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Hudson Yacht Club to welcome close to 140 sailors from Ontario and Quebec at 2022 Sail Central event

Hudson, QC, July 21, 2022 – Hudson, QC, will play host to approximately 140 sailors from Ontario and Quebec, July 23-24, as they will be taking part in the 2022 Sail Central competition.

Held by the Hudson Yacht Club in conjunction with the Fruitbowl Regatta, the event is part of a series of three Regional Championships that are overseen by Sail Canada, which also include an event in the Western area and another in the Atlantic that both took place last weekend.

The 2022 Sail Canada Sail Central event will showcase races in the ILCA 4, ILCA 6, Optimist and Club 420 classes with:

-U15 sailors in the Optimist class;

-U17 sailors in the ILCA 4, ILCA 6 and 420 classes;

-Open class sailors in ILCA 4, ILCA 6, 420 and Optimist classes.

These competitions provide a chance for sailors to train and compete with high-level sailors in their area, in addition to serving as talent identification opportunities for regional and provincial sailing teams, as development and mentoring opportunities for coaches, as well as training and development opportunities for officials and volunteers.

It will be the first edition of Sail Central since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More info is available through Sail Canada’s website at  https://www.sailing.ca/events/2022-sail-central/ .

About Sail Canada

Established in 1931, Sail Canada is the national governing body for the sport of sailing in the country. Sail Canada is a leading international sailing nation, proud of its world class athletes, lifelong participants and inclusive culture. The organization and its members are committed to excellence by developing and training its leaders, athletes, sailors, instructors, coaches and officials. With the valued support from our partners, the Provincial Sailing Associations and our member clubs, schools, organizations and stakeholders, sailing is promoted in all its forms. By setting standards and delivering programs from home pond to podium for Canadians of all ages and abilities, from dinghies to keelboats, cruising to navigation, windsurfing to powerboating and accessible sailing, Sail Canada sets sail for all, sail to win and sail for life.

A sport in the Olympic program since the first Games in 1896, except in 1904, the pursuit of success in these Games is what fuels the focus of Sail Canada as Canadian athletes have so far achieved nine Olympic and five Paralympic medals.

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Le Hudson Yacht Club accueillera près de 140 athlètes de l’Ontario et du Québec pour Sail Central 2022

Hudson, QC, le 21 juillet 2022 – Hudson, au Québec, accueillera près de 140 athlètes en voile de l’Ontario et du Québec, les 23 et 24 juillet, lors de la compétition Sail Central 2022.

Présentée par le Hudson Yacht Club, en simultané avec la régate Fruitbowl, cette compétition fait partie d’une série de trois championnats régionaux supervisés par Voile Canada qui inclut également une compétition dans la région de l’Ouest et une autre dans celle de l’Atlantique qui ont toutes deux eu lieu la fin de semaine dernière.

La compétition Sail Central 2022 de Voile Canada présentera des courses dans les classes en ILCA 4, ILCA 6, Optimist et Club 420 avec :

-des athlètes en voile U15 dans la catégorie Optimist;

-des athlètes en voile U17 dans les catégories ILCA 4, ILCA 6 et 420;

-et des athlètes en voile de la catégorie ouverte dans les épreuves de ILCA 4, ILCA 6, 420 et Optimist.

Ces championnats donnent une opportunité aux athlètes de s’entraîner et de compétitionner en compagnie d’athlètes de haut niveau dans leur région, en plus d’être une opportunité d’identification de talent pour les équipes provinciales et régionales de voile, de développement et de mentorat pour les entraîneurs, ainsi que d’entraînement et de développement pour les officiels et les bénévoles.

Il s’agira de la première édition de Sail Central depuis le début de la pandémie reliée à la COVID-19.

Des informations supplémentaires sont disponibles sur le site Internet de Voile Canada à  https://fr.sailing.ca/events/sail-central-2022/ .

