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great weekend baffalo. little crazy sun. tonka bay to the south sailable as can see new freezes . avoid them. sailing our nites. miller meyer solum. mon tue wed. wed checking main lake as it closed sun. warning. do not sail it till drilled and checked. so hope to go out there wed. meyer. some DNs setting up at harrys noon wed. caution main lake not checked yet. looks like enough wind thurs. fri am great!! update wed. found 4.5” main lake. a couple open holes ne of yacht club so be careful friday update main lake. three holes are marked with cones middle north side of lake.

very cold sat battle and gull lake so one day trip sun? but snow battle wed and fri. gull fri. see how much but doesnt look promising. meyer. ps maybe enough rain mpls to have ice for xmass? wed am. when fogclears and rainends looking like minnetonka will be all water to freeze into a sheet of clear smooth ice yaho!!! thurs am. from harrys to main lake water. tonka bay still frozen. enough ice sun. ? put on tb beach. fri am. access open at tonka bay beach next to marina. shoreline solid. no open water. should be quite thick to harrys by sun am.

very cold no wind tonight. tonka bay area maybe frozen tue am. so silver or buffalo. but some pos snow fri. who wants to sail?

Based on a kiter report of 4” grade 10 ice a large group will scout Silver Lake west on Hwy 7 about 30 miles, on Wednesday morning. Winds look to be 10-11mph. West Arm was great but had a hazard!

since so warm in mpls. back to christina? meyer

Lake Christina at 10 am Monday. A solid 4 inches. Some texture from a week old snow melt. Rate it a 6+. No seams,heaves or steam rising at 10F.
Iceboat get together is set for a “Outdoor Recreational Activity with DN’s starting Friday- Monday. Launch at the usual Rylander’s property here.
Sorry, go to Facebook Minnesota Iceboater for photos and videos!
Lodging:

Some guys sail fast. Some guys build boats. Some guys can write. Bill Buchholz, US-3314, can do all three. Here is a Buchholz quote I pulled from the Maine website. For some reason it resonated with me.

"...while we all love the sensation of connecting a series of perfect tacks and gybes, it’s the people we sail with what’s most important. Our relationships are those upon which the sport is built..." Bill Buchholz (US-3314).

It's over in Duluth. The Coast Guard’s huge 225' ice cutter named ALDER started its spring ice cutting operations out of the Port of Duluth. The ALDER is a so-called "multi-mission" buoy tenderer, homeported in Duluth. Its primary missions include ice breaking, law enforcement and search and rescue.

https://www.iceboat.org/2020/01/08/pepin-pop-up-regatta-jan-11-12/

Racing set for sun out of harry's
3/4” snow. no drifts main lake. no hazards. few closed cracks. bring your Ts. 30”. i used soft ss slippers today. south of harrys 4” drifts. i sailed all over main lake. north west side really good meyer
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I will be there. Bringing Glick

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wind 10 to 15 sat. lets try main lake and see if any clear spots. i hear from harrys south narrow part isnt too bad. meyer

dont see anything posted. anybody sail yet?

Vey sad news.
Olaf Harken passed away quietly in his sleep on October 21, 2019.
We have all experienced Olaf's genius. You'd be hard pressed to find a DN that does not have something "Harken" on it.
Our condolences to his family, his friends and the entire Harken community.

At 1:48 pm on April 20, 2019, the iceboat season on Minnetonka ended. Coincidentally, this is the exact same moment that the Water Patrol declared Minnetonka to be ice free. You now have plenty of time to work on your gear.

Think Ice!

Mike Madge has been really tearing it up this week in Thunder Bay. Plenty of ice left. This coming weekend looks pretty promising. Freezing at night, nice warm springtime sailing temperatures during the day. Looks good to me. Anybody else interested in a spring road trip? My marks are in the trailer. How about a 10 lap Canadian free for all!!
Pat Heppert
Drifter I-291
cell 612-282-3098