NORTHWEST ICE YACHTING ASSOCIATION REGATTA UPDATES
February 8, 2010
DN Worlds Day 1 Results
Full results here.
Via Geoff Sobering:
"Team North-America"
Gold:
J.R. Francis is 19th
Ron Sherry is 22nd
Aaron Stange is 37th
Silver:
Mike Derusha is 4th
Wendell Sherry is 27th
Danny Connell is 38th
Ken Smith is 52nd
Bronze:
Hal Bowman is 19th
Bob Cummins is 34th
Lake Monona Photos
Daniel Hearn in his Renegade Photo Credit: Mary Jane Carpenter
Here's a link to over 100 great photos shot during Saturday's racing on Lake Monona. Contact me if you'd like any prints.
This Day in 4LIYC History
Here's Mike Peters at this year's NIYA in Ace of Spades which he purchased from 4LIYC skipper Dave Butler's family and restored.
Fast Forward: Weekend 2 of the 1961 NIYA
The 1961 Northwest was sailed in a time period of over two weekends on Lake Monona.
Sunday, February 12, 1961, Wisconsin State Journal
Ripp Ties For Regatta Lead
Duels Perrigo Today in E
Butler Wins Twice,
Nears 'C' Crown
Madison's Jack Ripp won one race and placed third in another Saturday to move into a tie for first place in the E class competition of the Northwest Ice Yacht regatta.
Racing on Lake Monona resumed
this weekend after poor
winds a week ago forced a postponement.
The event, one of
the largest in the history of iceboat
racing, winds up today.
Rettke-Foster Duel
Ripp, the International Skeeter
Assn. champion, and Pewaukee's
Bill Perrigo have identical records
after four of the scheduled
five E boat races. Each has a
first, second, third, and fourth.
The situation is identical to
that of several weeks ago when
Ripp won out in the final race
and captured the ISA title.
Dave Butler of Madison added two more firsts to his victory a week ago and all but clinched the C boat title. Jim Rettke of Menominee, Mich., placed first and second to challenge Lincoln Foster of Oshkosh for the B lead. Foster, in front last weekend, did not finish his first race Saturday but won the second. Norm Muth of Madison was second and third.
Hard Luck Strikes
Buddy Melges of Williams Bay
appears to have the edge in the
A boat competition. He took a
second and a first Saturday in
his Ferdinand the Bull while
Chuck Nevitt of Oshkosh came
in 1-3 in the Flying Dutchman.
John Adams of Madison was
3-4 in the Dorla.
Hard luck dogged several of the A skippers.
Ed Zinn of Pewaukee had the Deuce about
ready to overtake Nevitt in the first race
when a gust of wind ripped his sail.
Carl Bernard of Madison, in
the Fritz, was leading the pack
earlier when a cracked main hull
forced him to drop out.
Rosten Wins Race
Jim Payton in the Mary B
placed second in the second race
after a broken tiller knocked him
out of the first.
Bill Mattison of Madison placed
7-6 in Saturday's two E class
races, John L. Bluel was 11-7,
and Herb Krogman 13-8. Dave
Rosten landed in 15th place in
the morning race under strong
winds, then came back in the
afternoon with lighter power to
take first.
More races are on tap at 10a.m. today, followed by the championship free-for-all at 2 p.m.
February 7, 2010
DN Gold Cup Update
Snow Forces Move from Hungary to Austria
DNer Ken Smith reports on his blog from Hungary that "waking to the sound of snowplows at work is not a good sign". European DN Commodore Niklas Muller-Hartburg writes on the Euro DN forum that fleet has now moved northwest to Austria to sail on the Neusiedlersee.
Final Boe-Craft Regatta Results
The final results of the Boe-Craft Regatta have been posted on their website. Friday night winds brought significant drifts on Saturday on Geneva Lake thus ending the regatta eariler than they would have liked.
ISA & IRIYA Regatta News
Via ISA Secretary Paul Krueger and IRIYA Secretary Ron Rosten: "The ISA and Renegade Championships are postponed until the weekend of February 19th, 20th, and 21st. Please call back on Sunday, February 14th at 1:00 PM central time for the next update."
