Eight Bells: P111

It is with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of our Friend, fellow board member, Polish icesailing legend Stan Macur.

Stan played a crucial role in the international ice sailing community, shaping the sport for future generations of sailors.
For 20 years, Stan served as IDNIYRA Europe’s Junior Programme Manager.
His contributions to the sport went beyond his administrative roles. As a competitor, Stan was formidable, placing third in the World Championships three times, securing second place in the North Americans, and winning the European Championship in 1993.

His generosity also marks Stan’s legacy. Stan served as the Principal Race Officer (PRO) for many DN World Championships in Europe, where his signature battered horn would signal the start of each race.
The ice sailing community has lost a giant in Stan Macur. His legacy will continue to inspire future generations of ice sailors. IDNIYRA Europe extends our sympathies to Stan’s family and the Polish DN Association. The worldwide ice-sailing community will miss him.

The funeral will be held on July 27th 2024 in Olsztyn, starting at 11:30 in St. Francis of Assisi Church (ul. Dybowskiego 2) and then at the Municipal Cementery Poprzeczna in ul. Transversal, Olsztyn.

Stan’s Obituary:
To our deepest sadness, Stan Macur P-111, a Polish iceboater and a multimedalist of ice-sailing regatta on both national and international level, passed away on July 19th 2024. Stan started his sailing adventure in his teenage years. When he discovered ice-sailing, it became his life passion. Already as a junior, he won senior Polish DN Championships in 1972. Then he achieved many more successes in ice-sailing, among which there were three bronze medals in DN World Championships and a golden medal in DN European Championships in 1993. For most of his sailing career he represented the AZS Olsztyn sailing club.
After finishing his career as a competitor, he devoted himself to work for the ice-sailing community, which included being a board member of IDNYIRA-Europe and leading the Professional Race Committee that conducts the main ice-sailing events: DN World and European Championships. Stan also tried to spread his passion for ice-sailing to young people. For many years he was the IDNYIRA-Europe Junior Programme Manager and also worked as a trainer.
His professional life was also connected to sailing, as he constructed boats and other sailing equipment. Even though ice-sailing was his life passion, he was first of all devoted to his family and friends. He valued time spent together and his closest ones -wife Joanna and daughters Kasia, Julia and Sylwia; could always count on him.

Stan, thank you for all your contributions and sharing yor life with us. We will miss you a lot!