Sailing Anarchy Front Page
Check out our own Karen Binder on the front page of Sailing Anarchy- Great shot!
https://sailinganarchy.com/2020/01/28/moving-to-montana-2/
Lots more photos of her and all the other boats and scenes here
https://www.seanrheavey.com/2020_indiya_north_american_championship?fbclid=IwAR2mksRnI_cy9GZJyHwAH3IjRhm8O8Mg-Hga9_PTyhXp3POaeBUPNPujj-A
DN NA Champs Photos
Very well done photos from the Montana Extravaganza- click and take a look!
https://www.seanrheavey.com/2020_indiya_north_american_championship
Top East Coastahs
Atkins, Thieler and Anderson- tired but psyched!
2020 DN North American Champs
The DN North Americans are in the books! As always, it was an adventure but this one was out there; literally.
The big weather was difficult- finding a lake was nearly impossible but Tim Ogrinc scouted his home lake of Fort Peck, Montana in some bitterly cold temps, sent a good report to regatta chairman Dan Hearn, and the show was on!
It was a long trip for a lot of people but well worth it- the scenery out there is extraordinary and the sailing was good too-
Day one saw good breeze and soft ice with patches of snow. Resisting the urge to sheet in too hard and point too high upwind paid dividends and using 95 or 100 degree runners and a full sail seemed to work for the top sailors. Aggressively steering around the snow patches and working the mainsheet in the puffs was essential. It made for exciting sailing and a great workout!
At the end of the day in Gold Fleet Chad Atkins was in the lead with T Thieler in second and Ron Sherry in third. Only the Gold Qualifier race was run on day one for the Silver fleet so there was everything to play for on the next race day…
Warren Nethercoate of Halifax NS won the Gold qualifier with RI rookie Karen Binder hot on his heels in second. Well done!
Two days of no wind tested the fleet’s patience and nerves and finally the breeze filled in on Saturday. Cold temps had solidified the snow drifts and made for wild, rodeo style sailing! It was fast, furious and down to the wire…. Avoiding the big bumps and rough ice was key, almost as important as staying in the boat and keeping the boat in one piece! Thieler took the first race, Ron Sherry took the second and the committee wisely called racing off as the wind was building to unsafe speeds-
The math was tough (for iceboaters anyway) as the scores were close but when the tabulation was done for the Gold Fleet it was Atkins in 3rd w 11 points, Sherry in 2nd with 10, and Thieler hanging on by the skin of his teeth to take 1st with 9.
In Gold the Eastern Region put in a good showing ith four sailors in the top ten- Thieler in 1st, Atkins in 3rd, Eric Anderson in 9th and Peter Van Rossem in 10th. Well done!
In the silver fleet Bill Bucholz was top easterner in 5th, Mike Webber was next eastern sailor in 7th, Charlie Blair made a great return to the hard water world with a 10th, and Colin Duncan in 11th. Well done gang!
Thanks as always to the RC, the scorers, all the support personnel, and the competitors for making the trip!
As I said, it was memorable for all the right reasons. (I’ve already forgotten about the rain squall that turned the launch area into a mud pit just in time for the load-out). Great scenery, great racing, great group!
Results here:
http://dniceboat.org/2020/na.html
Look here for Day One and Two drone footage- you’ll be glad you did!
https://www.idniyra.org/
20Twenty DN North American Video from Day 1 – DN North America
Some cool Montana drone vid from yesterday- Click and have a look!
https://www.idniyra.org/2020/01/23/20twenty-dn-north-american-video-from-day-1/
Big Sky, Big Grin
They call this Big Sky country and that’s no exaggeration- Really something to behold. Of course the picture doesn’t do it justice but you get the idea-
And we see Atkins, grinning like a guy leading the regatta- which he is!
Stay tuned…
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Sailwave results for IDNIYRA 2020 NORTH AMERICAN DN CHAMPIONSHIP at Fort Peck Lake, Fort Peck, Montana 2020
Here it is so far- New England representing well w Atkins in the lead, Thieler in second, Anderson almost top ten, and Binder the rookie in the Gold Fleet!
Breeze and challenging ice made for great racing-
Check results here and stay tuned!
Race Day
Heading to the launch for 2020 NA day one….
Action photo from the van. Emotions ranging from nervous to excited to marveling at scenery….
Bit of breeze, bit of snow, should be an interesting day…. stay tuned!
Hope you all get some miles on the big new ice out East!
Toledo Plants The Flag
Hard to say who got here first after the Great Migration to the NA champs- BUT Jodi, Peter and Trey were the first to plant the flag at the launch site- not a bad Neal Armstrong impersonation!
As Trey paraphrased JFK at breakfast: “We choose to go to Montana not because it is easy, but because it is hard!”
Cool Photo
This is from Peter Van Rossem and Colin Duncan, somewhere in Montana… look at the shadow and look in the rear view…. nice….
Sights From The Road
Oh sure, when you do these long trips you see all kinds of wildlife, scenery, stars, weather, people…. that’s one thing.
But you are sure to see these too. Nothing like a fresh hotel waffle to start your day….
