In a fleet full of unique sailors with amazing stories, this gentlemen stands out. Read here:
https://www.idniyra.org/2019/05/15/the-amazing-doug-harvey/

Check it out folks- another great issue complete with a history of DN sailing in Poland. Very cool stuff no matter what kind of craft lights you up! Available online or in actual glossy paper. Click and enjoy!

https://www.idniyra.org/2019/05/13/may-runner-tracks/

Hey Folks-

You may have heard that due to a shipping snafu several Polish sailors had to borrow gear to compete at the DN Gold Cup this year. In a class where sailors spend hours customizing, refining, and practicing with very specific gear this is a big bummer…

The good news is several sailors from the midwest were able to cobble together enough spare gear to assemble a few complete boats that these guys could race. Not the perfect situation but better than nothing!

Of course Poland’s Michał Burczyński sailed one of these borrowed boats and was able get it going well enough to take the top prize, in convincing fashion no less.

Just goes to show that the most important piece of gear on any boat is the nut that holds the tiller!

Read all about it in Michal’s words here….

http://ullmansails.com/essential_grid/winning-iceboat-world-championships-borrowed-boat/

Saw this on the CIBC site. Videos like this make us all pray that December gets here soon….

Take a look and enjoy!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs8tag6Hyte/?utm_source=ig_web_button_native_share

Speaking of Meetings- Here is another spring meeting to attend up north- clear the calendar and head on up!

billbuchholz posted: “Nite sailor Fred Musser and Sarah Sheffield have graciously offered to host our pot luck lunch party and meeting at their house in Union. Sunday, May 5, meeting to start at 11:00 sharp with lunch to follow. Address is 1611 Clarry Hill Rd., Union. Take 235” Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Chickawaukie Ice Boat Club CIBC Spring Meeting May 5 by billbuchholz Nite sailor Fred Musser and Sarah Sheffield have graciously offered to host our pot luck lunch party and meeting at their house in Union. Sunday, May 5, meeting to start at 11:00 sharp with lunch to follow. Address is 1611 Clarry Hill Rd., Union. Take 235 north from RT 1, or Clarry Hill Rd south from RT 17. You’ll find it: you’re iceboaters and the one thing we know how to do is find things like hidden launch ramps and good lunches! The food gets better and better each year. Thanks for making it happen! BYOB billbuchholz | April 13, 2019 at 2:35 pm | Categories: 2019 Season | URL: https://wp.me/p1wB1o-20B Comment See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Chickawaukie Ice Boat Club. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://iceboat.me/2019/04/13/cibc-spring-meeting-may-5/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

Check it out folks, the gang on LI had a good wrap up and gave out some interesting awards…. Be sure to click the links and check out the videos!
Congrats to all the award winners!

The 2019 Awards Dinner was enjoyed by 28 members, Bill Buckholtz and his wife drove down from Maine to join us. Proclamations were read by the Officers and the cannon was fired to open the evening. Dinner by the Oar Restaurant was served in our private room and was the fine quality we have received every year. Howie Dietz gave us a history of his Iceboat beginning with the Club in the ‘60s. Doug Hardy received the Senior active sailor award. Fred Greis was awarded “The most interesting man” award for his DN adventures on Swan Pond out of view of any Skeeter Sailors.. Chris Miller gathered the award for the highest member result in the DN World’s along with the newest award the “Rich Crucet Travel Award” for covering about 5,000 miles during the season from the Midwest to the Northeast in search of ice. Scott Valentine earned the top result in the DN North American Championships award. Mike Acebo with the “Hard Way” photo award. Sorry if I missed any. Link to photos:

https://youtu.be/pkaojutiyEY

And a video of the “Hard Way Trip”

https://youtu.be/Iu_EWTyRtG8

Great time had by all at the NEIYA spring meeting, held at Moore Brothers Company (formerly Composite Solutions Inc) in Bristol RI.

Thanks to Oliver, Sam and Chris Moore for opening the doors to the shop and letting us all nose around and ask silly questions all day. The food was good, the jokes were bad, the stories embellished heavily, and the work day was relatively uninterrupted!

Looking forward to next season already- As Bill Bucholz says “now is the start of iceboat building season….”

Think ICE! T