It’s 12/21/2021 10:59 EST Do you Know Where Your Iceboat Is?
As the PSA used to remind us, it’s getting late and something important may be left unattended. Could that be your iceboat?
If you are building get it finished. If you are stuck and need advice ask someone. If you don’t know who drop me a note and I will route you through our network to someone local. Looking for parts post a wanted in the classified section.
We are all waiting on the ice and as most of us know this is fairly typical in the Northeast. We can sail before Christmas but sometimes not.
This past Saturday we had a small group of people gather at Landfall Navigation in Stamford, CT to discuss iceboating with members and quite a few conversations with the usual Saturday customers. The usual questions: how fast do you go? where do you sail? And my favorite, where can I see it and can I try. We successfully got a few local, to me, people out on Bantam last winter. Iceboat intros occurred in all NE states but RI and maybe there too. Each one of us is an ice ambassador. It is up to all of us to shepherd the interested onto the ice. More on this as the season progresses.
This past Saturday we had a small group of people gather at Landfall Navigation in Stamford, CT to discuss iceboating with members and quite a few conversations with the usual Saturday customers. The usual questions: how fast do you go? where do you sail? And my favorite, where can I see it and can I try. We successfully got a few local, to me, people out on Bantam last winter. Iceboat intros occurred in all NE states but RI and maybe there too. Each one of us is an ice ambassador. It is up to all of us to shepherd the interested onto the ice. More on this as the season progresses.
The weather is looking more as it should complete with a system that will move through tonight and into tomorrow. Will this set us up for a post-Christmas sail? Maybe.
In the meantime be ready we may even be able to get the orphan regattas in from last year in the waning days of 2021.
Think Ice,
John
Commodore, NEIYA
DN5023
john@neiya.org
New England Ice Yacht Association 
John,
Just thought I mention that based upon my visit to the iceboat workshop/ get-together in Canton, I just finished rebuilding my too-soft 65 yo DN plank. When I measured it, it only had 3/4 inch of unloaded camber and had a spring rate of 106 pounds/inch. I set it up in a jig with 3 inches of camber then laid in 3 layers of unidirectional Carbon Fiber (6 inches wide). After 3 days curing I took it out. I now have 1 3/4 inches of camber and a spring rate of 230 pounds/in. Anxious to try it out especially with my 50 pound grandson in my sidecar (last winter my bob stay would drag in ant breeze). [cid:A934C200-3436-4842-A37F-4745775DA541-L0-001] [cid:4D8D07D8-E908-47EA-80B8-22E0C8845BEE-L0-001] [cid:64C44AD3-F72D-4814-BA69-680D769A185B-L0-001]
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12/24/2021 at 7:45 pm
quaboag was open today,the wind has been blowing it open every time we get some ice, will keep an eye on it
bob s
santa may help us
On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 11:10 AM New England Ice Yacht Association wrote:
> Commodore John Stanton posted: ” Photo Credit Jackie Mushinsky Spencer > Cable Access – Quaboag Pond 2/16/20 As the PSA used to remind us, it’s > getting late and something important may be left unattended. Could that be > your iceboat? If you are building get it finished. If you are st” >
12/21/2021 at 9:45 pm
Thanks bob. it will be good soon
12/22/2021 at 10:45 pm