Hey Folks! The Americas Cup racing has been fast and furious, right up there with the hard-water sailing we all enjoy….

The NEIYA’s own Oliver Moore is involved- In addition to being a cat sailor and ranked DN campaigner he is also one of the founders and big cheese of The Moore Brothers Company, or “Moore-Bro-Co” for those of you who can’t resist a rhyme….

Whatever you want to call them they are in the composites field; they can make molds, tooling, and finished parts in carbon and other materials, some more exotic than others!

They have a presence at the America’s Cup in Bermuda, having built clewboards for all the jibs, machined “floating foam” for the top of the ORACLE wing (keeps the boat from turning turtle if they flip), and built shroud fairings for ORACLE and TEAM JAPAN. It should be noted that the fairings were so cool and worked so well they were ruled illegal. They must have been good!

Congrats to Oliver and the company for getting their foot in the door of that world-

For more info on what they are up to click the link below or Google “The Moore Brothers Company”

https://m.facebook.com/moorebroco

Ever hear of this one? It’s a wild sounding race up the West Coast from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, ALASKA.

Crazy weather, killer whales, fishing boats, packs of rabid sea otters, whatever the heck they have out there to deal with will challenge participants to the max.

Of course a hard-water sailor would have to be involved. Joachim Roesler is a land and ice sailor, and (possibly, I have to look it up) an NEIYA member. He will be sailing this craft and posting updates- check out the boat here:
http://sailinganarchy.com/2017/05/26/strange-duck/

More on Joachim’s entry here:
https://r2ak.com/2017-teams-full-race/team-kairos/

More on the race here:
https://r2ak.com/

Good luck Joachim! Send an update or two if you can-

The Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club website, long the gold standard of ice yachting websites, is new and improved. To see the new format along with the usual fare of great articles and photos click here: http://www.iceboat.org/

Think ICE!!

Hey Folks-

The America’s Cup begins in Bermuda this week. It’s a whole new ball game this cycle so it will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

The boats are interesting and everyone is excited about the fact that they go 30, 40, maybe even 50 knots every now and then. Which is cool but of course us smug iceboaters can’t help but yawn a bit at those numbers….

In any case click the link and see where and when to watch. Scroll down a bit for complete schedule and stations for the various series.

Happy viewing and Think Ice!

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2017/05/22/us-broadcast-schedule-americas-cup/

Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean there is no iceboat stuff going on…. Check the CIBC site for some cool news about a nifty boat for sale, one under construction, and one being restored. Click and enjoy!

https://iceboat.me/

Think ICE.

Congrats to Eddie Klemets on making the squad. No doubt his DN background will suit him well in this project. Sounds cool! Click and read….

http://red-bull-youth.americascup.com/en/news/209_Meet-Artemis-Youth-Racing.html#

Eben Whitcomb, DN sailor and all around boat guy, sends this shot of two boats getting launched at Pilots Point Marina.

The one on the right is TICONDEROGA, a classic ketch.

The one on the left is FREEDOM, the 1980 America’s Cup winner. Look closely and you’ll see she is sporting a brand new Composite Solutions Inc rudder (as well as spreaders, boom and spinnaker pole).

Eben reports that “apart from the rudder all work done by me!!”

Click here for the new Runner Tracks- Don’t miss it!

http://na.idniyra.org/2017/05/11/runner-tracks-may-2017-posted/

The new DN Class newsletter is out and not to be missed! Click and enjoy on line or order a good old fashioned glossy paper copy.

Check it out!

Never too hot out to talk iceboats- with that in mind go see Joe Meade giving a lecture on iceboating on June 15th at the Keuka Yacht Club at 7pm as part of the Finger Lakes Boat Museum’s Monthly Lecture Series. Should be cool- Joe is an enthusiastic iceboater, a great speaker, and a heck of a nice guy to boot! More information will follow on this site-

As for planning out your winter, John Atkins reminds us that the dates for the 2018 NAs have been set. Jan 21 thru 28, 2018. This is being hosted by the Eastern, Canadian and Mountian Lakes regions. With that said John and the organizers are looking for Race Committee volunteers. If you have any interest in helping please let me know. They are also looking for 4-wheelers for use on the ice. We won’t know the location until we get there so if you are willing to travel to wherever or just stay with in your own region let him know. Email him at jhatkins@me.com and be a part of what promises to be a great event!

Hey Gang- If the warm weather already has you down take a look at this video from the Canadian DN champs, sailed a month or so ago waaaaaayyyy out west in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Gawd’s Country!

Thanks to Pete Van Rossem and Mike Madge and whoever else filmed this- Happy viewing!

https://www.facebook.com/ImaginePhotoCinema/videos/vb.521807631204926/1509257935793219/?type=2&theater