Textbook Bad Day On The Water….
Ever had a disappointing day on the ice due to gear failure? Maybe you can relate to this video…
It’s the 2003 America’s Cup, Race 1, ALINGHI vs TEAM NEW ZEALAND. The notoriously tough one for Team NZ, boat taking on water, boom broken, jibs ripping out of the headfoil…. Not what you need in the first 30 minutes of an America’s Cup race. Glad no one injured.
Very instructive though, I guess the lesson is you have to practice in the conditions you are going to race in and build a little reliability into your gear. Gotta finish to win! Listen closely to the commentators and on-board audio. Can glean a few lessons here and there….
Click and take it in….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2270&v=sNbQqzu8EZE
SPRING MEETING THIS SATURDAY!
Hello All-
The NEIYA Spring Meeting has been scheduled for April 20, 2019. Clear your calendars and come join the fun! Grizzled veterans and future rookies welcome.
The place will be the Moore Brothers Company shop, 253 Franklin St, Bristol, Rhode Island 02809. Heading west on Franklin St look for a driveway on the right with a big gray building on the left and a big red building on the right. Moore Bro Co is in the gray building. If you miss the driveway take a right on Buttonwood and take the next right into the parking lot.
The date is Saturday April 20th / Hours 11 – 3
Refreshments and lunch provided – nothing fancy, just the usual champagne, caviar and foie gras. Or possibly pizza.
Bring iceboat related items for sale. Maybe one last chance to move some gear!
Oliver Moore, Jeff Kent, T Thieler, and who knows who else will be on hand so it’s a good bet there will be some discussion (formal or otherwise) on a range of topics, including but not limited to the worlds of iceboats, dirt boats, regular boats, composites, road trips, sailing stories, and God knows what else.
If you are interested in attending please give T a shout via email so we can get a rough idea of how many mouths to feed- t_thieler@yahoo.com
Looking forward to the event and seeing everyone! Think ICE!!
When: Saturday April 20th / Hours 11 – 3
Where: 253 Franklin St, Bristol, Rhode Island 02809
Spring Has Arrived…. See some Scooters!
Hey Folks-
Time to say “Stick a fork in it; It’s done!” about the 2018-2019 hard-water season.
It had it’s ups and downs for everyone, that’s for sure but mainly a lot of laughs, some great racing and cruising (including a HardWay on Winni) for all!
Be sure to attend the NEIYA spring party at Moore Brothers Company on April 20 to toast a great season and plan the next one…. Info here:
https://theneiya.org/2019/04/03/neiya-gathering-moore-brothers-bristol-ri-apr-20th/
And while you are clearing your calendar for that event check out these great vids of South Bay Scooters doing their thing back in the day- Great video, shot by Bill Mills, sent to us by Katie Bradford and edited and YouTube-ed by Deb Whitehorse. It takes a village!
Click and enjoy….
Another Great Video
Take a trip in the Way-Back machine with this video- great shots of soft water, hard water, and dirt boats doing what they do best- going fast and looking good!
The ice and dirt boats show up about eight minutes in but watch the whole thing- it’s extraordinary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XenEvUUWiUM
Think ICE!!
Season Done?!? Or Is it???
Read what Bill Bucholz and Lloyd Roberts have to say….
Maybe This Season Is Winding Down…
From Maine….
https://iceboat.me/2019/04/05/april-4-we-might-actually-be-done/
Hardway Media Blitz
Check it out everyone, the gang that did the Hardway made the news- in a good way!
Click and enjoy-
By the way, the woman in the boat is the Parks And Recreation Director for the area. Maybe she will have her own boat next season!
Congrats once again to all the sailors who pulled it off. Well done!!
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NEIYA Gathering @ Moore Brothers Bristol RI Apr 20th
Hello All-
The NEIYA Spring Meeting has been scheduled for April 20, 2019. Clear your calendars and come join the fun! Grizzled veterans and future rookies welcome.
The place will be the Moore Brothers Company shop, 253 Franklin St, Bristol, Rhode Island 02809. Heading west on Franklin St look for a driveway on the right with a big gray building on the left and a big red building on the right. Moore Bro Co is in the gray building. If you miss the driveway take a right on Buttonwood and take the next right into the parking lot.
The date is Saturday April 20th / Hours 11 – 3
Refreshments and lunch provided – nothing fancy, just the usual champagne, caviar and foie gras. Or possibly pizza.
Bring iceboat related items for sale. Maybe one last chance to move some gear!
Oliver Moore, Jeff Kent, T Thieler, and who knows who else will be on hand so it’s a good bet there will be some discussion (formal or otherwise) on a range of topics, including but not limited to the worlds of iceboats, dirt boats, regular boats, composites, road trips, sailing stories, and God knows what else.
