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Looking Back: 1984 IDNIYRA Gold Cup in Poland
A look back 35 years ago through the lens of Henry Bossett’s camera at the 1984 DN Worlds in Krynica Morska, Poland. The IDNIYRA Yearbook entry for that year reads: “The Gold Cup was sailed at Krynica Morska, Poland. The race was extremely well organized. Hot soup was served on the ice at noon. The ice was good quality salt ice. The winds were moderate.” T. Haagma of the USSR won the Gold Cup in 1984.
Henry writes:
With Worlds and NA’s just completed, this came up as a memory of mine today [on Facebook]. Ten, either World or European Champions show up, as well as Wim VanAcker and Skip Boston – Piotr Burczynski, Ron Sherry, Endel Vooremaa, Vaiko Voorermaa, Bogdan Kramer, Matti Kullmann, Vello Kuusk, T. Haagma, Ain Vilde, Henry Bossett. Also a Polish business introduction of a Junior DN that never gained traction.
North Americans Group Photo & News Story
Photo: David Hazeldine
Winners Of Ice Boat Championships Announced At Oakwood Resort
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February 22, 2019
By David Hazeldine
SYRACUSE — A crowd of nearly 100 tired but jovial ice boat racers from all over North America and Europe gathered in the Oakwood Resort on Lake Wawasee in Syracuse Friday, Feb. 22, to honor the winners of the 2019 International Detroit News Ice Yacht Racing Association North American Championship Regatta. International DN-style ice yachts are the most popular ice racing boats in North American and Europe. Continue reading
More Video & Photos from the 2019 North Americans
Above: North American Gold fleet finish from Thursday, 23 February on Lake Wawasee in Indiana.
Guy Lovejoy US4638 Photo: Danny Graber
See more photos from Danny Graber here.
2019 North American Championship Recap
Congratulations to the fleet winners of the 2019 North American Championship:
Gold: USA Ron Sherry US44
Silver: Canada Jacek Marzenski KC5247
Bronze: USA Pete Johns US2360
Senior Trophy for Over 50 1st Gold – USA – US44 SHERRY RON
Masters Trophy for over 60 1st Gold – GER – G890 PETZKE HOLGER
Keeper for over 70 (Grand master) 1st Gold – GER – G551 SEEGERS CHRISTIAN
Elliot Sharp Trophy for Top Junior Skipper 1st Gold – EST – C20/US49 MAALIN RASMUS
Meade Gougeon Trophy for Top Woman 1st Gold – GER – G390 FIEDLER ANJA
Thank you to the Race Committee volunteers for dedicating a week of your lives to ensure that over 100 ice sailors from 10 countries had the best racing and social experience possible – Central Region Commodore and Regatta Chair Rob Holman, PRO John Atkins, PRO Bob Schumacher, Vice Commodore Dave Elsmo, Commodore Warren Nethercote (who tabulated and published race results off site – way off site – in Nova Scotia), the scoring, measuring, and weather mark team, and everyone else who helped.
Below is Jane Pegel US805’s North American regatta report:
Good evening iceboaters….
The 2019 DN North American Championship at Lake Wawasee, Indiana, has been completed.
U.S. sailors moved to the front of the fleet—
Ron Sherry won the Gold Fleet and attributes his success to taking time to tune against his son, Griffin, who
placed 18th. Ron previously won the North Americans in 1989, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009,
2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018. Ron won the DN Gold Cup in 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2011. He is a past
champion of the Renegade class and also borrowed a Skeeter to win the Northwest Free-For-All. Ron’s first regatta
race win came when he was twelve years of age and sailing in the Northwest on Mendota. He nipped me out at the finish.
2019 Gold Cup Championship Photos by Gretchen Dorian
Ron Sherry US44 2019 North American Champion
Photographer Gretchen Dorian made the trip downstate to the 2019 Gold Cup at Indian Lake and shares her photo gallery.
The photos are available for purchase on Gretchen’s website.
DN North American Complete
Awards ceremony to be at 4:30 PM at oakwood resort.
DN North American Day 1: Annual Meeting & Fri Schedule
PRO John Atkins brings them home Photo: Cathy Firmbach
13 races in the books for the first day of the 2019 DN North American Championship. Big breeze, a relatively small course at .7 mile because of wind direction, and competitive fleets all the way around.
