Fwd: Clearwater sloop ejected from 250 Hudson sail by Coast Guard for political messages
don bryant
BREAKING NEWS: Clearwater was removed from the Sail4th 250 Parade of Sail by the USCG and escorted out of the Exclusion Zone by the US Coast Guard, US Navy, and NYPD.Captain Rory Kane inquired why, and was informed the removal was due to the presence of banners reading: “Save the Clean Water Act” and Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions”.A representative from Sail4th 250 informed the Captain the decision was “above them.”The sloop has a long and storied history of using the mains’l to share messages of hope and advocacy.The Clearwater will continue sailing south of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge until 3pm and has 29 passengers and 19 crew aboard. Follow our stories to see how we’re building solidarity from Gravesend Bay, waiting out the expiration of the security zone.--On Sat, Jul 4, 2026, 10:29 PM Marilyn Elie via IPSEC1 <ipsec1+eliewest...@gaggle.email> wrote:--
From: Frank Brodhead <fbro...@aol.com>
Date: July 4, 2026 at 5:57:34 PM EDT
Subject: Clearwater ship has been ejected from 250 Hudson sail by US gov
Hi All - The Clearwater ship was ejected by US gov from the Hudson ship flotila, because it had benign banners and slogans on its sail. Here is a news report - https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/clearwater-sailboat-ejected-parade-of-ships-22332515.php - Thanks to Andrew C for forwarding this info. Support the Clearwater!
Frank Brodhead
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From: Joyce Hanson <joyce...@mac.com>
Subject: urgent would like to get the word out asap
Date: July 4, 2026 at 1:09:28 PM EDT
To: Andrew Courtney <cour...@optonline.net>
Cc: Nada Khader <in...@wespac.org>
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Clearwater was told they MUST REMOVE THE BANNERS before we re-enter the inner NY harbor to return to our berth in Brooklyn. At that point we will be a private vessel (no longer part of Sail250), Sail 250 will be over, yet the US Govt will still be afraid of our message.
On the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater as part of the Sail250 parade, we have been TURNED AROUND by the US Coast Guard and removed from the parade.
Threatened with arrest if we did not comply! This decision was not made by the organizers of Sail 250, but by the USGovt.
I guess our banners are scary. They say: "Indigenous Rights - Racial Justice - Climate Solutions" on the starboard side, and "Save the Clean Water Act" on the port side.
Now (11:45) ordered to remain south of the Verezzano Bridge until 15:00. We are forbidden to enter the "security zone" of the Sail 250, so we're sailing around Gravesend Bay.
Sent from my iPhone
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