Latest Clearwater Blog Posts
Tommy Sands: Songs & Solidarity Clearwater Benefit
Photo: Bobbie Hanvey When: 8pm Saturday, May 9, 2026 (7:30pm doors) Where: Garvan’s, 215 Huguenot St, New Paltz, NY 12561 - map Tickets: $30 - purchase tickets Famed Irish singer, songwriter, and social activist Tommy Sands will be performing in a benefit [...]
Winter 2026 Open Boats
When: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Saturday, January 24, 2026 AND February 28th, 2026 Where: Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, NY 12401 Register Join Hudson River Sloop Clearwater for our 2026 Open Boats! Spend an afternoon in community with live music, kids [...]
Called to Clearwater, Again and Again
It may be Pete Seeger and his music. If that is the case it started in 1966 when Pete’s record God Bless the Grass was released. I was a nine-year old Michigander at the Kalamazoo Nature Center summer day camp. My friend Jane had [...]
It’s the little things that make Clearwater hard to leave
From bottom left: Dorina (seated), Chris Spicer, Sarah Underhill, Emily Feldsburg, and Denise Woodin (May 1980) On May 17, 1980—Clearwater’s 11th birthday--I arrived at Fulton Ferry in Brooklyn for my first week as a volunteer crew member. I felt nervous about traveling [...]
25 Years Along the Shore: Tales from Tideline
It started with the Weavers’ Carnegie Hall album, a valuable resource for a young guitar player…so I was aware of Pete back in the 60’s. A decade later, I was living in Red Hook, and somehow got invited to sing and play with my [...]
30 Years and Counting
A sailboat is an incredible thing. It’s a complex machine, made of simple machines. Pulleys, levers, wheels and axles orchestrate a ballet of mechanical advantage, powered by friction, muscle and currents of air. On a tall ship, Newtonian physics is taken to a high [...]