City of Water Day

Saturday, July 14th, will be the City of Water Day Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Governors Island and at Liberty State Park and will feature day-long activities includingfree boat rides aboard 15 different vessels at both locations throughout the day. Other vessels will be open for dockside tours. The USCG Auxiliary will have a table at Liberty State Park. Free ferry service will run from Pier 6, lower Manhattan, to Governors Island, and Miss Gateway Ferry from there to Liberty State Park. More informationhttp://waterfrontalliance.org or call 212 935-9831.

The event is sponsored by the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance to emphasize our waterfront and encourage people to come out and enjoy it!  Both locations will have ship tours and boat rides and free kayak lessons, as well as educational programs for children  There were over 11,000 visitors last year, and several hundred came via kayak,  and this year they are expecting more!!

Patrol Boat from USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 12-01 which actually rescued several kayakers	Kayakers arriving on Governors Island
Pilot Boat was open for boat tours at Liberty State Park in New Jersey	USCG Cutter THUNDERBAY open for tours at Yankee Pier on Governors Island
S/V SHEARWATER at Yankee Pier	Kayakers crossing from Brooklyn
Paddleboarder crossing Buttermilk Channel	Sailboat in Buttermilk Channel
US Army Corps of Engineers HAYWARD on Governors Island	Offshore Sailing School about to dock on Pier 101, Governors Island
Classic motoryacht DOLPHIN by the South Street Seaport Museum	Crew member, Steve Maccio, on AMIGO IV

 

 

(Article and Photo Courtesy: Hope Wright

 2011 City of Water Day, aboard the AMIGO IV)