À propos de Voile Canada

Fondé en 1931, Voile Canada est l’organisme national régissant le sport de la voile au pays. Voile Canada est un leader mondial fier de ses athlètes de calibre international, et du fait que ce sport peut être pratiqué pendant toute une vie dans un milieu inclusif. L’organisation et ses membres sont engagés vers l’excellence en développant et en entraînant ses leaders, athlètes, navigateurs, instructeurs, entraîneurs et officiels. Avec le précieux soutien de ses partenaires, les associations provinciales de voile et les membres de clubs, les écoles, les organisations et parties prenantes, la voile se voit promouvoir dans toutes ses formes. En établissant les standards et en présentant des programmes allant du plan d’eau près de la maison jusqu’au podium pour les Canadiens de tous âges et toutes habiletés, des canots aux quillards, de la croisière à la navigation, de la planche à voile au motonautisme, en passant par l’accessibilité de la voile pour tous, Voile Canada établit un sport pour l’excellence, un sport pour la vie et un sport pour tous.

Sport au programme olympique depuis les premiers Jeux en 1896, à l’exception de 1904, la poursuite du succès aux Jeux est ce qui alimente le focus de Voile Canada alors que les athlètes canadiens ont jusqu’ici remporté neuf médailles olympiques et cinq des Jeux paralympiques.

Renseignements : 

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Courriel :  [email protected]

Téléphone : 514-213-9897

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Boating on the Hudson is an adventure, from New York Harbor all the way up to Lake Champlain and the Erie Canal. The Hudson River Boat & Yacht Club provides a warm welcome to mariners with a list of all their member marinas and clubs along the way.

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Our Clubs are located from Keyport Yacht Club in Keyport, NJ on Raritan Bay, along both shores of the Hudson River, north to Hidden Harbor in Port Ewan, NY just south of Kingston.

For more visitor information go to our 2024 Hudson River Boating Guide (Journal) or directly to the club websites linked here.

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Chelsea Yacht Club PO Box 180 Chelsea, NY 12512 www.chelseayacht.org 845-831-7245

Contact: Rear Commodore Sven Willkehr VHF 68 or [email protected]

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Cornwall Yacht Club 175 Shore Road / P.O. Box 314 / Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY 12520 www.cornwallyachtclub.com

Contact:  Fleet Captain Skip Storer [email protected]

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Cortlandt Yacht Club 238 Kings Ferry Rd / PO Box 119 / Montrose, NY 10548 www.cortlandtyachtclub.com 914-739-3011

Contact : Ron Dolce [email protected]

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Croton Yacht Club 6 Elliot Way Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520 www.crotonyachtclub.org 914-271-6548

Contact : Commodore Gary Dlabola [email protected]

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Garrison Yacht Club P.O. Box 176 Garrison, NY 10524 garrisonyachtclub.com 845-803-6785

Contact:  Commodore Jason Heim [email protected]

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Great Kills Yacht Club 37 Mansion Ave. Staten Island, NY 10308 www.gkyc.org

Contact: [email protected] . Transient slip call 917-887-9446

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Hidden Harbor Yacht Club PO Box 133 / Port Ewan, NY 12466

Contact: www.hhyc.info:8081

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Hook Mountain Yacht Club 1 Ackerman Place, Nyack, NY 10960 www.HMYC.org

Contact: Ralph Devitto – mooring committee

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Hudson Cove Yacht Club 600 Beach Road West Haverstraw, NY 10993 www.hudsoncove.com 845-429-2001

Contact:  Safe Harbor Haverstraw Marina 845 429 2001

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Irvington Boat and Beach Club Bridge Street / P.O. Box 164 / Irvington, NY 10533 www.irvingtonboatclub.com 914-591-6801

Contact:  Matt Mishkin [email protected]

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Keyport Yacht Club 115 First Street Keyport, NJ 07735 www.keyportyachtclub.com 732 739-0727

Contact:  Launch on VHF 09 [email protected]

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Marlboro Yacht Club 144 Dock Road / PO Box 372 / Marlboro, NY 12524 www.marlboroyachtclubny.org 845-236-3932

Contact:  845 236-3932 or [email protected]

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Minisceongo Yacht Club 83 Grassy Point Rd / PO Box 572 / Stony Point, NY 10980 www.MinisceongoYC.org [email protected]

Contact:  John Kime [email protected] or  www.DOCKWA.com

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New Hamburg Yacht Club 5 Water St., Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 www.nhyc1869.com 845-298-1707

