Hudson River Sloop Clearwater

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater is a member-supported nonprofit, with its office at 724 Wolcott Ave in Beacon, that works to protect the Hudson River through education, advocacy, sailing and music. It's known for the sloop Clearwater, a sailing classroom that has taken more than half a million children and adults out on the river.

A Boat to Save the River

In 1966, folk singer Pete Seeger, his wife Toshi and a group of musicians and activists set out to build a boat to save the Hudson, which was badly polluted at the time. The sloop Clearwater set sail in 1969. It's the only remaining full-size example of a Hudson River sloop, a type of sailing vessel that grew out of Dutch designs and once numbered in the hundreds on the river, and it was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Education and Advocacy

Clearwater's signature program is the Sailing Classroom aboard the sloop, which teaches students about the river's natural and cultural significance. Onshore Tideline programs and in-school lessons extend that work across the watershed, and the organization also runs job training programs and community-centered advocacy for a clean river.

Check Clearwater's website for public sails, volunteer opportunities and community events.

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