Ice Speed Record - Windjet

Check out this Ice boat!! How fun would this be to drive!!! Look at the home page of the Windjet boat smashing through a snow drift.

http://www.windjet.co.uk/ice/vehicle.php

AndyF US 494

J-14 Iceboat Plans

Anyone know wher I can obtain a set of construction plans for a J-14 iceboat? I recently saw some stuff on this design and really got interested, but I can't seem to find any source for the plans.

Mast for Sale

I have a jeff kent mast for sale. It is a composite,wood,carbon,glass. The price is $550.00. US 4824

Runner Sharpening - Tonka Bay MN

I want a girl with shoes that cut...The ice will be hard this weekend, it's time to sharpen up runners. 4695's sharpener is setup in Tonka Bay at 602's place.

"Cruiser Sharpen" - $12/blade, Mon - Thurs- 1 day turnaround - Precision Machine Sanded, removes dings from running edges.

"Race Sharpen" Precision Machine Sanded, Hand Honed 120/220/320/400/600 grit, done right. $25.00/blade.

call 612-414-6829 or email member 4695

Northwest Regatta

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Northwest Ice Yacht Association Regatta
postponed until: January 23, 24, 25, 2004

All races will be sailed under rules of the National Ice Boat Authority and those of the Northwest Ice Yachting Association. Regatta is re-scheduled to be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, January 23,24, & 25, 2004.

The Regatta site order will be: Toledo, Ohio, Gull Lake, Michigan, Sturgeon Bay-Green Bay, Oshkosh, Menominee, Green Lake, Lake Geneva, Madison, Fond Du Lac, Pewaukee, Detroit & Burlington Bay, Hamilton.

N.I.Y.A. races will be held for Class A, B, C, D, E, Renegade and DN (NOTE: Class A races will be held separately at Wisconsin or Upper Michigan, if not held in that area).

Jim McDonagh US 5214 Wins Western Silver Fleet the Right Way

The DN Western Regional Championships' Silver Fleet (the Real Racing) started off in big breeze with Minnesota's Jim McDonagh jumping out to a huge lead early in the first race, only to be overtaken later in the race, finishing a close second.

In the biting, well beyond brisk breeze, after the conclusion of the Gold Fleet's racing, Silver Fleet race Seven started with most of the gold fleet watching as they took their boats down, the scorers on the ice, and maybe spectators, missing the among the best racing of the entire regatta.

Jim sailed one "heck of a race" in the final race. In a tight fleet with four individual race winners, trailing the leading pack of 4-5 boats at the first downwind mark... substantially... maybe 300-400 yards... To just eek out a victory in the last 2 boatlengths of the race for a Win in Race Seven and consequently the regatta, on a tie breaker.

Western Regionals | Final Results

Lake Poygan, Wisconsin

Jan 3 & 4, 2004





Gold Fleet


Pos Skipper Sail # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
1 Ron Sherry 44 2 9 2 3 1 1 1 10
2 Matt Struble 183 4 1 1 4 3 2 2 13
3 John Dennis 4691 1 2 7 1 2 7 6 19
4 Greg Smith 3662 3 8 3 2 4 5 7 24
5 John Harper 4379 5 3 6 6 6 3 5 28
6 Paul Goodwin 46 11 7 9 5 5 4 3 33
7 Pete Woodruff 406 9 4 4 7 8 10 4 36
8 Mark Christensen 4824 10 6 5 8 7 8 8 42
9 Steve Oplebeke 4926 6 5 10 13 14 6 9 49
10 Mike Rehe 5144 7 11 12 27 9 9 10 58
11 Lou Loenneke 294 8 10 8 10 11 12 11 58
12 Rick Lemberg Sr. 4155 12 13 17 9 16 19 17 84
13 Wendell Sherry 45 19 16 20 14 10 11 15 85
14 Mark Isabell 5014 18 12 14 19 15 14 13 86
15 John Davenport 4961 15 15 18 16 12 13 16 87
16 Bruce Willaims 3283 14 18 11 11 13 20 22 87
17 Randy Rogoski 4192 17 14 13 12 24 15 21 92
18 Pete Johns 2360 16 19 19 15 20 16 12 97
19 Mike Jankowski 3271 13 17 21 17 23 25 20 111
20 David Kickhafer 4602 22 21 22 20 17 18 14 112
21 Rick Kallman 4291 21 20 15 23 25 23 18 120
22 Robert Cummins 3433 20 22 16 24 18 24 25 124
23 Tom Meyer 602 23 26 23 18 21 21 19 125
24 Ken Smith 4137 25 23 24 21 22 17 23 130
25 Mark Kiefer 4695 24 24 27 22 19 22 24 135
26 Bob Rast 1313 26 25 25 25 26 26 26 153
DNF
Throw-out

