On this Day (January 29) – Clearwater Honored by NY Bar Association

NEW YORK, NY – Hudson River Sloop Clearwater was honored for its work in preserving the Hudson River at the New York State Bar Association’s annual meeting January 29, 2015 in Manhattan. The Environmental Law Section award, given out each year since 1981, was announced by attorney Barry R. Kogut, who is with the firm …

On this Day (January 28) – A Boiling Bed of Breakers

  Vessel Last Seen January Twenty Eighth   On morning watch, Cape Hatteras Coast Guard surfman, C.P. Brady was looking seaward through the morning mist when appeared a tremendous ship laying motionless in the vast sea. The surfman immediately notified the Creed Hill and Big Kinnakeet Coast guard stations. They collectively gathered on the beach …

On this Day ( January 27) – Yachtsmen Choose Officers

Corinthians Hold Their Annual Meeting and Election.   January 27, 1899 – The annual meeting of the Corinthian Yacht Club (San Francisco) was held, Wednesday night in Red Men’s Hall, sixty or seventy members being present. Commodore Carl Westerfeld read his annual j report, In which he detailed the principal events of the yachting season …