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WC 2022 – Day 2 Update
Today’s Races are cancelled.
More information on tomorrow’s programme will be published in the evening.
Stan Macur
PRO-IRC
WC 2022 – Day 2 Programme
Dear Fellow Competitors,
Final Decision will be posted until 11.00.
If we have races A Gold Fleet is going to start.
Stan Macur
PRO-IRC
WC 2022 – Race Day 1 Programme
Dear Competitors,
The Programme for the 1st day of the 2022 DN World Championship is as follows:
9:00 – Opening Ceremony
9:30 – Skipper’s Meeting
Races (Time to be announced on the Skipper’s Meeting):
- B Mini-Qualifier
- A
- B
- A
…
See you Tomorrow on the Ice!
Stan Macur
PRO
ERRATA
The day of the Registration, which had been indicated in the previous post was mistakenly Sunday, which now corrected to Saturday (19 February).
Race Committee
WC-EC 2022 Check-in & Training
Dear Fellow Iceboaters,
The Regatta Check-in will be open tomorrow (19 February, Saturday) from 11:00 until 19.00 (local time) at the Race Office on the ground floor of Vilsta Sporthotell Eskilstuna.
Please bring your COVID Certificate as it will be checked by the Race Committee upon entry.
Sailors who did not upload insurance beforehand have to present their proof of insurance during the last hour of check-in where the Insurance Manager will be present.
Sailors with unsettled fees and/or who had been approved for Single Event Insurance will need to pay those fees in cash.
Since the regatta is sailed in a country different from the Primary Site, sailors from Sweden in good standing with national and IDNIYRA-Europe memberships are allowed to make a Late-Entry for a Regular fee.
Regatta Tracking and digital noticeboard will be available for the practice and racing days via the KWINDOO tracking app.
See you tomorrow!
The Race Committee
WC/EC 2022 Location Update – DECISION
Dear Fellow Icesailors,
The 2022 WC/EC will be held on lake Hjälmaren/Sweden. The Race Office will be located in Vilsta Sporthotell Eskilstuna.
UPDATE:
The location of the launching site will be Uddens Hamn
https://goo.gl/maps/bqykGmVMh3sdFxtCA
See you there!
Think Ice,
Attila Pataky (M-100)
Commodore
P.S.: You can find the list of nearby hotels below:
Hotell-VM-2022
WC/EC Location Update 2
It has become clear that there are no more possibilities either in Lithuania or in Estonia to sail the WC/EC.
Please be prepared to travel to Sweden. We are also going to be there by tomorrow evening and will check the possible site suggested by the Swedish team.
I will do the final site selection on Friday, but once you are in Sweden there should be no problem reaching the site on time.
Think Ice,
Attila Pataky (M-100)
Commodore
WC/EC 2022 Location Update
Dear Fellow Icesailors,
We started our icescouting tour with the question as usual: where to go?
We had some preliminary information from Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Sweden.
It had become clear quite soon that Poland was not an option, therefore we headed to the North.
Recently we are checking the possible spots in the Baltics and are waiting for further information from Finland and Sweden. It is early to say in which country we will be landing, so please be patient, the decision will come soon.
Think Ice,
Attila Pataky (M-100)
Commodore
Clarification on the COVID Protocol 2022
I have heard rumors that some of our members are interpreting the IDNIYRA-EUROPE COVID-19 Protocol as not mandatory because it uses the word “should” instead of “must”.
Now I don’t want to start a debate about English grammar because this is not that platform. Rather, let’s look at what the intent was when this document was adopted.
We want to host safe events for all participants in an epidemiologically uncertain environment.
We can only do this if all participants are adequately protected against the COVID virus. And this is clearly a complete vaccination.
We require this, as in the case of an infection, it is very unlikely that anyone will get sick so severely that they will have to be hospitalized and consequently the local authorities will need to interrupt the event and everyone will be quarantined as a contact person.
That would be the situation that no icesailor would want.
That is why I ask everyone to keep the spirit of the COVID Protocol in mind and not to start hair-splitting.
To make it clear throughout the text, the phrase “should have” is to be understood as “must have”.
I apologize to everyone for the inconvenience.
Think Ice,
Attila Pataky (M-100)
Commodore
Notice Of Race JWC/JEC 2022
Dear Young Icesailors, Parents and Trainers,
In December we have succesfully finished the Junior Championships of 2021 in Haapsalu, Estonia and I hope everybody is looking for ice and practicing in the new 2022 season.
IDNIYRA-Europe
Grand Masters Cup 2022
DN Finland invites all senior DN ice yacht sailors, born before 09 February 1962, to participate in the Grand Masters Cup 2022 Regatta.
The regatta will be sailed 08-10 February 2022 aiming to 12 races.