Western Regionals | Completed

On sunday the ice was great. Very flat and smooth, with plenty of bite. The wind had moderated a bit, so it was super fast, but not so out of control as saturday.

We got in three races for the gold, and four for the silver, so both fleets got in the full seven races.

I'll try to get the race results so I can post the final results. I can say that sunday did mixup the standings from saturday.

Western Regionals | Saturday

flag is down | gold fleetPoygan Lake is a great host for the 2004 Western Regionals.

The Gold fleet raced four races today, and the Silver fleet got in three.

The weather report on friday was calling for saturday to be 20-30mph winds with gusts up to 40. In the morning while setting up it seemed like the weather man was going to be right. The wind started off fresh and cold, and it was clocking around, so by the time the wind had settled in and the course was setup the wind was probably more like 15-23mph. The first race got off about 12:30-1:00. After that we quickly got through seven races, four gold, three silver.

Western Regionals are ON!!! Poygan Lake WI

This is a loose trascription from Couch's IDNIYRA Western Region Hotline Regatta Announcement, it is by no means official:

After two days of searching for suitable ice, having lost excellent pieces on Green Bay and access to excellent ice on Northern Lake Winnebago they are pleased to announce an Outstanding Piece of ice is located at Poygan Lake, near Oshkosh Wi. The same site as last year's Western Regional Championship Regatta... The Ice is characterized as a 9.9 with no apparent open water. The Western Rear Commodore recomments the longest, fastest runners in your arsenal to compete.

Western Regional DN Regatta - straight from Couch


Posted by: John Davenport US4961 on December 30, 2003 at 19:20:38:

We are looking at two outstanding pieces of ice. One is the Northeast corner of Lake Winnebago launching just West of "High Cliff State Park" and the other East of the Fox River on Green Bay near the University. Both have been sailed and are large and quite good. Tomorrow they will be sailed again and evaluated. Just a note, Green bay is only 1/2 an hour farther than upper Winnebago going north through Milwaukee. Stay posted. Hotline is 414-299-9305

http://cerebus.winsite.com/DNboard/mesgRegat/439.html

This should be a hoot!

Ice on Lake Pepin?

Has anyone looked at the ice on Lake Pepin lately? I am hoping to sail Sunday, weather, snow and wind permitting.

lake minnetonka -after fresh snow

Two of us went out for a great ride on monday afternoon. We went all the way from excelsior to wayzata and then over the pressure ridge, which you could barely see because of the snow, and did a loop on the main lake. It was really surreal, with the rose colored goggles, sun setting, perfect ice with a light covering of fresh snow and the half moon in the sky. We had about 8-12kts of breeze. It was also nice because there wasn't anybody else out on the lake. a great day.

Mtka ice?

The lake looks fast with the snow melted and nice winds on Sunday. I did not see any action Saturday. Has the ice weakened? Is anybody going out Sunday before the Vikings? If so let me know where.

IDNIYRA WESTERN REGIONAL REGATTA

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Start:
Sat, 01/03/2004 - 09:00
Location:
Best Ice - Western Region
this is from the IDNIYRA bulletin board
Posted by: John Davenport on December 14, 2003 at 17:17:27:
Western Lakes Region Championships
January 3rd & 4th
Where? TBD, but as close to the east as possible
$25.00
Registration Saturday, 8am-9am local
Skippers meeting 10:15am
First start 11:00am
HOTLINE 414-297-9000
Confirmation on the hotline 10:00pm Thursday

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