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. The host keeps the right to temporarily or permanently ban you from all their meetups if you cancel within 8 hours or are a no show. \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
**All Levels Open Paddle**
You can just float around, try a new kayak/sup you never tried before, find an experience partner and do rescues, practice strokes, play a game, your choice!
There is a chance we'll go on a very short river trip! Read below.
Please be mindful of others and arrive on time. **Check the cut off time to arrive under the timeline. It's getting dark early, so let's get ready quickly to maximize our time on the water.**
If the current, conditions, and group skill aligns, *we may do a short river trip*. **Double and triple check** that you can stay until the last minute of time listed as the end time on meetup and possibly later!
**PREREQUISITES TO RSVP**
1. Volunteered at least four times for an embayment shift or Hudson River Cup in 2025
**COME PREPARED**
* Quick drying clothes * Towel * Warm change of clothes. Evenings are starting to get chilly * Sunscreen, hat * Water in a reusable bottle * All around waterproof white light (if you have one)
**TIMELINE** 5:45 PM - Meet at HCCB. Prepare equipment. **6:00 PM - Cut off time to arrive. Safety briefing.** 6:15 PM - Practice in the cove or go on a trip. 7:15 PM - Approximate return time if we go on a trip 7:45 PM - Return to boathouse 8:00 PM - Clean up and debrief 8:30 PM - Training ends
