Ice yacht - Ice yacht (English spelling)

Japanese: アイスヨット - あいすよっと(英語表記)ice yacht
Ice yacht - Ice yacht (English spelling)

A yacht that sails on ice using wind power. The surface that comes into contact with the ice is a steel sled, and it can reach speeds four times faster than a water yacht. It is said to have been designed by the Dutchman Chapman in 1768, and at about the same time, it was also used in Riga (the capital of the Republic of Latvia) and the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea coast. It then appeared in bays, rivers, and lakes in Canada and the northeastern United States, and in 1928 the European Ice Yacht Federation was formed. The highest instantaneous speed recorded was 230 kilometers per hour in Wisconsin, USA in 1938. In Japan, the Keio University Yacht Club attempted it in 1934 (Showa 9), but it did not become popular due to the lack of a sufficient ice surface for gliding.

[Hiroo Kato]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

氷の上を風力によって帆走するヨット。氷との接面は鋼鉄製の橇(そり)で、水上ヨットの約4倍のスピードが出る。1768年オランダ人チャップマンの設計といわれるが、ほぼ時を同じくして、バルト海沿岸のリガ(ラトビア共和国の首都)、フィンランド湾でも行われていた。その後カナダ、アメリカ北東部の湾、川、湖などにも登場し、1928年にはヨーロッパ・アイスヨット連盟が結成された。瞬間最大スピードは、1938年アメリカのウィスコンシン州で時速230キロメートルが記録されている。なお、日本では1934年(昭和9)慶応大学ヨット部が試みたことがあるが、滑走に十分な氷面がないため普及するに至っていない。

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