Michigan iceboating....

Would anyone know of any iceboating activity, formal or otherwise in/on Lower Penisula of Michigan this wkend????
Have an OLD DN which is not as yet restored so son and I would just like to drive up from Cincy,Oh to observe or (maybe ) beg a ride (if winds not high).We are very careful and conscientious.

Sailor from the South Visiting...

I have a speaker coming in to Alexandria, MN (Arrowwood) from San Diego on March 11. He'd like to stay over and try some iceboating. Dude is an experienced sailor and is intriqued by us northerners and this activity. Is there anybody around who'd be up for introducing a true 'character' to the sport? He's flying into/out of Fargo but would consider the Twin Cities if it would help. I'd be available to help/watch/push/whatever. Contact me at dave.sornsin@ulteig.com or 701-371-0643. Thanks! Dave

IDNIYRA 2005 Nationals

We now have lots of photos (118+-)of last weekends NA's on www.gtiyc.com and will be adding action close-ups as time permits.

Keep'em Sharp
Corey Hughes, Nite 341

Lake Onalaska (La Crosse)

Sailed Onalaska this afternoon. Ice was very good. Very minimal snow patches. Ice has very small texture.
Wind conditions today: 20 gusting to 28, a real exciting ride.
Onalaska Ice Yacht Club will reconvene on Sunday.
Good sailing to all.

DN 4056

NIYA Called ON for Oshkosh, Feb 18-21, 2005

From http://iceboat.org/

NIYA Called ON for Oshkosh, Feb 18-21, 2005

Directions to Launch Site:
Hwy 41 North to 9th Street East into Oshkosh. North on Main across bridge to first right Ceapee east, left onto Rosalia, right on to Wagoo. Wagoo goes directly to lake. Take bridge across crack.

Lodging:
Super 8 920-426-2885
Hilton 920-966-1300
Americinn 920-232-0300

Lake Minnetonka sailing session

I concur with Mike. Since I have a day job so I went sailing last night from 6-9pm on the main lake with blinky lights on, clear skies full of stars and a half moon it was awesome!!! The conditions (5-8 mph) provided great recreational sailing there are a few places on the main lake with good sheets of ice and other places which are 50/50 ice/ruff ice. I think by the weekend most of the ruff spots (old snow) will have broken down (sublimations) and the lake should be in great shape. We plan on sailing Friday afternoon again. My boat is set up in Cottagewood. See every one this weekend.

Minnetonka Ice

I spent most of Tuesday out on Minnetonka on my DN. The whole lake is very sailable. Its very smooth between the remains of the drifts. The drifts are pretty rough but don't slow you down much and I didn't see anything that looked like a boat buster. The pressure ridges have pretty much disapeared so you can tour all the bays, I even went through the Main Channel and sailed Crystal Bay. (left a little mast paint on the bridge bottem to get through)
We got the Skeeter set up last night so hopefully we'll sail that today.

Lake Pepin Ice

Sunday the rain knocked the snow down on Pepin so we could get out. We had the three stern-steerers: Penquin 32', Comet 25' and Rum Runner 33' out along with a DN, Steve Wilcox's Arrow and the two skeeters. With his new gaff rig, Bob Church managed to get the Penquin up a couple of times. Good sailing and a great time if you didn't mind the rain. The lake was clear by about 4:00 but Pepin only got an inch or so of snow on Sunday night so it may still clear by the weekend. I will try to post again Friday with conditions.
Ed