AM Racing Report
Club racing was canceled today due to lack of wind.
This Day in 4LIYC History
Fast Forward: Weekend 2 of the 1961 NIYA
The 1961 Northwest was sailed in a time period of over two weekends on Lake Monona.
Friday, February 10, 1961, Wisconsin State Journal
Northwest Ice Yacht Regatta
Will Wind Up This Weekend
The Northwest Ice Yacht Regatta
will be completed this weekend
on Lake Monona and Madison's
defense of the Hearst
Trophy will be postponed for another
week.
Races are expected to start
about 10 a.m. on both Saturday
and Sunday. There are expected
to be four races in Class A, and
three each in B, C, D, and E.
Two races were completed last
weekend in the last four classes
and only one in A.
Big Deuce Here
Four new boats are expected in
Class A this weekend. The skippers
have agreed not to count
last week's A race if three races
can be gotten in this weekend.
It will count if only two races
can be sailed.
The biggest boat on the ice
today will be here. Bill Perrigo,
Lake Geneva, purchased the
Deuce from Joe Lodge of Detroit.
The Deuce is 54 1/3 feet long and has a 50-foot mast. It will carry 670 square feet of sail.
Free For All Slated
Dick Forsberg has purchased
the Fritz, which captured both
the Hearst and Stuart trophies in
the 1930s while being sailed by
Carl Bernard.
Phil Oetking is expected back
to sail his Clancy, and Don Stall
will have a boat in the race.
The Senior and DN-60 championships were decided last week end. The final race Sunday will he the free-for-all for the regatta championship. The first two boats in each heat of each class are eligible.
February 6, 2010
PM Racing Report
Snow Remains "Undrifted"
About 15 Renegades and 10 DNs came to race on Lake Monona today in medium winds of 12-15 mph out of the nort east shifting to the north after lunch. Greg Simon won three in the Renegades while Greg McCormick took the last race. DN winners include Tim Shriver, John Davenport, and Steve Orlebeke.We'll try it again tomorrow with lighter forecasted air.
Snow in Forecast
The NWS is forecasting 4-8" of snow for the Madison area early next week which will probably keep us off the ice for a little while. See you on Lake Monona today for club racing.
This Day in 4LIYC History
Conclusion of the 1961 NIYA
From my grandfather's slide collection. This is most definitely not the regatta but gives an idea of how the fleet would have appeared against the Madison skyline.
Monday, February 6, 1961
Three Win Iceboat Titles
Lack of Wind Delays Regatta
Five Finals Slated for Next Weekend
A lack of wind Sunday forced all races to be called in the Northwest Ice Yacht regatta on Lake Monona, but three champions were crowned.
Bill Bentsen of Williams Bay claimed the Senior division title and Rickey Frank of Pewaukee copped the Junior division crown in DN-60 competition. Dick Disbrow of Gull Lake, Mich., won the two-way class D title struggle with a perfect score of 3,000.
All three classes had previously conducted three races, the minimum needed to make a regatta official. Competition will be completed next Saturday and Sunday in the other five classes.
Mrs. Pegel Second
Classes B, C, and E have had
two races, while class A and the
Renegade class have had one
race. A shortage of wind Saturday
started the inactivity.
Bentsen had two first places
Friday and a second Saturday to
win his title with 2,910 points.
Runners-up was Mrs. Jane Pegel
of Williams Bay with 2,514 points
on a second, third, and fourth
place in her three races.
Frank also had a pair of first
place finishes and a second for
2,910 points in winning the DN-60
Junior division for youths 16
years and under. Gary Bennett
of Pewaukee was runner-up with
a pair of seconds and a fifth
place for 2,535 points.
Disbrow skippered his D-Whiz
to a victory in each of the six mile
races against Al Zibell of
Oshkosh in the two-yacht class
was 2,730.
Butler Leading
All champions and runners-up
are eligible for the free-for-all
race to climax the regatta.
