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Is there anybody in the Minnetonka area offering sharpening services?

Please let me know.

dforchas@comcast.net

I have a nice set (3 runners) of Classic Polish Tees for sale with bag ready to sail .Minimum Thickness soft stainless 304 possibly 316
Get them before the Doctor adds them to his collection.
$900.00 or will consider trade for 3/16 440 steel or runners

Contact Bob Rast
Dn1313
414-791-3056

Does anyone have any pictures of the Polish Runner Sharpener?
Our club would like to purchase one.

Please email any pictures or contact information to
bob(AT)fox.nstn.ca

Thanks
-bob

$200, add chocks and it's ready to go. Perfect for 195 lbs. I last sailed this plank at the 07 Worlds Regatta. JD at 612-840-9855

I am a student at the University of Michigan (originally from Minnesota). I am trying to get more involved with iceboating. I can't afford to buy a boat, but I have an MC Scow that I would be willing to trade for a DN. (Johnson MC sail # 1454) I am also willing to trade rides on a 49er in the summer for rides on an iceboat in the winter?

Thanks,

Dan Morris
952.270.9006

This just in...

From: DN US 5369
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:46 PM
To:
Subject: Re: watching and waiting...

It was 22 F on my car thermometer at 7AM today and I saw one small pot hole 15 feet across froze near Sauk Centre.
As I said I will keep a close eye and even check Christina in a couple weeks! I stay there every Monday night.

5369

Older DN, near-new sail & good wooden mast. One
set of Sarns standard plate runners plus 2 T-iron
runners for rear. Complete, ready to sail,
includes all hardware, ropes, etc.
Custom-built enclosed trailer w/roller system for
boat loading/unloading. New wheels, tires & wiring.
Whole package, ready to sail - $1700. Everything
fits inside trailer except mast.
Located 50 miles N. of Brainerd, MN.

DN 5404
tmoore7550@tds.net

There are proposed changes to the DN out for vote. A discussion on some is running on DNAmerica.org in the forums section.

Join in with your opinions. If you have not registered, click the registration on the opening page. If you forgot your password, contact me with e-mail and I can reset your password.

Ken Smith

35 days ... The Polish sailors are coming to sail in MN

Just out of the mold , 2 new carbon composite masts,complete with base ,external hound and Halyard. $1200.00 each located in Oconomowoc,WI.
Bob Rast
DN 1313
414-791-3056
Robertrast@aol.com

Need to pimp my ride - tired of the roof racks - need to reduce time out of the bat cave.

Will be at swap meet...

Wanted, serviceable boom for back-up/loaner DN. Horstman or flat-sided (Bryant) extrusion ideal.

Contact Ken at kendnsmith at yahoo.com

[Don't bother if you are trying to enhance my body parts, sell aids to fun, insurance, condos, or anything not meant to ride on a DN. I have no interest if you have a great deal for me to help you get money into this country.]

For fifteen years, the first weekend in December we've been sailing the Great Western Challenge Regatta, its the only real party I toss every year... as always, we'll have a great sheet of ice, and figure the rest out when we get there.

The Dates: December 5,6,7, 2008 (Friday is always perfect, not to be missed)

The Place: Best Ice, Western Region, (Plan on someplace in Minnesota, as we'll follow the freeze South from Milepost 8, Lake Christina, Ashby, MN)

Who's Coming: You never know. (I never know)

What are we doing: For sure we'll be sailing DN Iceboats, probably on pretty thin ice. If the ice is thicker, bigger, who knows what else might show up.

Sail with the crew of "Type-A" (W-3) as they weave through a fleet on charging A-scows on a port tack. Hang-on for the ride of your life. Experience riding aboard one of the fastest inland racing sailboats ever built. This is something you have never experienced before...WOW!!
A-Scow National One-Design Regatta
Lake Medota 2008, Madison Wisconsin

until we meet again next season

Any time one sails within a week of Ice Out on a lake, they're cheating death. We last sailed on Lake Minnetonka last nine days ago, which is still cutting it close.

Season Recap to follow later this week, the good, the bad and the ugly.

For what promises to be the last iceboating in metro Minnesota for the season, several DNs are sailing lower Minnetonka tomorrow... the lake was sailed today!

Alternate launch Sites: Shorewood Yacht Club, sailed today, and the cottagewood fire lanes, with some suggested dock section bridging if needed.

Plan to start early...

"thats what it do" (open in new window, turn it up)

Sail safe... it's going to be amazing...

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