 Participants enjoy learning during a U.S. Sailing Basic Keelboat class FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Sailing School at the Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to announce that 2021 sailing programs are now open for registration. New this year are 2 online classes in addition to on-the-water sessions later in the season. Sailboat Ownership - An online interactive 4-hour class featuring 2 sessions. This class is for newer and prospective sailboat owners. Participants will meet like-minded sailors and learn more about boat ownership. Class meets March 1 and March 8, 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Price is $36/$40 per person. Introduction to Sailboat Racing - An interactive, online 4-hour class featuring 2 sessions. This class is for sailors new to racing or interested in learning more about racing basics. Participants will meet local sailors and become more comfortable with the excitement of sailboat racing! Class meets March 15 and 22, 2021, 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Price is $36/$40 per person. Adult sailors will also find a variety of on-the-water classes beginning in May. COVID-safer practices will continue until New York State and local authorities change their directives. Practices include small class sizes, outdoor-only activities, and the wearing of masks. On-the-water classes include the following: First Sail - A 2-hour introduction to sailing with a U.S. Sailing certified instructor on board our classic catboat Tidbit. Two to five students at any level of sailing experience are welcome to join this excursion out on the beautiful Hudson. Price is $35 - $50 per person. New Boat Owners Sailing Class - Supports newer boat owners as they develop and practice their skills. Participants will sail their own vessels along with the sailing school fleet with instructors on nearby safety boats. $50 per boat. Adult Basic Centerboard, Adult Basic Centerboard Two, and Adult Centerboard Sailing Clinic – These classes will be offered in 2021. Centerboard boat classes are a great way to learn to sail. Participants will work with a U.S. Sailing certified instructor on small boats and get a close-to-the-water learning experience in this sequence of three 3-hour classes. US Sailing Basic Keelboat, Basic Keelboat II: Spinnaker, Basic Keelboat II: Skipper - These are in-depth courses on larger keel boats and will be offered in 2021 to those who wish to make a time commitment of 21 hours for each class. U.S. Sailing certified instructors cover many topics and students are eligible for testing to earn certification as U.S. Sailing Keelboat Sailors at the end of the first course. They can earn more sea time and hone their skills during the second and third classes in this series. For details about classes and to find registration links for all Sailing School offerings, visit the Sailing School online at https://www.hrmm.org/adult-sailing.html or call (845) 338-0071. The Hudson River Maritime Museum is located along the historic Rondout Creek in downtown Kingston, N.Y. HRMM is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries, and related industries. The Museum opened the Riverport Wooden Boat School in 2016 and the Riverport Sailing School in 2017.
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Hudson River Maritime Museum Offers Limited Access During Closure FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KINGSTON, N.Y. – While it is closed for the winter months, the Hudson River Maritime Museum is offering limited access to the museum through timed admission on Fridays and Saturdays, starting this Saturday, January 9, 2021. Tickets will be available on the half hour between 12:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Each admission time will be limited to four people at a time. Closed for the final month of 2020 to allow for planning and staff recovery after an intense year, the museum is now offering reservation-only admission a few days per week. This will allow visitors ample social distancing inside the museum and the opportunity to see museum exhibits without summertime crowds. Admission is $12 per person to help cover the costs of being open with such limited attendance. Guests who wish to have the museum to themselves for their timed entry may purchase all the tickets in their time slot. Groups of more than four people should email education@hrmm.org or call 845-338-0071 ext. 10 to make special arrangements. Tickets must be purchased online in advance at www.hrmm.org/visit or by calling 845-338-0071 ext. 10. The museum’s administrative offices will be closed on Sundays. The museum store will be open with admission. Some museum store items are also available online at https://www.hrmm.org/store/c1/Featured_Products.html ### About the Hudson River Maritime Museum. Located along the historic Rondout Creek in downtown Kingston, N.Y., the Hudson River Maritime Museum is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries, and related industries. HRMM opened the Wooden Boat School in 2016 and the Sailing & Rowing School in 2017.  