06/06/2026
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Inside America’s Largest Private Collection Of Kayaks: Charles Albright has more boats than you ever will. At last count, the Reno, Nevada, kayaking legend had a whopping 150 in his house, including about 25 in the front room, four in his bedroom, more in his basement and garage, and a full boat room of 40 or so.
The boats range from downriver and sprint racing kayaks to surf shoes, surf skis, outrigger canoes, whitewater slalom kayaks, C-1s, regular whitewater kayaks, a smattering of sea kayaks and canoes, and more, all hanging from rafters, lining the walls and taking up nearly every available square inch of space.
A former USA Wildwater Team member and longtime instructor, he just keeps getting them, curating them into one of the world’s biggest, most eclectic collections. And he doesn’t hoard them; last year he gave 24 of them away—many to local kids—and makes similar donations every year.
To Albright, 75, spreading the paddling love is far more important than his museum pieces.
“My biggest prize isn’t my boat collection but all of the folks I’ve met racing and paddling over the years,” he says. Below, we call out a few favorites—and some other odds and ends—in his kayak-heavy home.
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