Water Sports in Kingston

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Category: Water SportsLocation: KingstonListings: 2

Compare Kingston Water Sports Operators

GoBoat Canberra - water sports in Canberra

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GoBoat Canberra (Kingston)4.8 (554)

From $139

Several boats can head out together for larger groups, so birthdays and team outings stay on the water side by side.

Love Boats Canberra - water sports in Canberra

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Love Boats Canberra (Kingston)5.0 (400)

From $149

Glass-free picnics, a Bluetooth playlist and window enclosures for cooler days make for a laid-back celebration afloat.

Choosing a Day Out on the Water

On the water in Kingston means steering an electric boat yourself, and two hire companies launch from Trevillian Quay. Love Boats Canberra puts up to 10 people in each canopied boat and keeps a pink one for celebrations, while GoBoat Canberra builds its eight-seat boats around a central picnic table.

Side by side, the Kingston operators look like this:

Price: Love Boats Canberra is From $149 per group, GoBoat Canberra From $139 per group.
Group ceiling: Love Boats Canberra can run four boats in convoy, carrying a party of 40.
Large bookings: GoBoat Canberra splits 20 or more people over as many boats as needed.
Drinks: Love Boats Canberra is open BYO with a fridge aboard; GoBoat Canberra caps it at two standard drinks a head and the driver abstains.
Ages: children are welcome with either, and nobody aboard needs prior boating time.

A single hour in a GoBoat Canberra boat gets you as far as the Captain Cook Memorial Jet.
Book two or three hours and the loop passes the National Carillon and the High Court, heading for Springbank and Spinnaker islands.
Springbank Island has toilets and BBQs if your group wants to pull in on a longer GoBoat Canberra hire.
Love Boats Canberra gives you a route map before departure and tops out around 5 knots, slow enough to take in the shoreline galleries and museums.

Which boat for which party

Hens: Love Boats Canberra points groups toasting a bride-to-be towards its pink boat with a scalloped canopy.
Office outings and December parties: GoBoat Canberra takes team-building and client bookings as well as Christmas groups.
Birthdays: Love Boats Canberra can dress a boat for the occasion with notice, and has a Bluetooth stereo for the playlist.
Dog owners: GoBoat Canberra lets dogs ride free of the eight-person count.

Common Questions Before You Paddle Out

Is a licence required to skipper a Kingston hire boat?

No. Neither Love Boats Canberra nor GoBoat Canberra asks for a boat licence.

What is the seat count on each boat?

Ten aboard a Love Boats Canberra boat, eight around the GoBoat Canberra picnic table.

What are the drink rules on the lake?

Love Boats Canberra lets you bring beer, wine or premixes; GoBoat Canberra limits it to two standard drinks each, and whoever drives stays sober.

We have 40 people. Which operator works?

Love Boats Canberra can send four boats out together, and GoBoat Canberra splits big groups over several boats.