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Understanding Design of Ice Class Ships

As we all are aware, a special type of ships is used for icy water regions. A general name, which is commonly used for such ships is “Icebreakers”.

However, not all ice-plying vessels are icebreakers , some are termed as ‘ice-class’ or ‘polar-class’ vessels .

Let’s have a brief insight into the technicalities of this type of vessels and also delve into their subtle differences and similarities.

Icebreakers Vs. Ice Class Ships

Icebreakers are special-purpose vessels designated for breaking ice floes, sheets, and piles in cold climates where the water is mainly icy.

They may be suited explicitly for icebreaking operations or for other special purposes.

On the other hand, ice-class ships are usually general-purpose design ships with an additional level of strengthening and arrangements for navigation and sustenance in ice.

The rules and guidelines incorporated for the construction and construed for classification are known as the “Ice Class” Rules.

Related Read:  5 Important Points for Ice Navigation of Ships

But before delving deeper into the technical and construction aspects of these ships, let us briefly have an insight into the ice environment and the physics of the behaviour of ice with such vessels.

Environment and Climate Change – An Important Factor For Ice Classed Ships

Though during wintry months, many of the sea routes in the temperate and frigid zones get laden with ice cover, a lion’ share of ice cover is concentrated in the polar regions, i.e. the Arctic and the Antarctic.

As per a recent study data, the ice cover extents of the Arctic and Antarctic are 5.1*10 6 km 2  and 18.2 km 2 respectively. Due to Global Warming and climate change , this ice cover extents are gradually dwindling.

Apart from the ubiquitous problems of flooding, loss of vegetation or drastic climate change, this issue poses other problems as well. The broken ice floats farther as icebergs, sheets or floes and has a crucial effect on the navigational traffic of related seas. Worth mentioning, accidents as well due to collision damage with icebergs or icecaps. Remember Titanic ?

Related Read:  10 Ships Sunk By Accident with Iceberg

Thus, the implications of icing have an indispensable presence in the guidelines and regulations of designated vessels for such areas. But first, let us have a brief and simple discussion related to ship-ice interaction.

Ice, as we know can be of various types such as floes, sheets, bergs or brash ice. Moreover, they differ in their physics, behaviour, strength, and stability. This consequently can have a varied impact on their interaction with vessels and other structures.

Types of Ice

To sum up, broadly there can be the following types of ice commonly found in the sea:

Other types do exist, but these are mainly considered in the interest of ice-plying vessels and are related to these principal types only in some way or the other.

Pack ice is large chunks of floating ice triggered from larger ice forms or masses covering a large section of water.

Frazil ice is like ice flakes or needles suspended in water. They have an insignificant effect on vessels but may be considered for resistance and abrasive effects onto the hull.

Brash ice is in the form of loosened fragments, basically, like a wreckage of bigger forms of floating ice lesser than 3 metres thick and 2-metre diameter.

Floes are basically flat pieces of ice sheets spread over a vast expanse with small variations in thickness. They too are larger break-offs from pack ice.

Cake ice , as depicted from the name are circular pieces of ice with a certain thickness welling up from the mean sea level.

Fast ice is harder forms of ice, which generally remain attached to the shore or ice wall. They are often dictated by surrounding sea level and may replenish themselves over years.

The age of ice is a foremost factor. Here too, they may be classified into  following main kinds of heads:

• New ice and young ice
• First-year ice

New ice is formed as a result of the recent freezing of seawater. They have less thickness (up to 10 cm) and do not pose hazardous ice loads on ships. But they are never to be neglected in ice-class designs. They include frazil ice, brash ice or cakes.

Young ice is slightly harder and thicker (10 cm-30 cm). If they survive up to one year, they may thicken into First Year Ice .

If a pack of ice survives multiple melting seasons, they may accrue into a harder form. This is the multi-year ice. Another factor is the size of ice. The expanse of an ice cover varies from sporadic free-floating pieces to large packs and ridges.

Ridges are said to be the thickest sea ice features and account for half of the total ice volume. They are mount-like features formed as a result of continued stress, convergence and collision between two successive ice covers.

Found gradually on the sea ice boundaries, they consist of layers of ice rubble and floes piled up above and below the waterline. The part below the waterline is generally larger in size as compared to the part above.

Nonetheless, all forms of ice pose threat in varying degrees to vessels plying on icy waters and needs to be taken care of.  So, in the design regulations of these vessels, several factors are taken into consideration, such as:

• The expanse of ice cover
• Level ice thickness
• Sea and air temperatures
• Age of ice cover, as described above

Related Read: How the Ice Melting in the Arctic has Affected the Shipping Industry?

Ship Design For Ice 

When we consider ships plying in icy waters, we consider various implications of the weather conditions persisting in that region. This may be divided as:

• The structural consideration, which is the foremost aspect as it involves designing and strengthening of the hull for negotiating with ice en route
• Machinery, systems, and equipment, which must operate in sub-zero temperatures
• Freezing of deck and superstructure
• Visibility issues

Related Read:  What to Do When the Ship is Moving towards Sub Zero Temperature Area?

