[Kevin Amos]

I would appreciate some advice about donation (or sale) of two kayaks I have. I’m in the Vancouver area.

 

Both are new and never used. One is a Klepper (Aerius Expedition, two person), and the other Folbot Yukon. They are more than ten years old, but have never been used. There’s no reason to believe there are any issues because of the age (I think), although I have not explored.

 

My preference is to donate them to an (non-profit) organization which will put them to good and frequent use. An outdoor education program, like the TREK program at Prince of Wales High School in Vancouver, came to mind, but I have not approached them yet and have no idea if they would even be interested.

 

At one point I contacted various kayak sellers to see if they do consignment sales, but both indicated there is not a good market for that now. Don’t know if that has changed.

 

Any ideas or thoughts about suitable programs etc that might be interested in this would be greatly appreciated. If you post here, I’ll contact the organizations.

 

Contact Ralph at rhbrands@gmail.com

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[Kevin Amos]

Please don’t post to the forum. Email instead to rebrands@gmail.com as Ralph is not a member and will not get these forum posts.

[Nick Heath]

Both kayaks would have significant value.The Klepper is a timeless classic, likely having a value above $5K. Should be easy to sell, but this is not the best time of year.

These are both slower, older style boats, but for trips involving air transport, are still in demand because they break down into bagged units for re-assembly on the shore /river bank. I’ve seen hem used like this in the Arctic.

It is possible that Club Locarno might be interested.

For a charity, it is possible that BC Marine Trail could auction them for funds – they have a fund campaign on at this time – and possibly give the donor a tax receipt. Someone would need to store them in the meantime and I suppose I could volunteer to do that, although my place is already choc a bloc.

As a non-charity, SKABC could do likewise.

Maybe Gina could find out if that would work?

Not an offer to be passed up lightly…

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