City of Water Day

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Christopher

The annual City of Water Day Festival is happening tomorrow! We are so excited for sailing lessons, fishing, harbor tours, and so much more! There are many ways to get to the Island this Saturday, and if you’re looking to take the free ferry from Hoboken, please don’t forget to make reservations!. And if you plan to come by another means of transportation (kayak, boat, canoe…) please make sure you know the rules. Check out a list of the activities for the City of Water Day. We will also have Brooklyn Ferry service for the event (running every 20 minutes out of the Fulton Street Ferry Terminal). Manhattan Service will run every 30 minutes. We have tons of food vendors coming out serving foods like Jamaican vegetarian, falafel, arepas, dosa, baked goods and ice cream.

So come out this Saturday to celebrate our City of Water. Learn about the harbor, check out some historic boats, have fun with raffles, face painting, a bouncy house, relay races, arts and crafts, a scavenger hunt and guided walking tours.

Can’t wait to see you out here!

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City of Water Day (with photos) « A Movable Bridge, on July 25, 2009 at 6:37 pm said:

[...] And if you, like us, would like docking for recreational boaters to be part of Governors Island’s future, please let GIPEC know. [...]

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Brian, on July 21, 2009 at 4:15 am said:

And a great event it was! As boaters who were unable to participate last year—we could only watch the happenings from the water as there was no option for us to dock—we were excited to be able to join in this year. It was a thrill to be able to dock our own boat at Governors Island, especially given the almost total lack of docking options available to recreational boaters in New York City. We look forward to a future when we can sail our boat to Governors Island any weekend.

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- Christopher, on July 21, 2009 at 2:12 pm said:
  
  I’m so glad you had a great time. We completly understand that Governors Island would be a nice place to come to by boat any weekend and your comments will be taken into consideration in our final design for the master plan of Governors Island.
  
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  - Brian, on July 24, 2009 at 2:15 pm said:
    
    That’s great to hear! Please feel free to contact us; we’d love to discuss the plans. You can reach us through amovablebridge.wordpress.com.