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Kingston, NY – As the Mid-Hudson Region enters Phase 4 of re-opening, the Hudson River Maritime Museum will be open to the public on a new reduced schedule starting Friday, July 10, 2020. Open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays 12:00 p.m. to 5 p.m., the museum galleries will operate at 25% capacity. Admission pricing remains the same as before the pandemic - $9 for adults, $6 for seniors and children.​

All visitors must wear masks inside the museum building and adhere to social distancing whenever possible. If visitors do not have masks, masks will be provided by the museum. The museum will also operate with a unidirectional entrance and separate exit. All hands-on activities, touch screens, and interactive displays will be closed for everyone’s safety. Bathrooms will be open and hand sanitizer stations available.

The Wooden Boat School will remain closed to the public. Boat rides aboard the 100% solar-powered tour boat Solaris are currently available for private charter only. Public rides will be available starting next weekend, July 17, 18, and 19, 2020. All passengers must wear masks while on board and each ride will be limited to 10 passengers.  

As always, the museum’s outdoor exhibits are open to the public, but we encourage social distancing at all times. The museum’s docks are open to transient boaters but shore facilities remain closed for the time being.

For details, including Solaris charter and tour information, please visit our website at www.hrmm.org or call 845-388-0071. 

History in the United States is largely recorded from a white perspective. Black stories and histories can be hard to find because what was saved from the past does not reflect the whole picture. At the Hudson River Maritime Museum we are working to add more Black history resources to our collection and partner with organizations in our region that are expanding access to the knowledge of the way in which Africans and their descendants have profoundly shaped American history, including the maritime history of the Hudson River.

Museums play a unique role in shaping the narrative and connecting communities to resources that help everyone better understand local and national histories. To that end, here are some of the organizations working in the Hudson Valley, as well as some local and national resources, that show how Black history is American history.

The Library at the A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center works in the Ponckhockie neighborhood and throughout Kingston with community programs, children’s literacy and after school programs, and more, with hundreds of books available. The African Roots Library partners with the Hudson River Maritime Museum in co-hosting the Conference on Black History in the Hudson Valley. You can learn more and donate at africanrootslibrary.org.

The Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany, NY tells the story of Stephen and Harriet Meyers, the Underground Railroad in New York, and its connections to today. The Underground Railroad Education Center is a new partner in the Conference on Black History in the Hudson Valley. You can learn more and donate at undergroundrailroadhistory.org.

Other local Black history organizations to seek out and support include:

• TMI Project: Black Stories Matter, also a conference partner – tmiproject.org/blackstoriesmatter
• Pine Street Burial Ground, Kingston Land Trust, also a conference partner - kingstonlandtrust.org/initiatives/pine-st-african-burial-ground
• Harambee, also a conference partner – harambeekingstonny.org
• The African American Historical Society of Rockland County – aahsmuseum.org
• The Mid-Hudson Antislavery History Project – pages.vassar.edu/mhantislaveryhistoryproject
• The Sadie Peterson Delaney African Roots Library in Poughkeepsie – africanrootslibrary.tripod.com

For information on Africans and African Americans in the Hudson Valley:

• People Not Property: Stories of Slavery in the Colonial North – a project of Historic Hudson Valley, including Philipsburg Manor, which has been interpreting the history of slavery and enslaved people for decades. You can learn more at peoplenotproperty.hudsonvalley.org.
• Long Hammering: Essays of an African American Presence in the Hudson Valley to the 20th Century by A.J. Williams-Myers. Dr. Wiliams-Myers addresses the integral role that African Americans played in every aspect of Hudson Valley society, which historically is the embryo of New York history.
• In Defiance: Runaways from Slavery in New York’s Hudson River Valley, 1735-1831 by Susan Stessin-Cohn and Ashley Hurlburt-Biagini. In Defiance documents 607 fugitives from slavery in the 18th and 19th-century Hudson River Valley region of New York State.
• Freedom’s Gardener: James F. Brown, Horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in Antebellum America by Myra B. Young Armstead. James F. Brown escaped slavery in Maryland and became a gardener at Mount Gulian in Beacon, NY. Dr. Armstead uses his diary to illuminate his life and the history of slavery and freedom in the Hudson Valley.
• Peekskill's African American History: A Hudson Valley Community's Untold Story by John C. Curran. Highlighting African American stories in Peekskill from the American Revolution through to the Paul Robeson and the Peekskill Riots of 1949 and beyond.
• Slavery and Freedom in the Mid-Hudson Valley by Michael E. Groth. Focusing on the struggle for freedom in the central Hudson Valley prior to the Civil War.
• The Missing Chapter: Untold Stories of African American Presence in the Hudson Valley – an online exhibit hosted by Hudson River Valley Heritage. Visit the exhibit at omeka.hrvh.org/exhibits/show/missing-chapter
• Historic Huguenot Street’s digital collection, African American Presence in the Hudson Valley, viewable at nyheritage.org/collections/African-american-presence-hudson-valley

