31-01-2010
Monnickendam, Netherlands

Two classical sloops, sailing the ice on gliders.
Ice sailing has been developed in the Netherlands from around 1600 for transportation of both passengers and merchandise . From 1840 the first ice sailing sports events are known.

Today racing is mainly done with the so called XV-monotype from Estland  1932 and the DN type, developed from a disigning contest by the American newspaper Detroit News in 1937.

Dutch ice sailing site:

http://www.ijszeilen.nl/page13/page13.html

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