HOBOKEN — The ninth annual City of Water Day was to take place Saturday, July 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Maxwell Place Park in Hoboken, along with on Governors Island in New York, and various other neighborhood regions.
The event, hosted by the Waterfront Alliance, celebrates the waterways and waterfronts of in the metropolitan regions of New Jersey and New York.
Hoboken’s Mayor Dawn Zimmer and the president and CEO of the Waterfront Alliance, Roland Lewis announced this year’s free on-water and waterfront activities on Wednesday at the Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse.
Activities this year will include arts and crafts, face painting, kayaking, paddle boarding, boat tours and cruises, and educational activities like nautical knot tying and lessons on the life in the Hudson River.
There will also be a free ferry service from Hoboken to Governors Island where the Con Edison Cardboard Kayak Race will commence at 2:30p.m. on Kayak Hill near Pier 101. The competition begins at noon with members of roughly 25 teams will begin designing and building their vessels using only cardboard, gaffing tape, and clear waterproof packing tape.
After the announcement, a preview of the City of Water Day’s Con Edison Cardboard Kayak Race began where New Jersey and New York faced head to head.
The team from the Stevens Institute of Technology representing New Jersey remained victorious for the fourth year in a row.
Brother and Sister team, Carrick and Cate Porter, paddled the state to victory.
Carrick Porter, a graduate student of Stevens Institute of Technology, is excited for the upcoming race but admits the competition is steep.
“Every year [the teams] come back with tougher and tougher designs tougher and tougher crews so we are excited to celebrate the waterfront, celebrate the water, and have fun racing,” said Carrick Porter.
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