iceboating.net Minnesota Ice Sailing Association

Week 7 was capped off by with a very successful Western Regional Championship regatta on Gull Lake near Brainerd MN... reports and pics should be up sometime today... with 7 Gold and Silver Fleet races completed, many of the DNers are just plain sailed out.

Excellent conditions are expected to continue in Minnesota thru Week 8... .. the forecast late week cold may finally freeze the sailing area on lower Minnetonka.

Lakes with known iceboaters currently sailing are:
- Minnetonka, Spring Park Bay and Cottagewood
- Waconia (Regatta Suitable)
- Prior Lake Lake
- White Bear Lake
- Bald Eagle Lake

WSSA Championship Regatta Called ON, possibly Gull Lake, MN!
Via Jeff Seeboth: "The 2007 WSSA Annual Championship is called on for January 13 and 14, 2007. Check back on Thursday January 11 after 12:00 pm CST for further information at (414) 520-1190 or (414) 559-6503. We have a potential regatta site identified at Gull Lake, MN."

Minnesota Nites To Host Fun Regatta For This Weekend Load them up! Via Scott Brown: "The Nite fleet in Minnesota is hosting a casual regatta this coming weekend, January 13/14. We have choices within the Minneapolis/St. Paul area with better ice to the north. With the Nite Nationals in postponement, it's hoped any of the southern Wisconsin Nite guys feel welcome to come up and join in. We'll try to be realistic in our conditions report so you don't find yourself driving 5 hours for junky ice. As of today, we have no current local reports, but many of us sailed Gull Lake this past weekend and it was 12" thick with big sheets of smooth ice with some shell icing. There were some cracks that required attention, but the race courses were great. We'll post a tentative lake selection on your site Thursday at noon, and a final decision on Friday at noon."

We estimate that over 80% of the lakes in Minnesota are currently suitable... many of them are being sailed. Note, there have been flaws or hazards observed on just about all of them.

Ice is Nice.

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