Prior to speculating these aspects, let us first look into the fundamentals of ice loads.

What are ice loads on ships?

Like traditional hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads, the ice too poses high modulus of forces onto the hull as obvious. Moreover, ice being in a solid-state and having varied sizes and features can cause damage to the hull if unattended. So, vessels plying in icy regions have different build specifications taken into account.

Now, think of this? When a ship encounters ice, any or a combination of the following may occur:

• The vessel may ram or stave through the ice
• The vessel may drift the ice sidewards if given suffice space and low interaction forces
• The vessel may climb the ice and press it downwards by the virtue of its weight
• The vessel may shear through the ice, breaking it into smaller fragments henceforth.

Related Read: What To Do When A Ship Is “Beset”?

As the age, formation, and size of ice in a particular geographic region are multi-variant, the vessel must be structurally and functionally capable of withstanding all plausible types of ice conditions. Apart from the main hull, the propeller and rudder along with appendages (if any) must be capable of enduring ice interactions without compromising the required design performance of the vessel.

Continuing our discussion with icing loads, we can look into 3 crucial aspects of ice loads. They are:

• Physically encountered ice conditions
• Statistics of ice loads
• Mechanics of ice loads

While the encountered ice conditions deal with the physical properties, distributions, occurrences, and variations of ice, the statistics include dealing with statistical data of climates and icing.

Mechanics is the end result of these as they directly dictate the extent of design philosophies incorporated into a vessel enduring such conditions.

Now, when we contemplate about vessels plying in ice, the most crucial thing that logically comes to the mind is the need for strengthening. This is obviously true.

Classification regulations for strength are incorporated in all sorts of such vessels in varying degrees. From the design point of view, some other alterations are also made depending on the type of vessel and its utility.

In the next article, we will continue our discussion with these aspects as well as ideas on classification for ice.

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Design And Construction Of Ice Class Ships – Part -1 

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What does the noun ice yacht mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun ice yacht . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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The earliest known use of the noun ice yacht is in the 1830s.

OED's earliest evidence for ice yacht is from 1838, in the writing of J. G. Flügel.

ice yacht is formed within English, by compounding.

Etymons: ice n. , yacht n.

Nearby entries

• ice-up, n. 1973–
• ice wagon, n. 1838–
• ice water, n. 1576–
• ice wedge, n. 1865–
• ice whale, n. 1822–
• ice-white, adj. 1641–
• ice wine, n. 1953–
• ice wool, n. 1876–
• ice work, n. 1729–
• ice worm, n. 1830–
• ice yacht, n. 1838–
• ice yachting, n. 1866–
• ice yachtsman, n. 1875–
• I.C.F.T.U., n. 1955–
• Ichabod, n. 1702–
• Ichabodian, adj. 1887–
• ichane, int. 1513
• Ich dien, n. a1529–
• i-cheose, v. Old English–1400
• i-cherre, v. Old English–1300
• ichibu, n. 1616–

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75 Years of News & Views – Now Online!

by Deb Whitehorse | Apr 18, 2024

Steve Schalk, Secretary/Treasurer of Northwest and ISA, has dedicated countless hours to preserving 75 years of essential iceboating history from the International Skeeter Association newsletter, News and Views. In the past few days, I’ve uploaded the PDFs to iceboat.org, making the complete archive easily accessible on the website. It’s a privilege to share this invaluable resource with everyone. Visit the ISA News & Views archives here.

Welcome to the News and Views Archive. This collection has been digitized in searchable pdf format directly from the official document collections of the International Skeeter Association and the Northwestern Ice Yachting Association.   In the 1950’s and earlier, the two Associations published documents such as meeting minutes and race results separately. Beginning in the 1960’s, the publication “ISA News and Views” was used to gather and publish news, meeting information, race results, member lists, local club news, and a for sale section.   The collection is organized by Iceboat racing season, which stretches from fall of one year through spring of the following year. The order of seasons starts with the most recent and goes back to 1948-49 season.   The content gives an insight into developments in iceboating over the last 75 years, with the voices and images of many of the most prominent competitors, designers and builders appearing in these pages.   I hope you enjoy your journey back in time using these archives. LINK TO ARCHIVES   Steve Schalk Secretary/Treasurer Northwestern Ice Yachting Association INTERNATIONAL SKEETER ASSOCIATION

From Ice to Dust – Ivanpah 2024

by Deb Whitehorse | Apr 2, 2024

Iceboat.org has been covered in dust while visiting the spring training grounds of Ivanpah, Nevada, where ice sailors have traded their runners for wheels. Last week, I spent a few days as a tourist at the North American Land Sailing Championship. It was an opportunity to hang out with 4LIYC Commodore Daniel Hearn, Pat Heppert, SIBC’s Bob Cave, Ken Smith, John Eisenlohr, Bill Dale, brothers Jim and Dave Gluek, and Pete Johns, to name a few. There was a high concentration of ice sailors in the Mini-Skeeter class, developed by John Eisenlohr, several years ago. The sight of Pat Heppert’s green C Skeeter, DRIFTER, on the dirt, created a surreal juxtaposition, as I’m accustomed to seeing it on ice.

