• These rules are intended to promote the enjoyment and pleasure received from the sport of Iceboating and to preserve and keep it safe for all participants.

• All official interpretations of these regulations will be made and enforced by the CIYC Safety Committee as necessary.

• Sailing an Iceboat while under the influence of alcohol or drugs is Absolutely Prohibited and will not be tolerated. This is considered unsportsmanlike conduct and dangerous, and will result in dismissal from the CIYC, without exception! Party when your day on the ice is over and support the continuance of the sport by keeping it safe!
  
  

1. COMMITTEE MEMBERS

The Vice Commodore and a minimum of two additional club members, as appointed by the Board of Directors, will be on the safety committee.
The committee will perform the following functions:
* Identify to new members and non-club iceboaters what the Safety Committee is and who the members are.
* Advise any iceboater of unsafe practices and explain the proper method.
* Advise any iceboater of the ice conditions

LAUNCHING RAMP - The launching ramp is a very high traffic area which can be used by anyone. It is of utmost importance that we attempt to preserve the ice at the base of the ramp to ease the removal of the iceboats. This can be accomplished by using planks under the trailer tires when rolling them on the ice. Launching and removal of Iceboats on trailers when the ice at the ramp is marginal is not allowed. The ice must be preserved. When marginal conditions exist, carry each piece of the Iceboat by hand to minimize the weight on the ice.

ICEBOAT MOORING / SET-UP AREA (Reference Figure 1) - Creepers should be worn all the time when on the ice, you will be more effective for both normal set-up and emergencies, avoid an unnecessary fall! A clear passage approximately 20 feet wide will be maintained straight out from the launching ramp. This will enable easy launching and removal of the iceboats during the season.

The following sequence should be practiced when setting up:

1. Fuselage to runner plank
2. Runners mounted
3. Runners on the ice with parking brake applied
4. Whiskers stays (if applicable)
5. Mast
6. Reposition the Iceboat into the Parking Area, reset the parking brake
DO NOT SAIL OUT OF THE SET-UP/MOORING AREA!
7. Move the trailer off the ice or to the west of the Set-up Area
8. Hoist sail
9. Boom

Rigged iceboats will be parked in the parking area, with the parking brake applied! Avoid parking your iceboat too close to other iceboats (i.e., less than 15 feet to the side of, or less than 20 feet to the rear or in front of a parked iceboat). Iceboats left overnight should be raised off the ice using horses, and it is suggested that those being left for more than one night also have the runners removed.

3. ICE CONDITIONS
MAP - Refer to map of lake at ramp site for updated ice conditions each time before sailing. Annotate known changes to conditions daily.
MARKINGS - Red flags are used to indicate danger areas and should always be avoided. Safety Committee members will install and remove the flags as the ice conditions change throughout the season. If you are not familiar with the danger area, discuss what is marked and how it is marked with a committee member, and if possible inspect the area from a safe distance so you understand the hazard.
ADVISORIES - Any time you see what may be a questionable area of ice, avoid it! Either stop your iceboat to investigate it from a safe distance, or return to the parking area and advise any member of the Safety Committee so they can investigate it. Make it a point to share ice condition information with fellow Iceboaters, PASS THE WORD! You may save someone's life!

4. LEAVING / ENTERING THE PARKING AREA IN YOUR ICEBOAT
LEAVING THE PARKING AREA - Be alert! This is the time when most accidents occur. Before releasing your parking brake spot check your Iceboat by walking around it checking stays, clevices, shrouds, blocks, runners, sheet line, etc.,each time before leaving. Observe the presence of any other iceboat traffic, look for any skaters or onlookers, observe the wind, think of what the boat will do as you start to push off, BE ALERT!
GENERAL SAILING - Iceboat Skippers must be responsible and look around constantly for traffic like other Iceboats, skaters, freeskates, spectators, snowmobiles. A skipper must know what is all around him BEFORE TURNING! Execute the turn, AFTER verifying a clear course.
ENTERING THE PARKING AREA - As you approach the parking area be aware of the following:
* Observe the boats that are set-up for anyone leaving the area.
* Look for the ice fishermen and the tip-ups, they have as much right to the ice as we do, show some courtesy.
* Approach the area SLOWLY! Slack the sail tension, use your brake to slow down early, before making the last turn. Do not sail between parked boats. Do not turn abruptly! Align your Iceboat with the parked fleet--STOP--SET THE BRAKE!
* Do not park your Iceboat pointed into the fleet, park pointed into the wind, in the Parking Area, outside the Mooring Area.
* Iceboats are never to be left unattended when the sail is up and the wind is greater than 10 kts. Disarm your Iceboat! - Lower the sail if you plan to leave it, YOU are responsible if anything happens!
* All Iceboats must have a working and effective Parking Brake.

5. WIND CONDITIONS
The wind conditions will vary throughout the day. The wind direction of concern is a northerly wind, over the hill behind the clubhouse. This causes the wind in the parking area to swirl around and this can launch a parked iceboat into motion. When the winds are out of the North and this swirling effect is evident, it is recommended that the sheet line be removed at a minimum and when the windspeed is greater than 10 kts the sail should be lowered.