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27-01-2018, 06:27
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Fiji Airways/ Lake Ontario
Boat: Legend 37.5, 1968 Alcort Sunfish, Avon 310
Posts: 2,750
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Iceboating Great Lakes region
No reason to give up sailing just because the water gets hard!
Below photo of 1st mate becoming comfortable 10cm off the ice at 40kph.
Yesterday was stunning, 15 knot breeze out of the south with fairly smooth ice and little snow.
The local cop stopped and was mesmerized, he'd never seen an iceboat before. Since radar works on boats as well as autos, he clocked an E Boat at 47mph / 75kph.
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27-01-2018, 07:37
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: W Carib
Boat: Wildcat 35, Hobie 33
Posts: 13,500
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
Cool. On my bucket list. Wanna trade for some time in the Carib? 😆
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27-01-2018, 07:49
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: 2024 - Colombia, 2025 - Panama
Boat: Amazon 49 cutter, custom steel boat built in Surrey, Canada
Posts: 845
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
This is something I’ve always wanted to try. Sounds like you had ideal conditions. Awesome!
Steve
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27-01-2018, 08:14
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Fiji Airways/ Lake Ontario
Boat: Legend 37.5, 1968 Alcort Sunfish, Avon 310
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
Quote:
Originally Posted by belizesailor
Cool. On my bucket list. Wanna trade for some time in the Carib? 😆
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Sure. I'm rather partial to New River Lagoon.
Come on up. You have maybe two months left.
Problem is along the eastern Great Lakes the weather vacillates right around freezing. And we have a lot of snow. Warm weather melts ice...no boating. Big snow means no boating. Light winds means no boating. Between the three factors, we might get two or three good days a year. Or none- three years ago was banner, we've not used the boats in the last two winters. If one wants to iceboat in our area there is no waiting for the weekend or such, it's "go right now"
Better to go to Minnesota. But when conditions are right, it's an absolute blast.
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27-01-2018, 08:49
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 65
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
Sodus Bay ?????
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27-01-2018, 09:00
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: W Carib
Boat: Wildcat 35, Hobie 33
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetepare
Sure. I'm rather partial to New River Lagoon.
Come on up. You have maybe two months left.
Problem is along the eastern Great Lakes the weather vacillates right around freezing. And we have a lot of snow. Warm weather melts ice...no boating. Big snow means no boating. Light winds means no boating. Between the three factors, we might get two or three good days a year. Or none- three years ago was banner, we've not used the boats in the last two winters. If one wants to iceboat in our area there is no waiting for the weekend or such, it's "go right now"
Better to go to Minnesota. But when conditions are right, it's an absolute blast.
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Thanks for the info, given that I would be travelling for this a higher probability venue might be a better fit. Where are the iceboat meccas?
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27-01-2018, 09:51
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Wisconsin, USA
Posts: 304
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
Some of Wisconsin lakes had excellent conditions for ice boating recently. No or very little snow meant great conditions for ice boaters on Lake Winnebago!
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27-01-2018, 10:16
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Alaska
Boat: Boatless
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
Did this as a kid on the Hudson aboard the “Jack Frost.” Amazing, loud, fast.
The smaller boats insane speed!
Thanks for the post! Great memories.
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27-01-2018, 10:52
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Summerland Key, FL
Boat: FP Mahe 36
Posts: 10
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
That appears to be a Skimmer 45. I sailed mine in Michigan for 30 years, then began going south before the water got hard. Great times!
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27-01-2018, 11:40
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Toronto
Boat: Small yellow rubber ducky
Posts: 706
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
Arggghhhhh....Winter.
I totally hate it.
And I live in Canada.
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27-01-2018, 12:57
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Boat: GibSea 472
Posts: 521
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
Around Montréal, on Lake St-Louis, conditions are good a few day per winter. Ice boating with a frien on a DN iceboat is fantastic, with speeds over 60 km/h. It is quite cold this season, but snow accumulation is sometimes the problem. Last week, it was perfect.
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27-01-2018, 13:25
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Toledo, OH
Boat: 1939 Richardson Cruisabout 33
Posts: 50
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
Best ice (or maybe only ice) in Great Lakes to sail the past few days was on Lake Charlevoix, Boyne City MI. Which was the site of the DN North American championships (80 boats in two fleets)that concluded yesterday afternoon. And there was in crazy cat named Tom sailing at Put-in-Bay, Ohio today.
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27-01-2018, 13:31
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Toledo, OH
Boat: 1939 Richardson Cruisabout 33
Posts: 50
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
Maumee Bay, Toledo Ohio (Lake Erie) had 3 consecutive weekends of ice boating while watching ship traffic in the nearby channel.
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27-01-2018, 13:32
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Toledo, OH
Boat: 1939 Richardson Cruisabout 33
Posts: 50
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
Toledo Ice Yacht Club
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27-01-2018, 13:33
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Toledo, OH
Boat: 1939 Richardson Cruisabout 33
Posts: 50
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Re: Iceboating Great Lakes region
Some photos mine, the really good ones belong to photographer Dwayne McKinney
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