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This is a term for affordable sailing—an alternative to privately owning a boat or joining a yacht club.  PortSide NewYork proposes to start such a program in Red Hook’s Valentino Park. We have received the donation of a Morgan 24 sailboat (at right). We are researching program design and surveying the community to hear who's interested and what kind of programs are of interest. Then, we'll prepare a final proposal and ask the Parks Department for permission to run this program in Valentino Park.  We expect to finish outreach in early July.  Please fill out the survey below!

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Survey in  Word  or   PDF  
(we prefer you fill out the Word version and email it back. Otherwise snail mail back the PDF. Our addresses are here contact)

See how some other communities do it:
Boston, MA Community Boating, Inc
Providence, RI Community Boating Center
Boston, MA Courageous Sailing
 

Calendar of public presentations:

Wed, June 20, 7pm
Red Hook EAST Tenants Association

Wed, June 13
CB 6, General Board Meeting
CB6 voted to approve PortSide’s proposed Community Sailing program

Tues, June 12, 6:30pm
Red Hook WEST Tenants Association 

Wed, May 16, 6:30pm
CB6 Parks Committee

Other PortSide boating programs:
We hosted NYC's first Kayak Valet event September 2006 and again in 2007. We provide valets on the beach at Valentino Park, so kayakers can leave their boats and visit inland Red Hook.