iceboating.net Minnesota Ice Sailing Association

Let me introduce myself, my name is Mike Shepherd, and I am a conventional (soft water) sailor from Australia. I have been sailing various types of boats all my life, everything from small training dinghies, various forms of skiffs including the aussie 18, and high performance offshore yachts.
I thought I had just about seen it all when it came to performance under sail, how wrong I was!!
For a long time now I have heard little bits about a mysterious breed of sailing machine called ice boats, but unfortunately, due to geographic problems, have never had the opportunity to see them in the flesh.

Hi all, Mike the Australian here. I met a few of you guys up at Battle lake last weekend, and am wondering if there is anything going on this weekend? Still very keen to try ice boating, hope the conditions are better suited. If anyone knows of anything, or has a spare boat they could let me have a try in, please contact me at shep4031@yahoo.com cheers, Mike.