How Your Boathouse works for your kayak club
From the first K1 on the water to the weekly report your committee reads — here is how Your Boathouse runs the day-to-day at a kayak club.
Up and running in three steps
Set up your fleet
Add your boats — K1s, K2s and K4s — with crew size, status and notes, then set your opening hours and booking rules.
Bring your members in
Invite your paddlers by email. Give coaches full control and keep beginners to the right boats with per-boat permissions.
Launch and track
A paddler checks out a K1 on the way to the water; coaches see every outing live and are alerted the moment one is overdue.
What a training night looks like
The same simple loop, every session — check out, track, return, and keep the fleet ready.
A member checks out
Heading out for a training night, a member picks their boat, sets an estimated return time and taps check-out — optionally noting where they are going. The K1 is now shown as on the water.
- One tap from the dashboard
- Quick 30 / 45 / 60 / 90-minute returns or a custom time
- Blocked automatically when the water is closed for high water or strong wind
Coaches watch live
The live on-water view and the boathouse display board show who is out, in which boat and when they are due back — with overdue outings flagged in red.
- Real-time progress bars and due-back times
- A glanceable screen for the boathouse wall
- Overdue outings surfaced first
Everyone gets home
If a K1 passes its return time, coaches, admins and the paddler are emailed automatically — so no one is left unaccounted for.
- Automatic overdue alerts
- Mark returned in one tap
- A full check-out and return log for safety
The fleet stays ready
Spot a problem on the water and report it against the boat; out-of-service boats drop out of booking until a coach signs them off.
- Report damage with photos
- Out-of-service boats hidden from booking
- Require a wet-exit or water-grade sign-off before harder boats
The detail, for your club
The three things members and committees ask about most.
Ready to set up your kayak club?
Start free — up to 5 boats and 3 members, no card required.