Contact : Dock Captain Tom Kelly

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Newburgh Yacht Club 1 Park Place Suite 1, Newburgh, NY 12550 www.NewburghYC.com 845-565-3920

Contact:  Fleet Captain Dan Galage

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Nyack Boat Club 59 Gedney Street Nyack, NY 10960 www.nyackboatclub.org 845-353-0395

Contact :  www.Dockwa.com or guests@nyackboatclub

Ossining Boat & Canoe Club 1 Westerly Road / PO Box 743 Ossining, NY 10562 www.obcc.org 914-762-9724

Contact:  Commodore Michael Pavelchek 914-762-9724 [email protected]

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Ossining Community Sailing Club c/o Ossining Community Center, 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY 10562

Contact:  Steering Committee: Victor Drapala OSCS does not have its own facilities.

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Palisade Boat Club 1203 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701 www.ThePalisadeBoatClub.com 914-969-6649

Contact:  Roel Kunst

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Peekskill Yacht Club 1 Travis Point Peekskill, NY 10566 www.peekskillyachtclub.net 914-737-9515

Contact : Commodore Tony Spadaro

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Philipse Manor Beach Club 301 Palmer Ave./ PO Box 8458 / Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 www.pmbcsleepyhollow.org 914-332-9815

Contact : Commodore Matthew Yox [email protected]

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Pirate Canoe Club 140 Rivercrest Road / PO Box 2090 / Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 www.piratecanoeclub.org 845-486-9878

Contact:  Fleet Captain Ray Briody

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Poughkeepsie Yacht Club 100 Yacht Club Road, Staatsburg, NY 12538 www.PoughkeepsieYachtClub.org

Contact: 845-889-4742 [email protected]

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Rockland Bergen Boat Club 9 Hudson Dr. Stony Point, NY 10980, www.RocklandBergenBoatClub.org

Contact: Commodore [email protected]

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Shattemuc Yacht Club 46 Westerly Road / PO Box 29 / Ossining, NY 10562 www.ShattemucYC.org 914-941-8777

Contact:  Dockmaster De DeSousa 914-941-8777 [email protected]

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Tarrytown Boat and Yacht Club 236 Green Street / Tarrytown, NY 10591 www.tarrytownboatclub.com 914-631-1300

Contact : hudsonharbormarina.com/contact-us 914-631-1300

Tower Ridge Yacht Club 1 River Street / PO Box 211 Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 914-478-9729

Contact : Commodore George Farrell

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Washington Irving Boat Club 238 Green Street, Tarrytown, NY 10591 www.wiboatclub.com Bar: 914-332-0517

Contact : Fleet Captain Seth DeKoven [email protected]

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The Yacht Club at West Point South Dock Terminal / PO Box 164 / West Point, NY 10996 www.westpointyachtclub.org 845-938-4670

Army regulations prohibit public access to Yacht Club @ West Point facilities.

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Yonkers Corinthian Yacht Club 771 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, NY 10701

Contact:  Commodore Kim Gillespie No docking Available

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Yonkers Yacht Club 1203 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701 www.yonkersyachtclub.com 914-969-9325

Contact:  Fleet Captain, Dave Trezza, for guest dock availability.

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Michael hinchman distinguished service award.

Established in 2007, named for Michael Hinchman, a creative and active member of the Hudson Cove Yacht Club and its Board (Vice Commodore).

It is awarded at the Club's Annual Dinner in any given year when an HCYC individual has been nominated for his/her distinguished service, not only to the Club but to other organizations as well.  His wife, Kristi, was the first to be given the award. 

The award is a plaque with the HCYC burgee, engraved with the recipient's name, and the year along with the "Michael Hinchman Distinguished Service Award". 

Chuck Manley 2012

Nancy De Vries 2019

Eddie Frank 2021

Dan Kinsley 2022

Linda Anders 2023

Lori Joseph Award for the Club's Winner of the Regatta Race

Established in the 1980s, named for Lori Joseph, an active sailor and avid racer in the newly formed Hudson Cove Yacht Club. 

It is awarded annually at the Club's Regatta to the top winning HCYC racer in that year's Regatta. 

The award is a revolving trophy that is engraved with each captain's and boat's name. 

