hobby #212
DN Iceboat Sailing
Sailing a hard-water iceboat — specifically the classic DN one-design — across frozen lakes, where a rigid sail acts as a vertical aerofoil and three steel runners replace a hull. The craft outruns the true wind by tacking on apparent wind, and reading the ice for cracks, snow drift, and pressure ridges is a matter of safety before it's a matter of speed.
Aug 2 7:13 PM #212 4 min The Wind I Killed Was the One I Made
DN Iceboat SailingA ten-year-old lapped me twice while I lay flat on the ice, hauling the sail tighter and going nowhere — convinced the boat was broken, when the broken thing was me.
code-a-day tied to this hobby
- Chasing the Wind You Made: Fixed-Point Iteration Fixed-point iteration