MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DN ICE YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION RUNNER TRACKS MARCH 2020 CHOCK ALIGNMENT BY PETER VAN ROSSEM KC 2766 INTO THE DAWN TO MONTANA BY DEB WHITEHORSE 2020 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 2 RUNNER TRACKS | MARCH 2020 CONTENT Cover Photo: Sean R. Heavey seanrheavey.com REGATTA SCHEDULE Continental and regional regattas for the 2019- 05 2020 season. IDNIYRA OFFICERS International class officers and North American 06 regional commodores. 10 DN TECHNOLOGY Another way to align your chocks on the runner plank. Photo: Gretchen Dorian By Peter Van Rossem, KC2766 GET A SAIL NUMBER MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION INTO THE DAWN TO MONTANA The North American championship went where no Contact Ray Gauthier US5576 14 regatta has gone before. Email: [email protected] By Deb Whitehorse ADVERTISE WITH US RESULTS Contact IDNIYRA Secretary Results from the 2020 North American Deb Whitehorse 22 championship. 1200 East Broadway Monona, WI 53716 Phone: 608-347-3513 Email: [email protected] RUNNER TRACKS is edited by IDNIYRA Secretary Deb Whitehorse MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DN ICE YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION | MARCH 2020 3 COMMODORE’S MESSAGE WARREN NETHERCOTE KC3786, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA have three threads in this column: congratulations, tive to the contributions of our volunteers. I offer my an apology and technical specifications. apologies for this, and hope that we can do a better I job in future, with better communications between We have two new winners of the North American the Governing Committee and those who deliver the Championships and the Gold Cup. James ‘T’ Thieler regatta for our members. won the North American Championships in a tight, At both the North American Championships and the five-race series on Fort Peck Reservoir near Glas- Gold Cup there were concerns about compliance gow Montana. Lukasz Zakrzewski won a four-race with DN Technical Specifications. No valid protests series in Sweden after a challenging search for ice in against alleged specifications violations were filed in Europe. Congratulations to both of you. either regatta, although we did receive, and refuse specifications-related protests after completion of the North American Championships. Talk in the pits, both in Montana and Sweden, con- cerned several alleged technical violations: • Fairing of runner plank to runner chock inter- sections; • Use of carbon fiber foot-rests and bulkhead guards within hull structure; • Minimum radii of seat backs; • Recessed mainsheet block mounts; • Mast minimum weights; • Sailcloth specifications; and, • Bolt-rope construction. Photo: Gretchen Dorian Congratulations also to Western Region Rear Com- modore Daniel Hearn, and PROs Dan Heaney and Joe Norton, and their team, for organizing and run- ning a successful North American Championship. Montana set a new standard for ‘how far west will you go?’ It is a credit to their organization and lead- ership skills that so many of their original volunteers committed to the trek to Montana. Regional Rear Commodores organize continental or Gold Cup regattas on behalf of the IDNIYRA Govern- ing Committee and the IDNIYRA membership. Our Photo: Gretchen Dorian governing documents give the Governing Commit- tee a supervisory role at these regattas, providing In my own mind, some of these allegations are guidance or direction to the Regatta Chair and Race well-founded, but others are not. Regardless, there Committee as required. This year, some of the appears to be an increasing preparedness to ignore Governing Committee input was, at best, insensi- inconvenient specifications. Continued next page 4 RUNNER TRACKS | MARCH 2020 in the construction of ‘wood body’ runners; and, a One might say ‘so what’ for those things that don’t proposal to slightly reduce the minimum thickness of affect performance, but that attitude is likely the steel insert runner blades. I encourage your partici- beginning of a slippery slope. pation in this ballot. The Governing Committee Is concerned that infrac- Warren