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RIVER DAY Come celebrate River Day starting June 5th in the New York Harbor and up the Hudson through June 13th!!!
New York’s 400th! Celebration and the Great River Day Flotilla More than 100 notable Hudson Valley and New York City leaders in the boating and waterfront communities including the major Hudson River organizations have built the concept and set the schedule for the first annual Hudson River Day and for its beginning to come about as a Quadricentennial legacy event for New York’s 400th Anniversary! This will be the premier and linear event in the valley to commemrate 400 years of history of the river, boats, ships, and friends. The date is set for River Day (a.k.a. Opening Day) to traditionally take place the first week end of June when boat owners typically uncover and spruce up their boats and get on the water. For 2009, June 6th will be the official day although the celebration and events will be spread out over a few days to accommodate the signature event, the “Great River Day Flotilla”. The flotilla will start the morning of June 6th with the boat and yacht clubs of Manhattan and New York City being the first to send out their memberships around the tip of Manhattan and coming round the statue of liberty led up the river by our New York State heritage flagships. As these memberships are welcomed to celebrations at the next northerly clubs and communities, those clubs will send their members out to continue the relay flotilla tracing Henry Hudson’s path to Albany. At this time, we have commitments from the flagships; the famous Onrust, Clearwater, and Woody Guthrie, the Mystic Whaler and the Half Moon and the Shearwater. The events along the river at the boat and yacht clubs, the cultural institutions and museums, and all of the waterfront parks will have appeal and activities for everyone as the summer begins an entire season of celebration of New York’s amazing 400 years of history. We are working to build the land components with parks, the Harbor District in NYC, and countless others. We will have a “launch” celebration in the city the night before the Flotilla as a celebration of New York’s heritage flagships and harbor and river boaters, and then, a welcoming ceremony when the flotilla arrives in Albany/Renssalear. A meeting with all of the safety and security entities has their full support and interest including a Coast Guard escort of the flotilla as well as the Naval Militia and the United States Power Squadron. We are currently signing on sponsors for River Day including Circle Line,Water Taxi, Sea Tow, Port of Coeymans Marine Terminal, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and others. The schedule has been fashioned through two meetings with river boat pilots consulting tide charts, an average speed of 4-5 knots, overnight dock accommodations, and inclusive for the involved communities along the way.
JUNE 5 (Friday)-evening “launch” celebration in NY Harbor with the Blessing of the Fleet, and festivities at Battery Park.
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