2005 North American Championship :: Results

2005 idniyra north americans
Feb 12th, 13th 2005
Elk Lake, Mi
Gold Fleet
Pos Sail No. Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points
1 us183 matt struble 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 6
2 us4379 john harper 4 8 2 6 1 2 2 17
3 us4691 john dennis 2 2 4 4 3 3 4 18
4 us3662 greg smith 5 3 5 2 4 4 3 21
5 us4961 john davenport 10 4 3 7 21 8 10 42
6 us5224 james thieler 13 6 12 3 7 13 5 46
7 us3406 james hadley 8 12 8 18 8 5 13 54
8 kc4360 andre baby 9 5 7 20 38 7 6 54
9 us3 jim grogan 23 14 14 5 10 6 9 58
10 us5116 dave clapp 6 16 6 16 19 10 7 61
11 us4926 steve orlebeke 15 7 17 10 9 19 24 77
12 us3283 j.bruce williams 7 15 15 15 13 14 14 78
13 us46 paul goodwin 16 11 20 17 14 12 8 78
14 us4974 stan jones 11 27 22 13 5 20 12 83
15 us379 bora gulari 18 22 10 12 20 15 11 86
16 us5014 mark isabell 22 13 18 22 6 11 16 86
17 us294 louis loenneke 14 9 16 21 25 18 17 95
18 us4257 jim gluek 19 21 9 11 17 23 23 100
19 c45 mihkel kosk 3 18 DNF DNS 15 9 15 101
20 us882 meade gougeon 12 25 29 9 24 17 19 106
21 us4192 randy rogoski 17 17 11 29 34 16 20 110
22 us5214 jim mcdonagh 20 31 13 14 16 26 21 110
23 us2360 pete johns 27 19 27 24 12 22 29 131
24 us4923 john s loomis 31 33 19 8 23 30 26 137
25 us4155 richard lemberg 25 20 37 34 18 21 22 140
26 us4755 richard jr. lemberg 21 29 23 25 27 27 18 141
27 us1059 michael ulbrich 24 28 21 19 29 24 28 144
28 us4266 bill s buchbinder 28 30 24 23 11 28 30 144
29 us4738 dick parker 26 32 25 30 22 34 35 169
30 us5132 dan nevedal 29 10 34 36 33 31 32 169
31 us610 donald jones 34 23 31 28 35 32 27 175
32 us1196 anthony mancini 35 24 32 35 37 29 25 180
33 us1006 nick vitale 33 26 30 31 30 36 34 184
34 us4962 vince labozzetta 38 34 26 33 31 33 33 190
35 us4249 richard kaiser 30 35 28 32 26 DNS DNS 192
36 us1277 hal bowman 37 36 35 26 28 35 36 196
37 us2545 mike derusha 32 37 36 37 36 25 31 197
38 us3271 mike jankowski 36 38 33 27 32 DNS 37 203
39 us2138 george long DNS 39 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 244
40 us5144 michael rehe DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 246

Question born of ignorance...

Am wondering why there are no cables from bow to far ends of runner board ends? (for strength; not for adjusting but guess could be used for fine truing).
Could it be for safety in case of hitting an ice ridge...ie does one want the runner board to detach?
Gene; Cincinnati, Oh

Appreciation extended...

Thanks to 5214 for posting a report re the regatta. Wanted to come up to watch (the worst kinda way) but personal circumstances wouldn't permit (no, not the wife!!!).
So really appreciated the photos and learning of the White Birch Lodge. Checked out their web site too.
Have an old (OLD!!!) DN that this site has inspired me to recondition. Know it can't be competive...just for fun!!
Best regards to all the racers and hope all get back home safely. Gene...Cincinnati, Oh.

Ice Report for W. Central MN

FYI, smaller ponds/lakes west of Willmar, MN are snow free. Lakes around Willmar still have snow drifts on them but could be gone by Sunday if it rains. Lac qui Parle, a large lake near the SD/MN border,(near Montevideo) would have been sailable today but a little rough. 7 on a scale of 10.

The problem for the snow free zone trending SW of the Twin Cities is there are few large lakes!

2005 North American's Report

We just got done with the registration and it looks like;

40 boats in gold
34 boats in silver

The ranking cut-off was around 33.

The ice is great here on elk lake, mi. It's got a small dusting of snow and it's got a slight bumpy surfice. It's supposed to be 10mph wind tomorrow and around 40deg so it should be pretty nice.

The venue is a great venue. We are in the white birch lodge and have the boats parked right in front of the hotel. We are sailing just out past the point. It's the first time I've been to a regatta where you can launch right from your hotel room.

I'll point the web cam towards the lake tomorrow.

live web cam.. from the NA's

Elk Lake, Mi

new web cam technology going...

this time it's an actual web cam.. with 3sec updates..

http://iceboating.net/live/webcam.cgi

WSSA

Wisconsin Stern Steers is having a regatta at Green Bay. It starts Saturday morning. Location is to be posted on the Four Lakes web page after one today. It promises to be a good weekend.

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