Bob - Changes have occurred for our Tuesday meeting of the GTIYC......Julie and possible Richard will not be there, and the site has been moved back to the ...
A group of downstate sailor, headed for the UP on the report of sailable ice, met at Houghton Lake to gather their thoughts...and found the lake frozen and...
Season's greetings from Skip Stauber of the Grand Traverse Ice Yacht Club Another new fun and exciting iceboating season is now upon us and preparations are...
There is reported sailing on Birch Lake, north of Elk Rapids. No report on ice thickness or snow cover, but some J-boats were sailing there on Friday, with no...
... For clarification, we sailed BASS lake in Elk Rapids not Birch. Birch only had 2" as of Friday. Bass has 4.5" of mostly snow ice with a fairly rough...
We just got back from Birch Lake. It looks great, 3 1/2-4'' of pebbly black ice. There's about 10% lite but stiff snow cover ( maybe 3/4" thick). We give the...
Long Lake in Traverse City has 3" of solid black ice, 80% glass smooth with some small pebbley patches covered with 1/2" of fluff. We are going there tomorrow...
The regatta will be scheduled on January 4, 5 and 6, 2008. The first race will be held at 10:00 AM (local time) on Friday, January 4, 2008. In the event the...
All the wind we are having blew off all the snow from long lake and it is solid black ice. It is a little bumpier than before because of the rain, but it is...
... Walled Lake on I-96,west of I-275 was perfect Friday. 5 in. smooth hard ice. J-14s cruising on Thursday, DNs and Opties racing on Friday. Snow started...
Reminder from: GTIYC Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GTIYC/cal First Meeting of the GTIYC for the 2007-2008 Sailing Season Tuesday January 1, 2008 ...
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The January 2008 meeting of the Grand Traverse Ice Yacht Club is on the 8th, not the 1st, which was New Year's Day.....for some reason an automated response...
... It is possable that Houghton Lake and/or Indian Lake at Manistique will clean up with the warm weather and rain coming next week. The DN class is...
The January meeting of the Grand Traverse Ice Yacht Club will be Tuesday, Jan 8th, 7pm, at the Grand Traverse Yacht Club, M-22 NW of Traverse City. Our Vice...
Does the Gtiyc do any fun sailing, or is it all race? I live in Green bay, and have 4 kids who sail iceflyers and I sail a C skeeter. I would like to come to...
The Grand Traverse Ice Yacht Club gathers monthly for fellowship and to talk iceboating, usually over a pot of chili and drinks. We sail where- ever and...
Hi Nate: There are a half dozen or so DN sailors that like to race as often as they can. The rest of like to fun sail as much as possible. We are a mix of A &...
I'm building my son an ice opti. I am in need of a mast set up. Does any one have one, or know of some one with with one? Also any old (read Cheap) DN parts...
Salutations from the southeast. I appreciate the chance to be part of the group. I currently sail Nite 562 that I purchase dfrom the Pagels 4 years ago. Truly...
Reports from North Lake Leelanau are that the sailing is on, with conditions good, five inches of ice, but not excellant, according to our Leelanau iceboater,...
Update: Sailing was ok yesterday with clear enough ice to negotiate around 1" styrofoam drifts, but after the 1" additional that fell last night I think the...
NLL is has improved. Alot of the snow has blown off and the west side of the lake is mostly clear. But it is rough. Probly a 5 or 6. Lots of crack water...
Reports are that the ice on Elk Lake, at Elk Rapids, MI. is wonderful, and a large group of iceboaters will be launching off the end of Third Street onto Elk...
Jack and Kelly Jacobs have set up a video camera at their Elk Lake home, and you can view what they see out their front window on a real- time basis. ...
A group of iceboaters set up on Elk Lake near Elk Rapids,I on Saturday...no wind, about an inch of snow fell during the day. We will collect our boats today,...