Hudson River Maritime Museum Wooden Boat School instructor Wayne Ford (right) assists a student with adirondack chair construction in one of the Build Your Own Adirondack Chair classes, fall, 2020. Courtesy Hudson River Maritime Museum. December 3, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hudson River Maritime Museum’s Wooden Boat School Announces Winter Classes KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Hudson River Maritime Museum’s Wooden Boat School has released its winter class lineup! In August, the museum’s Wooden Boat School began holding classes on a limited scale after our COVID shutdown. The class sizes were kept small and students were able to learn with plenty of distance between them while following guidelines designed to keep everyone virus free. Several of our popular classes will be returning and we have added several new offerings this winter. Returning classes include Build Your Own Adirondack Chair, Live Edge Table Build, Build Your Own Oval Shaker Boxes, Cigar Box Guitar, and our Foundations of Woodworking five-part series. Classes which are new to our lineup include two different classes on building different styles of tool boxes, pen turning, a basic bookshelf build and others. We have also scheduled a Family Carolina Skiff Build where one lucky family or friend group can build a boat together in one weekend. We normally offer this class to two groups who build two boats at the same time. However, to ensure COVID safety protocols, we are only building one boat with one group this time. The class is open to one group of 2-4 students who are comfortable working together. All the classes this winter are great for beginner woodworkers or anyone looking to improve their skills. Fall classes sold out quickly, so we encourage anyone looking to purchase classes as a gift or for themselves to register early. To learn more about the classes, register, or view the extra safety guidelines we will be following please visit www.hrmm.org/boat-school.html About the Hudson River Maritime Museum. Located along the historic Rondout Creek in downtown Kingston, N.Y., the Hudson River Maritime Museum is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries, and related industries. HRMM opened the Wooden Boat School in 2016. ###  DEC 50 panels newly installed in the "Rescuing the River" exhibit. Photo by Ronald Searl. NYS DEC 50th Anniversary Exhibit in honor of 50th Anniversary added to Rescuing the River exhibit at Hudson River Maritime Museum FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Cline Executive Director lcline@hrmm.org 845-338-0071 x 20 KINGSTON, N.Y. – The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation was signed into legislation and opened in 1970. In honor of the 50th Anniversary the Hudson River Maritime Museum has partnered with the NYS DEC to create an exhibit outlining the 50 year history. The new panels, designed and generously funded by the NYS DEC, add to the museum’s exhibit Rescuing the River: 50 Years of Environmental Activism on the Hudson. “It is an excellent encapsulation of the formation of the department and many of its important milestones and accomplishments. It is also an outstanding companion to our current exhibit “Rescuing the River,” which highlights the growth of an environmental consciousness in the Hudson River Valley and chronicles the rise of organizations dedicated to environmental stewardship, notably Scenic Hudson, Clearwater, Riverkeeper and of course DEC. We are honored to add this exhibit to our current program to help celebrate the Department’s anniversary and to offer a fuller explanation of its role in advancing the conservation and protection of the river and its adjacent lands,” said Mark Peckham, Museum Trustee and Exhibits Committee Chair. Hudson River Maritime Museum is open to the public 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday. The museum adheres to a COVID-19 safe protocol.  DEC 50 panels newly installed in the "Rescuing the River" exhibit. Photo by Ronald Searl.  Sailing aboard the Impossible Dream, a universally accessible sailboat. KINGSTON, N.Y. – Thanks to generous donations from supporters, scholarships are now available for women, men and teens to attend the Fourth Annual Riverport Women’s Virtual, International Sailing Conference. Hosted by the Hudson River Maritime Museum and Kingston Sailing Club, the virtual conference will take place on Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7, 2020.
