Sloop Club Congress
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwscc/
The Sloop Club Congress is designed to facilitate the relationship between The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and her Sloop Clubs. We hope to be a forum particularly for discussion about the ways that the sloop clubs can aid and support the organization.
To find out more about sloop clubs, contact a group in your area and visit our tents at Revival. Sloop club members use the yahoo group to share information about our work with Clearwater. Join the group, look through the files and ask questions. All are welcome to participate.
If you have memorabilia/history about Clearwater that you wish to share, contact Vincent Cerniglia or Maryellen Healy, sloop club congress archivists at melhealy@yahoo.com or 845 744 5483
Beacon Sloop Club
www.beaconsloop.org
Sloop: Woody Guthrie
President: Saul Rozinsky
rozinsky@frontiernet.net
845-496-5617
PO Box 527, Beacon, NY 12508
Beacon Sloop Club, formed in 1969 serves the mid-Hudson Valley and meets the first Friday of each month at its clubhouse on the Beacon waterfront adjacent to the train station. Join us at 6:30pm for potluck, business meeting, and music. Our mission is to protect, preserve and celebrate the environs of the Hudson river through education, advocacy, and sailing. Dues are $25 per household per calendar year. We have about 300 members of whom 200 are active. About 30% of our members also belong to Clearwater. Our newsletter “The Broadside”, is available online. We maintain the Ferry Sloop Woody Guthrie, now 31 years on the river, and take over 1,200 guests on free sails on the river each summer. We present a series of environmental\historical lectures at the clubhouse each winter and hold sailing classes for the public in the spring and have four waterfront festivals from June to October to raise public awareness of the river and raise money for our programs. We volunteer at other festivals and take our solar trailer to many events to run the sound systems off the grid. We maintain the free boat ramp and docks in Beacon, sponsor a cooperative harbor mooring program, and hold local environmental events in Beacon to clean up the waterfront and raise awareness. We work with Clearwater, The Fishkill Ridge Caretakers, Scenic Hudson, Rivers and Estuaries, and other green groups in the region.
Brooklyn Sloop Club
Marcia Kaplan-Mann
718-941-9835
Brooklyn Sloop Club was formed in 1977. Our mission is to promote Clearwater and to formulate and implement techniques which extend awareness of environmental surroundings, both man-made and natural. We do not charge club dues because we expect 2 things from our members: we expect everyone to be Clearwater members and to put in a minimum of 20 hours of sweat equity as club dues. We have about 70 members of whom 40 are active. Our newsletter is Environmental Quest. We work as committees, and the full club meets when needed at NYU or Flatbush Tompkins Church. We currently have whitehalls and run a rowing-sailing course. We recently ran a major conference on the Asian Long-horned Beetle and a major conference for intermediate school children on Green Jobs. We work closely with several governmental agencies,many environmental organizations and scouting.
Ferry Sloops, Inc.
PO Box 346, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520
www.ferrysloops.org
President: Chris Grieco / Chris@ferrysloops.org
Membership: Lisa Amberger /
Ferry Sloops was founded in 1979, and although our sloop, Sojourner Truth, which had provided free sails to the public at various riverside community events since 1982, was lost September 11, 2002 on the rocks at Half Moon Bay, we are still committed to Share the Beauty of the Hudson! We recently acquired a 22-foot sloop rigged catboat, the Whimbrel, which we use to again take small groups for free sails at Riverfront Festivals and Riverside Communities. We also offer training in sailing our boat to members new and old. Ferry Sloops meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7pm at the Nature Center in Croton Point Park.
New Jersey Friends of Clearwater
www.mcclearwater.org
info@mcclearwater.org
732-784-8547
PO Box 303, Red Bank, NJ 07701
New Jersey Friends of Clearwater (NJFC), formerly Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater, is a grass roots organization, fully non-profit, volunteer-run and staffed. Since 1974, this organization has been actively trying to educate children and adults on the importance of clean clear water and to urge citizens to be responsible custodians of our domain: the estuaries of the Raritan, Hudson, Delaware, and other NJ Rivers, the Jersey Shore coastline, its inland waterways, and the land of New Jersey.
