These Ice Boats were really flying today. The wind was gusting to about 15 miles an hour. These Ice Boats can exceed speeds of 40 miles an hour. Given that the track was oval shaped, after the straightaways, to make the turns, there was a maximum speed for cornering. I am guessing these boats were doing something close 20 miles an hour today out on Lake Phalen. When the pilots of the Ice Boats put their sails full broadside to the wind in the heavy gusts, they were just shy of flipping the Ice Boats over. On a long straightaway, the Ice Boats would of probably been able to do 40 miles an hour today. The crowd got into it for the close races and the blades against the ice make a pretty cool noise. I guess my Great Gramma use to pilot Ice Boats in her day out on White Bear Lake, Minnesota, a hundred some years earlier. The music is by Vangelis
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