Views: 1,366In the late 19th century, when ice yachting was one of the fastest and most thrilling sports in America, Gardner Van Nostrand set out to establish a true national championship for the sport. Van Nostrand was a devoted ice… Read More »Ice Yachting’s Greatest Races for the Van Nostrand Cup
Views: 941Red Bank’s Capt. Haviland, Present Owner of the Scud, Built His First Boat in 1860. Mr. Local History Jersey Ice Boat Time Machine SeriesJoin us as we look back at stories written about great ice yachts and those who… Read More »Profiles in NJ Ice Yachting History – 1913 Rockets Agustus Haviland
Views: 753Mr. Local History Jersey Ice Boat Time Machine SeriesJoin us as we look back at stories written about great ice yachts and those who made them iconic names in the sport. The theme of this story is the growth… Read More »Profiles in NJ Ice Yachting History – 1902 South Shrewsbury Ice Boat & Yacht Club
Views: 732Mr. Local History Jersey Ice Boat Time Machine SeriesJoin us as we look back at stories written about great ice yachts and those who made them iconic names in the sport. In this story, the South Shrewsbury Ice Yacht… Read More »Profiles in NJ Ice Yachting History – 1904 HAZEL L Wins World’s Third Class Pennant
Views: 3,124The “Hard Water” America’s Cup of Ice Yachting NEWS UPDATE: Trophy History: The Van Nostrand Cup The America’s Cup of ice boating, the Gardner Van Nostrand Trophy, today known as the Ice Yacht Challenge Cup. Gardner Van Nostrand was… Read More »Van Nostrand Cup: The America’s Cup of Ice Yachting Returns To New York
Views: 1,270Mr. Local History Jersey Ice Boat Time Machine SeriesJoin us as we look back at stories written about great ice yachts and those who made them iconic names in the sport. This 1898 story describes ice yachting as the… Read More »1898: ICE YACHTS: KING OF WINTER SPORTS
Views: 1,602In 1888, a fast and ambitious ice yacht named Rocket was built to race on the frozen reaches of the Navesink River at Red Bank, New Jersey. At a time when ice boating was one of winter’s great spectator… Read More »Historic Rocket Ice Yacht Reborn on the Navesink
Views: 4,449Although the Raritan Yacht Club in Perth Amboy and the Riverton Yacht Club are on opposite sides of New Jersey, both claim to have been founded in 1865. Published sources currently give the Riverton Yacht Club the bragging rights… Read More »New Jersey’s Oldest Yacht Club is RYC – But is it Riverton or Raritan?
Views: 2,085From early shore and lake recreation to organized racing, New Jersey’s sailboat culture grew out of everyday life on the water. While formal club racing began with the New York Yacht Club in Hoboken with John Cox Stevens, yachting… Read More »Sailing New Jersey- Yacht Clubs-Trophies- History
Views: 2,425If you asked most American sailors to name the most recognized burgee in the country, the answer is almost always the New York Yacht Club burgee. That recognition comes straight out of history. Founded in 1844, the New York… Read More »The New York Yacht Club Actually Started in New Jersey
Views: 1,618If you asked most American sailors to name the single most recognized burgee in the country, the answer is almost always the burgee of the New York Yacht Club. That recognition comes straight out of history. Founded in 1844,… Read More »The America’s Cup and a New Jersey Angle
Views: 1,543“It’s time the Garden State Honors the Legends & Super Heros of New Jersey Iceboating.” Based on numerous interviews and research about the history of New Jersey iceboating, we hope that our New Jersey Legends of Iceboating list of… Read More »New Jersey Iceboating Legends & Super Heros
Views: 4,902How exciting to announce that the cold is back and there’s ice on our lakes, rivers, and bays across New Jersey. In fact it’s so cold, we have to pray to the snow gods to slow down the delug… Read More »Iceboats Flock to New Jersey Ice Again – Historic Winter Times
Views: 3,218For generations, the Lake Naomi Clubhouse has stood as the heart and soul of community life in Pocono Pines, a beloved gathering place that has evolved alongside the families who call this mountain retreat their home away from home.… Read More »Lake Naomi Clubhouse – Pocono Elegance & History
Views: 4,714Picture it: a warm afternoon on the water, a flash of colorful sail skimming across the waves. Chances are, it’s a Sunfish, the little boat that became a global phenomenon. By 1977, a year after OpSail in NYC honoring… Read More »The Sunfish Sailboat – Fortune Magazine’s Top 25 Best Designed Products Until China Stepped In