Racing highlights included watching competitors cross the finish line, the speed battles between John Eisenlohr and the Gluek brothers, and Daniel Hearn dialing in the Mini-Skeeter he borrowed from Pete Johns. (Why he had to borrow a boat in the first place is a story for Daniel.) The race committee’s longstanding familiarity with each other translated into effortlessly managing races and enjoying the task.

Social events on the playa were unique. I learned about the tradition of mixing margaritas in a repurposed cement mixer (thankfully, I missed the “gritty” years.), ate freshly prepared fish tacos seconds out of the fryer, and enjoyed the chili cook-off.

Competitors remarked that the playa was in the best condition they had seen in many years, comparable to our black ice – smooth and hard with very few humps or cupping.

Later this week, I’ll be back on the playa for another exciting event, the 2024 Blokart World Championship. Competitors from 11 countries include several 4LIYC members, Jim Nordhaus, Geoff Sobering, Brett Husley, Lars Barber, and Brad Wagner.

Recent rains on the playa have left the Blokart regatta organizers in an eerily familiar position, reminiscent of the same uncertainties often faced by ice sailors. The Federal Bureau of Land Management, responsible for overseeing the playa, has enforced gate closures during rainy periods to safeguard the integrity of the dry lake bed. Unlike snow on a lake, the arid conditions of the high desert typically facilitate the rapid evaporation of moisture. With a sunny forecast ahead, regatta organizers are hoping that the playa will soon be accessible once again for the Blokart regatta. Racing is scheduled from Saturday, April 6, through Friday, April 12. You will be able to see Blokart results here.

In The News: “Glued Together” – The Gougeon Brothers

by Deb Whitehorse | Mar 19, 2024

Glued Together The Gougeon brothers didn’t invent epoxy, but they were innovative boatbuilders who created the West System of epoxy products and revolutionized coldmolded boatbuilding. PIM VAN HEMMEN Michigan was a hotbed for iceboating and the Gougeons were DN iceboaters. The DN iceboat had been designed for the Detroit News in the 1930s and had quickly become the most popular iceboat in the world. The little racers were fast, but also light, and the high loads they operated under made them prone to operational failures. Broken masts and cracked runner planks were not uncommon. In Meade’s eyes, the DNs were a great test bed for epoxy. Continue reading. 

“I Just Wanted Some for My Iceboat” – Sailing Stories: Peter Harken

by Deb Whitehorse | Mar 16, 2024

And of course, in our smaller one-design type boats, the scows and the iceboats, we needed blocks that reacted very fast. They were light. And so we were always searching for that. I went home with the idea in my head and made some sketches and came back the next day at work and made some blocks. And then I started using them on my own boat. I wasn’t planning to to sell them or make them for anyone, I just wanted some for my iceboat. And they really worked. Continue reading.

Ray Ruge’s WAR BABY

by Deb Whitehorse | Mar 12, 2024

Some of Carl Bernard’s scrapbook photos of his old friend, Ray Ruge.

The Hudson River Maritime Museum highlights the legacy of Ray Ruge, a pioneer in iceboat design and literature during the 1940s and 1950s. The Museum has posted his  article, WAR BABY – A Simplified Version of a Bow Steering Iceboat ,  detailing the construction of an iceboat in 1940s Alberta using only available materials. As a premier writer on the subject, Ruge’s insights and innovations continue to inspire ice sailors today. It’s interesting to note that during WW2, Ruge spent time in Madison, sailed with our club, and became great friends with one of our most famous club members, Carl Bernard. See the article here.

From the article: “But,” said he, “no plywood, no dural, no fittings, no this and no that, how in the world can we build a decent ice boat now?” And the question certainly seemed sensible enough. But there was the lake, ready to freeze; there was the sail boat’s rig, ready to use; there were the tools and the shop to work in. So we just decided to start in and see how far we could get. Continue reading.

Video Link : Ray Ruge’s New Skeeter

Reflections & Resolutions – 4LIYC Meeting Recap

by Deb Whitehorse | Mar 7, 2024

Despite the shortness of this sailing season, we are always optimistic and are already laying the groundwork for an exceptional season ahead. The club is gearing up to host the Southern Wisconsin Iceboat Swap Meet next fall and brainstorming ways to make it an unmissable event. Video link to Ice Sailors Irish Blessing.

