Gurney Journey: Ride on an iceboat

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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Ride on an iceboat

Today I had my first ride ever on an iceboat. Reid Bielenberg invited me aboard the Vixen, a lateen-rigged ice yacht from 1885 once owned by John A. Roosevelt, FDR's uncle.

There were over 30 iceboats on the Hudson today, the best conditions they've seen in decades.

3 comments:

Willow's Quiet Corner said...: Wow! That looks like fun! I'll bet you had a blast!; March 3, 2014 at 2:28 AM
Journeyman said...: Those big rear steering Iceboats a crazy James. Did you get to race a train?

Dave.; March 3, 2014 at 3:35 AM
scruffy said...: Yacht seems a bit...ostentatious a word for that matchstick. :); March 3, 2014 at 5:24 AM