Saugerties Waterfront Festival
Great Hudson River Paddle 2002
Sunday, June 30th

The Great Hudson River Paddle: For ten days beginning in Albany on June 28 and ending in New York City on July 7, a group of thirty thru-paddlers and six guides will paddle 128 miles of the Hudson River camping each night at prearranged sites along the way. One of the selected camp sites is Saugerties. A festival to welcome the paddlers will be held Sunday afternoon and evening, June 30th, at the Saugerties waterfront.

Scheduled events include:

• Noon - 4:00   Free Tours of the Saugerties Lighthouse
• 11:00 - 5:00   Tours of the sloop Clearwater
• Noon - 4:00   Kayak demos and instruction by Kenco
• 3:00 pm - ?   Performances at Tina Chorvas Waterfront Park

Performances at Tina Chorvas Waterfront Park

• 3:00 - 3:45    Jazz! "Satten from Manhattan" at the Park.
• 4:00 - 4:45    Youth rock group "Pedestrian Alliance" at the Park.
• 7:00 —  ?    "Arm-of-the-Sea Theater" Production at the Park

Organizations sponsoring displays and exhibits:

• Hudson River Watertrail Association
• Hudson River Valley Greenway
• Department of Environmental Conservation
• Student Conservation Association Americorp members
• Saugerties Lighthouse
• Ulster County Friends of Clearwater
• Village of Saugerties
• Saugerties Historical Society
• Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve

Sloop Clearwater Tours
11:00 am to 5:00 pm

Sloop Clearwater will be open for tours with onboard entertainment.

Clearwater is a 106-foot wooden sailing sloop designed after 19th century Hudson sailing sloops. Launched in 1969, Clearwater is the only authentic sloop actively sailing on the Hudson River, and it serves as a moveable classroom, laboratory, stage, and forum about the Hudson River. Each year, Clearwater accommodates nearly 13,000 children and adults for education sails that teach history, biology, and environmental science and navigation along the Hudson River, New York Harbor and Long Island Sound.

In 1966, a handful of river-lovers decided to change the course of events that was destroying the Hudson, and reclaim a natural treasure for us all. They wanted to dramatize the river´s plight, recall its history, and help guide its future. They wanted to provide their fellow citizens with a first hand look at the neglect and pollution of the river, and move them to action. So they built a boat.

Performances
at Tina Chorvas Waterfront Park, Saugerties

• 3:00 - 3:45 Jazz! "Satten from Manhattan" at the Park.

• 4:00 - 4:45 Youth rock group "Pedestrian Alliance" at the Park.

• 7:00 —   "Arm-of-the-Sea Theater" Production at Tina Chorvas Waterfront Park

Free Kayak Demos and Instruction
June 30th, Noon to 4 pm
at the Saugerties lighthouse

As part of the Great Hudson River Paddle, Kenco, an outdoor and sporting goods outfitter on Rt. 28 in Kingston, is offering fee kayak demos and instruction on Sunday, June 30th, . No experience is necessary. If you thought you might like to try kayaking, this is your chance.

This is going to be a HOOT! The Great Hudson River Paddle 2002 is a event being held under the auspices of the Hudson River Watertrail Association, Inc., a nonprofit corporation founded in 1992 to promote and develop a continuous water trail from New York City to the Erie Canal. It's being sponsored by the Hudson River Valley Greenway. A group of people will be paddling down the Hudson promoting this great resource. They will be stopping at different locations on the trip, one of them being Saugerties. At each stop there will be a little hoopla.

Kenco will be there helping at the Saugerties lighthouse with a group of boats for people to try and a warm welcome to the thru-paddlers Please come join us. Bring your boat if you have one or come and try out one of ours. We will have some new boats like the Hobie peddle Outback, the 34lb Swift Adirondack and the 38lb Hurricane Aqua Sport. We hope to see you! For more information, contact Bill Kennedy at Kenco, bill_kennedy@atkenco.com

Great Hudson River Paddle

Saugerties Lighthouse

Sloop Clearwater