Harry (Buddy) Melges of Lake
Geneva has won the only class
A race and Elmer Millenbach of
Detroit has done likewise in the
Renegade fleet.
Dave Butler of Madison is leading
class C with a first and a
second place. Lincoln Foster II
of Oshkosh leads the B competition, and Bill Perrigo of Williams
Bay [ed-Pewaukee] is the class E pacesetter.
Class DN-60
Senior Division
1 William Bentsen, Williams Bay 2910
2 Mrs. Jane Pegel, Williams Bay 2514
3 John Nolan, Williams Bay, 2459
4 Bob Burdick, Pewaukee 2200
5 Bob Brockel, Madison 1882
6 Bill Wilke, Pewaukee 1831
7 Gene Geutzkau, Madison 1804
Junior Division
1 Ricky Frank, Pewaukee 2910
2 Garry Bennett, Pewaukee 2535
3 Bob Wilke, Pewaukee 1831
4 Bob Zwicky, Pewaukee 2685
5 Leon Lonneke, Williams Bay 2127
6 John Malec, Pewaukee 2063
7 Henry Zwicky, Pewaukee 1882
Class D
1 Dick Disbrow, Gull Lake, Mich 3000
2 Al Zibell, Oshkosh 2730
February 5, 2010
4LIYC Club Racing Called On
Club racing has been called on for February 6-7, 2010 on Lake Monona. Use the Olin Park landing. Lake access permits are required here. There is over 14" of ice with 1.5 inches of wet, packy snow. The snow is not drifted. The landing at Olin is in better shape than the landings on Lake Mendota. Flag drops at 10 AM.
NIYA Stern Steerer Race
Here's some video shot by Joe Terry last weekend as he raced his D class stern steerer, the LaCinda Mae, in the NIYA regatta.
This Day in 4LIYC History
Day 2 Report from the 1961 NIYA
Sunday, February 5, 1961
Slide from the Carl Bernard Collection. This most likely was not at the 1961 regatta but is at the ESBMA on Lake Monona
Wind Shortage Curtails Ice Boats
Big A
Boats
Finally Start
DN-60s Only
Other Racers
A shortage of wind cut Northwest Ice Yacht regatta activity to the bone Saturday. Only the big A boats and the lively DN-60s were able to generate enough speed to complete races, and they managed to get around the Lake Monona course only once.
The E boats, 50 strong, attempted to go but had barely passed the halfway point when their time limit expired. Melges Wins Buddy Melges of Williams Bay won the A boat race in his sleek The Bull. Jim Payton of Madison's Four Lakes Ice Yacht club was second in the Mary B, followed by Chuck Nevitt of Oshkosh in the Flying Dutchman and Mel Jones of Williams Bay in the Ell-Jay-Ell. Too much wind Friday had postponed the start of A boat competition.
Bill Bentsen of Williams Bay added another first to his first and second of Friday to take the lead in the Senior division of the DN-60 class. Ricky Frank of Pewaukee, a double winner Friday placed second Saturday and leads the Junior division.
Dave Butler of Madison is the leader in the C boat event will his first and second in Friday's openers.
Ripp Second
Bill Perrigo of Williams Bay [Pewaukee] tops the E fleet with Jack Ripp
of Madison, the defending champion, a close second. Bill Mattison and Herb Krogman of Madison also are among the skeeter
contenders.
Elmer Millenbach of Detroit is the leader in the Renegade class Lincoln Foster II of Oshkosh heads the B competition, and Dick Disbrow of Gull Lake, Mich., near Kalamazoo, is the front - runner among the D boat skippers.
More races are scheduled today, with the B, C, and D boats shoving off at 10 a.m., the Renegades at 10:30, the E boats at 11 the DN-6Os at 11:30, and the A boats at noon.
First and second place winners in each race of each class will compete in the grand championship free-for-all at 2 p.m. Perrigo is the defending champion in this event.
February 4, 2010
Elk Lake, MI Gearing Up For
Ice Boat Party
It's only one month before the 4th Annual Elk Lake Iceboat Party scheduled for March 6-7, 2010.
when iceboaters from all over the country travel to sail Elk Lake.