2023 - Drew & Susan Emmetts

Tony Gaglione Award for the Longest Cruiser for the Season

Established in the 1980s, and named for Tony Gaglione, a long-time sailor, and cruiser in the Hudson Cove Yacht Club.

It is awarded annually at the Club's January Budget Meeting to the HCYC cruiser who logged in the most cruising miles in the previous year's season. Copies of the logs must be submitted as proof. If no one submits log entries, no award is given that year. 

The award is a revolving silver bowl engraved with the winner's name and mileage. 

The contest, including a sailing and powerboat winner, is for the longest nautical number of miles cruised. 

Rules:  Record the number of nautical miles cruised, dates, and departing, and arriving ports on the contest log sheet. Click for the log.

A cruising segment must be between two different points. Day sails or motors ending back at the same port do not count towards your cruising total. (It's just fun)

Sorry Sailors, additional miles tacked do not count toward the total nautical miles. 

Contest time frame: Memorial Day through September 30th. 

Submit your entry to the Commodore by December 31st for 2023. Didn't cruise that far this year? Submit your mileage to the total miles logged by the club! Winner will be announced at the January 2024 General Membership Meeting. 

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1993  -  BILL  DAY    Fast Company

1994  -  CHRIS  &  NANCY CHRISTIANSEN     Wind Dancer

1995  -  Sail     MICHAEL & CAROL ENRIQUEZ     Lady Caro

            Power    BRUCE & ALICE ULRICH     River Rat

1996  -  Sail   CHRIS  &  NANCY  CHRISTIANSEN    Wind Dancer

            Power   JON  &  BOBBIE  POTAKI     Bobbie T

1997  -  Sail    BILL  &  RUTH  DAY     Avanti

             Power    JON  &  BOBBIE  POTAKI    Bobbie T

1998  -  Sail    CHRIS  &  NANCY  CHRISTIANSEN    Wind Dancer

2006  -  Sail    STEVE  &  BARBARA  WEINERMAN    Tacks  Season

2007  -  Sail    STEVE  &  BARBARA  WEINERMAN    Tacks  Season

2008  -  Sail    DAVE  &  CHRIS  CRIPPEN     Fox  &  Vixen

2009  -  Sail    DAVE  &  CHRIS  CRIPPEN     Fox  &  Vixen

2010  -  Sail    ED FRANK     Seas The Day  3

2021  -  Sail    DREW  &  SUSAN  EMMETS     Ease Alee

2022  -  Power  MIKE  &  CINDY  BRIOTTE  Andiamo II

2023  -  Power   MIKE & CINDY BRIOTTE

The Merberg Hudson Cove Yacht Club Regatta

Established in 2019, the Regatta is now named for Donald and Lorraine Merberg, founding members of the Hudon Cove Yacht Club. Donald was the HCYC Treasurer on the first Board of Governors. 

The Merberg Family donates generously annually to cover the cost of our Regatta including all the engraved trophies handed to the winners. They are invited annually to the awards ceremony following the Regatta and may assist in handing out trophies if so desired. 

A banner indicating that it is the "Merberg Hudson Cove Yacht Club Regatta" is on display throughout the Regatta. 

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Racing Faster Than a Speeding Car on the Frozen Hudson

In the early 20th century, iceboating could race sailors more than 75 mph — and when the river freezes, it still provides thrills today..

It’s rare to see sailboats on the Hudson this time of year. But in the late 19 th  and early 20 th  centuries, sail-powered iceboats carrying famous valley residents like FDR regularly sped across the frozen waters of the river and local lakes as fast as cars go today. Today, a passionate group of iceboaters tries to keep the tradition alive, always hoping to get their vessels up to speed and introduce new people to their exhilarating sport.

The members of the  Hudson River Ice Yacht Club  lovingly maintain several dozen historic vessels. While they keep them in working trim, in recent years they’ve had little opportunity to get them on the river due to warm winters and too little ice — yet another casualty of the climate crisis. 

“We’re so desperate for a good week of sailing,” says John Sperr, treasurer of the club. “It’s extremely frustrating. There’s not enough reward for the amount of effort that goes into it.” Club member Reid Bielenberg, who has been iceboating for more than half a century, takes a glass-half-full attitude about the limited recent sailing opportunities: “That makes the adventures you  do  accomplish all the more valued,” he says.

