"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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"Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:
... iceboats ... sitting in a little open shell, doing 60 mph ...

****, sounds like an opportunity to get yourself really mangled - bones
broken and limbs pointing in funny directions! 'Course that is what
makes it so exciting.

Only if I was much younger ... maybe,
Bob

You wear a helmet. And ice is slippery, if you should get dumped out of
the boat. g

Just don't hit anything. And watch out for those ice-fishing holes.

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Ed Huntress




fascinating article...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_boat

possible speeds of 150(?!!)

at the end it mentions iceboating being a possible olympic event in 2012.

ed, you've seen this stuff before, right?

http://home.swipnet.se/ansar/s.html

the video is cool and funny. VERY strange looking thing moving quickly
across a flat white surface. like maybe a very large space insect.