End of Another Year

It is a thrilling to watch as the Hudson River Historic Boat Restoration and Sailing Society community volunteers steadily restore Eleanor to her former self. When she sails again on the Hudson River she will be there for the general public’s enjoyment and education: an intimate class room on the water where people will learn […]

Solo Trip down the Hudson

Artie Christie, a member of Hudson River Historic Boat, recently sailed his Quest from Athens to the Tappan Zee Bridge and back to Hideaway Marina in Kingston, where she will winter.  The Quest, named by her previous owner, is a Dutch Treat, a 25′ hard-chined mahogany-on-oak sloop with a draft of 4’11” and a beam […]

Our Mast

Suzanne Leahy, Spar Builder at the Beetle Boat Company in Wareham, Mass. and her crew have been taking the work of building the mast for the sailboat Eleanor very seriously. The Hudson River Historic Boat Restoration & Sailing Society contracted with the Beetle Boat Company last summer to build the 35’3″ mast, the 25′ boom […]

The desire to learn how to sail

One important goal of Hudson River Historic Boat’s mission, often overlooked when we are talking about ourselves during this period of intense focus on reconstruction of Eleanor, is to “serve as a resource for the general public who . . . desire to learn how to sail. Member Pete Tenerowicz on a teaching sail with […]

Call of the Running Tide

Mark Clarke, a friend and sometime sailor on the Eleanor, wrote about Captain Phil Egan in this tribute published in the Register Star in August 1998. Mark was an English teacher at Taconic Hills Central School District and crewed on one of Eleanor’s OpSail adventures. Recently, when we were in Washington D.C., my wife and […]

Operation Sail 1986 — excerpts from the Log

The following is based on a young Hudsonian’s entries in the Eleanor’s Log on his first sailing adventure.  One of the big goals of this restoration is to get Eleanor back into the water so that she can provide young and old their first sailing experiences. Sailing is more than just feeling the wind in […]