Over 40 years ago, Pete Seeger realized a dream by getting the 106′ Sloop Clearwater launched and spreading the word for a cleaner environment by word, music and action. A seed from that endeavor took root in the form of Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater when popular folksinger Bob Killian brought the idea to Monmouth County in 1974. NJFC will continue its close affiliation with Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc., as a Clearwater Sloop Club. Our new name NJFC reflects our goals, growth and outreach in this new Millennium. Our credo reflects our values: It is the aim of New Jersey Friends of Clearwater that each member in their own way touch the people immediately surrounding them and in their community, and by word or deed convey the importance of conservation and reparation of the earth.
Our monthly outreach is the “NJFC Newsletter” and our boat is our historic Tuckerton Garvey, the Adam Hyler. We have a general membership meeting on the first Sunday of the month at 2pm for a business meeting, speakers, potluck lunch, and music. Many other committees meet throughout the month. Our meetings are at the Eatontown Community Center at 72 Broad St, Eatontown New Jersey. We participate in various river, creek and open space cleanups and our annual environmental and music NJFC Festival at Asbury Park. Other events are listed in our Newsletter and on our web site and Meetup and Facebook pages. We work with other sloop clubs and participate in major events. We mentor HS Environmental Clubs through our Student Advocates Program and have the oldest land-based experiential learning program called the Traveling Environmental Festival reaching thousands of schoolchildren and youth organizations a year. We have ongoing partnerships with the following: New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance (NJEJA), Bayshore Discovery Project, NJ Environmental Federation, Urban Environmental Institute (UEI), Coastal Urban Institute, Clean Ocean Action, Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ); Sierra Club, Garden Clubs of New Jersey and many others.
New York City Friends of Clearwater
nycfriendsofclearwater.org
info@nycfriendsofclearwater.org
President:Donna Stein
New York City Friends of Clearwater, Inc.
P.O. Box 20381
Park West Station
New York, NY 10025-1513
(212)978-7300
New York City Friends of Clearwater was formed in the mid 1970s. Our mission is to protect and preserve the Hudson River and New York Harbor and its surrounding environment through education, celebration, and advocacy. Dues are $15 for an individual, family membership is $25, limited income is $7.50 per year. We serve the greater New York City Metropolitan area. We have 70 members and an active core group of about 20. About a third of our members are also members of Clearwater. Our newsletter is the Enviroblurb. We meet once per month, usually on the third Friday of the month with certain exceptions, notably June, when we meet a week earlier, because of the Great Hudson River Revival. We meet at DC 37 Union Hall, 125 Barclay Street , 140 Park Place, in Manhattan for a potluck and business meeting. We sometimes have a speaker and the last half of our meeting is a performers’ round-robin (known as the Pasta Potpourri), in which anyone who wants to perform gets around five minutes to do whatever they want to do. Our main activities during the year include : environmental education at public festivals, annual benefit concerts, Walk for the River fund raiser, Revival, Pumpkin Sail, winter maintenance on the sloop, and a public access cable TV show. We work with City Club of New York, Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition,Hudson River Park Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York Public Interest Research Group,Sierra Club and Wetlands an ecological coffeehouse.
North River Friends of Clearwater
“COMPASS”
thecompass@nycap.rr.com
PO Box 3842, Albany, NY 12203
Our small-in-number, but large-in-territory sloop club was formed in the early ’70′s. Our mission is to educate citizens about watershed ecology and the availability of the Hudson River as a natural and recreational resource. We are concerned with the preservation and protection of Hudson River and its tributaries, including the Mohawk River. We serve the Capital District to Kingston, east to Massachusetts, west to the Utica region, and the territory south of the Canadian border to Albany. The Hudson River doesn’t just start at the Federal Dam in Troy, so we seek to educate downriver “Clearwater-ites” about the northern watershed catchment area, too.
We have approximately 35 members and an active core group of about 15. Membership is $15 for an individual, $20 for a family. Our newsletter is called the COMPASS and is available electronically. We meet the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at various locations including libraries, parks, and at times at member’s homes. We fundraise to purchase scholarship educational sails on the HRS Clearwater. We also support local environmental festivals, attend public events in the greater Capital area, and provide support for the sloop when it is in town. While we are not fortunate enough to own and operate our own NRFC sloop, we do promote the use of wind and human powered small boats including canoes, guideboats and kayaks. We work with the Capital District Greens, Local Sierra Club, ADK, Save the Pine Bush, and others, on our often common goals.