For information on Black maritime history:

• The oral histories of Henry Gourdine, a Hudson River commercial fisherman from Peekskill known as the “Dean of the Hudson.” You can view the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s collection of Gourdine's oral histories at cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/hrmm/id/0/rec/6
• Filmmaker Ken Sergeant has featured portions of a video oral history he did with Henry Gourdine called “Tales From Henry’s Hudson,” available online at vimeo.com/7400161
• Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail by W. Jeffrey Bolster. Although not specifically about the Hudson Valley, this book illuminates the lives of Black sailors and mariners, many of whom also plied the waters of the Hudson, either as enslaved or free men.
• For New York City Black maritime history, check out PortSide NewYork’s African American Maritime Heritage program, which has an excellent list of stories and resources available at portsidenewyork.org/afam-maritime
• You can view articles on the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s History Blog related to Black History by visiting this link: www.hrmm.org/history-blog/category/black-history

Several organizations have also collected readings lists about Black history and addressing racism with children, including:

• The collection of the Library at the A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center, available at librarything.com/catalog/AfricanRoots/yourlibrary
• The Underground Railroad Education Center has a list for teaching children about racism, available at undergroundrailroadhistory.org/teach-your-children-well/
• Diverse Book Finder – search a collection of diverse children’s books with library information. Diversebookfinder.org
• Embrace Race – an organization focused on nurturing children of color and raising kids to think critically about racial inequality. You can find their children’s books resources at embracerace.org/resources/childrens-books
• Laurie Halse Anderson’s The Seeds of America trilogy, chapter books geared for ages 11+ and featuring enslaved protagonists in New York during the American Revolution – Chains, Forge, and Ashes. 

​To learn more about race relations today, how to become anti-racist, and the history of racism in the United States:

• The National Museum of African American History & Culture has developed “Talking About Race,” including information on becoming anti-racist. You can find more information at nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race
• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi.
• Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman. Soul Fire Farm is located in Rensselaer County on 80-acres of land that historically was stewarded by the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation.
• The work of Ta-Nehisi Coates. You can find more information at ta-nehisicoates.com.
• Humanities New York’s Community & Protest Reading List available at humanitiesny.org/humanities-history-power-protest-reading-list/

We encourage you to use your local library or local independent booksellers when sourcing the books listed here.

This list was compiled by Hudson River Maritime Museum staff with assistance from our community partners. Please let us know of other sources and organizations. Email us at education@hrmm.org and we’ll add them to this post. 

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KINGSTON, NY – The Hudson River Maritime Museum is temporarily closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

If you thought you saw a familiar image on Amazon Prime recently, you weren’t alone. Rowboats built at Hudson River Maritime Museum’s Boat Building Challenge were featured in Season 3, Episode 8 of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” available now on Amazon Prime.

Last summer, the museum was approached by film producers working in the area looking for boats to use in filming. The museum had several small rowboats – called Carolina bateaus – left over from that spring’s National Boatbuilding Challenge, generously donated by the challenge participants. 
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John Phelan, Hudson River Maritime Museum's Boat School Coordinator and Dockmaster said, “The producers liked the boat and the deal was done. They needed the boats in only a few days. So Wayne Ford went to work with the help of several great volunteers. We cleaned up the boats, faired some rough edges and installed a bow seat. In just one day the boats were ready to go.”