In recent years iceboaters have had little opportunity to get their vessels on the river due to warm winters and too little ice — yet another casualty of the climate crisis.

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Faster than a speeding locomotive

It’s a far cry from the “golden age” of Hudson River iceboating, which dates roughly from 1880-1910, when it was a pastime of riverfront estate owners looking for year-round thrills. But the practice of sailing on the river’s ice began much earlier, with Dutch colonists who attached runners to their boats to transport goods and people during winter.

In 1790, Poughkeepsie’s Oliver Booth designed a craft geared specifically for travel on ice. Essentially a square box, it featured three runners — two fixed and one that moved, allowing a crew member to steer. It quickly caught on for transportation, recreation, and even warfare. During the War of 1812, plans were hatched to destroy a British ship frozen on Lake Champlain with an iceboat filled with explosives. According to Sperr, Booth’s design “is generally credited with starting the recreational iceboat movement in the United States.”

Benson Lossing’s The Hudson , published in 1866, offers a vivid account of iceboating in Peekskill Bay: “Wrapped in furs and shawls, over-coats and cloaks, men and women, boys and girls, were enjoying the rare exercise with the greatest pleasure. Fun, pure fun, ruled the hour. The air was vocal with shouts and laughter; and when the swift ice-boat, with sails set, gay pennon streaming, and freighted with a dozen boys and girls, came sweeping gracefully toward the crowd — after making a comet-like orbit of four or five miles to the feet of the Donder Berg, Bear Mountain, and Anthony’s Nose — there was a sudden shout, and scattering, and merry laughter, that would have made old Scrooge, even before his conversion, tremulous with delight.”

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As technology advanced during the 19 th century, so did the speed of iceboats, increasing the desire to race them. Soon, clubs sprang up all along the upper stretches of the river, including Newburgh, Hyde Park, and Poughkeepsie. Poughkeepsie became the epicenter of the sport (as it would for intercollegiate rowing four decades later) because it sat along a 20-mile stretch of the river offering ideal winter sailing conditions — snow-cleared ice at least six (and preferably eight) inches thick, a long spell of cold weather, and sustained winds around 15 mph. 

On race days hundreds, if not thousands, of people huddled on the ice near the city to watch the boats compete — either against each other or locomotives. The iceboats usually beat the trains; for a time, they were the fastest vehicles on the planet, capable of reaching speeds of 75 mph or greater, and occasionally exceeding 100 mph.

The racing iceboats owned by the wealthy were full-on yachts. Along with being huge — John Roosevelt’s  Icycle  spanned 70 feet, hoisted 1,000 feet of sail, and had to be moved on a railroad flatcar — they featured carved figureheads, a variety of woods, even gold leaf.

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Those wanting the fastest ice yachts relied on Jacob Buckhout, whose workshop first was located in Highland, beneath today’s Mid-Hudson Bridge, before it moved to Poughkeepsie. Buckhout built both the  Icycle  and the  Jack Frost , which belonged to Archibald Rogers, Roosevelt’s Hyde Park neighbor. They each won the Ice Yacht Challenge Pennant of America, the sport’s Kentucky Derby, four times.

Despite the name, ice yachts hardly resemble boats. They look more like a cross with a pole (the mast) rising from where the two beams meet. Cables and turnbuckles hold the beams together, while one or two sails propel the craft across the ice on machete-sized runners.

The iceboats usually beat the trains; for a time, they were the fastest vehicles on the planet, capable of reaching speeds of 75 mph or greater, and occasionally exceeding 100 mph.

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One or two sailors lie prone, on their stomachs or sides, in a cockpit on the main beam. With their bodies just 18 inches off the ice, they can travel faster than a car on the interstate — and without brakes. (To stop, you have to turn the boat into the wind.)

Is it scary? Not to Sperr, who took his first sail in an iceboat in 1982 and has been hooked ever since. “It’s like flying an airplane — incredible exhilaration,” he says before going on to describe some of the thrills while out on the Hudson: “wind in your face…sailing by coyotes on the ice, hunting ducks…passing tugboats.”

