The WaterFront Center

The WaterFront Center is a non-profit center for marine education. Each year this non-profit educational and recreational organization helps over 10,000 youth and adults to get out on the waters of Oyster Bay and learn about the environment of the estuary. The Center provides marine education programs, sailing instruction, cruises on its historic oyster sloop Christeen, and kayak and sailboat rentals.

The Christeen

Christeen is the oldest oyster sloop in the United States and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992. She was built in 1883 in Glenwood Landing, New York as a gaff-rigged sloop. She had several homes including Essex, Connecticut, but in 1992 she arrived back in the hamlet of Oyster Bay, New York at The WaterFront Center. Funds were raised and over the next seven years, she was restored and relaunched. She currently serves as a working museum ship, offering educational tours of Oyster Bay and Cold Spring harbor. ["The Waterfront Center 2008 Program Guide", pg. 4.]

External links

* [http://www.thewaterfrontcenter.org/ The WaterFront Center]
* [http://www.oysterbaymainstreet.org/ Oyster Bay Main Street Association]

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