Eight Bells – Byron A Tetzlaff

Once an iceboater… c. 2024. Donald P. Sanford Until a cold and blustery day in January, 2020, I thought I had met just about every iceboater in Dane County and listened to all their stories. Sure, I heard about Frank Tetzlaff and I had even met his grandson, Byron. On that day I was introduced to Frank and Evelyn Tetzlaff and instantly immersed in everything Tetzlaff and Mary B. Peter Fauerbach arranged a field trip to their apartment in nearby Sun Prairie for a group of us from the Ice Boat Foundation . Byron was a master woodworker, a skill he no doubt learned from his dad. Our eyes popped as we checked out the beautiful collection of clocks and other projects displayed in their cozy apartment. What really caught our collective attention was the equally impressive family archive of Mary B photos, clippings, mementos and Evelyn’s Mary B quilt. As we took all this in, Byron told us story after story about his dad, the construction of both the B, the Fritz and the First Unitarian Meeting House as well as his experiences sailing on both of these iconic iceboats with Carl Bernard. More than fifty years had passed but for us (and I guess for Byron) it was as though he’d just stepped off the ice. He was kind enough to let me scan all his photos and, by some stroke of luck, I had brought along my scanner. A lucky break because eight weeks later, Covid had us all isolated and nobody was going anywhere. Fast forward to November of 2020. Production of our film, Mary B: Madison’s Legendary Iceboat was underway. I had Byron’s stories but I really wanted to hear him tell them. Again, we weren’t going to his apartment and he certainly wasn’t coming to us. But Byron was enthusiastic and wanted to tell his story for the camera. We came up with a solution. On a chilly day in November of 2020, Byron opened his garage door. He sat just inside, our crew took up a position at a safe distance in the driveway. Mission accomplished! Once an ice boater, always an ice boater. A little chill in the air wasn’t gonna get in the way of a good story! His in-person interview added so much to our film and I will always be grateful to Byron for his willingness to help.

“Goodness Prevails” – A Message from M197

by Deb Whitehorse | Mar 6, 2024

GOODNESS PREVAILS. Dear Northwestern Ice Yachting Association Member Clubs, I started racing skeeters in 1970. In 1977 at the age of 26, I was very fortunate to win the Northwest Championship. In 2024 I again was fortunate to win the Northwest championship. Well..that’s almost back to back victories! If you factor out 47 years! TODAY as in the past the Northwest Regatta has the world’s best Regatta Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, Steve Schalk. We have the world’s best race committee. We have the world’s best volunteer support group. Additionally we have the world’s best boat builders and sail makers. Finally, and of least importance, as in the past, the Northwest has the world’s best ice boat sailors. We all are truly blessed to participate in iceboat racing! Goodness withstands the test of time. Ken WhiteHorse M197

Eight Bells: Tim McCormick

Peter, Tim, and Greg McCormick on Lake Kegonsa, March 2023

OBITUARY INFORMATION Visitation & Funeral 11 AM Friday, March 15, 2024 Monona Terrace and Convention Center 1 John Nolen Dr. Madison, WI 53703 The Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club mourns the loss of our esteemed member, Tim McCormick, who passed away early this morning after a prolonged illness.

We extend our deepest condolences to Tim’s family and friends during this difficult time. More information will be shared as it becomes available.

UPDATE: The ice sailing community is posting tributes and condolences to Tim on the 4LIYC Facebook page. Jane Pegel emailed this last night: “The iceboating community will have a difficult time finding someone to replace Tim McCormick. He was outstanding both on the race course and the time-he devoted to the National Iceboat Authority . With respect, Jane Pegel”

Friendly Reminder – 4LIYC Meeting Tonight @ 4LYC

Renegades on Lake Monona. Photo: Mike Ripp

UPDATE: This is our last meeting of the season. Don’t miss out! Join us tonight at the Four Lakes Yacht Club celebrate our club members’ recent achievements at the Northwest Regatta. Please join us in-person tonight Wednesday at the Four Lakes Yacht Club at 6:30 PM on March 6, 2024 Let’s celebrate our club members’ recent achievements at the Northwest Regatta.

4LIYC NIYA Results Ken Whitehorse’s E Skeeter Championship, Doug Kolner 2nd Place Renegade Mike Bloom 2nd place and Bob Cummins’ 3rd place in the DN fleet.

The club will provide pizza and drinks for everyone to enjoy as we celebrate the achievements of our members.

WHAT TO KNOW: 4LIYC MEETING Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Time: 6:30 PM Location: Four Lakes Yacht Club 6312 Inland Way, Monona, WI Parking: There is a public parking ramp across the street from the Yacht Club

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An iceboat (occasionally spelled ice boat or traditionally called an ice yacht ) is a recreational or competition sailing craft supported on metal runners for traveling over ice. One of the runners is steerable. Originally, such craft were boats with a support structure, riding on the runners and steered with a rear blade, as with a conventional rudder. As iceboats evolved, the structure became a frame with a seat or cockpit for the iceboat sailor, resting on runners. Steering was shifted to the front.

Evolution of design

Attainable speeds, race courses, iceoptimist, international dn, monotype xv, external links.

Because of their low resistance to forward motion over ice, iceboats are capable of speeds exceeding 60 miles per hour (100   km/h) . Because of their speed, iceboats are used both for recreation and for racing. Racing craft typically carry one person.

A related activity, land sailing , employs sailing craft similar to iceboats, but riding on wheels instead of runners.

The history of iceboating began in Europe in areas where smooth ice was found in the bays of the Baltic Sea and the canals of the Netherlands during the little ice age . Initially boats were used for commerce, but soon evolved into pleasure craft—"ice yachts". Ice sailing came to North America, where the sailing craft evolved into recreational and racing versions.

