page_title: Iceboat
section_title: Classes
hierarchical_section_title: Iceboat / Classes
caption_attribution_description: XV-jakt på kappseglingsbanan. Foto 2004.
context_page_description: An iceboat is a recreational or competition sailing craft supported on metal runners for traveling over ice. One of the runners is steerable. Originally, such craft were boats with a support structure, riding on the runners and steered with a rear blade, as with a conventional rudder. As iceboats evolved, the structure became a frame with a seat or cockpit for the iceboat sailor, resting on runners. Steering was shifted to the front.
  Because of their low resistance to forward motion over ice, iceboats are capable of speeds exceeding 60 miles per hour. Because of their speed, iceboats are used both for recreation and for racing. Racing craft typically carry one person.
  A related activity, land sailing, employs sailing craft similar to iceboats, but riding on wheels instead of runners.
context_section_description: Among the classes of iceboat are sailing craft that have associations in Europe and North America: IceOptimist, International DN, and Monotype XV. Others are regional in North America: Nite, Renegade, and Skeeter.
caption: Monotype XV
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