Latest Clearwater Blog Posts
August 2022: EA Update
August 2022 Environmental Action Update Climate Leadership Community Protection Act (CLCPA): New York’s Climate Act is the most progressive in the nation, calling for 70% renewable energy generation by 2030 and other significant greenhouse gas reductions. Clearwater’s Environmental Action team worked collaboratively to put together [...]
Clearwater and The Newport Folk Festival
Pete Seeger's "Forever" Stamp and Clearwater's Connection to the Newport Folk Festival On Thursday July 21st, The United States Postal Service will be releasing a “forever” stamp honoring our late founder, humanitarian, and lifelong activist, Pete Seeger! A first-day-of-issue ceremony [...]
July 2022: EA Update
July 2022 Environmental Action Update The past month has been full of legal decisions, some of which Clearwater favors and some we strongly oppose. Clearwater Decries U.S. Supreme Court decision re: EPA Statement: Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Condemns Supreme Court's June 30th EPA Ruling the West [...]
Clearwater Condemns Supreme Court’s June 30th EPA Ruling
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater condemns Thursday's West Virginia v. EPA Supreme Court decision to curtail the Environmental Protection Agency's power to regulate carbon emissions. While the decision does not eliminate EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emission, it blocks broad rules that would compel utilities [...]
Happy 100th Birthday Toshi!
Learn more about Toshi's inspiring life!
Meet Captain Rory!
Meet Our New Captain, Rory Kane! We are proud to introduce our new sloop Captain, one that the Clearwater community may recognize: Rory Kane. Kane got his start with us first as a winter volunteer in 2012, and in the decade that followed, Kane [...]
Clearwater Generations Collection
“Clearwater is Where Your Family Grows.”
Dear Clearwater, It makes me happy to see my daughter, a former crew member, have this outlet and purpose, sail and environmental education. Seeing the close connection binding her and my grandson, over a thing that binds her and I, a former tall ship [...]
“Clearwater Holds Generations Together in Harmony.”
Dear Clearwater, Like so many people, the beloved sloop has played a huge role in my life. I have a million stories from the decks of that fine boat but let me share with you one afternoon that will never fade from focus in my [...]
“Baby on Board.”
Dear Clearwater, This story starts in 2007, when Captain Julia Wilson was pregnant with her first child. She finished out the '07 season - well into her 2nd trimester and I was hired to replace her that winter. I remained Captain for three seasons in [...]
“Four Generations of Clearwater.”
Dear Clearwater, I can recall my first memory of Clearwater, visiting with my parents down at South Street Seaport, not long after the Clearwater had first sailed into New York. Even as a boy I was hooked on the idea of getting people down to [...]
“Clearwater Through and Through”.
Dear Clearwater, The Armour Family in 1994. It’s daunting to try to map out my family’s Clearwater story because I consider myself tremendously fortunate to have been born into this vibrant community. The sailors, activists, artists, and musicians that I know best as [...]
“Beginning Before Clearwater Was Born.”
Dear Clearwater, As children, my grandmother and her sister used to walk out to the Esopus Meadows Lighthouse at low-tide, often waiting too long until the tide was too high for them to walk back, forcing my great-grandfather (their father) to take their row boat [...]