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The IceOptimist is a youth iceboat class that uses the sails and the rig of the International Optimist dinghy. The first design was built in Estonia in 1978, with scaled-down elements of a DN. In 2002, the class was registered under the guardianship of IDNIYRA Europe with the permission of IODA. World and European Championships are sailed each ...
The International DN is a class of iceboat.The name stands for Detroit News, where the first iceboat of this type was designed and built in the winter of 1936–1937.. Archie Arrol was a master craftsman working in the Detroit News hobby shop, and together with iceboaters Joe Lodge and Norman Jarrait designed a racing boat they called the "Blue Streak 60", later to become known as the
An abortive first attempt to export ice to England had occurred in 1822 under William Leftwich; he had imported ice from Norway, but his cargo had melted before reaching London. [46] Fresh attempts were made by Jacob Hittinger, who owned supplies at Fresh Pond, and Eric Landor, with assets at Wenham Lake, in 1842 and 1844 respectively. [47]
A Northumberland Strait iceboat is a rowing boat, typically 5 metres (16 ft 5 in) in length, 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in beam, with runners fastened to the hull for dragging over sea ice. [ 1 ] Construction and use
On 5 May, Ice Boat No. 3, "in first-class working order", was transferred to the Navy, [18] and on 9 May, in a display of patriotic fervour, Philadelphia's city councillors voted to lease the ice boat to the Navy indefinitely for the nominal sum of one dollar.
Icicle is the name of the largest ice yacht ever built. It was built for John Aspinwall Roosevelt for racing on the Hudson River, New York state in 1869. It was 21 metres (68 ft 11 in) long and carried 99 square metres (1,070 sq ft) of canvas.
Frederic Tudor (September 4, 1783 – February 6, 1864) was an American businessman and merchant. Known as Boston's "Ice King", he was the founder of the Tudor Ice Company and a pioneer of the international ice trade in the early 19th century.
Daniel V. Asay (June 26, 1847 – May 2, 1930) was an iceboat racer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He claimed to be the oldest ice yacht sailor in the world. [ 3 ] His ice boat Gull competed in more races than any other in its class.