9.18.21
The crew, consisting this run of Tanya van Renesse, Matt Soltesz, James Ferrell, and Capt. Sam Merritt, loads in Hudson with help from Dennis Nesel from Hudson Valley Malt.
9.20.21
The boat stops at Riverfront Marina in Newburgh. There, we offload a barrel of Spirits Lab whiskey that has been aging on the boat for months. Some community members, including a member of the Beacon Sloop Club and Gail Hepworth from Hepworth Farms, join for a tasting.
We load a case of barrel aged maple syrup from Spirits Lab and head across the river to Long Dock Park in Beacon, where we unload 900 lbs of malt and grain to Two Way Brewing and Hudson Valley Brewery.
9.21.21
The boat lands in Garrison, where we unload 12 bags of Sparrowbush Flour to Signal Fire Bakery.
9.23.21
We make it to Yonkers for the first time! We dock at the Science Barge, where the crew gets a tour and a taste of some of the delicious fruits and vegetables grown in the barge’s aquaponics system.
Here, we unload 1950 lbs of malt to Yonkers Brewing Co and 1000 lbs of malt to Wolf and Warrior Brewery.
9.24.21
The boat lands in Sunset Park in Brooklyn to unload 1600 lbs of Hudson Valley Malt for Five Boroughs Brewery, then heads to the Reti Center Barge in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
There, we load coffee from Gotham Roasters, Ninth Street Espresso, and Burly Coffee, tea from Mirror House Tea, and a collection of books.
In the evening, we host Sail Freight Friday in conjunction with Reti Center and offload a variety of individual orders.
9.25.21
The crew wakes up early and heads to South Street Seaport Museum in Manhattan. We unload Viking Maple Syrup, Atina Foods, and Greenpoint Cider to Fulton Stall Market.
9.26.21
We arrive in Ossining early in the morning and unload 2000 lbs of Hudson Valley Malt to Sing Sing Kill Brewery and bulk coffee from Ninth Street Espresso to First Village Coffee.
9.27.21
The boat stops for the first time in Milton, New York on the west shore of the river. The town of Milton has just completed this year a beautiful new public dock, where we fit perfectly and confortably..
We load our first cargo of peppers from Hepworth Farms in Milton, New York. The peppers are bound for Poor Devil Pepper Company in Hudson, New York, where they will be turned into delicious probiotic hot sauce that will eventually travel back with us down the river.
Laura Webster and Jared Schwartz from Poor Devil came to help out as well as Gail Hepworth from Hepworth Farms.
Pictured (from left to right): James Ferrell, Schooner Apollonia, Matt Soltesz, Schooner Apollonia, Jared Schwartz Poor Devil Pepper Co, Sam Merritt, Schooner Apollonia, Gail Hepworth, Hepworth Farms, Tanya van Renesse, Schooner Apollonia, Laura Webster, Poor Devil Pepper Co
9.29.21
We arrive home in Hudson, where we unload all of the peppers for Poor Devil and clean up the boat for the end of the run!