Finally, as winter drags on
across much of the country,
some are looking for new
ways to enjoy nature.
In tonight's Weekend
Journal, CBS's Noel Brennan
ventures out on a frozen lake
in Wisconsin on a sailboat.
Everybody's going to want to
come out here and go fishing
now.
[LAUGHS]
NOEL BRENNAN: On a frozen lake,
when few fish are biting--
RICH STEARNS: One
little northern.
NOEL BRENNAN: --you're better
off trying to catch the wind.
JERRY RING: This is pretty good.
It's very nice day.
NOEL BRENNAN: On
Wisconsin's Geneva Lake,
the best way to
catch the wind is
to bring a boat that's
made for winter.
So this is called
Brr Rub A Dub Dub.
Rich Stearns readies
his boat every season.
Ice is about a foot thick.
That's ready to go.
NOEL BRENNAN: And Jerry
Ring drives up from Chicago
to catch a ride.
I will admit, I'm
an adrenaline junkie.
NOEL BRENNAN: At 79--
Have been.
NOEL BRENNAN: --nothing
scratches his adrenaline itch
like hopping on board a boat
with three skates and no brakes.
JERRY RING: People
go, wait a minute,
you're supposed to have stopped
doing this 20 years ago.
But I'm enjoying it.
It's fun.
NOEL BRENNAN: The Dutch
were the first to ice-boat,
but Americans made it their own.
Theodore Roosevelt had an
ice boat, a big ice boat,
and he sailed on
the Hudson River.
NOEL BRENNAN: Now
skippers compete
in races on different
classes of ice boats.
RICH STEARNS: The power of
the wind is so spectacular.
The boats can race up to five
times the speed of the wind.
Think highway speeds on ice.
JERRY RING: Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Best I've ever done on
that boat over there
was 72 knots, according
to my GPS, which
is just at 80 miles an hour.
NOEL BRENNAN: No need to break
records to feel the rush.
A little faster than on water?
Yeah.
I mean, we might be going
50 every so often here.
So pretty fast.
NOEL BRENNAN: Some prefer
it as a spectator sport.
Got all the beautiful
houses and ice boats going
by and-- yeah.
NOEL BRENNAN: On a
frozen lake, the wind
is the catch of the day.
JERRY RING: When someone says
it's time to ice-boat, you go.
NOEL BRENNAN: Noel Brennan,
CBS News, Fontana, Wisconsin.
Just as long as the
lake stays frozen.