Buy Cider via Sail Freight
WELCOME, SAIL FREIGHT FANS
Welcome to the 2026 Sail Freight Season!
This is our fourth year shipping cider with Schooner Apollonia, America’s only domestically-operating freight sailboat, which has been moving cargo up and down the Hudson River with carbon-neutral shipping since 2020. Inspired by CSAs but with a sail freight twist, each Schooner Apollonia Cider Box contains seasonal and sometimes even exclusive ciders delivered to ports by wind-powered sailboat and solar-powered cargo bike. We are all about reducing fossil fuel use and carbon emissions!
This year we’re doing an a la cart model to give you as much flexibility to get the cider and wine of your choice. For each run, simply add the box to your cart, add any extra bottles at your 10% discount, checkout, and wait to pickup at your port of choice.
Each box includes a curated selection of three bottles from Greenpoint Cidery, including classic favorites, limited seasonal releases, and experimental ciders, plus a zine talking about the ciders, and a botanical clipping from the farm. Boxes will cost approximately $65-70, which includes tax and a small fee to support Schooner Apollonia. Bottles in the Box are set at 10% discount on the normal website price, plus you get a 10% discount code to use on other bottles you want to add to your wind-shipped order.
The multi-pack model allows me to delve deeper into exploring and foraging for local fruits, herbs and flowers to add to my ciders and wines, while also allowing you to support carbon-neutral shipping along the Hudson River. Join us as we walk backward into the future, using historic, community-based, low-impact approaches to help us shape our vision of the world.
This year’s spring ports include: Kingston, Newburgh, Peakskill, and Brooklyn. Come to the docks and meet the sailors, or pick up within one week at our partner depots in your chosen port. Tentative pickup dates are as below, but please keep in mind that wind can be fickle, so dates are subject to minor changes due to weather conditions on the river. We’ll be in touch during the journey with exact info!
Kingston. Estimated arrival late morning on Saturday, June 13th at Hudson River Maritime Museum, which is also our Kingston partner depot.
Newburgh. Estimated arrival morning of Monday, June 15th at the Riverfront Marina. Later pickup at partner depot Newburgh Brewing.
Peekskill, estimated arrival midday on Tuesday, June 16th at Fleischmann's Pier. Later pickup at partner depot River Outpost Brewing.
Brooklyn, all day Friday, June 19th at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Later pickup at partner depot Principles Coffee.
TO JOIN:
Add “Schooner Apollonia Spring Cider Box” to your cart below.
Scroll down to add any other ciders you want to include with your delivery.
Enter discount code “SPRING26” to get a discount on any extra bottles you added.
Choose "Pickup” as your delivery option, making sure to include your port of choice in the “Description” section. While you’ll be personally picking up your box, when do need to know where you’re located so we can make sure you get your order. Current options this spring are Kingston, Newburgh, Peekskill, and Brooklyn.
Enter your payment and personal information, and await your email for when your box is ready to go!