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starting to get boatable. rain thursday might do the trick. will check ice fri to see if smooth enough for weekend sailing. ice might be more suitable for nites. i assume the west reg will be postponed with decision thursday. flyer. with no west reg reg. checking ice minnetonka fri pm. im planning on putting on at tonka bay beach sat. no racing. ice might be rumbly. ice looks good fri pm. sat maybe too windy/cold so putting on at harrys sun as main lake prob even better. mon and wed looking good

main lake is water except closed quite a ways out from arcola bridge and in front of Harrys and myc so very windy tue night may open up more to freeze wed thursday night? boatable clear ice tuesday!!?? as always dont go out on it till checked. meyer. fri pm. all closed no holes. fairly big area. not too far from Harrys to the clear ice. seems doable. i plan on sailing tuesday from there. meyer. update tue am. found closest spot to clear ice is point just east of myc. kathleen jewet has given us permission to put on there. thursday 12/18 update.

12/31 tuesday. lots of ice in front of carson bay. only hassard is visible seam ne of yc goes across the lake. otherwise seems solid. 6” ++ ice. sailed by meyer miller bloome and maggie!! schofield. looks like iceboat new years!!! no snow in forecast. get your iceboats out now!!! ❤️ west reg regatta maybe in OshKosh this or next weekend. ps: over the weekend with the ice freezing and expanding be aware of new cracks and hazards forming. ps: 1/4 yes new cracks forming with the cold. so check it out before full speed. ps NITE for sale in tonka bay. $4000. excellent shape.

12/27 big melt starting. then cold. by 1/3 should have zambonied safe ice somewhere. will post and possible western reg reg called on for 1/3. proceed with caution on refrozen lakes!

mathew and dave want to sail. mathew is a new coast guard pilot and wants to pilot his iceboat. hope we can find sailable ice after thurs snow and a cold sat. so anyone with favorable ice conditions let us know. main lake is froze. meyer. ps: west arm miller house sailing wed before the snow?! or silver lake is a possibility ps2: sun sailing thru the snow maybe pos sun. 10 to 20. main lake minnetonka? thurs: looking toasted 6”. on to someplace with water to freeze. madison but two week forecast not that cold further north marinett?

december 6,7 & 8. very cold weather moving into ashby over thanksgiving. lake christina to be scouted after thanksgiving for surface conditions. closer option looks to be lake buffalo as likely will also be frozen by 12/1. friday night freeze looks promising! tom meyer. sat am: report is christina froze rough. the pelican bay is froze and looks good and making more ice. mike bloom and dave g sailing it sun. may stay all week. still hoping buffalo freezes sun and usable reg or battlelake. sun night: starbuck being sailed mon by bloom struble meyer miller. others. looks promising

Lake Minnetonka froze weird but seems to be good. It's kinda freaky the way it froze. There are folks sailing out of Wayzata sailing school and the Minnetonka Yacht Club island.

So much ice out there, it's pretty amazing.

All the big boat regattas got postponed till after the next freeze.

Epic sailing on buffalo wed thru sat couple new shows mathew kickhafer and chicago meyer showed up sat to replace a couple un named leakers. jimmy liked it so much he sailed all night. getting colder thursday night so hopefully the ice is ready sat but maybe not till sun as colder sat night. after Xmass rains will need to be scouted!! may need back up plan for up north for sun/mon sailing. meyer. tuesday: buffalo water. so up nord somewhere? if buffalo re freezes wed/thurs night maybe thick enough by mon? or as cold mon night sail it tue to get reg on it?

First time I ever felt comfortable taking a twilight Christmas Lights tour of Buffalo on Solstice!

silver has 3.5” ice but 50 deg wed thurs fri. being checked fri am but prob iffy. so ashby seems the call right now for sat. mike bloom plus others. i plan on staying sat and also sailing sunday. meyer. wed am: ashby looking too windy on sat for DNs. maybe perfect for mini skeeters regatta or nites. hoping silver an option especially sun after a cold sat night. pat heppert reports sun am silver has spots only 1”. ashby didnt get sat snow so pat going there. miller and meyer plan on sailing silver wed or by his house west arm which is also frozen over. plenty of ice by wed.

im in fla/tx. but those that dont use facebook. lake city has ice many going there sun including madtown sailirs. wish i was there

clear ice wayzata to tonka bay including main lake. appears smooth enough. need to check for shell ice and thickness. not scouted yet. put on tonka bay beach or harrys in cottage wood. update. sat11am. some slight shell ice. so no go sat. should be ready sun. so ice check at harrys at noon. races at 2. also pos sailing on mon. meyer

meyer dave k kennedy and rob purring on at wayzata beach and sailing there. not scouted yet so be careful. reported 5” ice. 1/2” snow. light wind. more today than sun

From Jim Rylander, landowner at our usual launch site.

Christina sealed up yesterday, with the cold that's predicted should be ready for you this coming weekend

From Jim Rylander, landowner at our usual launch site.

Christina sealed up yesterday, with the cold that's predicted should be ready for you this coming weekend