If you've ever felt nervous walking on a frozen lake, imagine lying down on one, flying along at 60 mph, without a seat belt. That's iceboating — boating on a craft that sails on frozen lakes. The ...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:46:03 GMT — Longtime Iceboater Jack Jacobs said iceboating started around the 1400s in Europe. He said iceboating came to the United States around the 1800s and it was popular in ...

The Navesink River only freezes every so often, which is a shame, given that one of the world’s only dedicated iceboating clubhouses still sits on its southern shore, at Red Bank, New Jersey, an ...

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BROADALBIN, N.Y. (NEWS10) – If you’re looking to pick up a new activity this winter, iceboating might be for you! While you don’t need fuel or registration to operate an iceboat, you do need to rely ...

When the temperature dips, one group of sailors turn to their favorite winter pastime — iceboating. While northern lakes are a natural for the sport, a center for this exciting brand of boating is on ...

Chan will show this historical 1905 silent film by Thomas Edison that captured iceboating on the Navesink River. He will describe the people involved in iceboating at that time and Edison’s interest ...

The author enjoys a fast ride on a Locksley Skimmer class iceboat on Cazenovia Lake in Upstate New York. David Miller I've overstood the windward mark by a few boatlengths, and as I bear away, the ...

Iceboating – skimming the frozen surface of a lake on 3 metal runners, propelled by the wind in your sails at speeds topping 60 miles per hour – enjoys a relatively short season in Pennsylvania. In ...

Winter brings out the hero in some people. The first snowfall sends them schussing wildly down some precipitous slope, and the first freeze finds them strapping skates on wobbly ankles and pretending ...