Hudson River Sloop Clearwater

06/22/2026

With a little less then a month to go in our 2026 sailing season, Clearwater is on the move! We're in Poughkeepsie this week, then heading back downriver to Brooklyn for Sail4th 250 to participate in two parade sails and two public sails celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States.

Explore our sail schedule: https://www.clearwater.org/come-sailing/
Sail4th 250 details: https://www.clearwater.org/latest-news/featured/sail250/

**Please note, when a sail is sold out, the links automatically deactivate.**

UPDATE: July 3rd and 4th Sails are SOLD OUT.

06/21/2026

Looking for a fun way to explore the Hudson River with your child this summer?
Join Clearwater's Community Tideline Programs! These half-day, hands-on summer adventures allow families discover the Hudson River together through science, history, music, and exploration. Search for fish and other river creatures, learn about the river's past and future, and experience the shoreline like never before.

📍 June 30 – Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow (Registration open!)
📍 July 16 – Nyack State Beach (Coming soon)
📍 August 5 – Nyack State Beach (Coming soon)

Learn more: https://www.clearwater.org/educator-blog/summer-2026-community-tideline-programs/

Each session will run from 9:30am-1:30pm, and is $15 per adult/child pair.

Photos: Alon Koppel

06/20/2026

Join Hudson River Sloop Clearwater for one of two Sail4th 250 parade sails to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary! The parades will feature tall ships from around the world. We will be welcoming aboard passengers for parade sails on July 3 and July 4 with light refreshments. This is a rare opportunity to be part of the action and sail aboard the Clearwater while surrounded by historic vessels from around the world.

Reserve your place aboard Clearwater and experience Sail250 from a perspective few will ever have, from the deck of a working historic Hudson River sloop.

Learn more at the link in our bio! Join Hudson River Sloop Clearwater for one of two Sail4th 250 parade sails to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary! The parades will feature tall ships from around the world. We will be welcoming aboard passengers for parade sails on July 3 and July 4 with light refreshments. This is a rare opportunity to be part of the action and sail aboard the Clearwater while surrounded by historic vessels from around the world.

Reserve your place aboard Clearwater and experience Sail250 from a perspective few will ever have, from the deck of a working historic Hudson River sloop.

Learn more: https://www.clearwater.org/sail4-250-parades-in-nynj-harbor/

UPDATE: July 4th Sail is SOLD OUT.

Photo: Nick DeWolf, Clearwater sailing in Opperation 1976

06/19/2026

Happy Friday! This week's is the Blackcheek Tonguefish, which can be found from New York down to the Florida Keys and the northern Gulf of Mexico. Blackcheek Tonguefish are found in shallow coastal waters and estuaries, on soft muddy bottoms and feed on small crabs and other invertebrates.

06/18/2026

Explore the Hudson River with Clearwater's River Rambler Homeschool Dropoff Program! Clearwater's education team will be hosting a unique riverside drop-off program for homeschoolers 7-13. With access to the Hudson River and Hook Mountain, kids will have the opportunity to explore the Hudson River watershed from the shoreline to the mountaintop on the Marydell Faith and Life Center campus. Daily activities include hiking, art, music, nature exploration, science experiments, and games.

This fall we're hosting two sessions with two cohorts each - Thursdays and Fridays. The first cohort will run mid-September to mid-October and the second from mid-October to mid-November.

Learn more and register: https://www.clearwater.org/homeschool-programs/

06/17/2026

Clearwater sailing off Cold Spring. Photo by: Stacey Matson Zuvic

06/17/2026

More scenes from the sloop as captured by recent volunteer, Fernando Vera Buschmann. ⛵

06/16/2026

Calling all aspiring young pirates! We will be hosting our Pint-Sized Pirates program, which introduces our youngest community members to the Hudson River. See (and maybe touch!) Hudson River fish, tour the deck of a historic tall ship, read a fishy book, sing a sea shanty, and enjoy the river. This program is for little pirates ages 3-6 and an adult.

Join the Clearwater dockside on July 8 at 10am in Cold Spring. The program is $15 per adult/child pair.

Register: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/clearwater/items/628157/availability/2107997293/book/

06/16/2026

Don't miss your chance to get tickets to our next Clearwater benefit concert, featuring genre-blending singer-songwriter, Jenna Nicholls on Saturday, July 11 at TheLocalSaugerties. With four albums under her belt, Jenna’s latest album, The Commuter, produced by three-time Grammy winner Larry Campbell, delivers vintage Americana with a fresh, cinematic feel. The concert will be opened by Hudson Valley native and seasoned singer-violinist Dorraine Scofield.

2026 marks the 60th anniversary of founder Pete Seeger’s first fundraising concerts for the sloop, and the start of Clearwater’s musical heritage that continues to this day. This event is a project of the Clearwater Festival.

More info: https://bit.ly/JennaforCW

When: 8PM Saturday, July 11, 2026 (7:30pm doors) Where: The Local Saugerties, 16 John St, Saugerties, NY 12477 - map Tickets: $30+ - purchase tickets (Ticket purchasing opens on 4/27) Join Jenna Nicholls for a benefit concert for Hudson River Sloop

06/12/2026

It's Fish Friday! This week's feature is the pickerel. The Hudson has two species of pickerel - chain pickerel and redfin pickerel. Both are freshwater fish that prefer areas thick with aquatic plants. These solitary predators catch fish, frogs, and other small animals by ambush. An individual holds still, looking like a floating stick in the weeds, until an unsuspecting fish swims by. Then, with a sudden, swift dart, it seizes its prey in a sharp-toothed mouth. The redfin pickerel (pictured) seldom grows to be longer than twelve inches. Pckerels usually have vertical bars of color on their sides.