The museum was informed of the appearance of the boats in the show by Tom Russell and Rob Dwelley, both organizers of National Boatbuilding Challenges across the country. Russell and Dwelley recognized the distinctive lines of the Carolina bateau – the only design used in the National Boatbuilding Challenge competition – and called the museum immediately.

“We are so pleased we were able to accommodate the production’s needs and look forward to potential collaborations with other films in the future,” said Lisa Cline, Executive Director of the Hudson River Maritime Museum.

Another museum boat may be featured in an upcoming Netflix film. Stay tuned for more news when the film is released.

Those who are able to donate, we encourage you to visit www.hrmm.org/covid19. Thank you for your support. We won’t get through this without you.

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​For interviews or additional information, please contact Executive Director Lisa Cline at lcline@hrmm.org or 845-338-0071 ext. 20. 

The Hudson River Maritime Museum is a 501(c)3 organization established in 1979 to collect, preserve, research, exhibit, and interpret a collection of historical artifacts related to the maritime heritage of the Hudson River and its tributaries. This is the only museum in New York State exclusively dedicated to this mission. 

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Thursday, April 9, 2020

KINGSTON, NY – The Hudson River Maritime Museum is now temporarily closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

PROGRAMS
All spring events have been cancelled or postponed until the end of May, 2020. Programs occurring after May will be assessed on a rolling basis. All program registration is currently on hold, but interested parties are encouraged to sign up for a wait list. When the program is opened back up or rescheduled, waitlist applicants will have first choice of confirming their registration with payment.

Those who have already paid for cancelled or postponed programs have the option to pause and reschedule for a later date, receive a full refund, or donate their payment to the museum.

CAMPUS USE
The museum campus is still open for social distancing walking, but all buildings are closed to the public. Our partners at the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater will remain on our docks and in the Kingston Homeport and Education Center for the foreseeable future. Clearwater crew are living on board the boat and we ask that members of the public avoid the areas near the boat and the Homeport building (also known as “The Barn”) for the safety of the crew.

The museum docks will be open for limited, pre-arranged seasonal docking. In addition, docks will be available for any transient boaters in need of overnight docking. Transient boaters in need must register online through Dockwa or by calling the museum’s dock phone (845-706-8881). All payments must be made by credit card online or over the phone. All boaters must adhere to social distancing rules. Museum buildings, including restroom/shower facilities, the Wooden Boat School, and the museum itself will not be open to boaters for everyone’s safety. Water and electricity will be available. For more information, visit www.hrmm.org/docking.

The museum’s rowing docks will be available to qualified users (contact the museum to see if you qualify), but only for the use of single person boats. No multi-person boats allowed.

Members of the public are not allowed on the Museum’s docks for insurance and safety reasons. Docks are for registered boaters only. 

PPE DONATION
The Hudson River Maritime Museum’s Wooden Boat School had a number of nitrile gloves and N95 masks on hand prior to the pandemic. Over the last few weeks museum staff had been coordinating with the state to try to donate them to the state stockpile. At the same time, a Boat School volunteer contacted us, offering to make a donation to cover the cost of any personal protective equipment we could donate to local hospitals. Last week, YouthBoat graduate and Boat School volunteer Ben Geskie asked whether or not the Boat School had any PPE on hand. Ben’s father works as an ICU nurse at Vassar Hospital in Dutchess County and they were in need of supplies.

Sometimes, things just come together. On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, Ben and his mother picked up 170 N95 masks and 700 nitrile gloves to transport to Vassar Hospital. The Boat School volunteer (who prefers to remain anonymous) has made a donation to the museum to cover the cost of the supplies. Once the pandemic is over, the museum will be able to restock the Boat School.

