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I am interested in buying an older DN. Please email Matchracer@aol.com Thanks!

Does anybody know where I can get plans for an Isabella iceboat ?

No, this isn't some new secret go fast experiment. It's actually JD cutting up a perfectly good DN plank for use on an Opti. It's been said that he's also planning on cutting down his Skeeter plank for use on his Nite, and cutting down his Nite plank for use on his DN.

I'm new to the sport and eager to get going ASAP.
I'm in western Wisconsin but I'll travel.
Is Lake Mille Lacs popular for early season iceboating since its a bit farther north and I think shallow.
Any other places you would suggest I watch for the earliest ice?

Thanks, Steve.

I drove past Lake Christina, Ashby, MN last weekend. Driving up, the leaves are all off the trees in the area, a beautiful Sunday morning, Clouds of blackbirds preparing to check out for the season filling up in the grain fields a couple more times before winter.

The lake is open, clear of ice, had to check as we've had boatable ice there in October in years past.

The forecast over the next two weeks is starting to look favorable for icemaking.

It's gonna be Amazing!

4695

The annual Skeeter IBC swap meet will be Sunday, November 4th, 2007 at Sailing Specialists, Inc., 210 N. Walworth Ave., Williams Bay, WI from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., CST. There is no charge for participation.

Williams Bay is in southeast Wisconsin, on Geneva Lake, 85 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. Find your way to the WI Hwy 50/WI Hwy 67 intersection located at the 4-way stop just one mile north of Williams Bay. Drive south on Hwy 67, down the hill into Williams Bay. Turn west onto Stark St., then immediately turn south onto Walworth Ave. Sailing Specialists is south of the Bay Laundromat.

Here is a short video of mast layup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUQ9K4xNrIA

Enjoy

Smokestack
DN1313
Ice Hole Racing team

SIBC Lake Geneva, Sunday November 4

What about others???

The question from history DN

When has been dating the first World Championship and European Championship of junior class?

Thanks for all.

Regards
Robert

The Western Challenge Retatta Committee, such as it is, invites cordially invites the world again to kick off the iceboating season in Minnesota this fall, in what's going to be the biggest fastest spectacle in sailing.

The Dates for the Regatta, are Dec 7,8 & 9 Best Ice, Western DN Region. The rationale for this weekend is simple, the Thanksgiving Holiday is very early, we've got little kids competing in the DN Ice Opti NA's concurrent with our event, and frankly, while I don't mind putting adult competitors on thin ice, I'm a bit reluctant to put somebody else's little kid on the ice we've been sailing on in recent years.

The Planning/Org Meeting for the 2007 Western Challenge Regatta will be Thurs Evening, this week, at Wayzata Yacht Club, immediately following the Thursday Evening Race ~ 8:00 PM, ... attending hardwater racers, not of the softwater racing persuasion...e.g., Visitors, please park in the visitor lot... this will be a very brief meeting, in terms of the agenda... key decisions being made are regatta dates... and introducing...

some key initiatives we've been working on for several years, (in stealth /development dialog mode) leading towards taking the story of iceboating, the best game people play, to a larger audience are in our final stages of development for the year... and will be open for informal discussion, q/a session and crit review by and for the benefit of misa iceboaters.

For sale, Arrow fiberglass two place iceboatand covered trailer both in good shape, for info call De Underdahl at (952)758-9448

Which December weekend this year? Distant travelers want to know.

The Inaugural Ice Opti North American Championship will be held in conjunction with the Western Challenge Regatta this year.

Important Dates:
    Friday, Nov. 30, 2007: Junior Ice Opti sailing clinic
    Weekend, Dec. 1-2, 2007: Ice Opti North American Championship regatta

The announcement is here.

There is official information on the IDNIYRA website.

Just thought I would light a fire and see if anyone has new news in the iceboating world.