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JWC/JEC 2021 – Notice No.2
Dear Young Icesailors, Parents & Coaches, Due to the Covid-19 situation and other complications some young icesailors have - problems with bank transfers and organising circumstances - we decided to extend the deadline for Entry and Insurance Submission of JWC...
JWC/JEC 2021 – Notice No.1
Dear Young Icesailors, Parents & Coaches, I would like to confirm that all entries paid last winter to participate at the JWC/JEC 2021 are of course valid for our championship planned for December 2021. Clearly, if we can not provide this event in December the...
JWC-JEC 2021 NOR Update
We would like to invite All Junior and Ice-Optimist sailors of the World to our 2021 Championships which we still intend to organize this year! Attached please find the official updated Notice of the Race with the changes highlighted. See you on the ice on December!...
Ballot 2021 Results
The Autumn 2021 IDNIYRA and IDNIYRA EU combined ballot closed at 1200 US CT October 21, 2021. Two-thirds of ‘yes’ votes are required for a question to pass. The results are as follows: 61% percent of eligible members participated in the ballot. Abstentions were...
IDNIYRA EUROPE COVID-19 Protocol
Dear Fellow Icesailors, A new season starts soon and we have to be ready not only with our ice sailing gear but also be prepared to cope with the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope that all of you are healthy and not influenced by COVID infection or...
dniceboat.org: Your World Portal to DN Ice Yacht Racing
The DN Class’ two continental organizations: the IDNIYRA (North America) and IDNIYRA Europe have developed a new world portal website, dniceboat.org, to showcase our sport’s best videos, and photos that are easily accessible on the front page.
2021 Autumn Class Ballot
This is the announcement of a combined ballot for members of IDNIYRA and IDNIYRA EU, although North American and European results will be available separately.
The 2021 September Issue of Runner Tracks is out!
The 21-22 season is starting to rev up. This month’s newsletter will inspire you to get those runner sharpened for December’s first ice. IDNIYRA and IDNIYRA Europe have combined forces with a new website, dniceboat.org, a portal that will host information common to both continents.
Baikal Ice Sailing Week 2022 – What to know?
We received the following leaflet from Joerg Bohn G-737 & Dideric van Reimsdijk S-867 about this season’s Baikal Ice Sailing Week.
March 2022 will mark the 11th occasion that the event is held at Lake Baikal, Russia with sailors participating from all over the World to compete at the Asia and Baikal Cups, the Russian Championship or to sail for pleasure. This year we are also looking forward to having guests from China.
Please read the What-to-know-2022 manual carefully.
Tiit Haagma 1954-2021
Via Mihkel Kosk C45 and Ron Sherry US44.
Estonian DN sailor, Tiit Hagma C10, passed away peacefully at home on 28 May 2021. Tiit won the 1984 DN Gold Cup sailed at Krynica Morska in Poland. The regatta is memorable for a field of 240 competitors, certainly one of the largest DN championships in history. Ron Sherry US44 remembers “driving back to the hotel with him in 1984 in Poland to pick up some Boston Sails. He was so calm and matter of fact. I told him if I had won, I would be like a NASA Launch.”
Mihkel Kosk recalls Tiit’s life outside of DN sailing, “The big thing that he was also a great talent in music and in the USSR time a part and member of a band Ruja. Ruja was as popular in Estonia as the Rolling Stones were in the states and very much on the legal line with the USSR officials!”
2021/22 Season Regatta dates announced!
The dates of next seasons’ Gold Cup World & European Championships were set in April at the National Secretaries’ Meeting and we are receiving more and more dates from the class’ member fleets daily.
The 2021 May Runner Tracks is out!
Contents:
European Secretaries Meeting Thoughts by Warren Nethercote | There’s Always Moosehead by Bill Buchholz | The Unaverage Year by Jody Kjoller | Chasing Swedish Ice by Dideric van Riemsdijk | Minutes of the European Secretaries Meeting | Regatta Results
National Secretaries’ Meeting 2021 – Election Results
Last weekend at our annual National Secretaries’ Meeting the representatives of our member fleets elected the following European officers
National Secretaries’ Meeting 2021 – The Class Welcomes DN China!
https://youtu.be/OrhhKXNeh0I Icesailing on the Jinling Reservoir Chinese DN Fleet Storage Our family of icesailing nations grew with a new member in Asia! This weekend at our annual National Secretaries' Meeting we had some very special guests in attendance:On behalf...
Follow the 2021 Baikal Icesailing Week online – Live!
This year unfortunately most of us could not travel to the Baikal Icesailing Week – but with the co-operation of the Russian DN Class and Kwindoo we can follow the event from home.
2021 Ordinary Annual (Secretaries’) Meeting
Dear Fellow Iceboaters, The 2021 Ordinary Annual Meeting of the National Secretaries and IDNIYRA EU Board Members will be held online on 24-25 April. This is two weeks earlier than originally agreed because some participants asked to move the date, which request was...
Happy Restoration of Independence Day Lithuania! Follow the ETNO-LR Iceyacht Team Regatta – LIVE!
Estonian Championship summary videos
Hello fellow iceboaters Estonian Championship was held last weekend. We had guests from Latvia and Hungary! We got some great races with 32 boats in DN class. Here are three videos summarising the weekend. Enjoy!
2021 Lithuanian Republic Ice Yacht Cup – Live
2021 Estonian Championship – Live
2021 Lithuanian Championships Live
Junior WC&EC 2021 postponed again
Problems with Covid-19 still do not allow to organise a safe regatta this winter. We decided together with Estonian DN Fleet as organisers to postpone again DN-Junior and Ice-Optimist WC&EC 2021 and play them in December 2021. We would very much ...
2021 EuroCup Decision
Dear Fellow Icesailors, I regret to inform you that this season there is no possibility to organise a safe, COVID-19 free IDNIYRA EU event therefore we decided to cancel the 2021 EuroCup. Wish you a joyful rest of the season with a lot of local sailing. Stay safe and...
WC 2020 Kwindoo Replay
Dear Fellow Iceboaters, This time last year we concluded the 2020 DN World Championship at the scenic Lake Orsa, Sweden. Please enjoy the replay of the event via the tracking provided by Kwindoo and our volenteering icesailors. With the cold weather moving in there...
2021 DN EuroCup is postponed
Dear Fellow Icesailors, After recent meeting with National Secretaries and European Board Members a decision was made that the DN EuroCup can not be held in the originally planned timeframe. Still there is chance to have a European event in this season, therefore we...