Just when I thought I had taken enough images of the Ice Boats I had to stp by the Hudson River here in Athens one more time. With the temperatures going into the mid 40's the frozen surface was changing to a liquid state. The thawed water layer on the ice made for great reflections of the magnificent vessels.
Many of the boats were being taken down to transport back to their homes, but there still boats out sailing one last run before heading home. The larger boats are actually called Ice Yachts, and a few of the yachts today where lifting one skate off the surface as you will see in these blog images. You may be asking what happens if they go to far and cannot dump the wind from the sails, they go over. Laying there on the side everyone comes to help and many hands guide the yacht back upright ready for another run.
I have posted two images in the 2009 Galleries and these can be accessed from link below.
Ice Boat Galleries
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