Views: 214 This post is part of a series in which the Mr. Local History Project will document what we believe are the early stages of a new varsity sport across the state. We plan to meet with the New… Read More »Documenting the Ridge High School Sailing Program
Views: 573 Long before football stadium lights, marching bands, and Friday night rivalries, a quieter competition was taking shape along New Jersey’s bays, rivers, and coastlines. Students were racing sailboats. Today, high school sailing is an established part of the… Read More »High School Sailing Teams in New Jersey …Who Knew
Views: 16,265 New Jersey residents can expect to be right in the middle of one of the largest maritime celebrations in modern American history as the 2026 NYC Op Sail / Sail4th 250 brings an international fleet of tall ships… Read More »The Flagship American Eagle & America’s Sail 250 NYC & Jersey Flair
Views: 1,032 Starting in 2026, Mr. Local History will partner with the New Jersey Historic Project to document the history of ice boats and ice yachts in New Jersey, from the 1850s through recent history. We love the sport so… Read More »New Jersey Ice Boating History Series
Views: 2,178 Although both the Raritan Yacht Club in Perth Amboy and the Riverton Yacht Club are on the opposite sides of New Jersey, they both state to have been founded in 1865. Published sources currently give the Riverton Yacht… Read More »New Jersey’s Oldest Yacht Club is RYC – But is it Riverton or Raritan?
Views: 941 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: 1,251 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: 638 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: 2,503 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: 2,359 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: 3,834 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: 29,063 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