The event will energize and empower women and men to get involved in sailing at all levels. Everyone is welcome, from experienced sailors to those who have never been on the water before! Conference registration is by household, so gather around your screens to participate in these amazing opportunities. All presentations will be recorded, so participants will have exclusive access to view the entire conference after the event concludes. On Friday, November 6 at 5:00 pm, we feature our keynote speaker, Captain Dawn Riley, who was the first woman to manage an America’s Cup sailing team, has sailed on four America’s Cup and two Whitbread (now The Ocean Race) teams, and now runs Oakcliff Sailing Center (oakcliffsailing.org), in Oyster Bay, New York which provides opportunities for participants to build world class sailing skills in local and offshore racing. Tracy Edwards, captain of Maiden, opens our Saturday, November 7 session at 1:00 p.m. You may recognize Tracy’s name from the recent film Maiden (2019), about the all-women crew (including Dawn Riley) she led in the Whitbread Around the World Race in 1989-1990. Tracy will regale us with stories about Maiden and will also update us on the Maiden Factor’s efforts to educate girls around the world (themaidenfactor.org). On Saturday afternoon, several concurrent sessions will be available to choose from. The panel Community Outreach: Equity and Inclusion, will focus on welcoming people from many backgrounds into the sailing community. Presenters come from the Bayshore Center at Bivalve in Port Morris, New Jersey; the Brooklyn Boatworks in Brooklyn, New York, and Hudson River Community Sailing in New York, New York. Another Saturday afternoon panel, Pathways for New Sailors, will showcase the many ways in which people from diverse backgrounds can gain a foothold in sailing. It features presenters from the Hudson River Maritime Museum, the Impossible Dream, the National Women’s Sailing Association, the Oakcliff Sailing Center, the Rozalia Project, and Women Who Sail. Other concurrent sessions include: ● Basic Navigation ● Blue Water Sailing ● Communications at Sea ● The History and Mission of the Sloop Clearwater ● Safety Around Large Vessels ● Maritime Careers ● Sail Care and Repair ● and Outboard Engine Troubleshooting The Saturday concurrent sessions will continue until 6:00 pm. Recordings of all sessions will be available online after the conference concludes. The fee for the entire conference is just $50 per household. We welcome participants from low-income and underserved communities. Scholarships are for $40 per household, reducing the cost to just $10. To apply, use our easy scholarship application on the main conference page of our website. For more information, to register, and/or to apply for a scholarship, please visit www.hrmm.org/sailing-conference or email jsterling@hrmm.org. Museum Meets Demand with COVID-Safer Protocols
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: KINGSTON, N.Y. – Due to an overwhelming response The Hudson River Maritime Museum is thrilled to announce the Wooden Boat School has added additional sessions of two popular classes. The Live Edge Table class which took place last weekend and the Adirondack Chair class which will be happening later in October both sold out quickly. As a result two additional sessions of these classes have been added to the schedule. We have put in place the appropriate practices to accommodate safe distance teaching techniques so that students can learn and improve their woodworking skills. We urge interested students to sign up soon as classes are limited in size.
Additional classes that still have a few spaces:
To learn more about the classes, register or view the extra guidelines we will be following please visit www.hrmm.org/woodworking. For more or any questions, please contact Wooden Boat School Coordinator, John Phelan at jphelan@hrmm.org or call 845-338-0071 ext 11.  Captain Dawn Riley, Women's Sailing Conference keynote speaker, with her crew during a race. Courtesy Dawn Riley. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Riverport Women’s Sailing Conference has opened registration for its new, virtual event taking place on Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7, 2020. Taking place on the evening of Friday, November 6, 2020 and from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 7, 2020, the Women’s Sailing Conference features speakers and instructors from around the world. The goal of the conference is to energize and empower women to get involved in sailing at all levels. Everyone, women and men, from experienced sailors to those who have never been on the water before are welcome! Conference registration is by household, so gather around your screens to participate in these amazing opportunities. The conference begins on Friday, November 6 at 5:00 pm. Pour yourself a glass of wine or sparkling cider and get ready to be wowed by our Friday night keynote speaker, Captain Dawn Riley, the first woman to manage an America's Cup sailing team. She has raced on four America’s Cup campaigns and two Whitbread (The Ocean Race) teams. Dawn now runs Oakcliff Sailing Center, which provides opportunities for participants to build world class sailing skills in local and offshore racing and to learn the business of sailing. Based in Oyster Bay, NY, Oakcliff hosts sailors from around the world and trains them to work and sail at the highest levels of the sport.  The crew of the Maiden at a 2018 reunion, Tracy Edwards center. Photo by Michael Chester. Tracy Edwards, captain of Maiden, opens our Saturday, November 7 session at 1:00 p.m. You may recognize Tracy’s name from the recent film Maiden (2019), about the all-women crew who competed in the Whitbread Around the World Race in 1989-1990. Members of the original and current crews will regale us with stories and keep us updated on their efforts to educate girls around the world through their current project The Maiden Factor. Participants are encouraged to watch the documentary film about the race before attending. Maiden is available for purchase on Amazon Prime or included with STARZ.
