The 2023 DN World Championship was held in Madison, WI on Lake Kegonsa. After racing on day 2, sailors gathered at the office of Daniel Hearn to learn from the best.
We had a Q&A session with four of the best ice sailors in the world: Tomek Zakrzewski, James “T” Thieler, Tomas Lindgren, and Oskar Svensson.
Thank you to the panelists for sharing your wisdom, to Daniel Hearn for letting us use your office, and to Red Gear Racing for sponsoring this Speed Symposium!
Via 2023 DN Worlds & North American Event Photographer Cathy Firmbach:
Thanks for your patience! My online store is now open with a gallery for the 2023 DN World Championship. The first set of images are uploaded and they will continue to be uploaded over the next few days. The North American Championship images will follow in a new gallery.
Each image has the sail number(s) as a keyword (ie, us46 ) to make searching for your boat easy. You will find the search bar in the top right corner.
THANKS very much for your support! Without it, I would not be able to continue to be out there with you.
Hope to see you on the ice soon! See the gallery here.
The Online Magazine of the International DN Ice Yacht Racing Association
February 2023
We hope you all made it safely back home from the Worlds and are keeping those runners sharp for more DN sailing. Here’s the winter edition of the DN Class newsletter, Runner Tracks, brought to you 4 times per year by our sponsors. Watch for the big-end-of-season issue in May.
The media team at Harken has released a fantastic video about the people who make up the DN ice sailing community and their experiences at the 2023 World Championship. It’s received the highest number of social media shares I’ve ever seen for this sport. The Harken folks have uploaded it to their YouTube Channel. For those of you not on Facebook, it’s your turn to watch it now! Link
Matt Struble, five time winner of the DN North American Championship. Photo: Cathy Firmbach
2023 DN NA RESULTS
Matt Struble has been unstoppable this week after his 2023 Worlds win. He took top honors at the 2023 DN North American Championship on Lake Kegonsa in Madison, Wisconsin, on January 27, 2023. It’s his fifth North American Championship. Congratulations to long-time Minnesota DNer Tom Meyer on his Silver fleet win.
Congratulations to all those competitors who hung tough and waited for PRO Pat Heppert to find the right window to complete the regatta on Friday with a race in Gold and Silver. Paul Goodwin US46 said the heavy air, blowing, snowy conditions reminded him of the classic iceboat documentary, Black Ice. Spectators and the Race Committee witnessed some of the most exciting races of the week on Friday. There will be many stories told about that day.
There are many people that need to be acknowledged for their part in bringing the Worlds and North Americans across the finish line. We’ll get to the heartfelt thankyous in a separate post. Cathy Firmbach Photo Gallery
2023 DN North American Championship Gold Fleet Top 10: 1st US 183 MATT STRUBLE 2nd US4487 CHAD ATKINS 3rd US5224 JAMES T THIELER 4th US44 RON SHERRY 5th US4 GRIFFIN SHERRY 6th G936 JOST KOLB 7th US321 MIKE BLOOM 8th US3 JIM GROGAN 9th KC2766 PETER VAN ROSSEM 10th US5352 DANIEL HEARN
2023 DN North American Championship Silver Fleet Top 10: 1st US 602 THOMAS MEYER 2nd US 5700 PAUL CHAMBERLAND 3rd US5813 KEITH SCHWARK 4th US 5252 JAKE SKALA 5th S 832 RASMUS SODERMAN 6th US 5914 EDWARD DEMEREST 7th US 5397 ERIN BURY 8th US 5677 PEGGY MENZIES 9th US 5646 MATT MEYER 10th US 467 MICHAEL RIAN SR
PRO Pat Heppert
Pots and Pans
4LIYC Skeeter sailor Ken Whitehorse sings a song he composed for the event.
2023 DN North American Results
Thursday, January 26 was a plate runner day, the first day of sailing for the 2023 DN North American championship. Lake Kegonsa in Madison, WI. The lake was scouted and sailed early in the morning and competitors were surprised to find it easily sailable despite the additional snow. Two races in both Gold and Silver fleets were completed. The day ended with decreasing wind and a sticky, slower track. The gold fleet starts first in the rotation today at 10 AM. Results will be posted at the end of racing because our tabulator is on the ice with us again. Follow on Facebook for live updates.
Cathy Firmbach Photo Gallery
Race 2 winner Griffin Sherry breaks out a familiar move, signaling a win like his dad, Ron Sherry in appreciation to his aunts who scored these events for many years.
Matt Meyer
More discussion.
Measurer Dave Ryan and team inspects Mike Bloom’s boat
Kent Baker
PRO Pat Heppert
Discussion
Scoring team, left Nina Fleming, center Deb, right Ann Foeller
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