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  • 2014 North River Historic Ship Gala honors our 2014 Historic Ship Champion, Helena Durst.features our special guest, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer. Helena is a Vice President of the Durst Corporation and President of New York Water Taxi. We are honoring Helena for her strong commitment New York’s waterfront and access to the water city-wide and her support […]

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  • Nothing was impossible for John Krevey—or so it seemed. He bought an old lightship that had spent years on the bottom of Chesapeake Bay, dug tons of mud out of it, scraped off a million or so barnacles and (three years of work later) sailed it to New York City where it became one of […]

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  • I received the following email this morning from a woman who brought her 3-1/2 year-old twin girls for a ride on the Cornell. “Thanks so much for this wonderful picture and again a great ride. We loved the whole thing from the history lesson, to the ride and watching the fire boat (what a bonus).” […]

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