Inaugural Friendship Pennant Race, Stockbridge Bowl, 2/24/24.  Mostly D class stern steerers ( ~200 sq ft sail) 7 boats lined up. 2 from HRIYC, 5 from NSIBYC.  Steve Foster takes the 3 lap race in his speedy D boat "Nifty ..read more

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 Stockbridge Bowl Feb 18, 2024.  Brian's Maine boat - a solid stern steerer 1920s?;  Emilie & Hal's Puff, circa 1870;   several Arrows and Dns;  William's Small stern Steerer.  Great day, Great wind, a small crowd checking out sailing craft on this lake - fascinated & many first time rides.  Rigging  ice yacht Puff -  Hudson River Ice Yacht. Built circa 1870, New Hamburgh, NY by Irving Grinnell.  Grinnell founded the New Hamburgh Ice Yacht Club in 1869.  He also created the Ice Yacht Challenge Pennant of America.  Rei ..read more

 A beautiful small lake in the Berkshires.  Stockbridge Bowl, just north of Stockbridge was the only good ice within a relatively short drive from the mid Hudson Region.  A few boats sailed this weekend. Frank Wall had his Arrow. William debuted his small foldable stern Steerer. This came from the Rusty Welchman collection that Bob Wills acquired several years back. It seeemed to sail around Greenwood Lake in the 1940s, I believe. William's friend Linden set up a DN.  Emilie & Hal are planning on bringing Puff up today.  First sail on the foldable.  A frien ..read more

  It looks like the best chance for ice sailing will again be north  at Sacandaga Lake.  The ice will build more with 2-3 more nights of cold. There may be boats heading there from both Red Bank NJ and the HRIYC.  Launch site still being determined. It won't be at Lanzi's restaurant.  Thursday's snow may put a big damper, depending on how much they get there.  We'll know more Friday morning.  Here's a look at the brief visit last winter, almost to the day!  Sacandaga Ice ..read more

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 That's one way to adjust the peak block after you've already stepped the mast.....            (Orange Lake 2015?)                                                                                                                                 ..read more

 Past HRIYC commodore (2013-2014) Chris Kendall, recounts his first sails on a Hudson River ice yacht. This originally appeared in Bard College's magazine Annandale, in 1993.   Chris' yacht "999" is currently on display at the  Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home in Hyde Park NY. The 999 was owned by George Bodenstein, the last of the family to own and operate the Staatsburgh  Ice Tool Company, in Staatsburgh, NY, the small hamlet just north of Hyde Park.  It was was named for the famous locomotive, th ..read more

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 No sign of cold here in the Hudson Valley, but you can still hope as you check out a trio of fully rigged historic Hudson River stern steerers. FDR Museum & home, Hyde Park NY.  Boats will be there through the first week of January 2024.    Kriss,  Cyclone,  999   (l-r)   just enough space between the rafters!       Cyclone,  999     Set up crew after finishing rigging.    (only one of us had to go back home to retrieve the forgotten mast hoops...)  At the home of the Vice ..read more