Views: 2,344 The “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… Read More »Van Nostrand Cup: The America’s Cup of Ice Yachting Returns To New York
Views: 614 Mr. 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… Read More »1898: ICE YACHTS: KING OF WINTER SPORTS
Views: 990 In 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… Read More »Historic Rocket Ice Yacht Reborn on the Navesink
Views: 1,015 Although both the Raritan Yacht Club in Perth Amboy and the Riverton Yacht Club on the opposite side of New Jersey seem to have been founded in 1865, published sources currently give the Riverton Yacht Club the bragging… Read More »New Jersey’s Oldest Yacht Club is RYC – Riverton or Raritan?
Views: 824 From early shore and lake recreation to organized racing, the culture of sailboats in New Jersey grew out of everyday life on the water. While formal club racing began with the New York Yacht Club in Hoboken with… Read More »Sailing New Jersey- Yacht Clubs-Trophies- History
Views: 986 If 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… Read More »The New York Yacht Club Actually Started in New Jersey
Views: 513 If 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… Read More »The America’s Cup and a New Jersey Angle
Views: 1,074 “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… Read More »New Jersey Iceboating Legends & Super Heros
Views: 3,995 How 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… Read More »Iceboats Flock to New Jersey Ice Again – Historic Winter Times
Views: 2,416 For 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… Read More »Lake Naomi Clubhouse – Pocono Elegance & History
Views: 2,334 Picture 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… Read More »The Sunfish Sailboat – Fortune Magazine’s Top 25 Best Designed Products
Views: 2,224 This series began as an effort to rebuild my youthful memories of growing up on Lake Naomi in the Poconos starting in the 1960s. As the stories came together, I wanted to start an online dialog with others… Read More »Lake Naomi’s KonTiki – Honoring the Club’s Race Committee and That Boat
Views: 2,275 Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Lake Naomi gained popularity, attracting families, religious groups, and campers, including young girls who participated in summer programs that included sailing lessons. Yet it wasn’t until 1963 that the lake’s future was truly… Read More »Sailing Tropies History & Lake Naomi Club Sailing Association
Views: 3,710 The First Pocono Boathouse The story of the Pocono Boathouse retail establishment begins when, in 1965, Frank and Carolyn Betz built a chalet on the north side of Lake Naomi and opened a small but ambitious boating business… Read More »Pocono Boathouse History – A Lake Naomi Institution
Views: 28,792 The Mr. Local History Project is determining interest in nominating the Cranford Canoe Club to the New Jersey Historic Registry. If you believe this should be done, please consider signing our petition to let Cranford local officials know.… Read More »Growing Up at the Cranford Canoe Club