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Jeff Solum a rookie DNer from Deephaven MN put on a masterful display in the final event, He had an explosive start, leapt away from a seasoned "finals race" field and never looked back, last year's runner up in the finals Sam Kiefer, driving the Great Clips Racing, #38 boat had a disappointing race. "I had the boat going pretty good in track testing yesterday, I must have knocked a runner out of alignment, and my start pretty much sucked, Jeff was flying away from me before I even got in the boat".

By chance, I was looking at a one meter hi rez satellite image of the Willmar area taken 1/26/2010 and it look like Eagle Lake was snow free as compared to the other lakes in the area. If someone is driving in the area...they should check it out and report back.

Sam Kiefer doing some hot laps lat in the day today...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs54pOAL0sI

Mike Miller, DN 5369 in maybe 4-5mph of breeze going around the Jybe Corner, South Track Lake Phalen, track testing the Fire on Ice Track.

It's a bit bigger, and much wider in the jybe turns, can't wait to see how the sailors find it during track testing. The track is currently being sailed by some guy who I'd never met.

The Fire on Ice track is open for test sailing...

The DN Westerns, scheduled for Jan 30-31 are postponed due to a conflict with the Northwest Regatta. This means all the Minnesota DN group can either go to Oshkosh for a couple races per day or stay right at home and partake in the St Paul Winter Carnival event called the Johnson Cup right on Lake Phalen. I sailed the "course" or track last year and it was really a lot of fun. This year promises to be even better. Check out the NOR posted for details. Starting at noon on Thursday, some of us will be out practicing and testing.

Here is the DN websites posting:

The full Notice of Exhibition Event is published here at this link:

http://www.iceboating.net/node/2978

Four to six DNs raced the west end of Green Lake, WI on Friday, (Jan 22). Ice was about 8" thick and very fast.

Browner

http://dnamerica.org/forum/index.php?topic=642.msg2281#msg2281

I just got off the phone with Ken Smith and he has decided to postpone the regatta because the weather forecast is trending to worse weather for Saturday.

Cheers,

Geoff S.
US-5156

Ken Smith just posted this on the DN forum. Location to be Green Lake Wi. It is only 4.5 hours SE of Wayzata!! I sailed on it last Sat when it was an 8. See photo posted on Jan 17.

Green Lake still looks favorable. There are two or three sheets of ice all apparently suitable for a regatta, so the nites present on the lake will not be an issue regarding the Western Regional Championships.

Whoever the nite organizers are, Joe Norton and Mike Jankowski and the Green Lake Iceboat Club (over 100 years old!) will coordinate course locations.

The Nite Nationals, scheduled for January 23-24, has been postponed.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/157901/publisher_ID/36/

you know what I do...

4695

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jackieandscott01@yahoo.com,

I just returned from a one day turn-around drive to the best ice in the Midwest! Green Lake Wi was only a 4.5 hour drive from Wayzata, MN. Sailed 5 hours with at least 10 scrub races twice around on at least a mile course! The ice is slightly pebbley black ice, 5-6 inches thick, with no ridges or holes!

Western Regional cancelled so Huttner and Bloom are traveling to the Centrals in Boyne, Mich.

See you there?!

DN 5432

The DN Western Regionals have been postponed again.
The was posted by Ken Smith this afternoon:

Re: Western Regional Championship POSTPONED
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