If you are interested in attending please give T a shout via email so we can get a rough idea of how many mouths to feed- t_thieler@yahoo.com
Looking forward to the event and seeing everyone! Think ICE….
T
P.S.
Pulled this innovative rudder off of The Moore Brothers Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/moorebroco/ Who knows what other interesting things being built
When: Saturday April 20th / Hours 11 – 3
Where: 253 Franklin St, Bristol, Rhode Island 02809
Maine Group Sails Moosehead….
The Maine gang headed wayyyyy north on April Fool’s day and had an interesting trip… Be sure to read to the very end, there is an interesting little tidbit to think about….
LRIBYC Annual Dinner April 14
Mark your calendars folks! Sounds like a good time and a great deal….
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April Fool’s Sailing Potential….
….Seriously. The Maine crowd defines perserverance and optimism. Join them if you are up for a road trip!
Williams Bay Speaker Series, Iceboating Is The Topic For Saturday
Hey Folks- Jane Pegel gives us all this heads-up on a very interesting event out in Wisconsin- If you are in the area be sure to check it out!
Good evening iceboaters.
The Village of Williams Bay was incorporated in 1919. For the next few months
there will be a number of events celebrating the centennial.
The Williams Bay Centennial Speaker Series is part of the celebration . The Skeeter Ice Boat Club was
incorporated in 1933 and holds a significant roll in the history of the Village. Iceboating is the Speaker Series
topic for Saturday, March 30. Spark Lundberg, who has been successfully building and racing iceboats for over 60 years,
and Susie Pegel, a Williams Bay native who began racing a DN in her early teens, will be giving a presentation
about iceboating in Williams Bay and the Geneva Lake area.
The event will be in the council room of Williams Bay Village Hall beginning at 10:00 a.m. CDT.
To get to the Village Hall – take Stark St. west off Wisconsin Hwy 67, on the north side of the Village.
( Burroughs’ Floor Coverings on the corner). Drive past the tennis courts to the stop sign at the west end of Stark St.
Turn right and drive up the hill to the Village Hall.
Enjoy! No charge!
WINNI THE HARDWAY STORY
Hey Folks- Dave Fortier did a good write up of the successful Hardway trip last Tuesday- Click, read, and enjoy!
Congrats to everyone who pulled it off- Well done! If you have photos send them to me and I’ll put them on the site- sounds like an awesome trip.
Keep thinking ice…. Could be another weekend or two in this season… Stay tuned.
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Wing Sail Video….
This was on SailingAnarchy this morning…. Have a look and a read and see what you think!
2019 HardWay DONE!
Hey Folks- the intrepid group in the photos pulled off a hard water lap of Winnipesaukee today!
Stay tuned for a full report but as I understand it there was good breeze, decent ice, and minimal drama!
Congrats to all who made it-
Maybe just one more weekend is on the way???
Stay tuned….
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Winni Hardway Attempt ON For Today 3-26-19
There is a Hardway in the works- apologies for the short notice but if you are in the area and looking for adventure join Lee Spiller and Charles Silfvenius on Tuesday and see if you can do the legendary Hardway!!
The plan is to leave Brewster Beach early, planning on 9:30 but 10 is probably what will happen. We’d like to get up and down the lake before the sun works the ice too much.
Winni was sailed yesterday and is in good shape for spring. Only one spot to watch out for and that is a pressure ridge with several openings along it off of Welch Island across to Eastern Shire. Plenty of spots to go over . Warming weather later holds no promise of things lasting so enjoy it while we have it!
Good luck and send photos!
Pushaw Lake
Several boats sailed Pushaw Lake in Orono ME today- good breeze and decent ice surface BUT there are some drain holes, some big enough to eat a whole boat! Proceed with caution of you go at all…
Ice Up North
Hey Folks- the CIBC site is reporting good things about Winni and better things about Pushaw…. will be cruising and/or scrub racing at one or the other tomorrow.
Your commodore currently leaning toward Pushaw…
Click and see!
https://iceboat.me/
Lake Kengonsa, After The Nite Regatta
The Nite Nationals were on Lake Kegonsa in WI last weekend (March 16-17).
The photo in the link below wast taken two days later. Click and feel free to say “WOW!!”
Great photo and a great reminder to enjoy the ice while we have it but proceed with extra caution this time of year!
Thanks again to Scuttlebutt and Deb Whitehorse for the great content.
https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2019/03/20/when-the-ice-becomes-a-boat/
Nite Nationals Article and Video
The Nite sailors out west raced their National Champs and it sounds like it was a great regatta!