Iceboating began in the 17th century as a documented means of transport on the frozen Gulf of Riga and the canals of the Netherlands into the 18th century. [1] Ice boats carried cargo on Dutch canals during the 17th century. [2]

The first iceboats were introduced on New York State's Hudson River in the United States in 1790, where the practice flourished as a sport. The first recorded boat, built in 1790 by Oliver Booth of Poughkeepsie, was a square box atop three runners, the two forward runners being nailed to the box and the third acted as a rudder operated by a tiller. This type of craft was accessible to sportsmen of modest means. [3]

In the mid-19th century, two "ice yachting" clubs had formed, the Poughkeepsie Ice Yacht Club (1865) and the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club (1870), where wealthy boat owners sailed large iceboats with up to seven crew members. Boats were as long as 69 feet (21   m) and sailed as fast as 107 miles per hour (172   km/h) , a record exceeding any other conveyance in 1885, set by the Icicle . [1] The first American Challenge Pennant occurred in 1881 on the Hudson river with five ice-yacht clubs competing. Races were sailed five times around a triangular course with one-mile legs, two of which were to windward. Iceboats were divided into four classes with sail areas ranging from less than 300 square feet to over 600 square feet. [4]

By the beginning of the 20th century, iceboating had spread to Minnesota ( Lake Minnetonka and White Bear Lake ), Wisconsin ( Lake Winnebago and Lake Pepin ), Michigan ( Lake St. Clair ), and venues in Maine and Vermont. In Canada, there were venues on Lake Ontario (Kingston) and the Saint Lawrence River . [4]

A European ice sailing club formed first in Sweden (1901), followed by the European Ice Yachting Union, which formed in 1928 with member states Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Sweden, Austria, and Germany. [1]

17th-century Dutch ice yachts consisted of flat-bottomed sailboats atop a cross-wise plank, resting on outboard metal runners, which carried the bulk of the weight of the craft. At the stern was a steering runner, attached to a rudder-like structure. to which are affixed four steel runners, one each at bow, stern and each end of the planking. These boats used conventional gaff mainsails and jibs, attached to the mast by travellers. A tiller or wheel stern controls the steering runner. [4]

In the 19th century iceboats evolved into a box, riding on cross-pieces, supported by runners. These "stern-steerer" iceboats were generally rigged as sloops , with a jib sail forward of the mast, although the catboat style with a single sail was also used. [3] In 1879 the archetypical Hudson River iceboat began to emerge. The Robert Scott , designed and built by H. Relyea, had a single backbone and wire guy-ropes. The mast on subsequent boats were stepped further forward than in the past with shortened jibs were shortened and the center of effort and resistance brought into balance, aligning both with the main runners. [5] The shallow cockpit box became elliptical. [4] A few "Class A '' stern steerers with at least 250 square feet (23   m 2 ) of sail area survived in to the late 20th century. [6]

In the early 1900s some smaller iceboats, called scooters , were designed to traverse both ice and water with a shallow, oval 15×5 feet (4.6×1.5   m) hull on fixed runners. These sailing craft were steered by manipulating the sails, there being no rudder. [4]

The traditional stern-steerer boats were largely replaced by front steering boats in the 1930s, following the development of this style by Walter Beauvois of Williams Bay, Wisconsin in a boat named the Beau Skeeter . [2] This boat led to the "Skeeter" class, and the Skeeter Ice Boat Club formed on Geneva Lake , Wisconsin. The Skeeter class adopted the logo of a mosquito on their sail, and has evolved into an aerodynamically clean machine. The Skeeter class is limited to just 75 square feet (7.0   m 2 ) of sail. [7]

In 1937, The Detroit News sponsored a new home-buildable ice boat design, which became the International DN . In 1968 Dick Slates of Pewaukee, Wisconsin designed and built the Nite with two wooden prototypes. The design was refined and fiberglass production began in 1970. [5]

Iceboats designs dating from the mid 20th century onwards typically consist of a triangular or cross-shaped frame, supported by three skate blades called "runners", with the steering runner in front. Runners are made of iron or steel with sharpened edges, which hold onto the ice, preventing slippage sideways from the lateral force of the wind developed by the sails, as they develop propulsive lift . Given their low forward resistance, iceboats can sail up to five times the speed of the true wind. [8] [9] Because the velocity of the iceboat (V B ) is so much greater than the true wind velocity (V T ), the apparent wind (V A ) is only a few degrees from the direction of travel on most points of sail and the sail is close-hauled in each. V A is generated by the combination of iceboat velocity (V B ) and true wind velocity (V T ). [10]

Different classes of iceboat can achieve speeds, as follow.

