2025年3月17日 · The Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club is one of the most active iceboat clubs in North America. We've been building and racing iceboats for over 100 years in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. We sail on Lake Kegonsa, Lake Monona, and Lake Mendota. We also join with other ice yacht clubs to compete in regattas on lakes around the world.

An iceboat (occasionally spelled ice boat or traditionally called an ice yacht) is a recreational or competition sailing craft supported on metal runners for traveling over ice. One of the runners is steerable.

What Is An Ice Boat? An ice boat is a hull attached to a perpendicular cross piece called a runner plank. Three skates, or runners, are attached to the boat, one on each end of the plank and at the fore end of the hull. Ice boats are strictly wind powered and need relatively snow-free ice to sail. How Do I Get Involved?

Experience the thrill of ice sailing with SkyBrothers at the Wayzata Sailing Center! Glide across Lake Minnetonka’s Wayzata Bay at exhilarating speeds up to 50 mph—no experience needed. Each ride is 30 minutes long and costs $100 per boat. Every boat is piloted by a professional sailor and holds just one guest.

What is ice sailing? Ice sailing is essentially powering sports that you already enjoy either by the environment or by wind. That includes sailing, skating, skiing and snowboarding. You take the winter sports that you know and love, but now you are doing them either directly on ice or on ice that has been covered with snow.

Carrying 60 sq ft/ 5.57 sq m of sail, it offers spirited performance and very competitive sailing. Ice yachters, from veterans to juniors, find the DN’s demands in competition a satisfying challenge. The DN has evolved into the world’s largest iceboat class with active sailors in 18 countries.

Deep thinkers at CIBC perceive a need for an economical ice sailing craft for softwater sailors idled by winters icy grip. The world’s most popular iceboat, the DN, an excellent sailer, is in the four figures well used and several four figures new. Our “Cheapskate” design can be built for $200-300 and sails very well with Sunfish spars and sail.

The North Sail All Speed sail is designed for heavy air and clean ice. It is powerful enough to accelerate the boat off the line, but then it rapidly flattens out to reduce drag. Keeping the class girths at maximum helps to reduce lee helm at high speeds, thereby providing greater control and less chance of spinning ou

2025年2月27日 · The DN is most popular iceboat in the world. Whether you are a racer or cruiser, your $25 membership in the IDNIYRA helps to promote the art and skill of DN ice yacht construction and the sport of ice yachting on all the hard waters of the world.

2023年2月14日 · Welcome to the world of ice sailing, also known as ice boating or ice yachting—a fast-paced, thrilling winter lake sport enjoyed worldwide. In the United States, many northern lake destinations—such as Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois—feature lively ice sailing clubs and exciting annual competitions.