Between Aug 13 and 21, Schooner Apollonia completed the Riverwise trip in partnership with the Hudson River Maritime Museum and their 100% solar powered vessel Solaris. This voyage created live virtual educational content about the Hudson River, with an emphasis on history, as the fleet made their way down the River. A primary theme was the history of transportation and sail freight Hudson River. In addition to sharing historical stories we also made history, the first time a schooner delivered cargo from upstate to NYC in over 100 years!
All cargo was loaded in Hudson:
700 lbs Corn from Stone House Grain
600 lbs Malt from Hudson Valley Malt
one box of CBD oil from Our Treaty
20+ Petroleum Free Pillow from Like Minded Objects
Several Skeines of Alpaca Yarn from Fluff
10 handmade oak barrels from Quercus Cooperage
Cargo was then delivered in GBX terminal in Red Hook Brooklyn.
The Corn and Malt and Barrels are all being transformed into a Bourbon by Van Brunt Stillhouse, becoming the first full Sail Freight Bourbon produced in NY this century.
