Save the Rocket Archives - Mr. Local History Project https://mrlocalhistory.org/tag/save-the-rocket/ History and Gossip from New Jersey Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:14:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://mrlocalhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/cropped-Mr-local-History-250-Logo-theme-32x32.jpg Save the Rocket Archives - Mr. Local History Project https://mrlocalhistory.org/tag/save-the-rocket/ 32 32 168989768 Historic Ice Yacht Gifted to Lake Hopatcong Club- It’s “Ours” https://mrlocalhistory.org/historic-ours-stern-steer-ice-yacht/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/historic-ours-stern-steer-ice-yacht/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:08:35 +0000 https://mrlocalhistory.org/?p=76567 Views: 344 On February 9, 2026, Brian Haumersen and Mike D Achille returned the historic ice yacht OURS to the ice of the Navesink River at the North Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club for the first time in approximately two decades, marking a notable moment for the region’s ice boating community. The Navesink, also… Read More »Historic Ice Yacht Gifted to Lake Hopatcong Club- It’s “Ours”

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/historic-ours-stern-steer-ice-yacht/feed/ 0 76567 Historic Rocket Ice Yacht Reborn on the Navesink https://mrlocalhistory.org/rocket-ice-yacht-2/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/rocket-ice-yacht-2/#respond Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:09:26 +0000 https://mrlocalhistory.org/?p=75502 Views: 1,236 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 spectator sports, Rocket represented the peak of late 19th-century ice yacht design. Rocket, a 50-foot-long… Read More »Historic Rocket Ice Yacht Reborn on the Navesink

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