Eastern Maine Iceboaters

Square Nut is a C Class Skeeter that was built in the
70's by a very clever man named Ed Knuth. As I am
told Ed and his son built Square nut and won a couple
of ISA Championships with this boat. The boat had
been in storage since that time and passed around
untill Bill Buchholz came upon her and brought her
back to the ice. Bill rigged and sailed Square Nut on
Plymouth Pond in Etna, Maine for the first time in 30
years. The rear beam of Square nut had not been
properly stored and delaminated during the outing at
Plymouth Pond, but before doing so she proved to be
a real performer. I was one of the small army
involved in raising the 25' wing mast in this craft and
stood in awe as I watched her sail. Bill has built a
smaller craft for this 07/08 season and allowed me to
be the guardian of Square Nut and her rigging. I am
currently researching the history of this boat and
learning all that I can about her before building a new
rear beam for the boat. Foils and flaps were used
heavily on this boat from the front runner to the rear
beam and even on the top of the mast. There are
the remains of automatic adjusting flaps on the rear
beam. I am told the boat had self aligning runners
but the origional chocks and runners were taken off
the boat at some point so I don't know how they
worked or what they looked like. It turns out that
Henry Bossett was good friends with Ed Knuth and
Henry has provided a lot of the information about the
boat as well as some vintage photos of her. If
anyone has more information or photos of this boat I
would love to hear from you. You can email me at
kgrindle@roadrunner.com.

Special thanks to Henry Bossett for the vintage
photos and history on Square Nut.

Ed Knuth the builder of Square Nut(in DN) testing a
DN sail on a pontoon boat.

A vintage photo of "Square Pin" also built by Ed Knuth

Foil with Gurney Flap used on Front runner for
downforce

Bill and helper setting up Square Nut on the ice for
the first time in thirty years

Bill sailing Square Nut in light winds on Plymouth
Pond. Is that ice nice or what?