LAKE GEORGE — When the lakes have frozen and the snow has yet to arrive and the wind is just right, you might find, at a few of Colorado's lakes, men and women helming specialized vessels to capture ...
"Galileo G" has an" ice-belt reinforcement to have the right thickness on the waterline" to help it steer through ice. ... "Luxury is having no limits to where you want to take your yacht and the ...
This morning was meant for sailing. At least that's how John Stasieluk and Bill Reed felt about it. "It is spectacular out there," Stasieluk said shortly after climbing out of his ice boat on the ...
The minute I learned that ice sailing was an actual sport, I wanted to give it a try. I watched YouTube videos of wooden boats with big white sails zooming across the ice on steel runners. It seemed ...
If you wanted to quickly zip up or down the Hudson River, there was a time when the fastest option would have been via ice yacht. According to the National Parks Service, the sleek slim body and large ...
(WKOW) -- An ice boat by definition is built similar to a sail boat, but fitted with skis or runners to sail over ice instead of water. South eastern Wisconsin lakes are some of the best places to see ...
A few winters ago on the frozen shore of Dillon Reservoir, Dan Burnett was surprised to meet a sailing all-star, Buddy Melges, whom Burnett learned was on a family skiing trip here in Summit County.
Ice yachts use sails and glide across frozen lakes and can reach speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour (62mph). Snowy conditions on the ice have slowed ice sailors down a bit as sailing into "snow ...
Some years they go fast — up to 60 mph — with a scant 6 inches separating drivers from the surface. Other years, they don’t go at all. In an odd way, both experiences are part of the allure of ice ...
Ice skating is pretty popular in Buffalo. So is skiing. And curling. But there is another winter sport that is currently picking up speed. Ice sailing might not be the first thing that you think about ...
At over 5,000 feet deep, Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and the largest by volume, holding approximately 20 percent of Earth’s unfrozen fresh water, more than all the Great Lakes ...