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Rust on the sides or edges?

If just surface rust, I wrap a stoning file in 120-180 grit wet dry sandpaper with a little WD40. File at a 45 angle with pressure. Then change to 220 grit flowed by stoning. Hopefully the rust pits aren’t too deep.
Always store plates with a grease or wipe WD 40 to prevent in the future.

Who has a good method to clean up plate runners that have surface rust?

Resolve to attend, Saturday November 2!

The Western Michigan Ice Yacht Clubs swap meet is less than two weeks away.
Now is the time to turn your head from summer to winter and make preparations for winter fun.

Buy, sell, trade. Eat food, drink beer.
See old friends and make new ones. Everyone talk about ice boating!!!

The Gull Lake, Grand Traverse, and West Michigan ice yacht clubs combine forces to make November 2 a day of fun for all.
 
See you there:
Muskegon Yacht Club
3198 Edgewater St, Muskegon, MI 49441

For WMIYC Commodore Mark Burns,
Randy Rogoski, fourth past commodore.

It's that time of year-  If you have gear to sell, something you'd like to buy, or want to see what this iceboat business is all about pick a swap meet below and just show up!
There will be all kinds of hard-water craft on display and all kinds of people to talk with about getting involved and making winter sailing something to look forward to!

EAST:
New England Ice Yacht Association
Saturday November 2, 2019
10 AM with lunch at noon
Hudson-Concord Elks Hall

99 Park Street, Hudson, MA 01749
More information.

Chickawaukie Ice Boat Club (Maine)
Sunday November 3, 2019
11 AM, pot luck lunch
12 Chretien Rd.
Biddeford, ME  04005
https://iceboat.me/


CENTRAL:
Deep Creek Lake Ice Sailing Club (Western MD)
November 30, 2019
10AM
158 Yacht Club Road
Swanton MD 21561
Contact Ray Gauthier for info at ray.gauthier@comcast.net

West Michigan Swap Meet at the Muskegon Yacht Club
Saturday, November 2, 2019
9 AM – 1 PM
3198 Edgewater St, Muskegon, MI 49441


WEST
Skeeter Iceboat Club Swap Meet
Sunday, November 3, 2019
9 AM to Noon
Lucke’s Cantina
220 N. Elkhorn Rd. (WI Hwy 67), Williams Bay, WI.
More information


FAR WEST
Minnesota Ice Sailors Swap Meet
Saturday, November 2, 2019
9 AM – Noon
Sailcrafters
7450 Oxford St., St. Louis Park, MN 55426
More information

Hurricane Dorian is bearing down on Nova Scotia and the eye is going to go over Bob Crinion and Commodore Nethercott and Art Samson and other iceboaters near Halifax NS
Hopefully the Atlantic Destiny is not at sea and is tucked into riverport
Good Luck and Be safe

Eric Anderson US5193

DN / Iceboat Parts For Sale
Mixed bag of parts-  cleaning off the shelf!

-Carbon foot braces   (5)                 $  10 each
-Steering post/head (Sarns)            $  50
-Studs / Plates                               $  25
-Mast Step / Plate                           $  60
-Bow Tang                                      $  25
-Tiller (forward half, aluminium)       $   25
-Bobstay (DN, Full Length)              $   40
-Mainsheet block fittings  (2)           $   15 each
-Mast hound fittings (2)                  $ 75 each
-Bow spring                                   $  10
-Mainsheet block deck tube            $  25
-Wrench for Sta-Master                  $    15
-Tool utility box                              $ 15
-Runner edge protectors               $ 5 each
-Sail bag                                      $ 20

Call or email "T" Thieler for info
Newport, RI  02840
401 258 6230
t_thieler@yahoo.com

Attention all-  we are looking for a set of DN runners that we think may have been left at the World Champs last winter.

Best intel we have is that there were two insert side runners and a plate runner for the bow.   They were in a tan/brown canvas runner bag, possibly labeled DN 5666.

If you’ve seen them please contact T at 401 258 6230.

Many thanks and Think Ice!   

I am unable to favor the adoption of the policy to reject an entry on the grounds that the entrant MAY violate a sailing rule.
Besides it being simply unfair to punish someone before a crime is committed, this type of penalty  tends to damage
one's  reputation and can result in litigation that is costly to all involved.  When a sailor violates the sailing rules, the first
step is to file a protest.   If the sailor subsequently ignores the sailing rules, then the governing committee should
have a meeting with the violator to discuss the issues, recommend  that the sailor seriously consider the severity
of his actions, offer assistance in overcoming the negative behavior, and ask for resignation if the sailor finds he/she
is unable to comply with the sailing rules.

DN 805

And my submission to peter's forum on runners:

"Hello Peter,

I am following up on my Runner Tracks article.

First I am solidly behind your goal of making our technical specifications clearer to users, and of making enforcement of technical specifications practical without resort to cutting up runners or sending them away for non-destructive testing (such as radiography or ultrasonic survey).

I am uncertain about making the construction of insert runner bodies totally free. As a home builder I would take advantage of it by using a thinner wood core and increasing my carbon fiber stiffening thickness. I do not think that I would ever build a foam-cored runner body. But I am concerned that allowing such a change would have a negative effect on the market value of current runners. The rules change would not affect their legality, as you say, but it might affect their resale value if newer runners were ween to be 'better' in some way.

Warren Nethercote, KC-3786"

Peter has provided responses to both my submissions.