The site will be announced on 04 February 2022, at latest.
Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions can be downloaded using the links published on the regatta website: www.icesailing.fi/gm2022
Registration using entry form link on the same website.
For further information and updates, please follow the DN Finland website www.icesailing.fi
DN Finland warmly welcomes all senior sailors to Grand Masters Cup 2022!
WC/EC 2022 Entry
First of all, I would like to wish you and your family a Happy, Prosperous and Joyful New Year with a lot of icesailing.
I would like to remind you that less than two weeks remain to the closing of the Regular Entry for the 2020 Gold Cup World DN Championship and DN European Championship.
It is my firm intention to sail the 2022 WC/EC, except if too strict restrictions make it impossible to do so. I strongly encourage every one of you to make the entry as soon as it is possible. In case of the event cancellation, we will naturally reimburse the entry fee.
For the time being, we do not intend to change our COVID Protocol. We can think of further measures (i.e. having certain kits of rapid test ready in case of suspicious symptoms), but in no case would we consider taking PCR test compulsory before or during the event. On the other hand, I would strongly support taking PCR tests before your departure (as it might be required for travel and accommodation).
The COVID Certificates will be checked at the event check-in.
To avoid congestion at the check-in we would like to process most of the administration paperless, online. As an example, I would draw your attention to the possibility of uploading your COVID Certificate to your profile on our website. This way we can check them beforehand and you’ll get through the check-in faster.
Thank You & Think Ice,
Attila Pataky (M-100)
Commodore
Photo: Sean R. Heavey
What’s Next for this Season?
Here are a few event recommendations for the upcoming weekend:
- Swedish Championship 2021, Ymsen, DN Sweden
- Regaty o Puchar Żubra, DN Poland
- Far-East Cup – Vladivostok, DN Russia
- (reserve date) Konakovo River Club Cup, DN Russia
- Championship of the Sakhalin Region, DN Russia
- European Fleet Cup, DN Russia
- St. Petersburg Open Cup, DN Russia
The North American, Polish, Russian and Swedish Regatta calendars were published as of today and are available on their websites and on our DN Class Regatta Calendar Page, where all of our Fleets can publish their events by the their respective National Secretary.
The 2022 World & European Championship Event Entry is also open and accessible after successful Membership registration, payment and Insurance-Check.
Pictures of the JWC/JEC 2021
The Junior World & European Championships has successfully concluded today in Haapsalu, Estonia.
The event was originally planned for February, but due to COVID-lockdowns it needed to postponed to December.
Congratulations to all competitors who took part in the event and gratitude to organisers: Stan Macur, the PRC and the Estonian DN Fleet, for making the event happen under these more difficult than average conditions.
Please enjoy the pictures from the event:
For more media, please visit and follow IDNIYRA – Europe’s Facebook Page
JEC2021 FINAL RESULTS DN + ICE-OPTIMIST
The NOR of the 2022 DN WC/EC is out
Dear Fellow Icesailors,
We invite you all to sail the Gold Cup DN World and European DN Championships 2022
Please find the Notice of Race attached and read it carefully.
Also, pay particular attention to the IDNIYRA EU Covid Protocol.
Important dates to consider:
- 15th December 2021 – 18:00 (CET) – The online registration opens
- 17th January 2022; 24:00 (CET) – Deadline to send insurances for checking (Regular Entry)
- 19th January 2022 – 24:00 (CET) – The last possibility to register on the regular entry fee (Regular Entry)
Please note, that in order to make a proper entry both the sailor as well as his/her National Organisation need to be active members of the DN Class, i.e. the respective membership fees have to be paid.
See you on the ice,
The Organisers & The Board of IDNIYRA Europe
>>> VISIT THE REGATTA WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION
NOR WC-EC 2022
JWC2021 final results
DN Resilts:
DN Junior World Championships 2021 woman final (2)
IceOptimist results (Updated with corrections by the PRC on 2021.12.20):
ICE-OPTI-JWC2021-correction
Congratulations to all!
The racing will continue tommorow with the Junior European Championships
2022 U.S. Nationals Notice of Race Published
DN & ICE-OPTI JWC2021 Starting Positions
Track & Follow the JWC/JEC2021 Live on idniyra.eu
Follow the 2021 DN Junior & IceOptimist World & European Championships live and read all the latest updates on the event’s page.
Contribute to the online experience and receive notifications at the digital notice board on your phone with the kwindoo app for racers: kwindoo.com/app
Simply download, register & start tracking your activity on the ice.
After a raceday is completed, turn off the tracking and you will be able to rewatch the race on the website and in the app.
More info: idniyra.eu/downloads
Wishing you all a safe & successful regatta,
Attila István Pataki
Secretary IDNIYRA – Europe