Regatta done!

https://www.idniyra.org/2020/02/13/lukasz-zakrzewski-p155-wins-2020-gold-cup/

No breeze so far today. Taking a nap in the truck…. IceBoating teaches one to make the best of any situation….

https://www.idniyra.org/2020/02/12/2020-dn-worlds-day-3-pm-report/

If the bronze fleet got one race in today the GC woulda been done and Luckaz Zakrewski would have been crowned World Champ.

BUT… no wind all day, and a teaser of a bronze race that saw two laps completed before the wind faded out again means we sail again tomorrow.

This will add a throw out to the scoring matrix and no doubt some interesting position shuffling will take place- stay tuned!

In the meantime here is Ron Sherry heading in the Swedish sunset.

And some obnoxious American’s DN

Wasn’t able to get any action photos yesterday but here is a shot from the morning and one from the afternoon- not bad scenery!

No action photos from yesterday but here is one from the morning and one from the evening…

Light breeze today, keeping speed up in rough patches was the key! Take a look at results so far-

https://idniyra.eu/wc-2020-second-day-results/

At the current moment, there is not much to report. Bill in Maine has a report about Damariscotta on iceboat.me but doesn’t sound immediately promising. I do expect to see something over the next two days and will pass on when we get it.

The above letter was sent to me by Mike Acebo on Long Island, NY. I am reaching out to Joseph to see if we can help him out and encourage others to do the same. While we do not have much to offer at the moment, it would help to set up the communication channels and maybe help someone fulfill his dreams.

On a more serious note, some of you may have received a spam email solicitation that used my name but did not originate from me. Not exactly sure how they pieced the information together but likely scrapped our site for emails. It does not appear as though my email account was ever compromised but the password has been changed as a precaution. Sorry for the inconvenience but unfortunately there are those out there that seek to take advantage. Perhaps we can encourage this individual to go out and check ice, alone, for us.

Think Ice,

John
DN5023

All,

Below are a few items that T wanted to pass along but somehow didn’t make the 3700+ air miles journey.

And the word of the day was wet…

wet

Wet…

I am sure we will have more from Osla Lake tomorrow.

DN Worlds Results So Far

Check out how things are going in Sweden!

Wild conditions- light air, howling wind, everything in between, all in one race- being able to shift gears was key….

https://idniyra.eu/wc-2020-first-day-results/

Some shots of some boats on the wet ice in the pits….

Day one complete- awesome racing, breeze up and down and a little shifty, very smooth ice with anywhere from a film to ankle deep water on it- see photos!

Driving in Sweden…

The pub/restaurant at the campground in Orso.

Passed my rules test!

Have to come to Sweden to find this stuff

The little cabin- view from my bunk bed

More to come, stand by. Need to hang laundry to dry out!