I phoned over there to see what was up.. and talked to Mike Rehe.

Today it was light and warm in Cerna, no racing, and there was water everywhere. Then it started to honeycomb and really deteriorate. Tomorrow morning skippers meeting at 9:00am and go from there.. (they're not sure what they are going to do)

Yesterday it was Mike Rehe that had his bow taken off. He got tagged on the stern, spun out and the next guy took his bow off. They are still trying to figure out who tagged him so they can finalize the protest.

so pretty interesting yesterday.

Provisional Results DN Worlds After Day 2

Pos Sail   Skipper   Points

1   US- 183   Struble, Matt   12,00  
2   US- 44   Sherry, Ron   14,00  
3   S- 81   Lindgren, Thomas   20,00  
4   P- 155   Zakrzewski, Lukasz   21,00  
5   P- 55   Zakrzewski, Tomasz   24,00  
6   S- 8   Lonegren, Fredrik   24,00  
7   G- 624   Bock, Andreas   30,00  
8   G- 107   Zeiger, Bernd   33,00  

Northwest Called ON for Lake Geneva

Via Paul Krueger: The Northwest Ice Yacht Regatta has been called on for February 22,23,24, 2008. Check the answering service at 608-838-3861 after 1:00 P.M. CST on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 for the final confirmation.

G 107 Bernd Zeiger sent a couple shots from the Opening Ceremonies, on Lake Lipno, Czech Republic. We'll post more as they come in. 2008 Worlds Images

We had a great day of practice today in Lipno, Czech Republic.

We have black ice that is 15-20cm thick with small bumps. (way better than Pepin - JD) JD has 1000 kronner bills in his pocket and is having a great time. Everyones equipment made it here safe with a few delays and we are looking forward to a great event.

Qualifiers start tomorrow with 180 sailors racing. Check back for more updates.

-Mike Rehe (with some help from everyone else talking my ear.)

Western Regionals Hotline recording for Thursday, announced another postponement... it's Izzy's intent to stagger the Western and Central Regionals to allow people to attend both regattas.

The snow maps show an area from about Kanas City to about Springfield IL that's not snow covered... of course there aren't many known iceboaters to call or lakes for them to check in that part of the planet...

Maybe it's time to go make some Ice!

Link to WebCam (Kamera)

A shot from the surf shop - www.lipno-windsurfing.cz thanks guys, maybe we'll see some DN's sailing past...

IDNIYRA WORLD COMMODORE, Niklas Müller-Hartburg OE 221 writes on http://www.icesailing.org/

Dear friends,

as I wrote before we were driving all night long from Rostock to Lake Lipno to check ice conditions here.

When we arrived at 06:30. Temperature was -10°C

Iceconditions: hard ice about 15cm - 20cm thick, partly bumpy. (Some areas are thinner but that doesn't concern us)

So this is the FINAL DECISION:
LAKE LIPNO; CERNA V POSUMAVI (Village); CZECH REPUBLIC.

weather forecast:

Tomorrow I fly to Germany.

I hope they take all of my stuff.. In order of importance; Trophy from last year, 16 runners, runner plank, boom and sails, wires and tools, helmet, sailing clothes, a few clothes. Lets see.... With me that makes about 500 pounds! I hope the plane gets off the ground.

Looks like we could be sailing anywhere at this time.

JD
US 4691

Another First in Minnesota Ice Sailing, A Minnesota Sailor is competing someplace in Europe in the DN World Championships beginning this weekend...

John Dennis, DN US 4691, With a Second Place last Month on Lake Pepin, MN in the North American Championships, JD is Currently ranked #2 in the World will be seeking to improve his status by just one place... Sail Fast!

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Posted on Monday, February 11, 2008 - 07:05 pm: at http://www.icesailing.org/ by IDNIYRA WORLD COMMODORE Niklas Müller-Hartburg OE 221

(OE is to KA as AUT is to AUS ) :)

Re: Lake Wawasee,Syracuse In.
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2008, 12:19:58 PM »

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Monday, Wawasee is now a 8.5 we sailed all day Saturday and found only 1 ridge ,not even in the race area. Sunday was just a little too cold and windy but really hardened up the ice. We'll see what mother nature throws at us this week and hope any snow stays away! Rick Lemberg DN4155

Original post, IDNIYRA BOARD

From the National Weather Service Forecast for Lake Minnetonka.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy and cold and blustery, with a high near 5.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -16.

Sunday: Sunny and cold, with a high near 3.

Ugh... if the numbers were only Celsius we'd be looking pleasant.

I heard a rumor that Hayward has good ice , anybody know about this??

Drove down to Milwaukee on Thursday and yes they got hosed with snow Thursday night. Looked like they had pretty good ice conditions up to that point. Pepin was snow covered but the LaCrosse area looked pretty good as well as Hudson on Friday afternoon. However, someone will need to investigate those areas much more.

4864

Were going the distance...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXMx4cUfidE

Sincerely,
Gavin Potts
sailordude@comcast.net