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Beating The Flyer by Thomas B. Hallock as told to Tay Hohoff Sports Illustrated January 2, 1956 There was a month or so most years, back in the last century, when the people in the Hudson River Valley were isolated, … Continue reading →

In 1956 Sports Illustrated located and interviewed one of the survivors of the iconic race between train and ice yacht immortalized by Currier and Ives. Here is his story.

Thanks to everyone who sent their kind remembrances of Lloyd Roberts. Without a question iceboating would be nowhere near the success is it today in Maine without him. I met Lloyd on Chickie when I was a skate sailor. The … Continue reading →

I met Lloyd about 1990. Inspired by a decrepit Skimmer on Clary Lake, a friend and I built an iceboat out of muffler tubing with a blue tarp sail. In a gale of wind it went fast enough, the downside … Continue reading →

Lloyd Roberts died peacefully during an afternoon nap last week, a peaceful ending to a long and vital life, which was so much a part of my own. Lloyd was a skilled pathologist at Pen Bay, a solid father and … Continue reading →