| dc.contributor.author | Kaesmeyer, Jared | |
| dc.description.abstract | What is tradition? Careening 100 miles per hour across a thin
shelf of ice, compelled solely by a precise manipulation of the wind
atop razor sharp steel blades? This sounds more like a death wish
than tradition. Yet building and sailing a wooden ice boat is an
art that has been passed down for 300 years. It is a composition
of elegance, engineering, and craftsmanship, yet still is on a
trajectory to extinction. In a high-speed era of innovation, where
does this tradition find its place?
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin is known as the Ice Boat Capital of the
World. Geneva Lake is surrounded by a tourist town and is a
summer home for many of the Midwest’s wealthiest individuals.
What exists here is a story and tradition of ice boating that is
completely unique. This thesis seeks to tell this story through
a new destination at the heart of downtown, bringing to light
what is unknown to many. Skeeter Yacht Club is a portal of
history, a facility of education, and an establishment dedicated to
bringing all people to the art of building and sailing these wooden
masterpieces. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | en_US |
| dc.title | Boecraft Continuum | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-08T17:05:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-11-08T17:05:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/32947 | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Architecture (MArch) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Architecture | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Architecture | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Aly Ahmed, Bakr | en_US |
| ndsu.award | Peter F. McKenzie Memorial Award for Architectural Design Finalist | en_US |
