remember to bring a snack and plenty of water. Please no jeans or other heavy cotton clothing.
There is a three night minimum on Labor Day Long Weekend. You will be staying Friday, Saturday and Sunday night.
This is an official American Canoe Association (ACA) course for the training and assessment for L2 Essentials of Kayak Touring (EKT). You have to be an ACA member to take this class. It is very inexpensive with lots of benefits.
This a comprehensive 1 day intermediate course that's strongly encouraged for trip assistants to strengthen their skills, and required for anyone advancing in the ACA, or becoming a trip leader.
Content includes intermediate kayak skills (forward stroke refinement, sweep strokes, moving sideways, bracing, edging, brace turns, stern rudder) as well as rescues (deep water rescue & self-rescues).
Spots are limited, and priority will be given to NBCB members and those who are current NBCB deckhands, trip assistants, or on the trip assistant track.
Cost:
Non members: $150
NBCB Members get $30 off: $120
Current NBCB deckhands, trip assistants in training, and trip assistants get 50% off: $75
For questions, contact leader: JavierCastano@queenslatino.com ACA Level 3 Instructor
KAYAK Advanced: Valentino Park Soggy Dollar Flotilla
This is a wait-list managed trip. Please join the wait-list and we will confirm if you have a place at least several days prior to the trip.
We'll enjoy a morning paddle westbound on the East River to Valentino Park in Red Hook. We'll have time for a little picnic (BYOFood) and a sweet treat at Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pie. When calling to make sure that they were open, they confirmed stating, "We always welcome the Soggy Dollar Flotilla!" Afterwards, we'll head back to Queen's Landing enjoying all of the bridge views with the current at our backs.
To join this trip, you must be listed in our system as having Advanced skills.
Dress to get wet and remember to bring plenty of water. Please no jeans or other heavy cotton clothing.
Use this event listing to register for a stay of up to 4 consecutive nights for you and your group.
Once more, we venture around your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs, in the (hopefully) warm light of day!
*This is a trip for advanced paddlers -- but by that we really mean in terms of endurance and goodwill! The trip in the Langley canoes does not require technical skills. What's most important is your willingness to be a part of a collaborative day-long effort.
Registration is not currently open. If you are interested, please e-mail Michael and Brian, and we'll discuss whom we can fit on the trip.
The trip will be around ten hours of paddling with three breaks. We intend to let the river do as much of the work as possible. But all participants need to be ready to paddle and to deal with any weather or complications that might arise.
If you are not sure whether you are qualified for this trip, please e-mail Michael (michael at thelasthaskell dot com) to ask. We can take only paddlers who can with goodwill paddle for up to three hours at a stretch (three times in a row!).
We will be taking both big canoes, with seven or eight people in each. You'll need to bring some food, money for other food, plenty of water, and clothes for any weather we might encounter.
Hello NBCB friends!
North Brooklyn Community Boathouse is offering free kayaking to the public at Queens Landing Boathouse in Long Island City, Queens.
Our Public Paddle Series lets us fulfill our mission of enabling safe, responsible, human-powered boating, and educating residents to be stewards of the history, ecology and sustainability of the waterways of Newtown Creek and the adjacent East River.
We are looking for Volunteers to help with:
There will be two volunteer shifts (with an overlap for training).
Shift 1: 10:30am - 1:30pm (includes set up)
Shift 2: 1:30pm - 4:30pm (includes clean up)
The event is open to the public 12pm-4pm.
Lunch will be provided at 1:30pm.
Please note: The back up day for inclement weather or if there is too much wind is Saturday Sept 13. It would be helpful if you are available both dates.
Click on 'register' to sign up. If you're seeing this via email, you can sign up through our calendar.
Your help would be greatly appreciated. Email if you have any questions.
Thank you!
Let's paddle around Manhattan. It is an unforgettable experience. You need to be a strong intermediate paddler who can paddle during at least 4 hours without stopping, and know how to go back to the kayak in moving water after capsizing. We are going to accept 10 members for this trip. You need to register, and then we decide if you have these skills to accept you. Kandice and Christina, the trip assistants, will assess you. Trip leaders can joying us. Bring lots of water and lunch. We will stop in at least two locations to rest and eat.