-Lydia Kosinski, treasurer for NRFC
Riverlovers
Warren Lindholm
info@riverlovers.org
PO Box 285, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520
The first meeting of Riverlovers was coordinated by Pete and Toshi Seeger at the home of Terry Arnold on June 6, 1988 for the purpose of initiating “a new, long-lasting, local sloop club in Northern Westchester/Putnam area.” Riverlovers was incorporated and chartered in 1989. As written in our by- laws, our purpose is to promote and encourage sound ecological practices, research and increased public awareness on issues affecting the Hudson River and its environs. We act as a local affiliate of the Clearwater organization assist in carrying out its purposes in our geographic area and organize associated activities such as potluck dinners, picnics, musical performances, festivals, educational activities and other events that will support a knowledge and love of the river. Our yearly dues of $15 for individual members and $20 for a family. We serve the Northern Westchester Putnam county area or the mid-Hudson estuary. We have about 70 members with an active volunteer core of about 40 people. About half of our members also are members of Clearwater. Our newsletter is the Riverlovers Currents. We meet almost every month for a special event, such as a workshop, lecture or music and potluck, usually at the Croton Point Park Nature Center. We meet occasionally for other events and are currently reviewing and experimenting with our meeting schedule. We organize a Shad Fest every May at Croton Point Park in conjunction with the Westchester County Department of Parks and the Hudson River Foundation. We have a Riverwatch program which samples and tests waters from local rivers. We hold many river education outing for the public and participate in Croton Point Park Cleanup Days and Croton EarthDay. In the past we have organized concerts, arts weekends and symposia.
Rockland Friends of Clearwater
Jane Berkowicz
janezevy@optonline.net
Loraine Machlin
hiloraine@verizon.net
PO Box 516, Nyack, NY 10960
Rockland Friends of Clearwater (RFOC) is the Rockland County chapter of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. Formed in 2001, we promote Clearwater’s efforts to preserve and protect the ecology of the Hudson River, with a focus on Rockland County shores, adjoining streams and environment. Through educational activities and community involvement, we promote clean water efforts, land preservation, responsible usage of the Hudson River, and a spirit of environmental stewardship towards these precious natural resources. Our monthly potluck business meetings take place the 2nd Wed. of each month at 6:30pm in Nyack, NY. Our yearly dues of $15 for individual members and $20 for a family. Our educational and recreational activities have included Nyack’s Wacky Boat Race, Riverfest (in collaboration with The Friends of the Nyacks), hikes, trips, film showings, speakers, clean-ups, our annual Clearwater member sail (open to the public) and monthly contra dances.
Sloop Sounds
City Island Sound Sloop Club
718-885-1503
63 Centre Street
City Island, NY 10464
Ulster County Friends of Clearwater
sjmurphy@hvc.rr.com
845-246-0697
P.O. 659, Saugerties, NY 12477
Ulster County Friends (formerly the Hudson-Rondout Sloop Club) currently has over 100 members and an active core group of about 15 families. We gather once a month on the third Sunday at different locations for a meeting, followed by a potluck supper. In Summer, we sail on our little sloop, the Roundabout, and get together for a Camporee one weekend in August, on an island in the river. Our annual Sloop Club Sail on Clearwater gets a lot of local people out on the river. In Winter, our Coffeehouse benefit concerts raise money and awareness in support of Clearwater, and we spend a day helping the Winter Crew do winter maintenance on the boat. Our newsletter, Tributaries, is published on an occasional basis, and Clearwater- related event announcements are e-mailed separately. Membership is $10 per adult member, less for those on limited income. We encourage our members to join Clearwater and consider ourselves a part of the Clearwater Community.
Walkabout Clearwater Sloop, Inc.
www.walkaboutclearwater.org
914-242-0374
Founded by Pete Seeger in 1984, Walkabout is known for its 7-foot tall model of the sloop Clearwater which brings Clearwater’s message inland where the “big sloop” can’t go. Our club uses music as a way to carry that message, focusing on two major efforts: the Walkabout Clearwater Chorus and the Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse. The chorus, with its motto “Voices Together for a Cleaner, Healthier, More Peaceful Environment”, performs regularly throughout the tri-state area and beyond at festivals, coffeehouses, and special events. We rehearse the first Thursday of every month at the South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry. On the second Saturday of every month from October through May we operate our coffeehouse at the Memorial United Methodist Church in White Plains. Now in its 18th season presenting fine folk music, the coffeehouse donates a portion of its proceeds to Clearwater each year. Our members come from all over the tri-state area. Membership costs $20 per family per year and includes a subscription to the “Talkabout Walkabout” – our monthly newslett