Nethercote KC3786 tions of technical specifications are becoming more widespread and has asked the Technical Commit- tee to examine the matter and to communicate with members. We hope that such communication will encourage improved compliance with techni- cal specifications. Should those communications fail, there are competitors who have indicated their intention to file measurement protests at the 2021 Gold Cup. I would much rather see willing compliance than disqualification of competitors from races. Finally, at about the same time as the publication of this Runner Tracks you should be receiving your first electronic ballot on changes to Technical Speci- fications. There will be four items: a proposal to eliminate the minimum weight of masts; a proposal to eliminate the centre of gravity requirement for masts; a proposal to drop the requirement for wood Photo: Gretchen Dorian CHAD ATKINS (401) 787-4567 [email protected] MIKE MARSHALL (401) 965-0057 [email protected] BJORN OSTERBERG +46 (0) 8544 80770 A NEW LEVEL OF [email protected] SKIP DIEBALL (419) 392-4411 SPEED [email protected] northsails.com MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DN ICE YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION | MARCH 2020 5 WESTERN EASTERN LAKES CENTRAL LAKES WESTERN LAKES CHALLENGE TBA TBA January 4-5, 2020 An unofficial regatta. idniyra.org idniyra.org idniyra.org December 14-15, 2019 dnamerica.org/forum/ dnamerica.org/forum/ dnamerica.org/forum/ iceboating.net Sailed on Lake Puckaway in Wisconsin. NORTH AMERICAN GOLD CUP & NEW ENGLAND CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIP January 18-25, 2020 CHAMPIONSHIP TBA TBA Host Region: Western February 8-15, 2020 neiya.org idniyra.org idniyra.org idniyra.eu dnamerica.org/forum/ dnamerica.org/forum/ DN & ICE OPTIMIST JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP February 16-21, 2020 idniyra.eu 6 RUNNER TRACKS | MARCH 2020 GRETCHENDORIAN.COM 2020 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP INTERNATIONAL CLASS OFFICERS 2019-2020 NORTH AMERICAN COMMODORE EUROPEAN COMMODORE Warren Nethercote KC3786 Attila Pataki M100 Nova Scotia, Canada Balatonfüred, Hungary Phone: 902-478-2517 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] EUROPEAN VICE COMMODORE NORTH AMERICAN VICE COMMODORE Timoleon Caravitis L37 Jody Kjoller US5435 Helsinki, Finland Temperance, Mi 48182 [email protected] Phone: 419-265-6779 Email: [email protected] EUROPEAN SECRETARY Attila Pataki Jr. M101 Balatonfüred NORTH AMERICAN SECRETARY Hungary Deb Whitehorse US2366 Email: [email protected] 1200 East Broadway Monona, WI 53716 EUROPEAN TREASURER Phone 608-347-3513 Jerzy Henke P58 Email: [email protected] Poland Email: [email protected] NORTH AMERICAN TREASURER Deb Whitehorse US2366 EUROPEAN JUNIOR PROGRAM 1200 East Broadway MANAGER Monona, WI 53716 Stan Macur P111 Phone 608-347-3513 Poland Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] EUROPEAN WEBMASTER NORTH AMERICAN PAST idniyra.eu COMMODORE Dietmar Gottke G4 Robert Cummins Germany Oshkosh, Wisconsin [email protected] Phone: 920-573-1265 Email: [email protected] AGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DN ICE YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION | DECEMBER 2020 7 EUROPEAN INSURANCE MANAGER Niklas Müller-Hartburg OE221 Vienna, Austria Email: [email protected] NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL COMMODORES CANADA MOUNTAIN LAKES John Curtis KC5514 Bill Van Gee US3435 Kingston, Ontario New York Phone: 613-328-4015 Phone: 315-483-6461 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] EASTERN LAKES WESTERN LAKES Chad Atkins US4487 Daniel Hearn US5352 Rhode Island Wisconsin Phone: 401 787 4567 Cell: 608-692-4007 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] CENTRAL LAKES NORTH AMERICAN JUNIOR PROGRAM Rob Holman US3705 MANAGER Michigan Ron Rosten Phone: 419 350 9658 Cell: 608-692-8816 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 8 RUNNER TRACKS | MARCH 2020 Steve Orelebeke US4926 & Ron Sherry US44 in close racing action during the last race of the Gold fleet at the 2020 North American Champiionship. 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