More information here.
Save The Date!
4LIYC Awards Banquet & Toast to Jack Ripp
Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010
Location: Cherokee Country Club, Madison, WI
The 4LIYC spring trophy banquet takes on great significance this year as we use the occasion to honor Renegader Jack Ripp who is retiring from actively racing ice boats in the spring of 2010. Please mark your calendars for this special occasion. Come and toast Jack!
WSSA Regatta Called ON
Via WSSA Secretary Andy Gratton:"The 2010 Wisconsin Stern Steering Association Regatta is called on for Lake Winnebago, just south of Oshkosh, WI, for February 6 and 7.
Registration will be on the ice Saturday morning with the first race scheduled to start at 11 am. The lake access ramp is at the east end of Fisk Avenue. Fisk Avenue is also the same as Winnebago County N east of Hy 41. County N and Hy 26 intersect Hy 41 a few miles south of Oshkosh. Fisk Avenue is also about 3 miles south of the South Side Ice Yacht Club on Hy 45 (Main Street). Click here for map.
The annual meeting and dinner are scheduled for Saturday evening at Primos, 5:30 cocktails, 2605 Jackson St, Oshkosh. 6:30 meeting, dinner to follow the meeting.
There will be an unofficial gathering at 7 pm Friday at the South Side Ice Yacht Club for a fish fry. We'll see you on the ice!
This Day in 4LIYC History
Day One Report from the 1961 NIYA
Saturday, February 4, 1961 Capital Times
Dave Butler Takes
Ice Regatta Lead
Dave Butler of the Madison Four Lake Ice Yacht club won one race Friday and placed second in another to lead the first day standings of the Northwest Ice Yacht regatta being staged on Lake Monona. Competition continues today and Sunday.
Jack Ripp, defending champion in class E, is in second place behind Bill Perrigo of Pewaukee. The class E competition is among 50 boats. Bill Mattison of Madison and Herb Krogman of Madison rate fifth and sixth in the class E division.
High winds kept the class A boats out of races Friday with Lincoln Foster II, of Oshkosh holding the lead in class B with two first place victories. Jim Rettke, Marinette, is second with a third and a second place finish.
Elmer Millenbach, Detroit, won both races in the Renegade class and is holding the lead over Jim Bluel of Madison.
The DN-60 competition is being headed by Bill Bentsen of Williams Bay. Chuck Grant of Detroit is second. Perrigo has an unofficial total of 1,910 points in class E. Ripp, winner of the division three times in the last four years has a point total of 1,680.
Buddy Melges, Williams Bay, captured the first race but broke a runner and was unable to compete in the second. His Class A boat also ran into trouble when the backbone cracked during a tune up race. Competition Sunday is at 2 p.m.
The championship free-for-all among the first and second place
winners of. each division highlights the big meet.
E CLASS
(Point Total Unofficial)
1 Bill Perrigo, Pewaukee 1910 2-1
2 Jack Ripp Madison 1680 4-2
3 Bob Cave, Williams Bay 1604 3-4
4 Frank Trost, Pewaukee 1549 5-3
5 Bill Mattison, Madison 1178 8-8
6 Herb Krogman, Madison 1153 10-7
7 Al Sternkopf, Pewaukee 1124 13-6
DN-60 CLASS
1 Bill Bentsen, Williams Bay 2-1
2 Chuck Grant, Detroit 1-3
3 Jane Pegel, Williams Bay 5-2
4 Rickie Frank, Pewaukee, 4-5
5 Jim Nolan, Williams Bay 3-7
6 Gary Bennet, Pewaukee 6-6
7 Bob Burdick, Pewaukee
8-4
B CLASS
1 Lincoln Foster II, Oshkosh, 2-1
2 Jim Rettke, Marinette, 3-2
3 Norm Muth, Madison 4-3
C CLASS
1 Dave Butler, Madison 2-1
2 Bob McKesson, Menominee, MI 3-2
3 Gary Galaco, Oshkosh 1 DNF
D CLASS
1 Dick Disbrow, Gull Lake, MI 1-1
2 Al Zieball, Oshkosh 2-2
RENEGADE CLASS
1 Elmer Millenbach, Detroit 1-1
2 Jim Bluel, Madison 2-2
February 3, 2010
Winter Web Cam Viewer Saves Life
From Geoff Sobering and I can't improve upon his title, "strange but true". Read about it here.
