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Big Day….
Miracles do happen- And the weatherman ain’t always right!

Yesterday was supposed to be light and fickle but at about 1030 the breeze shifted south and increased…. And increased some more…. And then increased a little more just for kicks.

Full-on, heads-up sailing was the order if the day- Four races sailed, each one in a bit more breeze, hoar frost blowing around, fast and furious all day-

The gangs all in NY and they got the mini-qualifier in!

That's a great start to what's been a difficult regatta.

Silver fleet
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Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 Points
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1 US 4110 MILBANK, JOHN (S) 1 1.00
2 US 5350 Truesdell, Peter (S) 2 2.00
3 US 5482 Merrill, Doug 3 3.00
4 US 5022 Adams, Ed 4 4.00

Dang it.

We got a lot of snow in just a few hours. It started snowing hard at 9:00am, just like they said, and then it let up a little and now it's been snowing all day. There's probably 4" of snow. It seems light but it's really not.
Good thing some of the most proactive iceboaters from the Minnesota group are heading down to north west IOWA to save the day. Lets keep our fingers crossed.

I guess Lake Champlain and Montreal have a bad forecast now, Lake Geneva gets a 'not possible'. Lakes were checked further south but were also found to be no good.

Just a reminder that official announcements for the DN North Americans are being posted at ice.idniyra.org. Just click on the "hotline" link and it will take you to the most current update. (McD did a nice job .. . . again.)

Next update scheduled for 8 PM tonight (Thursday).

Browner

Kent Baker, IDNIYRA Vice Commodore, wrote this intersting missive on the history of the DN North American Chanpionships…. Interesting reading as the NA’s celebrates it’s 60th birthday this year! Enjoy…

"Some of us have been fortunate enough to get some tiller-time in this season. The
Great Western Challenge was again a success, despite light air. And for the third
year in a row, the Central Lakes Regional Championships were held between Christmas
and New Year’s.

In retrospect, there was something special about our venue for the Centrals in Anchor

Western Regional DN Regatta
Green Lake, Wisconsin
January 11, 2014

Preliminary Race Results after Day 1.

Gold Fleet

Pos	Sail	Name			R1	Points
---	----	---------		—-	——	
1	US 5014	Mark L Isabell		1	1
2	US 4926	Steve Orlebeke		2	2
3	US 4691	John W Dennis		3	3
4	US 2545	Michael P Derusha	4	4
5	US 5214	Jim McDonagh		5	5
6	US 5298	Scott Brown		6	6
7	US 3271	Mike Jankowski		7	7
8	US 5432	Mike Bloom		8	8
9	US 602	Tom Meyer		9	9
10	US 1277	Hal K Bowman		10	10
11	US 4148	Timothy M Dixon 	11	11
12	US 2170	John Creigh		12	12
13	US 2301	Daniel F Bierman	13	13

juliejsail
Class Officer

Posts: 47

2014 Western Regional Regatta - ON
« on: Today at 07:32:44 PM »
2014 Western Regional Regatta – ON

Greetings from Green Lake, WI
The deepest lake in the state…luckily for iceboating!

I am pleased to announce that the 2014 Western Regional Regatta is on for this weekend on what appears to be the only sailable ice in the region.

Date: Saturday, Jan. 11 – Sunday, January 12, 2014

Launch: Tentatively County Park on Hwy K – South West end of Green Lake.
Drive on ramps, rest rooms, parking lot. Reilley’s Pub nearby.

Western Regionals are Tentatively called ON!

Western Regional Commodore Julie Jankowski reports that the one-week-postponed Western Regionals is tentatively called on for Green Lake, WI., on January 11 and 12, 2014.

Racing will take place out in the center of the lake. Even before this week's deep freeze the center had 3-4 inches of regatta quality ice with no snow. Local sailors have been sailing various parts of the lake for several weekends now.

Final call and hotel information will be made Wednesday, January 8 at 6 PM. See, dnamerica.org/forum/ for more information.

Rick Wilfert, from Harken, sent word that 12 southern Wisconsin Nites ripped it up this past weekend on Green Lake, and they hope to do it again this coming weekend (Jan. 11-12). He made an open invitation to all Minnesota Nite owners to join in. Check iceboat.org later in the week for final details, or call Pewaukee hotline: 262-367-1656.

Note: The DNs are scheduled to be there as well to sail their Western Regional, but it's a big mutha of a lake so all is good.

Browner

Re: 2014 IDNIYRA -Western Regional Regatta - NOR & Registration
« Reply #3 on: Today at 07:12:38 PM »

Mark “Doctor” Christensen (DN 4824) took top honors at the 2013 Holiday Classic Regatta. The one day event was held December 27, 2013, on Lake St Clair’s Anchor Bay near Clinton Twp., Michigan.

Three races were contested in light air on very soft ice as temperatures reached the mid 40’s. Slippers were the runners for the day. 25 boats competed, including US 44.

The Doctor smoked everyone and easily won all three races. Chad Atkins (DN 4487) and James Thieler (DN 5224), both from Rhode Island, finished second and third. Mike Bloom (DN 5432) finished fifth.

Think Ice!

Looks like the regatta season has begun!

The Western Challenge Regatta is an informal DN gathering that has been going on for ten years or so- traditionally held the first weekend in December on the best ice in Minnesota… Yes, Minnesota. It’s a big state a little to the west of here.

The lure of early ice is hard to ignore and for years some of us have talked about going but balked at the last minute. A few years back I gave it a shot and drove solo from Indiana to Battle Lake, MN only to run a stop sign and total my trusty Chevy Astro about two miles from the lake. So close and yet….

There was a bright yellow plank or sail bag turned in at the LaCrosse site. It was found near the dock/ramp on Sunday. I have it in Minneapolis area. If you lost it, call me at 612-868-2949.

Taken by Mike Kiefer from the Ashby Resort:

Crane Lake skimmed over with ice last night. The lake is located next to the south frontage road of highway 394 and can be seen from the freeway between Ridgedale and County Road #73.

Early ice is a sure sign that the Great Western Challenge (Dec 6-8, 2013: where “Friday is always the Best Day!”) is just around the corner. Location TBD.

Sailors of all abilities, particularly newcomers to the class, are encouraged to attend.