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The Village Community Boathouse (or VCB) is a Manhattan-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting rowing, boat building, environmental stewardship and human-powered recreational boating on the Hudson River and the New York Estuary. VCB is entirely run by volunteers and financed by donations and modest membership fees.
The Auxiliary University Programs (AUP) is a United States Coast Guard Auxiliary-managed initiative established in 2007.Today AUP now has nearly 200 members in 11 units representing over 30 colleges and universities across the United States. [1]
The New York State Canal Corporation is responsible for the oversight, administration and maintenance of the New York State Canal System. [2] In 2012, the Canal Corp., then a subsidiary of the New York State Thruway Authority, employed 529 people, consisting of 458 full-time employees and 78 seasonal workers. Its spending accounted for about 10 ...
The AustinBlu Foundation helps sponsor the free tuition for kids 12-21. The nonprofit honors two 14-year-old Jupiter boys lost at sea in a storm.
Each September since 2019, [12] the Brooklyn Public Library sponsors an Open Air University with free non-accredited courses on the Boathouse grounds, hosting immigrant professors, academics, and teachers who were trained outside of the U.S. [13] [14]
The basic course meets the requirements set forth by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA). The United States Power Squadrons offer courses in advanced navigation using modern equipment such as GPS and Radar. Courses are even offered in celestial navigation. USPS also teaches advanced courses in Weather, Marine ...
The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, vastly reducing the costs of transporting people and goods across the Appalachians.
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