MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DN ICE YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION RUNNER TRACKS DECEMBER 2015 WESTERN CHALLENGE ISSUE BACK TO CHRISTINA NATIONAL ICEBOAT AUTHORITY THE DARLING AND INLINE COURSES 2 RUNNER TRACKS | DECEMBER 2015 MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DN ICE YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION | DECEMBER 2015 3 CONTENT COMMODORE’S Cover Photo: Lake Christina in the Fog, Deb Whitehorse MESSAGE REGATTA DATES KENT BAKER US5219 Hotline numbers, websites, and calendar dates for TOLEDO, OHIO, USA 04 the 2015-2016 season. hange is scary. But it can be necessary, and it can A) More up-to-date information OFFICERS be good. I want to start out by giving my most sin- B) More complete information, cere thanks to the members of the NIA for taking C) Better value to advertisers International class officers and North American our concerns seriously, and making rule changes D) A broader invitation to newcomers 06 regional commodores Cthat will enhance safety on the course. I don’t think people can truly understand the passion and extreme measures We have already eliminated the hard copies, (though you you are willing to take to ensure the safety of competitors can order them at a small cost). I know there will be con- until your name has been printed as the Chairman, PRO, or cerns, but lets take an honest look at what we are trying to 08 Commodore of an event. achieve and how to do it. I think we are spreading ourselves thin. The lack of volunteers to write articles, create web- If you haven’t already done so, please read National content, or take over web-master duties illustrates that to GET A SAIL NUMBER NOTICE OF RACE Iceboat Authority member Tim McCormick’s Rule Change me. Summary. You will find that changes are pretty straight MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION NORs for the Western, Eastern,, forward and not difficult to apply. Finally, more change. Canadian, and North American Championships As many of you know, our website encountered some trou- Canadian Rear Commodore Warren Nethercote has sug- Contact IDNIYRA Treasurer ble late last season. It is back up, but not 100% up to date. gested we take a hard look at re-defining the regions of Wes Wilcox US5414 The plan is to have the online registrations for the 2016 the IDNIYRA. 2030 Muller Rd. North American Championships and the 2016 Western YEARBOOK Region Champs available upon the release of this issue of Warren is from Nova Scotia. He would likely have to drive Sun Prairie, WI 53590 Runner Tracks. Please do not use the Ranking List as shown 3 (10 hour) days to get to Thunder Bay. Minnesota drivers Cell: 608 628-9590 2016 IDNIYRA Yearbook ordering information in the site. It might be 2 years old. Trust me, our scorers do might only drive 6 hours to get there. Clearly Nova Scotia Email: [email protected] 11 have the most recent list as published in Runner Tracks. needs to be part of the Eastern Lakes Region. ENTRY FORM Speaking of Runner Tracks, It is brought up time to time The thriving Kingston DN fleet is just a bit too removed about streamlining our communications. We currently from Thunder Bay or East Coast sailing, but might benefit ADVERTISE WITH US 2016 North American Championship Entry Form 15 have Runner Tracks, Yearbook, Ice.idniyra website, and DN from being included in the Mountain Lakes Region. America Forum. Plus an occasional mailer for voting or Contact IDNIYRA PROPOSALS FOR ANNUAL MEETING dues renewal. It is difficult to maintain all of these things Up for debate might be how the lines are drawn into Cana- Executive Secretary without creating redundancy, or confusing or conflicting in- da. Some may protest no-longer having a Canadian region. Deb Whitehorse Two proposals to change the IDNIYRA Constitution formation. Here I must give a shout out to Deb Whitehorse, But I think its time to take a look at what we are achieving 16 and Bylaws. our Executive Secretary for creating the best cohesion with the current “borders” we have. 1200 East Broadway possible through all of our outlets. Monona, WI 53716 NATIONAL ICEBOAT AUTHORITY I hope we can get representatives from Thunder Bay, I truly love the quality of our Runner Tracks publication. Hamilton, Kingston, Montreal and any concerned Canadian Phone: 608-347-3513 The Darling and Inline Courses, the two new alter- Email: [email protected] 18 nate courses from the NIA. It shows the beauty of our sport. It also costs us a lot of ice boaters to get together with Canadian Rear Commo- money – although we are getting far more than we pay for. dore Nethercote to decide if a “redistricting” could serve SAILING & SCORING ON THE INLINE the whole class better. Sure, there can still be a “Canadian I love our forum. It helps with communications, and is still Championships”, why not? Sailors and a scorer share their experience with the go-to place for the latest news. It is old, but pretty reli- 26 the Inline Course at the Great Western Challenge able. It confuses some people because it is a completely Okay. Enough already with the changes. Can we just all go different site from the ice.idniyra site. sailing now? GREAT WESTERN CHALLENGE Kent Baker US5219 Our ice.idniyra site has been used for a few years for IDNIYRA North American Commodore Back to Lake Christina 28 by Deb Whitehorse registrations, membership renewals, and even ship-store purchases. It was engineered to do everything, but sadly RESULTS very few seem to be willing or able to keep it updated. Results from the Great Western Challenge. And finally, our yearbook. 