iceboating.net Minnesota Ice Sailing Association

Hi everyone,

My name is Adam and I recently moved to the Twin Cities after an overseas stint in Sweden. While overseas I built two icesurfers and an Isabella. Both were a lot of fun but the season was very short where I was.

Two weeks ago I bought a DN iceboat. I plan to attend the first regatta on Dec. 3. Any and all tips are appreciated!

See you on the ice!
Adam K.

PS - can someone clean up these forums and filter out all the spam? Very annoying....

The ice cometh!!!

Think Ice

4695

Well built DN with nice a painting of a bird each on side. AL. mast, sarnes blades. Boat in nice shape. $2,500

Matt Sklar 651-492-2715
Hudson, WI / White Bear Lake, MN

Hi,

I seem to remember there was discussion about a swap meet "up north". Has anything been organized? I'd probably drive up if there was something happening.

The Sailing Specialists/Williams Bay swap-meet is Oct. 30th, and the Grand Rapids one is also supposed to happen sometime in (early?) Oct.

Cheers,

Geoff S.
DN US-5156/Laser 145234/Renegade 510
http://www.geoff-s.net/wia/

Boat/gear has good track record and is ready to race! Overall good shape. Currently in Rhode Island.

HULL- 2000 Composite Solutions Inc. (Jeff Kent's company in Hingham, MA) Hull material is glass over balsa. VERY STIFF. Composite Concepts (Ron Sherry) tiller. Harken 11+2 Hexaratchet. Plank attaches to carbon plate on bottom. Thru-hull mast step/bobstay.
$3500

PLANK- also 2000 CSI glass over wood. Stiff (bends about 1.5" with 190 lbs), airfoil cross section, Jablonski chocks.
$900

Hull and plank together:
$4200

HULL COVER- marine duck, chafe patches, fits hull above
$200

MAST- 2004 CSI "4.5"- medium stiffness. Glass and carbon. Very fast, very reliable. Painted black. Includes CSI mast base and thrust bearing.

I am going to be selling a J14 complete a J14 hull, Snowbird III (stern steerer)
Both Dan Clapp skeeters (Magic and Merlin)
1 Arrow and 1 Arrow Jet.
I will be posting pictures of these over the next several days at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/J14/
Kelly and I have decided to move up to Elk full time and don't have the storage space for everything we have.
We also have for sale all the machinery we used to make all the boat and car parts we have made over the years.
We have a full shop up north so we don't need the duplicate machinery in southeast Michigan.
Keep your eyes on the website for these items coming up for sale. If you have any questions beforehand give us a call at the shop 586-296-3334

Passing along a note posted by: Paul Goodwin on August 16, 2005 at 12:24:13:

I have just learned that Skip Boston, DN US 150, passed away
last night.

This is a great loss to the DN class and iceboating in general,
as Skip has been a stronghold in the DN and other classes of
iceboat over the years.

Skip was piloting a DN from the start of the class, and has been
DN North American Champion three times ('57, '59, '64). The Boston
family business (sailmaking) has been rooted in iceboating
since before the DN was conceived, having been started by Skip's
father Howard who was also an avid iceboater. As well as making

Quality constructed & complete DN Iceboat for sale.
For us taller/bigger Ice sailors or for those who like extra room when sailing, this superbly built Iceboat is 2 feet longer and 1 foot wider then spec.. Everything on this boat is heavy-duty built.

All parts are top of the line including
Ash running plank,
aluminium mast and boom,
Boston Sail,
Harken blocks,
stainless runners and
solid aluminium chocks.

Included are carry bags for each item except for the runners which are housed in a wooden box.

This large cockpit iceboat has excellent handling, is extremely comfortable and very fast. Except for a few scratches and scrapes on the hull (painted dark blue), everything is in excellent condition.

We set up Snowbird III yesterday for the first time since we purchased it. You can find the photos here

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/J14/

There to help were Art Teutsch, Louise Teutsch, Henry Schantz, Jay Canter, Dominic Conti, Rick Conrad and Skip Stauber. Of course Kelly and myself were there.
The people driving by must have thought we were crazy.
It went extremely well....no problems. Can't wait until we can set it up on the ice. We may have to dress warmer, but at least it won't be rainy.
Jack

MISSING ICEBOAT ALERT - POLAR BEAR

We have a missing iceboat alert. We need help. The missing boat is a Class C Pagel Mini Skeeter named Polar Bear. There were not a great deal of these boats manufactured so it should be easy to spot. It was last seen at the Lake Geneva Yacht Club about a week before the ISA on Lake Geneva, WI. We hope it was mistaken for another boat and someone will bring it back and get their own boat. It was placed among a few other boats that were not taken. We would just like the boat back with no questions asked. Please leave it where someone can find it.

Class C Pagel Mini Skeeter - Wooden construction side by side. Stained wood cockpit and sides. Blue Deck with Orange Stripe. Named Polar Bear. Relatively new trailer. New covers.

Have you ever thought of building an ice boat from scratch, including the design? Well here it is, three years in the making and finally on the work bench. What started out to be a light weight one seat Nite, evolved into a new design, ultra light, C-Skeeter. Many thanks go out to Bob Gray for his countless hours of designing and meticulous planning, and to Skip Stauber and Jack Jacobs for there knowledge and input.

Hopefully everything will go as planned and the as yet un-named GX-1 will have its maiden voyage at the North Westerns in early December, or locally if we have early ice in the Traverse City (MI) area.

Primary Location:
Best Ice - Western Region

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Primary Location:
Best Ice - Western Region

The Minnesota Ice Sailing Association has scheduled the 2005 Western Challenge Regatta for Dec 3 & 4 2005, Best ice Western Region.

More information will be posted in the two weeks leading up to the event.

Think Ice

4695

Folks,

The time is quickly approaching and we will soon need to retire our ice yachts to their summer location.

The real question is when will the ice actually go out on Lake Minnetonka? Here is a link that has all the dates listed and rules for official iceout

http://www.freshwater.org/iceout.html

My vote is April 22nd @ 9:30 am.

What is your guess???

Maybe our great Webmaster could put up a function where users could log their guesstimate?

Prizes,,, none but bragging rights till the ice reforms and we all meet again on the ice.

Thanks,
Will