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Stuff that happened last season:

Ron Sherry successfully defends his title: THE DN North Americans - click here to read the BLOG!

Click here to view pictures on Facebook

DN WORLD and EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Completed:

Click this link for the DN World Championships Final Scores: http://www.thinkice.de/discus/messages/7/WORLDDNCHAMPIONSHIPSSWITZERLAND2010-24432.html

Click this link for the DN European Championships Final Scores: http://www.thinkice.de/discus/messages/7/EC2010-24435.html

 Pictures from the DN World Cup in Austria: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/photos/10/0210/

Blog by American Ken Smith on the DN World Championships in Europe: http://www.dnamerica.blogspot.com/ 

Local Information:

Greiner Open Results:  ICE-BLOGGER

(note: On the Ice Blogger - some people were getting virus attacks, or re-directed to an undesirable site.  This was due to hacking, and has been fixed)

Past Commodore Aaron Stange has made the front page of the Toledo Blade:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100201/NEWS16/2010311

Weekend of January 16th:

Lake Charlevoix, MI:

Sunday, January 16th:  There were about 31 boats in Gold Fleet and 25 in Silver.  Wind was fluky at times, and the bart rule came in to play for many of the races.  Gold and Silver Fleets each had three races.  Opti Fleet had two races.  Most sailors had a great night last night in Boyne City.  Nice Casual restaurants, and fun bars.  The outlook for racing to day is rather pessimistic amongst the early risers.  Forecasts range from 3-10 MPH.  Hopefully, we will get a couple more races off today.

Friday, January 15th:  About 2 dozen DN's were rigged and 6-8 boats did scrub racing Friday Evening.  Ice was hard Green ice, but had a clear snow-ice layer on top that isn't nearly as hard.  Warm weather and sun tends to get that top 1/2" or so soft.  Nevertheless, it seemed like 3/16" inserts were the runner of choice.

Registration will take place at the RV at the Launch in the morning.

Saturday January 9th: Snow stayed soft overnight! Skippers meeting called for 10AM. Scouts found bird holes froze over with 1-1/2" minimum thickness.  Still not safe for sailing there, but were marked with red lath, and are mapped out with GPS as seen below:

update: Light wind today. Races will postpone until Sunday. 10 AM skipper meeting! 

Weather forecast is a bit light today at 5-10, but Sunday will be 10-20

December 27th: Big Fun on a small lake.  6 TIYC sailors made up about half of the boats that lined up for scrub-races up at Pontiac Lake Sunday.
Those who arrived early were treated to good winds, and big puffs.  Ice was very hard but with bumps.  about 1 inch or less of powdery snow on top.  As more boats arrived the wind seemed to die down.  Initially, the fleet was split in two to make racing this small course safer, but as the wind dropped, about 10-12 boats began starting at once on a shortened course.  Sherry, Struble, Stange, Harper, and Grogan were amongst the Gold-Fleeters there showing the way.

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Link to the last Seasons Iceboating Pictures: http://www.tiyc.net/2009.htm