2020 Northwest Ice Yacht Racing Association Information
March 13-15,2020
Lake Waconia, Minnesota
The Forecast Is Ice Making
Finally, the weather forecasters declare that Old Man Winter is scheduled to appear next week and turn on Wisconsin’s ice-making machine. Lakes Kegonsa and Monona have skimmed over a few times and should be frozen next week.
Accuweather Forecast
Weather Underground Forecast
Christmas Eve Reflections
Erin Bury took advantage of glass ice in this unusual video perspective. On Christmas eve, she and Alex Peterson sailed DNs on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota. Watch closely!
Iceboating in the Olympics
John Buckstaff Archives
Ic
e sailing as an Olympic event has been a hot topic in the DN class for years. (See Runner Tracks, September 2017 for that story.) Iceboat sail maker and historian, Henry Bossett, has come across an extraordinary 1933 Oshkosh, WI newspaper article about John Buckstaff receiving an invitation from the German Yachting Union to compete at the 1936 Olympics. I can find no mention in further news reports as to what transpired. For now, here’s the article that ran in the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. Click on the newspaper column image to enlarge it.
Tip of the Helmet: Henry!
In The News: “Cool Running” from Lakeland Boating Magazine
Lakeland Boating Magaine
BY HEATHER STEINBERGER
Got a need for speed this winter? Just hoist the sails.
In my career as a boating journalist, I’ve had the opportunity to meet a few serious adventurers who actively seek hard water when the temperatures go down and the wind pipes up. Winter weather has most Great Lakes residents curled up in their cozy homes, dreaming of warm summer afternoons, yet these folks are hurtling toward any inland lake that offers smooth, stable, snow-free ice.They are iceboaters, and their sport isn’t for the faint of heart. Continue reading.
SPOKEN FOR! December 17, 2021: FREE DN Plank Jig in MN
SPOKEN FOR! FREE to a good home. JD’s original DN plank-building jig with clamps, waxed boards and instructions. Steel channel is a heavy motha, but produces consistent work. Great for a group looking to produce multiple planks.Giving away to make room for a shop re-design. Needs to go by first of year, or it’s scrap city.
An Interlude of Ice While We Wait
Hollywood Ice is Hollywood Ice in any language. Take a moment and enjoy this video from Serge Billet’s Facebook page. “Dream ice on December 18, 2021 in Bouverans”. Serge lives in the Comté region of eastern France.
Picture of the Week
Through the Harken Looking Glass…
Polish DN sailor Tomasz Zakrzewski P55 shot this clever photo at the Swedish DN Championship which was held over the weekend (December 18-19, 2021) on Lake Ymsen. Tomek placed 4th in a very competitive field. Results here.
SOLD! December 19, 2021: Vintage DN Sail in NY
SOLD! DN storm sail DN2257
In great shape. $125.
Located in Hauppauge LI, NY.
SOLD! December 8, 2021: DN in MI
SOLD! Complete vintage DN recently restored to very good condition. Includes covers
for Hull, plank and sail/boom.
Bay City, MI
Estate sale $600 $725 or best offer.
SOLD! November 20, 2021: DN Trailer in MI
SOLD! DN Trailer in Elk Rapids, Mi.
Set up for two DN Boats with Sail Tube
$800.00 obo
SOLD! November 20, 2021: DN Plank & Hull in MI
SOLD! DN Plank and Hull in Elk Rapids, Mi.
Solid wood plank with Hamel Hardware for about 170# person. $450.00
Mahogany Hull without Hardware needs refinishing. $400.00
$750.00 for both items. OBO
SOLD! November 20, 2021: Racing DN in MI
SOLD! DN in Elk Rapids, Mi.
Complete race boat ready to go with full canvas cover
Striped wood hull with Harken fittings
Ron Sherry composite carbon black mast with aluminum Wolf boom
Dacron crisp full sail #4722 with windows and fiberglass battens
Solid wood plank with 36” 304 SS 3/16” Insert Runners in Harken bag
Includes back-up 36” Sarns Bullnose Blades
$4000.00 obo
SOLD! November 20, 2021: Cruiser DN in MI
SOLD! DN in Elk Rapids, Mi.
Complete cruiser boat ready to go with full canvas cover
Aluminum mast with aluminum Wolf boom and sheets
Dacron full sail #5114 with windows
Solid wooden plank
Sarns Bullnose Blades which need work in wooden case
$1500.00 obo
Paint Your Skeeter Trailer
Bob Kau visits the Past Champions Skeeter Shop.
What do you do when your runners are sharpened, your Skeeters are ready for ice, and the temperature is a balmy 70F in the middle of December? The guys next door to iceboat.org HQ, Ken Whitehorse and Paul Krueger of the Past Champions Iceboat Shop, made good use of the day and painted their trailer. However, today’s falling temperatures moved the project back inside for wheel-bearing packing, almost as important as sharp runners.
SOLD! December 15, 2021: 2 Lockley Skimmers in MI
2 Lockley Skimmer 45 iceboats. One has a Boston Sails skimmer sail, the other an aftermarket replacement sail of a different style. Both are of similar style to the one pictured. Runners are in carry boxes, not pictured but included.
West Michigan location, near Grand Rapids.
$450 ea
2021-2022 Renegade Newsletter
The International Renegade Ice Yachting Association newsletter has been published. See it here.
HELLSBELLS
Welcome HELLSBELLS, Mark Isabell’s new Class A Skeeter build which he just painted. Mark named it after his father’s boat. I look forward to energetically saying HELLSBELLS every time Mark round the leeward mark when scoring.
Semi-Secret Shop News
Levitating Renegade mast.
In Renegade news, paint cans have been seen accumulating at the Ron Rosten shop, and word has it that Greg McCormick’s Renegade will be sporting a fresh paint job this season.
“Madison or Minnesota?”
Madison or Minnesota? Minnesota C Skeeter sailor Pat Heppert posted the photo and question on Facebook over the weekend. Unfortunately, the Madison area must live vicariously through our Minnesota friends for some time. This Wednesday’s forecast of 64F will not help with ice making in southern Wisconsin, but it’s all downhill temperature-wise from then.
The former Jerry Simon boat SIMONIZED IV belongs to Mike Maloney. Pat and Mike sailed on some beautiful ice north of Brainerd, MN, on Round Lake while the MN DN crowd crossed the highway to sail on 4″ of black ice at Gull Lake.
MARY B Film News
Via Don Sanford:
The Ice Boat Foundation is thrilled to announce that our documentary film, Mary B: Madison’s Legendary Iceboat has been accepted into the Green Bay International Film Festival. Plan a trip to Title Town (Green Bay) on Thursday, February 10, 2022. We’re screening the film at the Green Bay Distillery. There’ll be good food, good drinks and plenty of talk about iceboats—what a combination. The filmmakers will be there and look forward to seeing you. More info here.
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