NEW ONLINE PROGRAMS
As the museum is closed, we are working on expanding our online offerings through our history blog (www.hrmm.org/history-blog) and through Museum At Home (www.hrmm.org/museum-at-home), where members of the public can browse online exhibits, articles, oral histories, images, and more, completely free of charge. Museum staff and volunteers are working hard to ensure seven days a week of blog posts, including history articles, steamboat biographies, Throwback Tuesdays, Music Mondays, historic newspaper articles, videos, and travelogues on the Hudson River. We encourage those interested to sign up for our email list to receive updates and blog posts highlighting the history and culture of our valley in their inboxes daily.

The museum is also launching a series of social media initiatives, including the Hudson Riverscapes photo contest on Facebook. Participants can submit photos weekly for weekly awards of free museum memberships to photos that garner the most likes and comments. At the end of the pandemic, the photo with the most likes and comments overall will be awarded a free charter aboard museum’s the solar-powered tour boat Solaris. The charter can be redeemed as soon as Solaris is back in the water and allowed to take passengers, or through the end of the 2021 season. The museum will also be launching Hudson River Bingo on Facebook and Instagram, as well as sharing blog posts, videos, historic photos, and more. You can join us at facebook.com/hudsonrivermartimemuseum or instagram.com/hudsonrivermaritimemuseum.

FUTURE OF MUSEUM
In the past several years the Hudson River Maritime Museum has grown exponentially and programs have grown along with it. The Hudson River Maritime Museum has become a destination for tourists and locals alike, open 7 days a week in the summer and all winter long. History tours, lectures, school field trips, youth boatbuilding, sailing, and rowing programs, along with adult woodworking, boatbuilding, sailing, and rowing programs have all made significant contributions not only to the museum’s coffers but to the revitalization of downtown Kingston.

Unfortunately, this increased reliance on program income has meant that the prospect of a closed museum for the spring and potentially the summer has put a huge dent in the museum’s budget. More than 60% of the budget comes directly from program income, with additional funding from general admissions to the museum. For this reason, the museum has been forced to lay off over half of its staff and remaining staff are working at 40% of their normal hours. Even if the museum is able to open in the fall, the winter months provide less income than spring and summer.

The museum is in dire financial straits without program income. We are currently applying for federal relief funding under the Small Business Administration, which, if awarded, will help us in the short-term. But the long-term success of the museum and its vibrant community programs depends on individual and business support. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, the Hudson River Maritime Museum depends on donations. The newly passed CARES Act has changed tax filings and now allows for those who itemize their taxes to deduct 100% of charitable donations in 2020. Even those who do not itemize can still deduct up to $300. 

2020 is the 40th anniversary of the Hudson River Maritime Museum opening its doors on the Rondout and we had planned the best season yet. Sadly, that season as planned is not to be, but the remaining museum staff are working hard to ensure that we can come back stronger than ever to make our 41st year better than ever. The museum is asking the entire Hudson River Valley community to please help ensure that we are around for another 40 years. Our river’s heritage and culture are too valuable to lose.

Those who are able to donate, we encourage you to visit www.hrmm.org/covid19.

​Thank you for your support. We won’t get through this without you.

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For interviews or additional information, please contact Lisa Cline at lcline@hrmm.org or 845-338-0071 ext. 20. 

The Hudson River Maritime Museum is a 501(c)3 organization established in 1979 to collect, preserve, research, exhibit, and interpret a collection of historical artifacts related to  the maritime heritage of the Hudson River and its tributaries. This is the only museum in New York State exclusively dedicated to this mission. 

The Hudson River Maritime Museum is excited to announce that the Hudson Valley Center for Veteran Reintegration (HVCVR) is taking a little trip! Led by two HVCVR board members, the group is expected to expand as all organizations and individuals are invited to join on the river, fly their banners, share their mission, support HVCVR, and show Veterans the many assets available to them!
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Depending on weather and water level conditions, the group will Kayak from either Lake Tear of the Clouds (identifies as the source of the Hudson River) or backpack until they hit the first navigable waterway, beginning on June 12.

The trip will conclude in Manhattan with a visit to Ground Zero, totaling approximately 315 miles upon conclusion. The goal is to cover 22 miles a day, but this will vary at certain stretches due to hazards, weather, tides, and geographic challenges.

