Entering through a small door in the side, J. L. Finch, of Patchogue, NY drives his
curious ice boat from within a fixed, fabric-covered airfoil that serves as a sail for
the craft. Instead of controlling his ice racer by manipulating a sail, Finch turns
the forward movable runners on which the boat rides to get it into the most
advantageous position in the prevailing wind. Windows are built into the
leading edge of the airplane-wing sail. Finch calls his strange craft an "ice
glider."
curious ice boat from within a fixed, fabric-covered airfoil that serves as a sail for
the craft. Instead of controlling his ice racer by manipulating a sail, Finch turns
the forward movable runners on which the boat rides to get it into the most
advantageous position in the prevailing wind. Windows are built into the
leading edge of the airplane-wing sail. Finch calls his strange craft an "ice
glider."
Ice-Boat Pilot Rides Inside the Sail
Popular Science circa April 1940
Taken from http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/27/ice-boat-pilot-rides-inside-the-sail/
Taken from http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/27/ice-boat-pilot-rides-inside-the-sail/