Thanks to Scuttlebutt for putting the article and vid on their front page-
Click here and check it out!
https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2019/03/19/this-regatta-shouldnt-have-happened/
Canadian DN Championships Wrap Up
The 2019 Canadian DN champs are in the books! Just about two dozen boats turned up to race on smooth ice and good breeze and it was a memorable day!
Sailors from as far north as Nova Scotia, as far south as RI, and as far west as MI were in attendance as well as one or two transplants from Poland and Switzerland so it had a multinational flavor…
Results are up on the Kingston Yacht Club site at https://results.kingstonyachtclub.com/?r=2019/Regattas/2019%20DN%20Canadian%20Championships.htm
Great work by Peter Kraszewski (PRO) getting the races of quickly in changing winds. Thanks to all the scorers too for the hard work in the cold and wind.
And thanks to Peter Van Rossem for putting the whole thing together!
Stay tuned, the ice may hang in there for awhile, could be doing more sailing up there before this season is out-
This Coming Weekend….
Hello All- Great sailing up in Kingston, ON at the Canadian DN champs last weekend- great ice, good breeze, and all in the month of March!
Rumor has it that there is still a ton of good, sailable ice in ME, VT and Canada- If you know of any good ice let’s hear about it- Would be great to get more cruising and racing in…. DN Easterns? Winni Frolic? Many possibilities…
Stay tuned!
Canadian DN Champs Notice Of Race
The Kingston DN Guys are going ahead with The 2019 Canadian Championships for this SUNDAY…FIRST RACE PLANNED AT 10:00.
See Notice Of Race below. Be there or be square!
Location, Kingston Yacht Club.
Registration is on site at KYC Sunday Morning between 8 and 9 on shore. Proof of insurance is mandatory.
If you want to sail Saturday you are welcome …we will be but winds are supose to be over 20 knots and we expect (Environment Canada)2 cm of snow.
Ice thickness measured in the Chanel off KYC Harbour is 12″ black as of this post.
If you have any questions, let me know.
Documents to follow when I am able.
Peter Van Rossem Sr.
(613) 572-2232
petervanrossemsr
NOR
2019 DN Canadian Championships
Notice of Race
International DN Ice Yacht Racing Association
2019 Championship Regatta
March 17, 2019
The Eastern Region and Regatta Chairman Peter Van Rossem (KC2766) and John Curtis (KC 5514), on behalf of the IDNIYRA, hereby invites all DN iceboaters to the 2019 Canadian Championship Regatta.
RULES
· All races will be governed by the Racing Rules of the National Iceboat Authority, the Bylaws of the IDNIYRA, the Notice of Race, including any amendments to the NOR, (except as any of these are altered by the sailing instructions) and the Sailing instructions. Sailing Instructions will be given out at registration.
RACE SYSTEM
• Races shall be sailed under the rules of the National Iceboat Authority and those of the IDNIYRA.
· The regatta is scheduled for 7 races with ONE throw out.
· No Race will start after 16:00
· The number of Fleets and fleet size will be determined after registration.
RACE COURSE
· All courses will be a WINDWARD / LEEWARD Inline course with Darling Marks.
· A diagram of the race course is attached below and will be posted on the Official Notice Board located outside the southwest window of the Kingston Yacht Club. No copies will be provided. (Either print your copy or take a photo before you leave the KYC Harbour.)
· All races will be 3 Laps. Time limits as per IDNIYRA Class Rules
ELIGIBILITY
· All DN class yachts meeting the requirements of the DN official specifications and whose skippers meet the requirements of the bylaws of the IDNIYRA as stated in sections IDNIYRA Regattas are eligible to enter and race in the championships.
· All participants shall provide proof of $300,000 personal liability at time of Registration.
SITE INFORMATION
· The primary site for registration is the Kingston Yacht Club, 1 Maitland Steet, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. KYC phone number 613 548 3052. Sailing will be Southwest of the Club House.
REGISTRATION, DEADLINE AND FEE
· Each skipper shall register in person at Kingston Yacht Club between 8-9 am the day of the regatta.
· Entry Fee shall be paid in Cash, $20,00 USD or CDN.
· No entry fee for Junior Skippers (under 25 years of age…Proof or Insurance Required)
· No entry fee will be accepted after the close of registration at 9:30am
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· Sailing instructions and course diagram to be available to all competitors at time of final
registration.
· All skippers may be required to complete a Safety Test as part of registration.
Canadian Trophy shall be awarded after the regatta is completed. Presentation will be inside the Kingston Yacht Club.
REGATTA CONTACT Peter Van Rossem KC 2766 petervanrossemsr 613-572-2232
New England Ice Yacht Association 