• International DN: 55–68 miles per hour (89–109   km/h) . [8] [11]
• Skeeter: 84 miles per hour (135   km/h) .
• Classic iceboats: While claimed speeds for such craft have been as high as 140 miles per hour (230   km/h) in the early 20th century, [12] other sources cast doubt on both the technology for achieving and for measuring such speeds at those times. [13]

Because of the high boat speeds, iceboat race courses are established around fixed marks which are to be rounded in a one-way route, enhancing boat-to-boat traffic safety. The courses are a straight line upwind and downwind , which necessitates tacking upwind and jibing downwind. [1]

Among the classes of iceboat are sailing craft that have associations in Europe and North America: IceOptimist, International DN, and Monotype XV. Others are regional in North America: Nite, Renegade, and Skeeter.

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 winter with a fleet of approximately 40 racers. [14]

The International DN class is the most popular class in both North America, Europe and Asia. [ citation needed ] It is a one-person wood boat twelve feet long with a cross-plank eight feet long that carries a mast 16 feet (4.88   m) high. Modern competitive DNs use flexible masts commonly made of composite materials. [15] 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 Monotype XV is a class of stern-steering iceboat based on a 1932 design by an Estonian, Erik von Holst . It may be single or double-handed. The One-Design class is built according to close specifications, little changed since the 1930s. It is the largest one-design iceboat class in Europe and the only double-handed iceboat class for which there are international championships. The 205-kilogram (452   lb) is 7.5×4.2 metres (25×14   ft) in length and width with a 7.2-metre (24   ft) high mast. [17]

Nite is a class of iceboat that has a two-seat side-by-side fiberglass fuselage and a 67-square-foot (6.2   m 2 ) sail. It is constructed according to tight specifications. [18]

The Renegade is a class of home-built iceboat whose prototype appeared in 1947 in Wisconsin, designed by Elmer Millenbach to be carried atop an automobile. [19] Plans were published in 1950. [20] It has a 67-square-foot (6.2   m 2 ) sail on a flexible aerodynamic spar. [9]

The Skeeter class is divided into sub-classes (A, B and C) all of which are limited to 75 square feet (7.0   m 2 ) of sail area. [21] A-class boats may be single or two-place tandem with a mast that does not exceed 28.5 feet (8.7   m) . They may incorporate carbon fiber construction. [16] B-class boats have seats for two (side by side). C-class skeeters may be single or two-place tandem with a mast that does not exceed 20.25 feet (6.17   m) . [22]

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A yacht is a sailing or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnight use. To be termed a yacht , as opposed to a boat , such a pleasure vessel is likely to be at least 33 feet (10 m) in length and may have been judged to have good aesthetic qualities.

Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls:

A point of sail is a sailing craft's direction of travel under sail in relation to the true wind direction over the surface.

The koch was a special type of small one- or two-mast wooden sailing ships designed and used in Russia for transpolar voyages in ice conditions of the Arctic seas, popular among the Pomors.

The Optimist is a small, single-handed sailing dinghy intended for use by young people up to the age of 15.

Tacking or coming about is a sailing maneuver by which a sailing craft, whose next destination is into the wind, turns its bow toward and through the wind so that the direction from which the wind blows changes from one side of the boat to the other, allowing progress in the desired direction. Sailing vessels are unable to sail higher than a certain angle towards the wind, so "beating to windward" in a zig-zag fashion with a series of tacking maneuvers, allows a vessel to sail towards a destination that is closer to the wind that the vessel can sail directly.

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 "DN 60". In 1937 a group of 50 laymen worked with Archie in the hobby shop to produce the first fleet of the new iceboats. These first boats broke during the initial season, and after Jarrait and Lodge modified the design to increase the strength, the group got back together to build a second set of iceboats in 1938.

Land sailing , also known as sand yachting , land yachting or dirtboating , entails overland travel with a sail-powered vehicle, similar to sailing on water. Originally, a form of transportation or recreation, it has evolved primarily into a racing sport since the 1950s.

The Moth is a small development class of sailing dinghy. Originally a small, fast home-built sailing boat designed to plane, since 2000 it has become an expensive and largely commercially produced boat designed to hydroplane on foils though many are still built at home, typically at much lower cost.

A sailing yacht , is a leisure craft that uses sails as its primary means of propulsion. A yacht may be a sail or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, so the term applies here to sailing vessels that have a cabin with amenities that accommodate overnight use. To be termed a "yacht", as opposed to a "boat", such a vessel is likely to be at least 33 feet (10 m) in length and have been judged to have good aesthetic qualities. Sailboats that do not accommodate overnight use or are smaller than 30 feet (9.1 m) are not universally called yachts. Sailing yachts in excess of 130 feet (40 m) are generally considered to be superyachts.

The Butterfly is a one-design sailing dinghy, originally designed for a crew of two, but now most commonly raced single-handed. It was designed in 1961 in Libertyville, Illinois by John Barnett. The 12-foot (3.7 m) hull is a scow design. The craft has a stayed 18-foot (5.5 m) mast set as a Marconi rig with a single mainsail with a 75-square-foot (7.0 m 2 ) surface area. The cockpit is 15 ½" deep, exceptionally deep for this size of sailboat, and can accommodate an adult up to 6 feet in height.

