Chickawaukie Ice Boat Club

Very little use, like-new condition, two seater. Hull #470. Has harken covers for fuselage, mast and plank, and three sails. One radial (red), one older kevlar, and one like-new Quantum dacron with RBS battens. Batten deflection perfect. Has a tool kit with spare bolts, a sharpening stone kit and a spare side shroud. Trailer is from 2010 and is in excellent condition with like-new tires, frame is still shiny underneath. Sarns black 30” plate runners in Harken runner bag. The mainsheet is tapered. Also comes with three Joffa helmets, one average size and two smaller ones. Complete set of cockpit upholstery showing very little wear.

We now have three active Nites in Maine and a possible fourth. This one would create a fleet of five in the area. Nites art a strict one-design class and the fleets in the mid-west have very close and spirited regattas.
Let’s do it here!

Boat is in Camden, Me. $5200.oo Contact Bill 207-975-6980 or hilltop

More than happy to deliver to Swap Meet November 3 at the Hudson Elks Hall, Hudson,, MA

Forgot to mention that the boat is rigged for a sidecar. We are searching for the sidecar and will be included if it turns up.

SWAP MEET 24 DAYS AWAY!

This is a nice entry wedge DN built in the nineties and raced successfully for many years. Comes with Sarns bullnose runners and aluminum Sarns chocks, two very nice sails, stands, and a composite Saltonstall mast. It even includes ice picks, size 12 spiked track shoes, some mittens, balaclava and other odds & ends. Harken blocks, aluminum boom and nice tapered sheet. Runners freshly sharpened and aligned.

Fuselage weighs 60# complete with hardware. The varnished mast alongside is not part of this boat, but goes with a NITE that is also available and will be featured soon.

The boat is in Camden and is asking $2200.oo. Will deliver to swap meet.

Don’t forget the Swap Meet and meeting weekend Nov.3!
Hudson-Concord Elks Hall
99 Park Street, Hudson, MA 01749

Most sailors are familiar with the crab claw rig, common on the proas and sailing canoes of the South Pacific. In his seminal book on sailing aerodynamics C. A. Marhaj concludes that is is one of the most efficient rigs over a broad spectrum of conditions. Small wonder that an iceboater should be inspired to give it a go. A report by Peter Adrian from Sweden on his crab claw rigged iceboat:

Am sailing my second season with my modified iceboat: an Isabella Classic with 5m2 (54 sq. ft.) crab claw sail. Just a win-win over all compared against the same boats with conventional Bermuda rig. Just one thing I’ve noticed is she no longer lifts the windward runner at over 60km/h (37 mph).

The yard is made fast to the apex of a bipod mast and fixed to the hull at the bow, so it cannot move. Like the traditional oceanic rig, only the boom is free to sheet in and out. Iceboats are sailed close-hauled at all times, and tack downwind, so the narrow sheeting range between the bipod is no problem.

The sail is cut dead flat, so it is the simplest of rigs for the home builder. Another advantage is the iceboat can be parked in its box more or less completely rigged. Pull the sack off the spars/sail, lift the yard and clip it to the bipod mast. Install the runners and the boat is ready to go in 5-6 minutes, while the Bermudas are still still fighting to get their stuff ready in 20-30 minutes, and even longer if minus 5C!

It might appear at first glance to be a lateen Cheapskate rig, but look closer and you’ll see major differences. All you’d need is two of old windsurfer masts and some bent aluminum tubing for the bi-pod mast. Any new Cheapskates out there who haven’t built their rig yet? This could be interesting…

Bill Bunting shared the sad news today that CIBC mascot Trixie has died. She was most well known for her uncanny ability to enter cars and lunch boxes, find the sandwich, eat and retreat.

Bill says: “She considered herself a club member. And some members will be relieved. Her own unique take on iceboating was as strong as that of any of us — no matter which direction or at what season we approached Chicky or Dammy, a mile or two before they came into sight, she would stand on the consul and put her front feet on the dashboard and whine. After we passed she would groan and lie down on the back seat, profoundly disappointed. The only activity she loved as much as iceboating was haying.”