City Sail’s Director, Soo Kim, has assembled three former students to Captain the Class of 2020.  With covid-19, you can imagine the challenges of teaching 32 teens.   So the decision was to create a virtual classroom that the students would learn the basics on the City Sail YouTube channel.  Once the students learn the ropes online, they will be ready for small, safe groups to take their knowledge onto the boats and sail the harbor with the instructors at the helm.

New York Harbor Channel was fortunate enough to capture Soo and his instructors at the New City Kids facility in Jersey City as the virtual online videos were being produced.  The tutorial videos are currently being viewed by the students and their time to board the sailboats is fast approaching.   City Sail has one Colgate 26′ and the rest of the craft are donated by local boat owners who are happy to offer their time and resources.

Get to meet the sailing team and hear their pride as they tell their own personal success stories during our interviews.  You will be pleased to know that New City Kids all participate in their acclimated music program.  These sailors take their music on the water and the water feeds their inspiration to create musical compositions.   Take a listen!  If you happen to be around the harbor this month, don’t be surprised to hear a impromptu concert as the students tack their way into a bright, healthy future!

We wish you fair winds and following seas, Class of 2020!

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New York Waterway started service crossing the Hudson River in 1986.  It’s founder was Arthur E. Imperatore and the family continues to run the company today from its headquarters at Port Imperial in Weehawken, N.J.  Ferry service in New York Harbor has quickly grown to be a reliable transportation option.

There are nine ferry operators that run designated routes around the harbor.  The Staten Island Ferry is the oldest and largest in passenger volume serving twenty five million riders a year.  As New York Waterway maintains a fleet that runs routes primarily from New Jersey to Manhattan it is rivaled by the Hornblower organization operating twenty seven vessels under the NYC Ferry banner on the East Side of Manhattan connecting Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx to its main hub at Pier 11 on Wall Street.  Hornblower aggregate ridership data indicates approximately two hundred thousand passengers a week.

Travelers and commuters are encouraged to find the ferry schedules in the NYHC link for up to the minute timetables.

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