DN Gold Cup:
ON for Lake Balaton, Hungary
Via the DN European Forum.
Lake Balaton is the largest lake in Central Europe according to its Wikipedia page.
Euro Ice Sailing Trek
Via the DN Forum: DNer Ken Smith is traveling to Europe for the Gold Cup and will be posting a travelog and regatta updates here.
This Day In 4LIYC History
Slides from my grandfather's collection. It's from the era and at the ESBMA beach on Monona but not sure if it's from the NIYA regatta.
Friday, February 3, 1961
Iceboat
Skippers
Set to Go
More than 70 iceboats and skippers are primed today for the
opening rounds of the 1961 Northwest
Ice Yacht Assn. regatta.
Competition on Lake Monona
gets under way at 10 a.m. and
before the firing dies down Sunday
each boat will have competed in five races.
The added free-for-all championship
event Sunday afternoon (2 p.m.) will include the first and
second place winners of each
individual race in each class, along
with defending champion Bill
Perrigo of Pewaukee.
Pewaukee Club Host
Headquarters for the regatta
are located in the ESBMA clubhouse.
The Pewaukee Ice Yacht
club is the official host for the
meet.
Schedule of events:
A and B classes — 10 a.m.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; 2
p.m. Friday, Saturday.
C and D classes — 10:30 Friday,
Saturday, Sunday; 2:30 Friday,
Saturday.
E class — 11 a.m. Friday, Saturday,
Sunday; 3 p.m. Friday,
Saturday.
DN-60 class — 11:30 Friday,
Saturday, Sunday; 3:30 Friday,
Saturday.
About 45 Skeeters
The E class skeeters, with
about 45 entries, will be the
largest division in the regatta,
but the entry of at least five and
possibly six big A boats will make
it the largest gathering of the
giants at this event in many
years.
Among the A class favorites is
Madison's Mary B, skippered by
Jim Payton.
Jack Ripp of Madison, this
year's International Skeeter Assn.
champion, also is the defending
titleist in the Northwest competition.
He has won the event two
years in a row and three of the
last four.
February 2, 2010
DN Gold Cup
The DN Gold Cup Championship is being sailed in Europe this year February 6-13, 2010 and they are on the hunt for sailable ice.
According to this thread on the European DN Forum, European Commodore Niklas Muller-Hartburg writes, "[the] final decision [for location] will be made earliest on Thursday. [I might] have to wait until Friday because of the night from Thursday to Friday."
On Wednesday, he is heading to check ice at Lake Balaton in Hungary.
More NIYA Photos
Keep checking the NIYA home page and photo page for more additions.
Picture of the Day
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2 Skeeters Racing
February 1, 2010
Cleaning Out the Inbox
I have some nice reports and photos from local 4LIYC racing plus ongoing NIYA regatta updates to post. It's going to be a busy day on this website.
Picture of the Day: 4LIYC Edition
Photo Credit: Jori Lenon
Here are two Madison classics, Jack Ripp in his Renegade against the Madison skyline. DNer
Jori Lenon has put together a thorough report and sent many photos of local Renegade and DN club racing from the weekend.
See her report here.
Picture of the Day: NIYA Edition
Photo Credit: Joe Terry
Here's a nice line-up of Skeeters at the NIYA taken on Friday. There will be more photos posted on the NIYA page in the coming days.
4LIYC In The News
Here's WKOW news feature on the 4LIYC. Interviews include Mike Burns, Jori Lenon, and Aran Lenon, 13.
Fire and Ice Photos
Geoff Sobering attended the track racing event "Fire On Ice" in St. Paul and has posted some nice photos of Friday and Saturday's activities.
