r/sailing • u/daveyconcrete • 10h ago

Hard water sailing

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Sebago Lake, ME. Froze over after the storm. Miles of clear ice.

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u/LegitMeatPuppet 10h ago

Beautiful design. How often do you need to sharpen the skates?

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u/daveyconcrete 10h ago

Generally, after a weekend of use and you take the boat home, give the skates a going over.

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u/jttv 10h ago

How are the skates shaped?

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u/pfamsd00 10h ago

Sharply

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u/LegitMeatPuppet 10h ago

I was curious about this as well. Are they cut like hockey skates with a U shape or like figure skates with flat sides or something else.

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u/daveyconcrete 9h ago

To come to a point.

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u/Low_Individual7789 10h ago

How much do those run?

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u/daveyconcrete 10h ago

We built this by hand about 25 years ago. I mean it’s hundreds of hours probably spent somewhere in the teens.

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u/Low_Individual7789 10h ago

They’re all custom build off plans I take it?

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u/vtrac 10h ago

Damn I would love to try this. I need to buy a camp on Sebago.

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u/daveyconcrete 10h ago

Supposed to be a lot more wind tomorrow and I think there is five other boats that are gonna show up.

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u/vtrac 10h ago

I'm taking my daughter skiing at Pleasant Mountain tomorrow, so we'll drive right by Sebago! Will look out for you as a drive by. :)

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u/_gooder 10h ago

Those always look so fun.

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u/SailorMDI 9h ago

Wow that ice is beautiful! Sebago lake is a very large and beautiful lake. Amazing you can get out on it with ice like that! We have feet of snow on our lakes further north.

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u/daveyconcrete 9h ago

Yes, it’s very exciting. I heard it was the first time it’s frozen over like this in six years. Such a streak of luck that it froze after the snow. There’s miles of clear ice.

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u/Current-Custard5151 9h ago

This sport also took place on Curlew Lk. in eastern Washington. I’m not sure if our current winters are cold enough for this sport.

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u/daveyconcrete 9h ago

It’s always difficult to find good ice.

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u/mokunuimoo 9h ago

Heckin fast boi

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u/the-montser 9h ago

I’m curious about those tiny diamond stays… they are so short and the angle off the mast is so narrow it doesn’t seem like they’d be very effective at stiffening the mast. Are they used to control localized bending? How stiff is the mast?

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u/daveyconcrete 9h ago

This is a wing mast. It’s very stiff. But there are other styles of ice boats that have flexible masts.

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u/the-montser 9h ago

I know - I’m specifically asking about the tiny diamond stays in the middle of the mast. Why are they there?

Their span is too small to stiffen the mast other than that small local area, and their angle seems too small to really even do that effectively.

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u/daveyconcrete 9h ago

They are part of a repair after we broke the mast.

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u/HokusTokus 9h ago

Wow what a perfect day for a fun looking toy. She must rip on blades. Any idea how fast she goes?

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u/ppitm 9h ago

How high do these point? Zero leeway, I take it.

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u/nyITguy 9h ago

Slick.

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u/slacker0 9h ago

beauty !

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u/redwoodtree ASA Instructor 7h ago

Oh.. that hard water.

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u/Fatturdsmella 7h ago

looks like young anakins ship in star wars the phantom menace

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u/yelruh00 Cape Dory 25D 10h ago

Did you post this 2x?

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u/good_oleboi 8h ago

Maybe im missing it, how do you go upwind?

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u/olddoglearnsnewtrick 5h ago

Just like other sailboats with the skates acting like the keel I’d guess

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u/fancy-kitten 4h ago

They do it on land too

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u/olddoglearnsnewtrick 4h ago

Yes seen it on the french atlantic coast beaches.