The afternoon will continue until 6:00 pm with more amazing women-led presentations including: · Welcoming Sailors from Diverse Communities · The History and Mission of the Sloop Clearwater · Safety Around Large Vessels · Maritime Careers · Blue Water Sailing · Basic Navigation · Communications at Sea · Sail Care and Repair · and Outboard Engine Troubleshooting Afternoon sessions will be available in three sets of three concurrent sessions. All sessions will be recorded, so those participants who want to revisit presentations they did not attend will have access to the recordings after the conference. The fee for the entire conference is $50 per household. We welcome participants from low-income and underserved communities and have scholarships available. To apply for a scholarship, please email Jody Taffet Sterling at jsterling@hrmm.org For more information, please visit www.hrmm.org/sailing-conference or email jsterling@hrmm.org.  The Vets-on-Water camp site, after the first day of travel, September 6, 2020. Courtesy Hudson Valley Center for Veteran Reintegration. Maritime Museum to Host Vets-on-Water
Veterans’ Kayaking Group Arrives in Kingston Tuesday, September 15, 2020 KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to host kayaking veterans from the Vets-on-Water program of the Hudson Valley Center for Veteran Reintegration. The veterans group will be arriving in Kingston by water on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. The museum’s 100% solar-powered boat Solaris will meet the vets at the Rondout Lighthouse and escort them into Rondout Creek and back to the museum around noon on Tuesday. Three veterans in handmade wooden kayaks started their journey on September 5 at Lake Tear of the Clouds in the Adirondacks. They are kayaking the entire length of the Hudson River, ending at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. The goal of the journey is twofold. First, to raise awareness of veterans issues, including the battle against Veteran/active duty suicide, and homelessness. Second, to raise funds for the Hudson Valley Center for Veteran Reintegration (HVCVR). Located in Kingston, NY, HVCVR works with veterans through programs including the Wooden Boat Shop and woodworking, financial readiness, writing programs, wilderness retreats, and peer-to-peer support. The Vets-on-Water program will also be stopping in the following cities:
You can follow their journey, including updates with photos, videos, and livestreams, via their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HVCVR For more information about the Hudson Valley Center for Veteran Reintegration and to donate to support the center, visit their website at www.hvcvr.org. ### About the Hudson River Maritime Museum. Located along the historic Rondout Creek in downtown Kingston, N.Y., the Hudson River Maritime Museum is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries, and related industries. HRMM opened the Wooden Boat School in 2016 and the Sailing & Rowing School in 2017.  Adirondack chairs built at the Hudson River Maritime Museum's Wooden Boat School. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Hudson River Maritime Museum is thrilled to announce that Wooden Boat School classes will resume this fall! We have made the appropriate changes to accommodate safe distance teaching techniques so that students can once again learn and improve their woodworking skills. We urge interested students to sign up soon as classes are limited in size. Classes which are already open for registration include:
To learn more about the classes, register or view the extra guidelines we will be following please visit www.hrmm.org/woodworking.  For immediate release:
RiverWise Fleet Sail Around Statue of Liberty Hudson River Maritime Museum Partners with Classic Harbor Line Kingston, NY – As part of the RiverWise project, the Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to announce that the museum’s solar-powered boat Solaris and carbon-neutral Schooner Apollonia will be conducting a fleet sail to the Statue of Liberty with five vessels from the Classic Harbor Line on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Carbon-neutral vessels Solaris, a 100% solar-powered boat from the Hudson River Maritime Museum, and Schooner Apollonia will lead this fleet sail, joined by New York City's own Classic Harbor Line with its majestic tall ship schooners America 2.0 and Adirondack, as well as their vintage replica commuter yachts Manhattan II, Kingston and