Clean Water Classic Harbor Paddle Event!
Attention – Water Sports Enthusiasts and Everyone Who Loves Nantucket!
Mark Your Calendars for an exciting new “harbor paddle event” – the Clean Water Classic! This new, peer-to-peer fundraising paddle event will be open to competitive and recreational stand-up paddle boarders, kayakers and canoeists, and will occur on Nantucket harbor on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
Proceeds benefit local water conservation efforts like the NLWC’s eelgrass restoration, PFAS research and advocacy, and youth education programs.
With thanks to our title sponsor, SPINDRIFT, and founding event sponsors PURE Insurance and White Elephant Resorts, proceeds from the event will support the NLWC’s Water Fund, a fund established in 2017 that is dedicated to supporting NLWC’s water-focused programming on Nantucket. Projects supported by the NLWC’s Water Fund in 2024 include:
- Eelgrass restoration in Nantucket Harbor
- Monitoring of municipal zoning, planning, and conservation meetings
- PFAS Well Screen Project
- Island pond sampling
- Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) monitoring
- Weekly rainwater sampling
- Dye tab distribution for vessels in Nantucket Harbor
- Eelgrass-friendly mooring initiative
- State of the Harbor Forum
- Island youth education programs