The mission of this trip is twofold: first to bring awareness to the needs of the Veteran community, alternative therapeutic programs that help battle the fight against Veteran/active duty suicide, and mental health challenges and homelessness. Second, to help the HVCVR raise desperately needed funding to continue their programs by finding a permanent location that includes office space, classrooms, and workshop areas. 

HRMM and the HVCVR hope that many kayakers will join in on this adventure and help share this message of awareness! To learn more about the HVCVR, please visit hvcvr.org or Facebook.com/HVCVR.

​The Hudson River Maritime Museum will be hosting and exciting after hours’ exhibit opening to coincide with Kingston's First Saturday event on March 7, 2020, between 5PM and 7PM. Meet artist Raymond Curran at the opening of "Henry Hudson's Timeless River: An Artistic Journey Along Hudson's Route from New York Harbor to Albany,". This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required.
 
This series of paintings start in New York Harbor and finish in Albany where Hudson began and ended his journey. The paintings are based on sketches and photographs mostly taken from a kayak or along the edges of the river. Each is accompanied with a brief account of Hudson’s journey, a description of the icons and some of the historical highlights.
 
Ray has had a successful career as a professional urban and environmental planner, designer, and teacher. He is a founding member and vice president of the Kingston Midtown Arts District in Kingston, and art has been an avocation and obsession throughout his life. More information about his paintings, gallery representation, studio hours, and current showings can be obtained through his website www.raycurran-artwork.com.
 
"Henry Hudson's Timeless River" will be on display at the Hudson River Maritime Museum from March 7 through April 19, 2020

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr's. Day of Service, the Hudson River Maritime Museum invites community members to visit the museum for a chance to learn more about volunteer opportunities with three local organizations; Historic Clearwater Sloop, Riverkeeper, and Hudson River Maritime Museum. Each organization will highlight 2020 volunteer opportunities that are available to the public. The Volunteer Open House represents an excellent chance for community members to meet members from each organization, attend information sessions, and register as a volunteer! This program supports the Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibit, Water/Ways.
 
The program will run from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM on Monday, January 20th at the Hudson River Maritime Museum. There will be training and information sessions throughout the day. Community members are invited to explore the Water/Ways exhibit hosted in the East Gallery while on site. This program is free! No registration is required! Visit the Museum’s website www.hrmm.org/waterways for more information.

The Hudson River Maritime Museum will host the Water/Ways exhibition from January 11 to February 23, 2020. The museum’s open hours will be extended from four days a week to seven days a week during this exhibition, in order to give all Hudson Valley residents a chance to see it. The Hudson River Maritime Museum is the only Hudson Valley location where this exhibition will be shown.
 
“We were so pleased to be one of only six museums in the state selected to host this amazing exhibit and we are excited to offer a number of public programs, including lectures, family programs, and community forums, for Hudson Valley residents to explore,” said Lisa Cline, Executive Director of the Hudson River Maritime Museum.
 
Water/Ways explores the endless motion of the water cycle, water’s effect on landscape, settlement and migration, and its impact on culture and spirituality. It looks at how political and economic planning have long been affected by access to water and control of water resources. Human creativity and resourcefulness provide new ways of protecting water resources and renewing respect for the natural environment.

For the Hudson River Maritime Museum, Water/Ways serves as an opportunity to discuss not only the impact of the Hudson River on local and national society, but also to encourage members of the public to examine their own relationships to water: where it comes from, how they use it, and how their lives are or can be impacted by pollution and climate change.
 
“The Hudson River has long played an outsized role in American history,” said Sarah Wassberg Johnson, Director of Education at the Hudson River Maritime Museum. “Water/Ways allows us to look at our relationships to the Hudson and its tributaries from both historical and modern perspectives and fits in perfectly with our other exhibits.”
 
Members of the public are invited to attend a special Water/Ways Opening Reception on Saturday, January 11, 2020 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Admission is $10.00 per person and free for Hudson River Maritime Museum members. Registration for the Opening Reception is available at www.hrmm.org/waterways.
 
Water/Ways is part of the Smithsonian’s Think Water Initiative to raise awareness of water as a critical resource for life through exhibitions, educational resources and public programs. Inaugural funding for the New York State tour was provided by the Smithsonian Institution, Hadley Exhibits, Inc., the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, and the New York State Canal Corporation.
 
