2009 Northwestern on Lake Geneva

I just got a report from JD;

He's driving around on the ice, hasn't seen any drain holes, really nice - spring ice... The regular friday morning registration/big boat setup/noon racing..

I guess tommy is in route today for the noon racing.

Sounds pretty good... expectations are high.
check out GORDY's LIVE WEB CAM
http://www.gordysboats.com/webcam/default.asp

looks great..

official NIYA page
http://iceboat.org/seasons/08-09/niya/index.html

After seeing that cam, I am there!

I am leaving 5 am Sat.

/Adam

You guys missed some nice sailing

I went up early Sat and made the second DN race. Saturday was a little light, Sunday was a little strong, both days were 100% sailable on very fast ice with no snow at all.

Racing was called off for Sunday - reason was 14G22 at the airport at 9:30 am. 30 minutes later it was 14G18; when I left at 2 pm it was 10G18 and all type of boats were ripping about.

About 7 DN's rigged and lapped Geneva a few times with no issues.

In all honesty, it was not the velocity that was the show-stopper but rather the huge 45 degree shifts. I never auto-tacked a DN before today!

The Nites looked like they were having a super regatta with at least 7 races over two days.

/Adam