Wind-powered vehicles derive their power from sails, kites or rotors and ride on wheels—which may be linked to a wind-powered rotor—or runners. Whether powered by sail, kite or rotor, these vehicles share a common trait: As the vehicle increases in speed, the advancing airfoil encounters an increasing apparent wind at an angle of attack that is increasingly smaller. At the same time, such vehicles are subject to relatively low forward resistance, compared with traditional sailing craft. As a result, such vehicles are often capable of speeds exceeding that of the wind.

High-performance sailing is achieved with low forward surface resistance—encountered by catamarans, sailing hydrofoils, iceboats or land sailing craft—as the sailing craft obtains motive power with its sails or aerofoils at speeds that are often faster than the wind on both upwind and downwind points of sail. Faster-than-the-wind sailing means that the apparent wind angle experienced on the moving craft is always ahead of the sail. This has generated a new concept of sailing, called "apparent wind sailing", which entails a new skill set for its practitioners, including tacking on downwind points of sail.

Forces on sails result from movement of air that interacts with sails and gives them motive power for sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and sail-powered land vehicles. Similar principles in a rotating frame of reference apply to windmill sails and wind turbine blades, which are also wind-driven. They are differentiated from forces on wings, and propeller blades, the actions of which are not adjusted to the wind. Kites also power certain sailing craft , but do not employ a mast to support the airfoil and are beyond the scope of this article.

The Water Wag is the oldest one-design dinghy in existence, having been devised in 1886 and formalised as a one-design class in Ireland in 1887. It was last modified in 1900. The class is still sailed to this day, notably with large Water Wag fleets racing during summer evenings from Dún Laoghaire harbour on Dublin Bay. The Water Wag class is administered by the Water Wags club, based in Dún Laoghaire.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sailing:

The Mary Taylor was a 19th-century yacht and Sandy Hook pilot boat, built at the Hathorne & Steers shipyard in 1849 for Captain Richard Brown. She was designed by George Steers with a new radical design with a long thin bow and wide stern, which made her faster than any other boat in her class. This design proved successful and led to the famous yacht America, which won the America's Cup in 1851. The Mary Taylor sank after colliding with the schooner Fairhaven in 1863. She was replaced by the Mary E. Fish .

Jane Wiswell Pegel is an American sailor, on water and on ice, who was elected into the United States' National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2021.

A sail plan is a drawing of a sailing craft, viewed from the side, depicting its sails, the spars that carry them and some of the rigging that supports the rig. By extension, "sail plan" describes the arrangement of sails on a craft. A sailing craft may be waterborne, an iceboat, or a sail-powered land vehicle.

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• 1 2 Staff (January 1982). "Endless winter, the iceboater's dream" . Changing Times-The Kiplinger Magazine . 36 (1): 58–9.
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• ↑ Millenbach, Elmer. "The Renegade Story" . iceboat.org . International Skeeter Association . Retrieved April 18, 2020 .
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1. Noun. A craft, in the broad shape of a yacht, fitted with skis or runners so as to sail on the ice. ¹

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Memes and niche internet jokes are a dime a dozen, but every now and then, a seemingly inscrutable trend arises and demands an explanation.

Such is the case with what I’m going to call the “Skibidi” song. It’s a tune I have to name, because, well, it’s made up and there is no official term for it. There are multiple versions of the meme, but in the most popular one, a person with a voice that sounds like a prepubescent boy sings, “Sticking out your gyat for the rizzler, you’re so Skibidi, you’re so Fanum tax,” while a video shows a Fortnite character emoting while wearing the Among Us back bling.

You definitely don’t need to know the words to hum along — it’s an earworm! But if you do want to know what it means, we’ve got you covered. Luckily, it’s not that confusing; you just need to know all the references and slang.

What is the ‘sticking out your gyat for the rizzler’ meme?

On Oct. 2, a humor account with the handle homestucklover398 shared a video where a young boyish voice sang a parody of the 2022 song “ ecstacy ” by Suicidal-Idol. The video and sound became an overnight hit on TikTok, where people reacted to the seemingly nonsensical lyrics of the song.

@ovp.9 Such a wholesome love story! ❤️❤️ #CapCut #ovp #sigma #sigma #rizzler #gyat #ohio #ohiosigma #tvwoman #fortnite #fortniteclips #satire #satire #satire #satire #satire #satire #satire #satire #satire #satire #satire #satire #satire #satire #satire #satireaccount #sigma #skibiditoilet #fortniteclips #sigmagyat #satire #satire #notfunny #fort #satire I just want to be your sweetheart, I just want to be your ohio, skibidi toilet, ovp.9, ovp.99u, skibidi, homestucklover398, sigma, I just want to be your #sigma #slimegang ♬ Sticking out your gyat for the rizzler - homestucklover398

The format of these videos varied, but many included clips of Minecraft -inspired games people play using filters on TikTok and parodies of the parody. At time of publication, the sound has been used in over 195,000 videos.

What are the lyrics to ‘you’re so Skibidi, so Fanum tax’?

