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Does any one have updates the 2005 Landsailing regetta happen right now? I know Miss Wisconson and Windjet UK craft are trying to set the world speed record which currently is 116 mph.

2005 Landsailing's Americas Cup:
March 20 to 25 2005 (Sunday noon through Friday)
Location: Ivanpah Dry Lake-Primm NV

The web site doesn't have any updates
http://www.nalsa.org/

Jimmy they need a live web cam you need to start Landsailing.

We have had some good sailing the last two days. This morning and early afternoon the winds were 9-13 mph , but the snow was crispy so I only sailed for about 1/2 hr. A couple of the local club boats had started to set-up, by then the wind was a little less. With the crispy snow sailing was tough. We went to lunch waiting for the temps to rise. When we returned the snow was MUCH softer, but so were the winds. None of the 10 minute wind averages from 1pm to 5pm went over 7 mph. The wind meter ranged from 2-8 mph...So even though the snow was fine to sail the wind wasn't cooperating. I got a couple short rides in the skeeter after lunch, but the winds were mainly ranging from 3-5 mph. You couldn't hardly tell which direction the wind was coming from some of the time it was so light. The wind was considerably higher right against shore, but that doesn't do us any good it just tricks us into going out.

I'm trying to decide if/where there might be some sailing this weekend. Does Buffalo Lake look likely?

Cheers,

Geoff S.

The idea was hatched last night to hold a Twin Cities Iceboat Swap Meet sometime this coming fall, probably in October. Keep an eye on this site for an announcement.

I've got a set of angle/slush runners(3) for sale, available on the ice on Saturday (Buffalo or where-ever we're sailing) and it looks like it's going to be angles for the rest of the season.

Very Straight, 100degree sharpened.

Hard Rock Maple Bodies,316L stainless, moderately high crowned at ~ 14" of 0.08

if intersted, ping me for photos etc.

Price negotiable.

think ice

4695

I drove past Buffalo this morning (saturday) & drove on the ice at Sturges Park, Buffalo MN. They recieved no snow from yesterday's event. The fields are black, well brown.

The lake appears to be ~ 75% clear of snow, with the balance ~ 1/2 inch drifts.

There is a road that runs from the park to the fishing village in mid lake, there should be ample room south of the road for a course. (that would be the south side of the lake)

US 602 was suggesting he'd get a course set up for tomorrow

think ice

4695

5 DN's sailed Sunday on the main lake, 10 - 15 mph breeze, ice is 24" thick and moderately rumbly. A pretty good sailing area was laid out six two lap tests showed Tom Meyer US 602 had the speed Sunday with 4 bullets.

Conditions look favorable for sailing this weekend, and who knows maybe something a bit more formal will materialize.

Think ice

Looking to buy my first DN. Lake Minnetonka area.
Hendrik Vroege
952 470 7812
or
vroege@yahoo.com

Found some decent ice at Clear Lake in Waseca on Friday. I'd guess the the lake to be about a mile square. Wind gusts of 40MPH with a ground blizzard is just about right. The turns would have thrown me out of the boat (iceflyer) without the seat belt. Splayed out a runner chock and ripped up one of the sails. Life is good.

Wally Hall (Iceflyer) & myself (Nite) had a great day of getting our rear ends kicked from no wind to gusts in the neighborhood of 30-40 mph on a lake that is 40 acres in size. Ice boating in Colorado this season with extremely shifty winds but we have to take what we can get lately. Was great to get out as we put on a show for everyone driving on I-70. Checked Dillon on the way home to Vail & if it blows like it did today Dillon will be the ticket tomorrow. Sail fast Konr

It sure ain't as nice as Wednesday...

I'm going to setup at the Allen / Pratt location in Cottagewood this afternoon and check out the main lake on Mtka. I have preliminary reports that conditions aren't bad. After I sail around I'll let everyone know what it's like. We could have a great day of sailing tomorrow on Mtka.

Later,
Will

The other posts for Elk Lake were getting so long it was getting hard to find the newest update...So This is the new report.
We have still been sailing every day. We got in 40 miles of sailing today before the winds died down. We also saw 2 DN's running around out there. I assume from the local club, but I am not sure because I was having too much fun to stop. Unfortunately when we went in for lunch the wind died down. It's early still so if it picks back up we'll head back out. Winds ranged from 6-10 most of the time, but we did have about a half an hour with frequent gusts to 13 mph. The wind meter shows 10 minute averages too, and when we came in it showed the averages to be 9mph a couple times and 10mph a couple times.

WONDERING IF ANY ICE JUST SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES PROFITTED FROM THIS MOST RECENT THAW? PEPIN , ALBERT LEA, OR PLACES JUST WEST OR EAST? TALKED TO AN IOWAN WHO SAID OKOBOJI AND CLEAR LAKE WERE BEYOND SAFE TRAVEL ,EVEN FOR A DESPERATE ICEBOATER.FORECAST THRU WEEKEND LOOKS PROMISING IF SOME DECENT ICE DOES EXIST.PLEASE GET OUT THE WORD IFYOU KNOW OF IT'S WHEREABOUTS. THANKS,DN904.