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Welcome to the home of the Hard Water sailors of northwest Michigan. We are glad that you have found us, so please take a few minutes and see what the great sport of Ice Boating is all about. You are welcome to join us, but first please read our Liability Disclaimer Statement and Sailing Safety Rules & Information
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NOTE: All information contained on and in the www.gtiyc.com site is copyrighted and is not to be sold or reproduced for profit, or any illegal or unauthorized use. Historical news and publication items are recorded here as electronic backup of materials paid for by club members, with the only intent being for the archival of historical iceboating club materials. Any other unauthorized use of this material may be in violation of the original publisher’s copyright. |
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SAFE ICE, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF! Play it safe, always wear a PFD and carry Ice Picks and a signaling device! |
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Grand Traverse Ice Yacht Club “Home of Ice Boaters sailing NW Lower Michigan” GTIYC is dedicated to the promotion and advancement of safe Ice Boating and the common good of all Ice Boating Clubs and Associations everywhere. Please check the related links page for a club or association near you. Be involved and support your favorite organizations. GET OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN! |
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* GTIYC Ice Hot Line 231-922-3836 * |
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Supporting your local or favorite Iceboat club CLICK HERE |
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Your support of our sponsors is appreciated |
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GTIYC Sailing Reports Check the club hot line for where we are sailing 231-922-3836 No ice should be considered as totally safe ice. YOU SAIL AT YOUR OWN RISK!
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A limited run of GTIYC Team jackets are now available. SEE THEM HERE |
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Several articles in pdf format on why and how iceboat sails work. ARTICLES (posted Jan 4, 2007) |
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Summer, summer, summer, where art thou? According to the temperatures so far (as of 15 June 09), summer just hasn’t arrived and my mind lapsed over the weekend to thoughts of the Gull Lake swap meet coming up in November. I went out in the shop and dug around my wood pile to see what was available and could it be used for a project. With Bob Gray and Bill Cutting currently designing and building a prototype (inexpensive and easy to build) Opti DN over the past month, I decided to try something less intensive. Aha, down in the stock pile I found a supply of 1/4” plywood and other miscellaneous sizes and quantities of 1/2” and 3/4” stock. So, now all I need to do is persuade my 9 and 12 year old grandsons from Grand Haven to build some iceboat accessory items to sell at this falls Gull Lake event. Perfect plan, they can have fun making iceboat stuff with grandpa and I will get my shop cleaned out a bit. Looking around a little further revealed a two year old project covered up in a back corner, an unfinished sidecar for the Skeeter that just has to completed before hunting season starts on October 1st! Shoot, Loretta just reminded me that the iceboat trailer better get the new wood on it, be painted, and moved out of the back yard really soon, or I just might not see our forty seventh anniversary in September………….. You know what, who needs summer weather anyway, other than it does provide a nice break for everyone to get repairs and new construction projects finished before the ‘hard water’ returns. While your at it, don’t forget to grease your stored runners. See you on the ice, Corey |
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What’s new on GTIYC |
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There is a limited supply of 2007 GTIYC Fun Regatta jersey shirts available from the Secretary. Photos |
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Because ice and sailing conditions change so rapidly and the cost of gas makes it extremely difficult to drive all over the state looking at lake conditions, GTIYC has begun to develop a free “Yahoo Groups” site for everyone in Michigan to gather and share iceboating information in as timely a manor as possible. Sign up for free and keep in touch with all Michigan iceboaters! Report known or suspected ice and sailing conditions in your area, or where and when you or your group plan to sail. Post your sailing photos for your friends and fellow sailors to enjoy. Join in on topics for discussion or start your own topic. Join your friends and let’s open the communications channel across all of Michigan. Iceboating is a pretty small sport, so we need to work together to keep it as strong and unified as possible. Please join and help all of Michigan’s Iceboaters enjoy the sport as much as they can. Click here for site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GTIYC/
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Iceboating is a pretty small sport, so we need to work together to keep it as strong and unified as possible. Please join and help all of Michigan’s Iceboaters enjoy the sport as much as they can.
Click here for site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GTIYC/ |
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In an effort to save gas cost for all ice checkers, please report reported or suspected ice and sailing conditions in your area, and when and where you or your group plan to sail. |
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Looking for an out of print iceboating book? |
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The Grand Traverse Yacht Club has elected new Board members, who will serve |
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The DN ice yacht World and North American championship regattas Photo coverage, Torch Lake, MI., North of Traverse City. |
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Doyle Traverse City Bill Buchbinder 10531 E. Carter Rd. F (231) 929-8100 |
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Congratulations to GTIYC member Gus Stauber who sailed his boat the “Rush” to a 1st place in the ISA 2009 C-Skeeter Championship’s this past weekend (14-15 March) at Mallet’s Bay, VT. |
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The 2009 GTIYC Annual Fun Regatta, the perfect closing event for the 09 sailing season.
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For Sale: 41' Skeeter runners, 3/8' thickness, aluminum stiffeners, set up for pillow block hocks. $800 Skip Stauber cskeeterrush@yahoo.com (posted 15 June 2009) |