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What's your name, and where are you from?

We are looking for local RC help.

Early Sunday Morning-- through-- Tuesday.

Ideally someone who is familiar with ICE.

Local so the class don't need to pay for gas.

The class can pick up the hotel expenses, but Ideally someone local again would be great.

It would be nice if they are familiar with driving a 4-wheeler.

Duties might include moving marks, moving starting lines, assisting the scorers and RC, herding cats..

The organization has four 4-wheelers coming so we could use a lot of RC help to keep things moving.

DN GOLD CUP Called "ON!" for Lake Pepin at Lake City, MN.
See the DN website at: https://ice.idniyra.org/ for more info.

Be sure to thank the Doctor, Mike Miller and Tom V. for scouting the ice. Without their efforts, there is no way the regatta chair would bring this event to Minnesota. Also, thank Jim McDonagh for all his behind the scene efforts. He works tirelessly on our behalf.

If you ever thought about attending a big time sailing event this would be it. Over a hundred boats from 8 different countries have already registered. Sailors are assigned to one of three fleets depending on your ranking: Gold, Silver and Bronze. If you do not have a ranking you are assigned to the bronze fleet with an opportunity to move up into the silver fleet if you sail well. There will be be sailors of all abilities so you need not be intimidated by the top ranked sailors.

Attending a World Championship is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Please join us.
See you on the ice!

Just posted on DN website.
The World is coming to Minnesota just 1.5 hours away

I big thanks to Mke and Tom for braving the sub-zero tempertures for going on a Lake Pepin Adventure. Sort of a frozen huck-fin story. Sunny and very cold, with little wind, they went out to the middle of the lake to get a tan, and then the wind kicked up. A little rumbly and about 18" of ice.

They launched just south of Lake City at the nice public launch, drive on. They sailed all the way up past Hok-Si-La Park, near Frontenac.

They reported that area North of Lake City and south of Hok-Si-La to be a great area for racing.

Tonka iceboater Scott Brown won the 2013 International Skeeter Association Championship Regatta on Lake Kegonsa, near Madison WI. Sailing his beloved “Betsy,” Scott dominated the 13 boat Nite class winning two out of the four races sailed. The victory is even more impressive considering the field included former Nite National Champions Jim Gluek, Tom Sweitzer and Grant frautshi.
This is Scott’s first regatta win at a major championship.

Tonka Sailors did well at the 2013 Western Regional Championship Regatta sailed on Lake Kegonsa, near Madison, WI. Seven races were completed over two days on sticky, snow covered ice.
Mark Christensen tested regatta Champion Ron Sherry. The Doctor finished 2nd and won the second race. J.D. finished third followed by Jim McDonagh and Mike Bloom who finished 8th and 10th, respectively.

In the Silver Fleet David Kickhafer, Mike Miller and Charlie Hurd finished 4th, 6th and 12th. Congrats to Miller for winning the last race.

Per the Western Region Commodore:

2013 IDNIYRA – Western Regional Regatta
Regatta is on! Jan. 5-6, 2013 Lake Kegonsa, just south of Madison, WI
4+ inches of ice measured last weekend and temps have been ideal for making more.
1 to 1 ½ inches of snow cover.
Wind currently projected at 12mph Saturday with temp of 30F.

Re: NOR Western Regional Regatta 2013

« Reply #1 on: Today at 07:48:03 AM »

Per Julie:
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The Western Regional Regatta Primary Site has been tentatively selected. After 4Lakes Ice Yacht Club held their successful Grandslam Dec. 29-30 on Kegonsa near Madison, WI and your rear commodore got to sail it as well, the decision has been made to call it our primary site. Weather looks hopefully uneventful for the upcoming week but other sites with good conditions may still be considered.

Congratulations to Griffin Sherry on his 7 bullets to win the 2012 Ice Opti North American Championship.
Congratulations to Peter Orebeke on his hard fought battle in the Silver Fleet.

A Giant Congratulations to our Man in Mound, Mark Christensen, who put it all together and didn't let this one get away. We all know he has speed, and it is great to see him come out on top. Sometimes deserves do matter, and he deserved this one.

                Great Western Challenge - December 1 - 2, 2012

                                Pelican Lake
                           Alexandria, Minnesota

Gold fleet

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Pos    Sail#           Name          Race>     1    2    3    4    5    6    7  Points
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  1   US 4824   CHRISTENSEN,      MARK (S)     1    1    2    1 (  5)   2    4   11.00
  2   US 4691        DENNIS,      JOHN (S)     3 ( 12)  10    6    1    1    2   23.00
  3   US   60        HARPER,      JOHN (S)     2    3    4    2 (  7)   6    7   24.00
  4   US 5014       ISABELL,          MARK     6    2    1 ( 10)   8    7   10   34.00
  5   US 4257         GLUEK,           JIM     5    4    8    3    9    8 ( 15)  37.00
  6   US  807       FRANCIS,            JR    13    5 ( 13)   8    6    5    3   40.00
  7   US 4926      ORLEBEKE,         STEVE     9    6    5 ( 11)  10   10    5   45.00
  8   US  216       POTCOVA,       RICHARD     8 (DNS)   9    5   11    4    8   45.00
  9   US 5219         BAKER,          KENT    10    8    3   12    4 ( 13)  13   50.00
 10    G  679     SCHNEIDER,  MARTIN-BJORN  (DNF)   7  DNF    4    3    9    6   63.00

click on the read more to see the Silver Fleet and Ice Opti North American Championship.

Re-released.. The site I put it on in 2009 isn't active anymore.. and Youtube allows longer then 10:00 minutes now.

It makes for a good training video.. Put it on and hold your neck up for all three laps.

Hello Ice Boaters,

We have decided to go with the early date of Nov 30th-Dec 2nd 2012 for our season opener regatta.

What's everybody doing to get ready this year?

I still have to get my steering system working correctly, after my boat was involved in an accident in the pits at the NA's.