Not Massachusetts
Jeff Kent sends this photo from somewhere south of Rapid City, SD. Big Country indeed.
Jan 18 PM Update: Twenty20 DN Championship Called ON for Fort Peck, MT – DN North America
It’s ON! Take a look- even if you aren’t attending you’ll live Dan Hearn’s prose…
Meanwhile Back In NJ…
…we see Jim Hadley training hard to blaze off the line at the next event in our time zone!
Go Jim! Drive with the knees! Give those kids a ride they won’t forget!
Jan 15 PM Update: Twenty20 DN Championship – DN North America
Hello All- Here is the latest on the DN NA champs- the weather is making things interesting to say the least….
One thing I like about IceBoating is it’s a good excuse to see places you’d otherwise never think of visiting; seems like we may be doing a bit of that!
Click for info and stay tuned…
https://www.idniyra.org/2020/01/15/jan-15-pm-update-twenty20-dn-championship/
Latest Word On DN NA Champs
DN National Championship: What’s Up? – DN North America
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NEIYA On SCUTTLEBUTT
NEIYA Secretary Karen Binder getting some internet-ink from the folks at Scuttlebutt- Glad to see them giving our sport some attention and we thank them for that!
Re-read the article here:
Too hot, Too not, or Just right >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News
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More Wing
Thanks to Deane Williams for more photos of Gervolino’s Wing. Have to love it!
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Best Wing Ever
Have to hand it to J.P. Gervolino for the job he did on this wing mast. Not only is it well engineered and built, but the paint job and fighter-plane wing motif wins style points galore! Note the fuel fill and machine gun barrels…. I have to wonder if they are functional….
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Quabog Pond 1/8&9 | Chickawaukie Ice Boat Club
Nice report and photos from Quaboag- thanks to the CIBC scribe Bill Bucholz for posting-
Quaboag 1-9-20
Whizzes, J-14’s, DNs, a Lockley Skimmer, and a bunch of Freeskates had a great day on Quaboag Pond- ice was good all around except where the creek flows in-
Congrats to newbie MacKenzie Reeser for getting her DN out for the first time!
No doubt people will be sailing there tomorrow- if you go take all precautions and have a blast!
QUABOAG POND Thursday
There will be some people sailing Quaboag Pond in Brookfield MA today- The intel on the lake is that it is generally good-
As always, stay away from the river entrance and the south shore and exercise caution at all times-
IF the weather doesn’t get too bizarre we may be holding a regatta this weekend- stay tuned for that-
That said we will see you there if you dare!
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2020 DN Western Region Regatta – YouTube
Some good raw video from last weekend’s event in WI- have a look and listen! Love all the accents and the action!
ICE ALERT! – LRIBYC 1st Club Meeting 2020
TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT!
AT WEEKS YACHT YARD.
Great refreshments. Great conversation. Great atmosphere.
7:00 pm the fun starts at Weeks Yacht Yard in Patchogue.
View attachment for directions.
ALL ICE HOUNDS ARE WELCOME, YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER.
TIS THE SEASON… THE HARD WATER IS UPON US.
So many places to choose. All we need are the ice reports.
We need to keep in contact.
Club Membership STILL only $15, must be received by Tuesday, January 7, 2020
to be eligible for year end honor, achievement, competition awards and discounts on
competition entry fees. Any membership application received after 1/7/2020 will still
be included in the automatic “ICEALERT!” email communication system but will NOT
be eligible for any year end awards.
For more information pertaining to how your club dues are specifically used,
please see your treasurer John Ziermann.
If you are a returning member, please fill out the 1st page if there have
been any changes to your membership info.
For NEW members, please fill out both sides of the attached document so
that we can add your information to our list of members and place you on
the automatic “ICEALERT!” email communication system.
“ICEALERT!”, will instantly provided you with the latest ice reports for
the upcoming season, weekend, or day, and will allow you to instantly
communicate with all of our club members.
Knowing when and where to sail is so important, so don’t miss out on
“ICEALERT!”. Get your membership fee in by January 7, 2020.
Please create a check “Pay To The Order of” LRIBYC and send to:
LRIBYC
C/O JOHN ZIERMANN
58 BELLECREST AVE.
E. NORTHPORT, NY, 11731-1205
Important Dates:
January 7, 2020 – Club Meeting (first Tues. of the month)
January 7, 2020 – FIRST DAY OF THE 2020 CLUB MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES
February 4, 2020 – Club Meeting (first Tues. of the month)
March 3, 2020 – Club Meeting (first Tues. of the month)
April TBD – Season Ending Awards Dinner
The club board members, with the approval of the club membership, shall at
all times have the absolute right to suspend, for a definite or indefinite
amount of time, the membership privileges of any member whom the club
membership finds has violated any rule, regulation or policy of the Club
or whose behavior is abusive or disruptive to the operation of the Club.
Thank you …. THINK ICE! ……. Thank you for your support.
John Ziermann DN-5426/Gambit/LS45/Treasurer
New England Ice Yacht Association 