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Four DNs are set up on the Wayzata Bay Oval, March 7, 2010  planning on 0900 meet up but the wind looks light.  Watch it here:  http://www.wyc.org/Community/WebCam/tabid/859/Default.aspx

DN North Americans Postponenent announcement,  off for at least 24 hours until they can find suitable ice... www.iceboating.net/node/3018

 

2/20/10; Wayzata Bay, MN WIRC introduces WIRC Closed Course ™ to Wayzata Yacht Club Winter Party…

Not much breeze, but lots of smilesm, here's a link to some good pics http://sailingthrulife.shutterfly.com/wyc   there seems to be interest in an Ice Sailing School.

 

1-24-2010 Fire on Ice presented by Great Clips notice of Race,

NOTICE of RACE

http://www.iceboating.
net/node/2982

 

12-5-2008
Press Release: Fire on Ice

“Fire on Ice” brings the thrill of iceboat racing to Lake Phalen January 31, and February 1.

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NOTICE of RACE


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

3-15-2008
The Flag is Up!

Setting the stage for The Icemaker 100, a 100 lap endurance race in DN iceboats, scheduled for January 2009 with some of the best sailors in the world competing, The World IceRacing Tour is sailing with attitude, sailing worth watching.
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2-27-2008
World IceRacing Tour Closed Course Champs to be sailed in perfect conditions!

The Zamboni is currently working White Bear Lake, Jason Brown of White Bear Boat Works reports there the snow is gone all that remains is water on the ice in the sailing areas… Warm Today & Tomorrow, Cool at Nights as well, Cold Enough to Lock in a fast surface for Friday’s Open Track Sailing, and this weekend’s Milestone Event.  Lake Area Lawn of White Bear has been out in the sailing area with a blade and removed all the hummocks or morass drifting that remains.
 
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WIRC Overview:

Our mission is to organize, sanction and conduct World Class Ice Racing Competitions that Educate and Inspire a broader audience.  As commercial rights holder, we also produce and distribute some of the most powerful content imagery and stories in all of sailing, print, television and internet.   

The World Ice Racing Circuit™ is reinventing Sail Racing, with tested, innovative, made-for-TV events featuring dramatic high speed (50-60 mph speeds) minute-a-lap, short “reaching course” formats, and recognized world-class talent, competing in an exciting new Extreme, yet Green, sport. 

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The Course: We sail on a short, 400 yard oval shaped course. The venue accommodates preparing two overlapping courses, laid out in similar orientation to airport runways, allowing us to maximize the available wind on race day. One course is approximately 200 yards by 40 yards of well-groomed ice.

We sail a closed-course oval track. Ice racing involves “sailing” across the ice in ice boats outfitted with steel blades at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour. The high-performance 12-foot-long DN class ice boats are sailed like a boat on water, but trickier to handle when it comes to turning and stopping because of the speed and lack of friction of the steel blades on ice.

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