There are no official lyrics. This isn’t a real song (yet). However, here are all the lyrics the person sings in the sound that went viral on TikTok. There are no official spellings for a lot of these words, so we’ve spelled them based on what we’ve seen popularized on the internet. Here is the masterpiece:

Sticking out your gyat for the rizzler You’re so Skibidi You’re so Fanum tax I just wanna be your sigma Freaking come here Give me your Ohio

What do the lyrics ‘sticking out your gyat for the rizzler’ mean?

Ah, you’re still here. OK, great. Now let’s break it down line by line. It’s a lot of slang, but most of it is simple.

Sticking out your gyat for the rizzler

This line refers to someone sticking out their ass for a charming person. The term “gyatt” or “gyat,” is a shortened version of “god damn.” It was popularized by the Twitch streamer Kai Cenat as an exclamation used when he sees a curvy woman.

The word “rizz” is a shortened version of “charisma.” A person who has “rizz” is endearing and good at charming their crushes.

You’re so Skibidi

Skibidi (pronounced skee-bee-dee) is a reference to the viral Skibidi song, which has taken on a few popular forms. The original song was popularized by a series of viral dancing videos , and then it was remixed with “ Give It to Me ” by Timbaland to make a new TikTok sound. The remix was used in the Skibidi toilet meme, a video seemingly created with Garry’s Mod that shows a head in a toilet singing along to the song.

You’re so Fanum tax

The term “Fanum tax” was also popularized by Kai Cenat. Basically, he would use the term “tax” whenever he or a guest on his stream took a small bite of food. In a clip, the streamer Fanum took a bite of some of Cenat’s cookies, so fans started calling it the “Fanum tax.”

I just wanna be your sigma

A “sigma male” is sort of like a stereotypical macho man who is popular with women. The terms was popularized by tech bros and is often associated with dominant men who espouse a rise-and-grind lifestyle . If you’re a beta, you’re not a sigma — or so I’m told by my friend who goes to the gym six times a week.

Freaking come here

This one is self-explanatory.

Give me your Ohio

A lot of popular lyrics videos for the song say “Ohio” and spell it like that. However, judging from other trends, I think another possible interpretation of it is that it is not a reference to the American state of Ohio and is in fact saying “ohayō” in Japanese, which means “good morning.” So maybe there is a world where the original artistic intent in this message is to ask for a waifu? It’s up to you!

OK, but what does it all actually mean?

If you’ve heard this song online and seen viral videos attached to it, you might have seen several videos talking about how this song is a Gen Alpha meme, the label for the generation below Gen Z. This is how people online tended to respond to the seemingly inexplicable and strange lyrics . However, in another sense, this trend represents how much humor online hasn’t changed — regardless if it’s truly Gen Alpha or not — because of the way it brings together different internet references.

@cringeisamindsetbabe like gen alphas chug jug fornite song fr actually tho can someone tell me what fantum tax is? #chugjug #chugjugwithyou #fortnite #genalpha #genz #06 #catchy #catchysong #catchysongs #song #rizzler #fantum #fantumtax #skibity ♬ Sticking out your gyat for the rizzler - homestucklover398

The song pulls in a variety of media that have long been popular with young people. Many of the TikTok videos using the sound incorporated visuals from games like Minecraft and Fortnite . Both games have inspired tons of memes and online trends, including another extremely similar viral song trend called “ Chug Jug with You .”

Additionally, it speaks to the recurring trend cycle in which Black creators start trends that then get reused by other people. The song contains several instances of slang popularized by the Cenat, who is Black . In reality, a lot of “internet slang” is actually African American Vernacular English that is later adopted by internet-savvy users. So while the words might be new, the way these trends are built is more or less the same.

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When was the last time anyone dredged Hammond Cove, home to the Locust Point Yacht Club, the Stepping Stone Yacht Club, the Bait Shack and the Ice House Cafe. bxtimes.com

These cars, equipped like a hotel, will sweep along with the motion of an ice-yacht. "How To Write Special Feature Articles" by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

They were now following that portion of the ice-field where they had attacked the American yacht. "The Waif of the "Cynthia"" by André Laurie and Jules Verne

Every one strained as if for life at the ice-poles, and slowly forced the yacht away from the dreaded berg. "The Giant of the North" by R.M. Ballantyne

Ali and Bertuccio hurried to the yacht, and the Ice Bird flew with all sails toward the open sea. "The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2)" by Alexandre Dumas père

Like country, sleighing, skating, ice yachting, don't you know. "Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York" by Lemuel Ely Quigg

He drove the little yacht well out, until Darth was only a spotted ball with visible clouds and ice caps. "The Pirates of Ersatz" by Murray Leinster

As the ice yacht gathered speed, Janice found that she could not face the wind. "Janice Day" by Helen Beecher Long

Without stopping at the Yacht Club grounds, Penny made certain that her stripped car and ice boat remained as she last had seen them. "Ghost Beyond the Gate" by Mildred A. Wirt

Possibly it is the same with the swift ice-yacht. "Bevis" by Richard Jefferies

These lights were in the rigging of several ice-yachts. "The Girls of Central High on the Stage" by Gertrude W. Morrison

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• noun ice yacht a sailing craft having a cross-shaped frame with a cockpit and runners for travelling over ice 0

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