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EC2025: Location Update #1 (14.2.2025)
DN EC 25 is approaching rappidly and we currently have several locations that ar...
EC2025: Location update #2 (15.2.2025)
Based on what we learned about the ice conditions from todays Finnish Championsh...
EC2025: Location Update #3 (16.2.2025)
EDIT: 17.02.2025 (Lake in Estonia corrected) Since the last updte the situation ...
EC2025: Location Update #4 (18.2.2025)
Dear DN sailors, It is day by day looking increasingly likely that we will sail ...
EC2025: Location Update #5 (20.2.2025)
Dear Alll, We have a decision: DN EC 2025 will be held on Lake Pyhäjärvi (Säkylä...
EC 2025: Sailing Instructions published
Dear Competitors, The Sailing Instructions for the DN European Championship and ...
EC 2025: Follow Along and be seen with Regatta Tracking!
Dear Fellow Icesailors, At the 2025 DN European Championship & EuroCup we will b...
EC 2025: Update 6 – Check-in
The SAIL MARKERS Sail markers should be attached to the sail to clew corner of t...
EC 2025: Starting List (Updated), Protest Committee Mem...
Protest Committee: Chairman: Vaiko Vooremaa C-6 Lars Moller D126 Walter Kolb...
EC 2025: We’re collecting Videos!
We are collecting video footage from the regatta! If you have recorded any aweso...
Damariscotta Lake Big Maybe
The lake seems to have survived to snow last night, the wind today, and the gene...
Damariscotta ON, But…
Tom Nichols took a long walk on the lake today from Lake Farm and noticed a numb...
Damariscotta Lake, 3/9
Thanks to the relentless scouting of Lincoln Davis, twelve hungry iceboaters we ...
Video From Echo Lake on Tuesday
Dan Stillman has given us another fine production. Echo Lake Gusty and Slushy 3 ...
Pushaw ON Tomorrow, Wed. 3/12
Our tireless Pushaw scout, Bob Lombardo, skated the lake as far north as Twin Is...
Sailing Pushaw 3/13
Regarding long shots, it seems that if you crunch the numbers you’ll find that i...
Pushaw last Wednesday
Another great video from Dan Stillman! Pushaw: Skimmers ‘n Skeeters youtu.be Tha...
Christmas in March “From All the Trolls”
Here’s another gem from the Bill and Mauretta Mattison collection: a vintage Har...
Join Us to Celebrate Walter Whitehorse’s 100th Birthday!
The Whitehorse family invites all ice sailors, past and present, to celebrate Wa...
SOLD! January 6, 2025: DN & Components in WI
SOLD! Race Ready DN in Lake Geneva Sherry hull and Sherry ‘glass-wrapped plank w...
March 15, 2025: DN in Ontario, Canada
DN. Well maintained. Always kept covered on shore and in garage in summer. $2500...
SOLD! January 20, 2025: DN Runners in MI
DN Runners for sale in Michigan. -1 full set of minimum Ts (3) 36 inch long side...
March 15, 2025: Arrow in WI
Arrow #247 Plank and tiller new in 2007. On trailer. Includes 10′ fiberglass box...
March 16, 2025: DN Mast in WI
DN Mast from Moore Brothers Company Gen 6 – carbon + glass Good for 190-210lbs s...
Regatta Watch: 2025 ISA & Renegade Championship Tentati...
The 2025 ISA and Renegade Championships are on for Friday March 21st-23rd at Tro...
From Here to There—Or There to Here
While checking out archive.org for new iceboat-related content, I came across a ...
Save the Date: 4LIYC Awards Banquet
Mark your calendars! The Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club Awards Banquet will be held o...
Scouting Parties – Out In Force Tomorrow
As the ice thickens and conditions improve, seasoned sailors are gearing up to s...
South Watuppa Sailed 1/18/25
An old NEIYA staple in Fall River South Watuppa Pond was sailed yesterday. Rick...
Weekend Opportunities Before the Weather Moves In
Good evening iceboaters. Appoligies for the late post on conditions. I am just f...
DN Easterns Are ON!
Hey Folks! We are gonna give it a shot this weekend; DN Eastern Champs are ON! S...
Sailwave results for 2025 DN Eastern Region Championshi...
So far so good at the DN Easterns! Breeze started off a bit shifty but settled a...
DN Easterns Lodging
For lodging start here: tell them you are part of the iceboat group. If they ar...
Webster Update 1/18/25
Wind was light at 9 am, had to search around to get a ride, by 10 am it built up...
DN Eastern’s NORs & Sailing Instructions
All Racers, Please disregard on line registration. Registration will take place ...
PHOTOS AND VIDEO FROM DN EASTERNS
Hey Gang- Chris Goodhue shot some good stuff last weekend; Take a look here and ...
2025 DN Eastern Region Championship Results!
The first Eastern Regional Champs in way too long are in the books! Five races S...
Time To Reap The Cold Sow
Reap the Cold Sow. After the good cold encountered across the entire region, it ...
