As part of the Clayton Lake NY Antique Boat Museum’s 2025 exhibit, "Racing the Wind", Bob Wills will be speaking about the history of ice sailing, it’s evolution and spread from the time of the Dutch in the Hudson River Valley till today. The presentation is this Friday, May 16, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
Brian Reid and Bob have loaned a number of iceboat artifacts to ABM that are now on display at the museum in Clayton, NY (Thousand Islands/St. Lawrence River). Bob is head of the Hudson River Ice Yacht Preservation Trust.
Here is a YouTube Live Link to the presentation, available to see after the event.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU_ViDvJn7o