ANNUAL GOVERNING MEETING:
Time: 8 PM ET tonight 21 February at Regatta Headquarters
FRIDAY SCHEDULE 22 FEBRUARY
10 AM ET First Race
Rotation:
Bronze
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Repeating
2019 Gold Cup Championship Photos by Cathy Firmbach
Gold Cup Champion Michal Burczynski of Poland Photo: Cathy Firmbach
Photographer and iceboater Cathy Firmbach shared these photos from the 2019 Gold Cup Championship on Indian Lake near Lima, Ohio. cefirmbach.com
Women’s Champions: Correcting the Record
The 2019 Gold Cup had 5 women competitors and 3 received women’s trophies. Renee Fields, an experienced land sailor who sailed and raced an iceboat for the first time, placed 27th in the Bronze fleet. The top ranked North American woman, Julie Richards, finished 25th in the Silver fleet. Germany’s Anja Fiedler finished 9th in the Gold fleet.
We had previously published that Anja was the first female to finish in the top ten of a World Championship but let the record show that Lake Geneva’s Jane Pegel US805 accomplished that feat at the first World Championship sailed in 1973 on Gull Lake in Michigan. Jane placed 8th in the Gold fleet at that inaugural Worlds.
You can read about Jane Pegel’s remarkable career as a top ice sailor back when there were even fewer women competing at championships in the December 2016 DN class Newsletter, Runner Tracks.
Jane sends along the following note:
Susie and I are pleased to congratulate the women who competed in the Gold Cup and wish them well in the North Americans. But here is a correction to your report:In Susie’s scrap book she has come across an article about the first Gold Cup at Gull Lake in 1973. Jane placed 8th in the Gold fleet. Susie placed 16th in the Gold fleet.
2019 North American Championship: Day 1 AM Update
Joerg Bohn G737, Germany Photo: Jim Williamson
A couple of announcements this morning from Lake Wawasee, Indiana.
You can check for provisional results during the regatta at the link above. The first mini-qualifier race begins at 11 AM ET today, 21 February.
NORTH AMERICAN ANNUAL MEETING:
The IDNIYRA North American Annual Meeting is scheduled for Thursday 21 February.
Location: Regatta Headquarters, Oakwood Resort
Time TBA
2019 North American Championship Random Starts for Day 1
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Bronze Mini Qualifier
| START | SAIL | SKIPPER | RANK |
| 1 | US 2360 | JOHNS PETE | 44 |
| 2 | Z25 | BACHALIN PIERRE | 50 |
| 3 | KC5247 | MARZENSKI JACEK | N/A |
| 4 | US5397 | FIELDS RENEE | NA |
| 5 | US1576 | JONES BRIAN | 64 |
| 6 | US1277 | BOWMAN HAL | 42 |
| 7 | KC5591 | WEBBER MIKE | 51 |
| 8 | US 5498 | GORDON RICHARD | 42 |
| 9 | US165 | HEVRON **JOSH | NA |
| 10 | US 65 | GRAY *ROBERT | 43 |
| 11 | US3576 | JONES BRUCE | NA |
| 12 | US467 | RIAN MICHAEL (SR) | NA |
| 13 | US3909 | WILLIAMS DON | NA |
| 14 | US4137 | SMITH KEN | 49 |
| 15 | US5393 | LASHAWAY RYAN | 41 |
| 16 | US4789 | CLARK CHRIS | NA |
| 17 | US3535 | KENT JEFF | 63 |
| 18 | KC5493 | WYNNE-EDWARDS ROBIN | NA |
| 19 | US4148 | DIXON TIM | 57 |
| 20 | US5638 | BROWN STEVE | NA |
| 21 | KC5629 | LAGRAVIERE ROBIN | NA |
| 22 | US5250 | SIEGLE GEORGE | NA |
| 23 | US4925 | VALENTINE SCOTT | 51 |