Water/Ways was inspired by an exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (www.amnh.org), and the Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul (www.smm.org), in collaboration with Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland; The Field Museum, Chicago; Instituto Sangari, Sao Paulo, Brazil; National Museum of Australia, Canberra; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada; San Diego Natural History Museum; and Science Centre Singapore with PUB Singapore.
 
The exhibition is part of Museum on Main Street, a unique collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), state humanities councils and museum associations across the nation, and local host institutions. To learn more about Water/Ways and other Museum on Main Street exhibitions, visit www.museumonmainstreet.org. The public can participate in the conversation on social media at #thinkWater.

More information about these programs, including registration, is available at www.hrmm.org/waterways.

The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to announce John Lipscomb of Riverkeeper will be honored with the prestigious Roger W. Mabie award at the 2019 Pilot Gala held on Sunday, September 8 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hudson River Maritime Museum.  
John Lipscomb became Riverkeeper’s boat captain in 2000. Having grown up in Irvington and Tarrytown, he learned to swim and sail in the Hudson River. In the early 1970’s, he apprenticed for “old time” WWII-era boat builders to learn wooden boat maintenance and repair at Petersen’s Boatyard in Nyack. In September of 2000, John began patrolling the Hudson for Riverkeeper aboard the “R. Ian Fletcher”, a 36-foot Chesapeake Bay style wooden vessel. He travels between New York Harbor and Troy, searching out and deterring polluters, monitoring tributaries and waterfront facilities, and taking regional decision makers and media out on the river so that “the river has a chance to advocate for itself.”
 
“John Lipscomb is one of the Hudson River’s strongest advocates,” says Lisa Cline, Executive Director of the Hudson River Maritime Museum. “We are so grateful for his dedication and it is our honor to celebrate his work at this year’s Pilot Gala.”
The Roger W. Mabie Award, named after founding father and former president Roger Mabie, was created to honor annually individuals who exemplify service to the Hudson Valley and its history.
To attend this fundraiser for the Hudson River Maritime Museum and to honor the important work of John Lipscomb, please RSVP at www.hrmm.org/pilot-gala.

The Hudson River Maritime Museum is excited to announce the name of its 100% solar-powered 44-foot tour boat, the latest version of the Solar Sal series. After overwhelming community participation in a naming campaign and input from schools up and down the Hudson River, the museum’s naming committee, comprised of local elected officials, environmental groups, and partner organizations voted unanimously for Solaris.
 
Built by the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s restoration crew under the direction of Jim Kricker, this vessel is the only solar powered boat in operation on the Hudson River and does not require fossil fuels to operate. Names considered were two words or less, did not exclude or perpetuate harmful stereotypes, were not offensive, and were inspired by local history or environmentalism.
 
The new tour boat will allow the museum to expand its popular Rondout Lighthouse Tours, as well new history tours, trips to the Esopus Lighthouse, bird-watching trips, sunset cruises, and field trips to its on-the-water programming. The Solaris can accommodate up to 25 passengers and will be available for private charters and can be added on to any rental of the museum’s facilities.
 
Designed by marine architect Dave Gerr from a concept developed by David Borton, owner of Sustainable Energy, the Solar Sal-44 is commercial in design, meeting all U.S. Coast Guard regulations for commercial passenger-carrying vessels. In late 2018, the vessel passed her speed/range endurance test under the watchful eye of Coast Guard inspectors, using only reserve battery power. In early 2019, the vessel passed her stability test and received United States Coast Guard Certification. The Solaris can travel up to 50 miles at night without the use of her solar panels. Even on cloudy days, the solar panels are so efficient that they continue to power the batteries.
 
Support for this vessel comes from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Scenic Hudson, and Sustainable Energy Corp. If you have questions, or wish to support this unique vessel and its programming, please contact Executive Director Lisa Cline at 845-338-0071 ext. 20. More information on the tour boat and naming campaign can be found at www.hrmm.org/solar-boat-tours.html