Full Moon. Classic Harbor Line's fleet, which is built in Albany, NY, by Scarano Boat Building, is the embodiment of one of the RiverWise themes for this year: local boatbuilding. This fleet of seven unique vessels against the backdrop of the Statue of Liberty near sunset offers a stunning photographic opportunity. Vessels are expected to arrive at the Statue of Liberty around 6:30 PM and Battery Park by 7:30 PM. The public is encouraged to view the vessels from shore. Battery Park is the best viewing area. Or, tickets are available for the trip aboard Classic Harbor Lines vessels. For ticket information, please visit www.sail-nyc.com. Daily updates of the RiverWise: South Hudson Voyage, including live video, blog posts, and links, will be posted on the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s Facebook page and Instagram account. The public is invited to like the museum’s pages to be notified of updates. Daily updates will also be posted at the end of the day, along with additional history articles, on the RiverWise website’s Captains’ Log at www.hudsonriverwise.org/log. The South Hudson Voyage is part of a broader effort the museum calls “RiverWise.” During the voyage museum staff and crew will collect film footage, conduct interviews, and produce short films, photos, and social media content to teach the general public about the Hudson River and allow them to experience it in real-time, as the crew does, from the comfort of their own homes. After the voyage, museum staff will process the hundreds of hours of film footage collected on both voyages and begin to create short documentary films about the Hudson River and its history, with emphasis on the four themes highlighted this year – lighthouses, shipbuilding, towing, and sail freight. The museum is seeking donations to support both the voyage and the documentary films. The South Hudson Voyage is funded by individual donations and sponsorships. Mid-Hudson Federal Credit Union has sponsored in part Solaris, Apollonia, and the documentary films on Hudson River shipbuilding. The Daley Family Foundation has sponsored Apollonia. General support comes from the many individuals who have donated to the by-the-mile voyage campaign through PledgeIt. The North Hudson Voyage was sponsored in part by the Phelan Family Foundation, Ann Loeding, David Eaton, and the many individuals who donated to the PledgeIt campaign. Additional funding for both campaigns has been provided by the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area. The museum is still seeking sponsorships to help cover the costs of the South Hudson Voyage as well as this year’s four documentary film themes – lighthouses, tugboats and towing, shipbuilding, and sail freight. If you would like to support the South Hudson Voyage and the museum’s documentary films, please visit www.hudsonriverwise.org/support for more information on sponsorship and donation opportunities. ### About the Hudson River Maritime Museum. Located along the historic Rondout Creek in downtown Kingston, N.Y., the Hudson River Maritime Museum is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries, and related industries. HRMM opened the Wooden Boat School in 2016 and the Sailing & Rowing School in 2017. In 2019 the museum launched the 100% solar-powered tour boat Solaris. www.hrmm.org About Solaris. Solaris was built by the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s restoration crew under the direction of Jim Kricker. Solaris is the only US Coast Guard-approved 100% solar-powered passenger vessel in the United States. It does not plug in. Designed by marine architect Dave Gerr from a concept developed by David Borton, owner of Sustainable Energy, Solaris is commercial in design, meeting all U.S. Coast Guard regulations for commercial passenger-carrying vessels. www.hrmm.org/meet-solaris About the Schooner Apollonia. The Apollonia is the Hudson Valley’s largest carbon-neutral merchant vessel. Powered by the wind and used vegetable oil, Apollonia can transport her cargo sustainably. This mission-driven, for-profit business has a transparent and reproducible business model - to provide carbon-neutral transportation for shelf-stable local foods and products. Connecting the traditions of slow food, fair trade, and carbon neutrality, we will inspire and train a new generation of Hudson River stewards and create green living-wage jobs in the growing river-based economy. www.schoonerapollonia.com |
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