Contemporary ice boats were originated around 1933. Walter Beauvois of 
_Williams Bay,  Wisconsin_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Bay,_Wisconsin)  
designed and built the Beau-Skeeter with just 75 square feet  (7.0 m2) of sail. 
At this time the Skeeter Ice Boat Club forms  on _Geneva  Lake_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Lake) . In 1937 The _Detroit News_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_News)  sponsored a  competition for the best ice boat 
design, which became the _International DN_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_DN) . In  1968 Dick Slates of _Pewaukee, Wisconsin_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pewaukee,_Wisconsin)   designs and build the Nite with two wooden 
prototypes. The design was refined  and fiberglass production began in 1970. 
Modern designs of iceboats move as much  as five times the wind speed and often 
achieve speeds of 45 mph (72 km/h) and  speeds as high as 100 km/h (60 mph) have 
been recorded on DN iceboats.[_citation  needed_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed) ] Skeeters and older large stern steer iceboats 
can  exceed 170 km/h (100 mph). Rumored, but unconfirmed, top speed of an 
iceboat is  150 mph (240 km/h). The stern-steerer Debutaunte, currently  being 
rebuilt, was timed over a measured mile at 143 miles per hour on the ice  of _Lake 
Winnebago_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Winnebago) , Wisconsin  in 1938.
 
 
In a message dated 11/10/2008 12:10:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
R22RumRunner at aol.com writes:

Ed,
The ice boat national headquarters and museum is located in  Oshkosh,  
Wisconsin on Lake Winnebago.

Rummy


In a  message dated 11/10/2008 12:04:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,   
ekroposki at charter.net writes:


Michael W. said, "Now if only we  could sail on  snow!

Michael, think heavier than snow, think  ice.  Check the  archives for a
picture I posted of Ice sailing  on Lake Champlain, on the  Vermont side of
the bridge a few years  back.  Maybe you just need to  mount some skates on
your  boat?  

Or maybe you could be the one  to mount skis on your  boat?  Snow skies that
is...

Ed K
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