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The DN 60 derives its name from the 1937 request of The Detroit News for a high-performance, inexpensive, home-built iceboat design. Modern DNs share many one-design features with the original boat, including the basic aerodynamic fuselage design, runner configurations and 60 square feet (5.6 m 2) of high-performance sail. [16]
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
[2] [1] In 1957, she changed to the International DN ice boat in 1957. In 1960, she became the first woman to win the annual International DN championship [3] and she won her first North American championship in the class; she won again in 1963. [4] While Pegel sometimes skis, during a 1965 interview published in Sports Illustrated, [5] she noted
DN class ice boat Class 3 competition land yacht Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails , wingsails or kites —to propel a craft on the surface of the water ( sailing ship , sailboat , raft , windsurfer , or kitesurfer ), on ice ( iceboat ) or on land ( land yacht ) over a chosen course , which is often part of a larger plan of navigation .
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In addition to pulling ropes attached to the iceboat, hand-holds were molded along the outer gunwales which were used for hauling the iceboat over sea ice until reaching stretches of open water. Crews and passengers faced stretches of open water, the sea ice, and slush ice that was in the process of freezing, which could make progress difficult.
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