History
In 1969, the Clearwater made her maiden voyage down the Atlantic Coast from the Harvey Gamage Shipyard in Maine to the South Street Seaport in New York City. Folk musician Tom Winslow wrote a folk music song, "Hey Looka Yonder (It's the Clearwater)", in which the lyrics specifically mention the fundraising efforts for the sloop, and how "black and white" people got together for this program.
Based for many years in Poughkeepsie, New York, the Clearwater moved to Beacon, New York in 2009.
Read more about this topic: Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
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