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Well, February has passed and all the craziness of gearing up for the winters main events is over… (read on) Cheryl Schlehuber, Life in the Great Waters Region of Mackinac
I have been promoting GPS Icesailing for many years now. This site and official GPS World Record organization uses very scientific means of gathering and reviewing GPS data to establish both World Record claims and regular rankings for participants all around the globe. Two sister sites, GPS Kitesailing and GPS […]
Hello again-the previous post mentions topics I wanted to expand upon. It’s too bad that the video doesn’t show the race where Annie Tuthill came really close to beating both of the best Swedish racers, Peter Klingvall and Lars Frommell (the one with the big skate sail). The course was […]
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 […]