Yearly Archives: 2012

  Courtesy Rob Evans  

The 2012 WISSA Ice & Snow Sailing World Championships wrapped up last week in St. Ignace Michigan – huge props to the organizers for being agile and flexible. The Straits of Mackinac – recognized by some sailors as the last stretch of the iconic Chicago-Mackinac Race – are also known […]

Our final day of racing took place on Saturday with another inch of new snow and a stiff northwesterly, a bit spotty on little Chain Lake. Kite Class had finished for the week and we were able to run six course races all toild, two with an upwind/downwind course and […]

We were only able to run three slalom races on the cleared ice today due to light wind that didn’t kick up until late afternoon. But I did see some results yesterday and of the results so far and am pleased to report that the U.S. wing team has some […]

By Scott Brand Sault Ste. Marie Evening News   Mother Nature was unable to shut down the 2012 World Ice and Snow Sailing Association (WISSA) Championships in St. Ignace this week, but she sure made a lot of work for event organizers. “Our community stepped up to the plate big […]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nasaskimbat/message/2030 This morning brought a trace of new snow and stronger wind than yesterday. Wings and sleds ran 3 course races successfully before breaking for lunch.The new snow was on the sticky side and the wind never really filled in and since these conditions favor lighter riders I was once […]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nasaskimbat/message/2029 I didn’t post yesterday as planned – after the skipper’s meeting it took some time to get our gear to the lake and set up. Then we spent the early afternoon sailing on the cleared ice practicing for the short track slalom before heading out onto the main lake […]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nasaskimbat/message/2028 My perhaps dangerously overladen Forester performed magnificently on the long drive here, 20 hours all told with the planned overnight stop in Cleveland. Morning found us back on the highway and we gobbled up the miles, did the RuShip and I, the way a hungry Pac-Man chomps down the […]