Bielenberg, who owns the  Vixen , built in 1885 for John Roosevelt, says that while some passengers complain about the bumpiness — “they say it feels like you’re going over railroad tracks” — “it’s a pretty thrilling ride for something that’s 130 years old.” (Click  here  to take a “ride” on the  Vixen .)

“We love giving people rides”

The Hudson River Ice Yacht Club was founded in 1885 when some members of the Poughkeepsie Ice Yacht Club, the nation’s first organization devoted to the sport, broke away over a dispute. It boasted the fastest boats in the country, including the  Icycle .

The club also included the  Hawk , owned by John Roosevelt’s nephew, Franklin D. Roosevelt. The future president raced the boat, a Christmas gift from his mother, primarily during his college years. It’s now in the collection of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site and makes occasional appearances at special events.

The club continued to flourish until disbanding around World War I, when enthusiasts “discovered automobiles and airplanes,” says Sperr. But in the 1960s, interest in iceboating and its heritage on the Hudson was revived and the club re-formed, this time less elite and more approachable. Its standard-bearer was Cornwall’s Ray Ruge, dubbed “Mr. Ice Boat,” who owned and restored several of the historic vessels. Through his enthusiasm and writings, he encouraged others to follow his lead, including a teenage Bielenberg, who became interested in the sport after reading an article by Ruge in  Boys’ Life  magazine.  

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From the 1970s up to 2000, sailors could regularly count on favorable conditions. Since then, says Bielenberg, “nearly half the years have gone by without any iceboating at all.” The last great congregation on the river, a “once-in-a-lifetime” event, one longtime sailor  told  the  New York Times , occurred in 2014 near Barrytown.

When ice in the open Hudson doesn’t cooperate, boaters sometimes find sailing fail-safes in Tivoli Bay or Orange Lake in Newburgh, where four generations of the Lawrence family have raced boats. Frustrating weather aside, the club remains strong — about 70 people attended its recent annual meeting — and it’s always on the lookout for new members.

A weather forecaster acquaintance of Sperr’s has suggested that luck might be on the club’s side this season, predicting a February cold snap for the valley. “If it comes, we’ll be there. We’re so desperate for a good week of sailing,” he says. If the stars indeed align — you can keep abreast of  sailing conditions  on the club’s website — don’t miss the show. And be prepared to go for a sail. Adds Sperr, “We love giving people rides.”

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Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, and Cleavant Derricks in Moscow on the Hudson (1984)

A Russian saxophonist visiting New York with a circus troupe suddenly decides to defect from the USSR during a shopping trip to a department store, but he finds adjusting to American life mo... Read all A Russian saxophonist visiting New York with a circus troupe suddenly decides to defect from the USSR during a shopping trip to a department store, but he finds adjusting to American life more difficult than he imagined. A Russian saxophonist visiting New York with a circus troupe suddenly decides to defect from the USSR during a shopping trip to a department store, but he finds adjusting to American life more difficult than he imagined.

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  • Trivia In preparation for his role, for about a year, lead actor Robin Williams studied Soviet customs and learned the Russian language. Reportedly, Williams spent five hours a day learning Russian and had learned to speak it well within a month. By the time of principal photography, Williams was at a proficiency level where he could carry out a conversation. Williams's teacher was a Russian actor called David.
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People attend open-air concert during Usadba Jazz festival at the Archangelskoye Estate @ Anton Gvozdikov / Shutterstock

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Believe it or not, in summer Moscow usually gets rather hot. It’s also the season when the city is fully awake, with more events happening than at any other time of the year. Almost every weekend a new market, exhibition or festival takes place, making it pretty hard to choose which one to attend.

Of course, the highlight of this summer in the Russian capital will be the celebration of football, as Moscow gets ready to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup (from 14 June to 15 July) along with 10 other cities across the country. Nevertheless, over the years some big annual events have become an integral – and fun – part of Moscow’s summer culture. Here are our top picks.

