International Nite Class Association

Time to send in your INCA dues for 2012. Thanks for supporting the organization.

2012 Nite Nationals CALLED ON! Pewaukee Lake, February 10-12.

2012 Nite ISA Postponed.

Join the INCA
Membership Information

2011 Officers
Don Sanford - Commodore
Rick Wilfert - Vice-Commodore
Brett Larson - Treasurer
Fred Miller - Secretary & Web

2005 Annual Meeting Minutes
2006 Annual Meeting Minutes
2007 Annual Meeting Minutes
2008 Annual Meeting Minutes
2009 Annual Meeting Minutes
2010 Annual Meeting Minutes

Technical Committee
Craig Adams - Chairman
John Ritter - Builder
Terry Erwin
David Navin
Tom Wilfert

INCA RULES & BY-LAWS
INCA Class Rules (PDF)
INCA By-Laws (PDF)
INCA Constitution (PDF)

Official Nite Iceboat plans are
available from S&R Marine.

Jurisdiction
The International Nite Class
Association conducts its races and
regattas under the jurisdiction of
rules set forth and revised by the
National Iceboat Authority. For a
copy of the NIA Rule Book in PDF
form, click here.

For those sailors who need a
graphic interpretation of the NIA
Rules, we offer this graphic. Print a
copy, study it, talk about it with your
pals, glue one to the inside of your
trailer box, refer to it often. Click
here for the graphic.

Contact INCA
PIYC/Nite Ice Hotline: 262-367-1656
Builder: S&R Marine 262-691-2230
S&R Marine Web Site

2012 Nite ISA
When: Postponed.
Where: TBD

2012 Nite Nationals
When: February 10-12.
Where: Pewaukee Lake.

Click here for Notice of Race.

Click here for Sailing Instructions.

Click here for Registration Form.
Fill it out and bring it with you to the regatta.

New for the 2012 Nite Nationals

Nite Masters Trophy: Presented to the skipper over 60 years of age with the best overall finish in the National Championship Regatta.

First-Timer's Trophy: Presented to the skipper with the best overall finish who is attending the National Championship Regatta for the first time.

January 18, 2012 News

Click here for the latest Nite News.

Important Note:
USE CAUTION ON ICE!!!

The following ice reports are called in by volunteers to help iceboaters find clear ice for sailing. Never consider these reports as fully accurate as ice and safety conditions change daily. Never venture on ice alone. Wear a lifejacket and carry ice picks. Remember, you are responsible for your own safety.

PIYC Nite Racing
(Waukesha, WI Inland Lakes Area)

2/6: Nite Nationals tentatively called on for Pewaukee Lake, February 10-12. Final call to be made by February 9.

Minnetonka Nite Racing
(Minneapolis, MN Area)

1/18: Some sailable ice.

Four Lakes Ice Yacht
Club Nite Racing
(Madison, WI Area)

1/27: Club racing called on for this weekend

Mendota: Club racing called on for this weekend.

Monona: Snow covered. Thickness unknown.

Kegonsa: Snow covered.

Waubesa: Snow covered.

Wingra: Unknown.

Central/Northern Wisconsin/UP Michigan
Green Lake, Green Bay, Menomonee Areas)

1/24: West end of Green Lake starting to freeze.

ISA regatta postponed. The great sheet of ice on Green Bay blew out to sea.

Skeeter Ice Boat Club
Nite Racing
(Lake Geneva, WI Area)

1/27: Ice watch in effect.

Lake Geneva: Unknown.

Delavan Lake: Boecraft Iceboat Regatta called on.

Lake Como: Unknown.

Southern Region
Nite Racing
(Ilinois, Missouri Areas)

1/18: No report.

Michigan Nite Racing
(Michigan Area)

1/18: Lakes are freezing with some potentially sailable.

Eastern Region
Nite Racing
(Ohio, East Coast Areas)

1/18: No reports.

Western Region
Nite Racing
(Colorado and Western States Areas)

1/18: Canyon Ferry frozen.

DISCLAIMER

A vast majority of the time one can participate in ice boating and enjoy a reasonable and acceptable safety margin.

We must be remind you that ice boats are very fast and the ice is very hard. Ice can be thick and quite thin in other places, sometimes just a few feet apart. Under the ice is water which can be very cold and is often very deep. The Right-of-way rules are written to help prevent accidents. Using common sense about when and where to sail works most of the time. However, accidents causing damage to equipment, injury or even death may still occur.

The International Nite Class Association can not guarantee your safety when sailing, whether you follow these guidelines and the Right-of- Way rules or not. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF!! No one, including The International Nite Class Association, can guarantee your safety when on the ice. You are responsible for yourself. The safety advice given on this page CANNOT guarantee your safety in all instances. Be smart, never sail alone.

You can find other information about sailing safe at www.iceboat.org