Final RUNNER TRACKS Issue For 2024
Better late than never with this one; Be sure to click the link and read up on w...
This Weekend 1/25-26
Groups were out on Webster and S. Watuppa. The Race gang, as you know, will be s...
Scorekeeper and RC Needed This Weekend
Hey Gang- IF we do the NE champs this weekend on South Watuppa we I’ll need some...
NE DN CHAMPS DONE!
Hey Gang- It was a good day all around on South Watuppa as all manner of craft w...
NE DN CHAMPS ARE ON!
Hey Folks- The NE DN champs will be held this weekend at South Watuppa Pond in F...
Changing Gear – Lessons Learned
Hi everyone, It’s been awesome to have so many sailing options this year and sai...
NE Champs Regatta SIs and NOR
Hey Gang- If you are planning to race in the NE DN Champs at South Watuppa Pond ...
Weekend Update 1/27/25
As winter holds strong, some of our favorite inland spots remain buried beneath ...
REGATTA THIS WEEKEND….
Hey Gang- Be advised we are going to attempt to hold the New England DN Champs t...
DN WORLDS AND NA CHAMPS ARE ON!
Hey Gang- Looks like we are good to go west for the big show; Load ’em up and hi...
2025 DN World Championship Kicks Off in Fond du Lac – D...
https://www.idniyra.org/2025-dn-world-championship-kicks-off-in-fond-du-lac/ Hey...
Should I Stay or Should I go
Generally I’m not much of a traveler in my own mind. Having said that, I’ve live...
New Month of Ice
Reports are a little grim for this time of year but hope springs eternal in the ...
First day of racing…
Hi everyone, Arrived to the lake with light winds and warm temperatures forecast...
Snow, Ice, and Sailing: A Midwinter Check-In
The good news: It’s still winter. A winter that, for the most part, has behaved ...
Long Pond Came Through
NEIYA members cut across all iceboating activities. As reported by Secretary Kar...
Finding Ice Here & There
Winter in New England has never been easy, especially for those in pursuit of th...
Day 2…15-20 Knots – Five Races Today
Big wind day on Winnebago…JR Francis actually used another descriptive phrase wh...
Checking Where The Snow Isn’t
While most of New England’s lakes and ponds remain buried under layers of snow, ...
Quaboag & Webster Status
Stopped by Webster and Quaboag and they are snow free,it will be below freezing ...
Kids on Ice – Quaboag and Watuppa
Spectators and fellow sailors shared in the excitement and enthusiasm of seeing ...
Conditions Under Review
Our call last night reaffirmed a familiar pattern: Recent weather has once again...
Fast, Fleeting, and Frozen Rewards
A thaw-and-refreeze cycle provided prime—if fleeting—conditions across New Engla...
It’s Zamboni Time…
Pre-Spring’s fickle touch is in full effect, and all eyes are on our big lakes a...
Weekend Ice Updates
Inner Mallets Bay: According to John Zierman, Inner Mallets Bay is currently sai...
Back on the Ice Soon
As expected, it’s been a mild and occasionally wet stretch, with just enough war...
Quaboag & Webster
Tried to get on Quaboag today but the shoreline is melted away, i can see water ...
More Opportunities
Couple more ice reports to consider for tomorrow or Monday. From VP Charles Sil...
Sunnapee Comes Through, Yet Again
For iceboaters, planning never stops. Off-season, we build, acquire, and refine ...
The 2025 International Ice Carousel Attempt
This time of year is always last minute, as most of us know. The big lakes are t...
Spring Sailing Here & There
Weekend Ice Sailing Report: Spring Conditions Beckon on Winnipesaukee A dedicate...
2018 Olympics: USA falls to OAR, 4-0: Recap, analysis, ...
Coming into the game, if you looked at the two rosters, you’d have expected the ...
USA beats Slovakia, advances to Quarterfinal: Recap, an...
Every coach who has ever coached an international tournament as at one point or ...
2018 Olympics: USA falls to Slovenia — Recap, analysis,...
If you’re an American, you were probably like me sitting there with your mouth a...
2018 Olympics: USA beats Slovakia — Recap, analysis and...
Team USA bounced back in a big way from their shocking loss to Slovenia with a 2...
2019 World Juniors: Team USA silver medal postmortem; P...
It’s a little later than I would have liked to get this story up, but a late-tou...
2019 World Junior Championship: USA-Slovakia analysis; ...
The first day of competition at the World Junior Championship came to a close af...
2019 World Juniors: Recap and analysis of USA’s insane ...
It’s always a better end to the story when the team that makes the miraculous co...
Team USA 2019 WJC Roster: Breaking down the camp invites
Back for a limited time only, I’ll be providing some thoughts on Team USA in the...
2019 World Junior Championship: Assessing Team USA ahea...
VANCOUVER — The U.S. finished preliminary play with a 3-0-1-0 record, beating Sl...
2019 Team USA World Junior Championship Roster: Team se...
The U.S. National Junior Team was finalized Sunday ahead of the 2019 World Junio...