Northwestern Wisconsin Camping, Fishing, Trail Riding, and other fun stuff. Just bring bail money!

Bruh.....

 

Hey, don't forget to send me your address for shipping!

 

I found my plans for an ice boat 7' long 6' wide but can be made bigger,O and you lay down on your belly, like a sled, head first
Popular Mechanics Home Handyman copyright 1961

 

When we were kids we would hang out around the iceboaters and sometimes they would give us rides sitting on the croosbeam, now that was fun especially when the ice was glass.

 

My friend has a 2-seater, that makes it much easier!

 

Now that sounds like fun,
at 12 or 13 yrs old it was fun and exciting but now at 60 I don't think it would be all that fun on the beam.

 

Which brings up an old memory, at the time one of the old guys had what they told us was the second largest iceboat, don't remember if it was "in the world" or "in the states" I only saw it on the ice two or three times as they wouldn't bring it out unless there was three feet or more of good ice.

I do remember that the runners were like 1 1/2 in thick steel.

 

That would be in the world, and I've been at races where it was racing. It blows the mind to see that thing fly!
https://www.iceboat.org/tag/deuce/

 

Now I'm intrigued as I don't really remember exactly what it looked like just that it was really big.

Any way to get info on who owned it in the mid "70's?

 

A coworker lives on Green Lake, yesterday he said the iceboats were out.

 

Pretty similar down here, maybe 1/2" though. We shall see.

 

Do you mean caliber or brand of bullet?

 

I do it the easy way and just load Hornady Critical Defense rounds.

 

The critical defense round are not cheap, I haven't actually fired one yet, when I practice, I use the cheap stuff

 

True... But damn!

 

Good point, it would really suck if it jammed when I really needed it.

 

But... Glocks never jam! Right? lol

 

I’ve lost count of the rounds I’ve put through mine at this point. Tons of different ammos over the years.

my gen4 stove piped a couple times early on but they replaced the spring and it’s been flawless since. Zero issues with any of the others.

 

I don't mind spending where it matters...
And I do appreciate your input!