January 31, 2010
Nite Nationals Results
Congratulations to 2010 Nite Nationals champion Terry Irwin, second place Tom Sweitzer, and third place 4LYC skipper Grant Frautschi.
January 28, 2010
NIYA Called ON for Lake Winnebago
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Boats will set up in front of the South Side Ice Yacht Club in Oshkosh. Drive on at Fugleberg Park.
Via NIYA Secretary Paul Krueger: "The Northwest Ice Yachting Association Regatta has been called ON for Lake Winnebago out of Oshkosh, WI January 29, 30, 31, 2010. Lodging, headquarters, and all NIYA information is here.
4LIYC "Stay at Home" Club Racing
UPDATE: 4LIYC club racing will begin at 1PM on Saturday, January 30, location to be announced. Check the hotline or the DN Forum.
DNer Jori Lenon is rallying the troops for some weekend local club racing. Jory writes, ".... I will post to DN America forum by 5 pm this Friday whether 4LIYC racing is on or called off this weekend and to let people know where to go for any 4LIYC stay-at-home racing. Will post under Ice Reports: look for '4LIYC Stay-At-Home Series Jan. 30-31.'"
January 27, 2010
"This Day In History" Archive
To keep the home page from getting ridiculously longer, "This Day In History" older posts are moved to their own page here which is also acccessible under the "Photos and Reports" top menu bar.
January 26, 2010
Experience Rules the Day at Opti NA’s
By Daniel Hearn
Thirteen Junior ice sailors assembled for the 2009-2010 Ice Opti North American Championships January 16-17 on Lake Charlevoix near Boyne City, Michigan. This was the third year for the event, with 6 sailors returning from previous years, joined by 7 first-timers. Encouragingly, more than a third of the participants were girls, elevating the competition for the "Jane Pegel Trophy," awarded to the highest finishing female competitor, to its greatest level yet. Continue reading here.
January 25, 2010
"Ice Boat on the Hudson" Wins Photo Contest
"Dennis Truett's dazzling photograph, "Ice Boat on the Hudson" is the December, 2008 first-place winner in the Poughkeepsie Journal's Quadracentennial Photo Contest." Tip of the Helmet: Geoff Sobering
Deuce Runner Update
Rick grinds metal at the Cabbage Patch. Photos and report here.
January 23, 2010
Bluebird Weather
Geneva Lake ice boater, Fritz Button sends some photos of a restored "Bluebird". "This boat was built for Hank Morgan's 12th birthday, he would have been 87 this year.
I completely rebuilt everything with exception of the body itself. Got to sail it a couple of times this year. I sailed on it aproximately 60 years ago. Burly [Brellenthin] and Buddy [Melges] sailed on it as kids."
January 22, 2010
No 4LIYC Club Racing for Jan 23-24
Unsailable conditions, of course. Club ice checkers found 12" of ice on Lake Mendota covered by styrofoam-type snow depth that averaged 3". Help could be on the way with up to three quarters of an inch of rain forecasted to fall on Saturday.Wings on Montana Ice
Here's a video from Canyon Ferry in Monona. John Eisenlohr writes, "My son Brian and I got 2 days of perfect 15 to 20 mph wind and decent ice last weekend. It was his first time sailing the wing. He sailed the yellow boat and I was in the green one. He put together this video of our time."
January 21, 2010
Green Lake Ice Yacht Club Build Night
Via John Hayashi: "Here are some pictures of where we are on the B stern steerer. We have had just an awesome amount of participation with last week's party bringing eighteen people to work on the boat. Some people sanded, others worked on runners, some patched parts. Finding a club project and bringing everyone together just swells the ranks of your club membership. It is the easiest way to get people excited and working as one. Here are some recent photos with the boat primed and faired and then painted. We hope to be able to start putting hardware on this week."
January 19, 2010
DN Centrals & Opti Results, Photos
Photo Credit: John Russell
See more of John Russell's photos here on his Facebook page.
Congratulations to DN Centrals champions Matt Struble (Gold) and Julie Richards (Silver). 4LIYC DNers Daniel Hearn and Wes Wilcox placed second and third respectively in the Silver fleet. Via the DN forum.