| 24 | US 5350 | TRUESDELL PETER | 41 |
| 25 | US5590 | GORDON CHRISTOPHER | NA |
| 26 | US4192 | ROGOSKI **RANDY | NA |
| 27 | US5486 | ELSMO DAVE | 39 |
| 28 | US4783 | NICHOLAS RHEA | NA |
| 29 | KC3475 | DRUIVEN **LESTER | 59 |
| 30 | US111 | MATTHEW KOCH | NA |
| 31 | US5512 | STEINBAUM FRED | NA |
| 32 | KC5508 | MABBOUX NICOLAS | NA |
| 33 | US5479 | WILBRANDT GRETCHEN | NA |
| 34 | US5127 | STEPHENS HUGH | NA |
| 35 | P345 | SUKOW JERZY | 37 |
| 36 | KC5992 | DRUIVEN **MIKE | NA |
| 37 | KC 5457 | DUNCAN COLIN | 52 |
| 38 | US5478 | GORITSKI JACK | N/A |
Silver Mini Qualifier
| START | BOAT | SKIPPER | RANK |
| 1 | Z102 | L’HUILLIER ARNAUD | 24 |
| 2 | US 5451 | ALLEN ANDY | 32 |
| 3 | BRONZE 4 | ||
| 4 | US5193 | ANDERSON ERIC | 23 |
| 5 | BRONZE 6 | ||
| 6 | US5053 | REIS GEORGE | 27 |
| 7 | BRONZE 5 | ||
| 8 | BRONZE 11 | ||
| 9 | US5412 | MADDEN STEVE | 23 |
| 10 | KC4536 | CRINION ROBERT | 29 |
| 11 | US4249 | GLICK DAVE | 29 |
| 12 | US4775 | WHITCOMB EBEN | 27 |
| 13 | BRONZE 7 | ||
| 14 | BRONZE 12 | ||
| 15 | R166 | DICHENKO VALERIY | 37 |
| 16 | BRONZE 9 | ||
| 17 | US4009 | BRUSH DON | 24 |
| 18 | US5435 | KJOLLER JODY | 26 |
| 19 | US3433 | CUMMINS ROBERT | 34 |
| 20 | US5352 | HEARN DANIEL | 27 |
| 21 | US4155 | LEMBERG RICK | 31 |
| 22 | OE213 | UHLMANN PETER | 38 |
| 23 | KC2766 | VAN ROSSEM PETER | 25 |
| 24 | US610 | JONES DON | 31 |
| 25 | KC 4360 | BABY *ANDRÉ | 33 |
| 26 | US 637 | MEADE JOSEPH | 37 |
| 27 | BRONZE 8 | ||
| 28 | S107 | BOKFORS STEFAN | 23 |
| 29 | US5219 | BAKER KENT | 25 |
| 30 | US4882 | WOLLAM RICHARD | 32 |
| 31 | BRONZE 3 | ||
| 32 | US2500 | SMITH ERIC | 29 |
| 33 | US4868 | RICHARDS JULIE | 24 |
| 34 | BRONZE 10 | ||
| 35 | KC5514 | CURTIS JOHN | 30 |
| 36 | US 5633 | JOHANSON PETER | 35 |
| 37 | BRONZE 2 | ||
| 38 | US4974 | JONES STAN | 35 |
| 39 | US 5358 | FROST DAVID | 28 |
| 40 | BRONZE 1 |
Gold Fleet Start
| START | BOAT | SKIPPER | |
| 1 | US5224 | THIELER JAMES | 4 |
| 2 | US4 | SHERRY GRIFFIN | 13 |
| 3 | US 4975 | EVANS ROBBIE | 5 |
| 4 | C20 | MAALEN RASMUS | 13 |
| 5 | SILVER 5 | ||
| 6 | US4691 | DENNIS JOHN | 2 |
| 7 | US60 | HARPER JOHN | 12 |
| 8 | SILVER 6 | ||
| 9 | M53 | HAMRAK PETER | 8 |
| 10 | P114 | BURCZYNSKI MICHAL | 2 |
| 11 | US4638 | LOVEJOY GUY | 8 |
| 12 | US44 | SHERRY RON | 1 |
| 13 | US4926 | ORLEBEKE *STEVE | 3 |
| 14 | G390 | FIEDLER ANJA | 16 |
| 15 | P31 | GRACZYK ROBERT | 2 |
| 16 | SILVER 9 | ||
| 17 | US3283 | WILLIAMS JOHN | 16 |
| 18 | US 4487 | ATKINS CHAD | 6 |
| 19 | US 5432 | BLOOM MIKE | 19 |
| 20 | US3705 | HOLMAN ROBERT | 33 |
| 21 | S8 | LÖNEGREN FREDRIK | 11 |
| 22 | SILVER 4 | ||
| 23 | SILVER 1 | ||
| 24 | SILVER 3 | ||
| 25 | US 5166 | BERGER CHRIS | 7 |
| 26 | P55 | ZAKRZEWSKI TOMASZ | 4 |
| 27 | US3 | GROGAN JIM | 8 |
| 28 | US5116 | CLAPP *DAVID | 14 |
| 29 | SILVER 10 | ||
| 30 | SILVER 11 | ||
| 31 | G551 | SEEGERS CHRISTIAN | 11 |
| 32 | SILVER 7 | ||
| 33 | SILVER 8 | ||
| 34 | G890 | PETZKE HOLGER | 7 |
| 35 | G107 | ZEIGER BERND | 12 |
| 36 | US1188 | HADLEY JIM | 20 |
| 37 | G737 | BOHN JOERG | 15 |
| 38 | P431 | RADZKI JAREK | 9 |
| 39 | SILVER 2 | ||
| 40 | SILVER 12 |
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