An open-air concert during Usadba Jazz festival at the Arkhangelskoe Estate © Anton Gvozdikov / Shutterstock

Usadba Jazz at Arkhangelskoe

This iconic open-air jazz festival has been taking place in Moscow for over a decade, making it one of the city’s favourite outdoor events. The location is always the same – the gorgeous 19th-century  Arkhangelskoe Estate and its surroundings. Apart from some great classical and modern jazz, blues, funk, soul and world music, there’s a new theme each year: in 2017 it was ecology, introducing some local eco-designers and culinary artists to jazz-loving Muscovites.

Dates: 2–3 June 2018

Red Square Book Fest

This year Moscow’s annual book festival will be taking over the historic Red Square for the fourth time. The event celebrates the reading culture, introduces the best local publishing houses, and allows visitors to purchase books, attend masterclasses and listen to some well-known modern Russian writers. The program covers several themes, including fiction, non-fiction, ebooks, children’s and educational literature, antique and secondhand books, as well as Russian regions.  Famous Russian museums present their publishing projects and catalogues, and there are live concerts and performances throughout the festival.

Dates: 3–6 June 2018

The Red Square Book Fest is a celebration of the written word in the Russian capital © smej / Shutterstock

Moscow Flower Show

Who knew Moscow could be a rose? Last year a new sort of rose was created just to celebrate the 870th anniversary of the Russian capital. This international garden festival is a paradise for the admirers of landscape design and all things green and blooming. Both recognised and up-and-coming landscape designers present their works and compete for the main prize, awarded by an international jury. And visitors get a chance to release their inner flower child.

Dates: 29 June–8 July 2018

Taste of Moscow

This international food festival   has been around for a long time, covering 19 cities of the world and gaining huge popularity in Moscow. The city’s 30 best restaurants will take part in the program this year, offering visitors their most renowned dishes and products. You can treat yourself to delicacies from one of the exclusive menus created specifically for the festival, attend degustations or learn how to cook from a professional chef. The interactive program will also include concerts, masterclasses, pop-up performances and children’s activities.

Dates: 26–29 July 2018

The Moscow Flower Show turns the city centre into a huge garden © Yulia Mayorova / Shutterstock

Much loved by both locals and visitors to the city, the annual Park Live rock festival has achieved international status in its six years of existence, treating the fans with performances from world-famous and local rock stars. Hosting Muse in 2015 has been the highlight in the festival’s history, while Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lana Del Rey, Limp Bizkit and System of a Down have also headlined. In 2018 revellers will have a chance to see David Guetta, Gorillaz and Massive Attack at the vibrant Gorky Park  in the heart of the city.

Dates: 27–29 July 2018

Afisha Picnic

Moscow’s biggest open-air festival is a summer rave for food and music lovers. Organized by Afisha magazine, it’s been expanding year on year, eventually moving from concert halls and stadiums to the vast Kolomenskoe Museum-Reserve , a former royal estate and a Unesco World Heritage Site by the Moscow River. The organisers make sure there’s lots going on, so apart from multiple music stages you can find food stalls with local products, a designers’ market, gaming and lecture areas – all with a strict no-alcohol policy.

Dates: 4 August 2018

The Times and Epochs re-enactment of a battle between Polish and Ruthenian archers © Degtyaryov Andrey / Shutterstock

The Times and Epochs re-enactment of a battle between Polish and Ruthenian archers © Degtyaryov Andrey / Shutterstock

Times and Epochs

The ultimate historical festival in Russia expands with each passing year, taking over Moscow parks, recreational areas and some of the main streets. It brings together the best from the world of historical re-enactment, boasting more than 6000 geeky participants in 2017 (many of them from abroad). Soldiers, merchants, craftsmen, musicians all walk the streets in traditional costumes, performing or teaching the arts, crafts and games of the past. Best of all, the festival is focused on getting the audience involved in the lifestyles of different eras, from the Stone Age to the Soviet times.

Dates: 10–22 August 2018

Moscow City Day

Moscow turned 870 in 2017, and to celebrate the occasion, the city administration decided to host a 10-day festival under the slogan ‘Moscow is a city where history is being made’. With Russian avant-garde the main theme, dozens of events, lectures, performances and street markets celebrated the history of the capital as well as its prominent inhabitants. Plenty of music, food and modern art is always to be expected on the city streets during this time. Don’t miss the magnificent fireworks.

Dates: 1–10 September 2018

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