Accidents are rare on dry lake beds in the US. Beach racing on smaller confined
area's is a different story. Most of the guys in big boats race. They have
sailed a long time and have allot of experience. They also use right of way
rules when pleasure sailing. Elmirage will be a little trickier to sail a bigger
faster boat at due to less sailable area. Thats why you don't see many there.
Sailing safe has allot to do with respecting others space. Guys that sail fast
through camp are asking for trouble. Knowing where the obstacles are and
avoiding them . Leaving other boats sailing around you room to manuever around
obstacle or marks keeps everyone safe too. I've seen or heard of many accidents
on the ice. Most of them could of been avoided had the ice been checked more
thoroughly before sailing. I think more pleasure sailor iceboat that don't know
right of way rule .







--- In wingboats@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry Frost" <jfrost@...> wrote:
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> I've been poking around some big boat websites and have noticed there is
little to no information regarding the potential hazards and risks involved in
moving across a dry lake bed at speeds in excess of 80 mph with your butt
hanging less than a foot off the ground while being blown by high winds in
limited visiblity. Heck, that sounds like fun to me, but are there any reports
of accidents and their potential causes?
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> Jerry
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