238+ pages of action-packed, 32 seat gripping stuff in there... well not really. But we do know every sailor must have a copy to refer to. FROSTBITE FALLS, MN I believe there has to be an easier way. I am not sure what Photo spread from Sunday morning at the Great the answer is, but our fellow sailor (and marketing guru) 34 Western Challenge. Scott Brown put forth these bullet points which might be Photo: Peter Johanson attained by combining the efforts of all into one website: Runner Tracks Editor: Deb Whitehorse Email: [email protected] REGATTA DATES MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DN ICE YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION | DECEMBER 2015 5 WEB SITES & TELEPHONE HOT LINE NUMBERS Regatta conditions change FAST! Keep up to date by calling the hot lines and checking the web sites. WEBSITES IDNIYRA WEB SITE: ICE.IDNIYRA.ORG/ IDNIYRA BULLETIN BOARD DNAMERICA.ORG/FORUM EUROPEAN IDNIYRA: IDNIYRA.EU TELEPHONE HOT LINE NUMBERS DN WESTERN REGION 608-313-5156 DN CENTRAL REGION 810-328-3660 WESTERN EASTERN LAKES CENTRAL LAKES WESTERN LAKES CHALLENGE January 9-10, 2015 2015 December 26-31 January 2-3, 2016 DN EASTERN REGION 508-377-6100 SAILED dnamerica.org/forum/ January 16-17, 2016 dnamerica.org/forum/ December 4-6, 2015 Hotline: 508-377-6100 dnamerica.org/forum/ Hotline: 608-313-5156 Minnesota Hotline: 810-328-3660 icesailing.net Photo: Chris Clark US4789 THE TOLEDO ICE YACHT CLUB INVITING YOU TO OUR ANNUAL TIYC WINTERFEST GOLD CUP & NORTH AMERICAN NEW ENGLAND CANADIAN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIP ICEBOAT RIDES, ICEBOAT RACING JANUARY 30-31 CHAMPIONSHIPS Host Region: Central TBA January 16-17, 2016 Host Country: Austria February 20-27, 2016 neiya.org [email protected] FOOD, DRINK, ENTERTAINMENT JANUARY 29-30 January 23-30, 2016 idnamerica.org/forum/ Hotline: 508-377-6100 icesailing.org Hotline: 810-328-3660 MOUNTAIN LAKES “LIKE US ON FACEBOOK” : TOLEDOICE February 13-14, 2016 6 RUNNER TRACKS | DECEMBER 2015 MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DN ICE YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION | DECEMBER 2015 7 PHOTO: GRETCHEN DORIAN GRETCHENDORIAN.COM 2011 GOLD CUP EUROPEAN INSURANCE MANAGER NORTH AMERICAN EXECUTIVE Niklas Müller-Hartburg OE221 SECRETARY Vienna, Austria Deb Whitehorse INTERNATIONAL Email: [email protected] Phone: 608-347-3513 Email: [email protected] CLASS OFFICERS NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL COMMODORES 2015-2016 CANADA MOUNTAIN LAKES Warren Nethercote KC3786 Bill Van Gee US3435 NORTH AMERICAN COMMODORE EUROPEAN COMMODORE Phone: 902-478-2517 Phone: 315-483-6461 Kent Baker US5219 Jörg Bohn G-737 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 419-509-5526 Bad Zwischenahn, Germany Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] EASTERN LAKES WESTERN LAKES Chad Atkins US4487 Mike Miller US5369 NORTH AMERICAN VICE COMMODORE EUROPEAN VICE COMMODORE Rhode Island Cell: 612-868-2949 Eric Anderson US5193 Attila Pataki M-100 Phone: 401 787 4567 Email: [email protected] Phone: 860-367-7806 Balatonfüred, Hungary Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] NORTH AMERICAN JUNIOR PROGRAM CENTRAL LAKES MANAGER NORTH AMERICAN SECRETARY EUROPEAN SECRETARY Bill Cutting US5430 Ron Rosten Geoff Sobering US5156 Chris Williams K-1 Phone: 231-264-5232 Cell: 608-692-8816 1850 Sheridan Street Great Britain Cell: 231-499-9760 Email: [email protected] Madison, WI 53704 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone 608-235-3746 Email: [email protected] EUROPEAN TREASURER Dr. Christian Seegers G-551 NORTH AMERICAN TREASURER Hamburg, Germany by Wes Wilcox US5414 Email: [email protected] 2030 Muller Rd. Sun Prairie, WI 53590 EUROPEAN JUNIOR PROGRAM Phone: 608-628-9590 MANAGER Email: [email protected] Jerzy Sukow P-345 Membership information or sail Poland UUSS 22112211 number questions should be directed Email: [email protected] to the North American Treasurer. EUROPEAN WEBMASTER G 221111 NORTH AMERICAN PAST http://www.idniyra.eu GG--222222 COMMODORE Dietmar Gottke G-4 Robert Schumacher US4032 Germany Phone: 802-238-8099 [email protected] Email: [email protected] E-EEE--1-1191999 8 RUNNER TRACKS | DECEMBER 2015 MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DN ICE YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION | DECEMBER 2015 9 NOTICE OF RACE: 2016 WESTERNS NOTICE OF RACE: 2016 EASTERNS Western Lakes Regional DN Championship Regatta, Jan 2-3, 2016, North American Western Region Eastern Lakes Regional DN Championship Regatta, Jan 9-10, 2016, North American Eastern Region Organizing Authority: International DN Ice Yacht Racing Association Organizing Authority: International DN Ice Yacht Racing Association Host: North American Western Region North American Eastern Region 1.