Congratulatons to Griffin Sherry for his Opti Championship win and to 4LIYC Opti skipper, Sheridan Hearn for winning the "Jane Pegel Award" for top female finisher. 4LIYC Opti skipper, Frankie Hearn, placed third. Via the DN forum.
East End Ice Boaters Wait
Patiently For Winter Chill
By Brett Mauser, Hamptons.com
"Water Mill - If the forecast called for a stretch of teeth chattering and body shivering, nearly everyone would beg for mercy while Tom Halsey would beg for more. More wintry conditions mean more ice and more time on frozen ponds." Continue reading.
Tip of the Helmet: Chris Geminski
Gull Lake Ice Boating
Photo Credit: Paul Schuette
Looks like some great sailing took place on Gull Lake in Michigan on Saturday. Check out the Gull Lake Ice Yacht Club website where they have up to date information on ice conditions, historic photos, and much more.
Duluth Ice Boating
Here's a nice DN sailing photo gallery from the Duluth News Tribune. Tip of the Helmet: Paul Bates
UPDATE: Here's the article.
UPDATE: Here they are on Youtube.
Of Course, More Green Lake Photos!
And happy to have them, too. Jim Kalupa sent some photos and they are posted here.
January 18, 2010
More Green Lake Sailing Photos
Peter Fauerbach writes, "Doug Kolner wanted me to send a few shots so Greg Simon would feel homesick while he is away in Florida." Full set here.
A Green Thumbs Up
2009-2010 GLIYC Commodore Mike Jankowski giving the official thumbs up to the start of the iceboating season.
Via John Hayashi: "Here is the recap of Sundays racing. The DNs had 16 boats and sailed all day in the light conditions. We had DNs from the Chicago area, Minneapolis, La Crosse, Geneva, 4LIYC, and some others as well.
The Skeeters had three boats with Tom Hyslop, Paul Krueger and Kenny Whiteshorse all mixing it up. The Renegades had a nice showing with local GLIYC sailor Dan Bierman showing off his new boat and a strong 4LIYC contigent of Jim Nordhaus, Doug Kolner, Don Anderson plus the addition of Ken Krieder from Menakaunee for a five boat fleet.
The Nites had five boats out sailing as well with the Wilforts checking ice for the upcoming Nationals this coming weekend and getting some racing in as well.
Mike Jankowski and Joe Norton also took time to checkout the middle of the lake and found decent ice which was very smooth and with a thickness close to what we sailed all weekend.
There was open water in the middle though a lot smaller in size then reported the last couple of weeks. So if people do venture out there on the fresh ice sheet use caution.
Overall it was a great weekend of ice boating for the GLIYC. We hopefully look forward to seeing everyone next weekend"
Traditional Dutch Ice Sailing Video
Hop on board this 110 year old traditional Dutch ice boat, the Amundsen, in this short video on the De Robben website.
January 17, 2010
More Green Lake Photos
Photo Credit: John Hayashi
More photos from Saturday's sailing on Green Lake
posted here.
Green Lake Sailing
Photo Credit: Geoff Sobering
Via Geoff Sobering, "Great sailing on Green Lake today [Saturday, January 17]!
Looking forward to more tomorrow, and probably Monday.
Wind from the south (veering late in the day) at just under 10 mph was
perfect with the fast ice.
Jori, Gavin, and I sailed DNs with folks from Illinois to Minneapolis.
I saw Ken Whitehorse take his Skeeter out for a spin late in the day.
Ken Krieder and Dan Bierrman sailed their Renegades along with
various misc. Nites and Lockley Skimmers."
A few more photos posted here.
IDNIYRA Chock Interpretations
The IDNIYRA Technical committee has issued some additional interpretations to clarify the "Kent Style" chocks. Posted on the DN Forum.
DN Centrals Photos
Northern Michigan ice boater Rick Wolanin has a Flickr page where he will be uploading his DN Central Regatta photos. The DN Centrals and North American Ice Opti Championhips have been called on for Boyne City, Michigan for January 16-17. Via the J14 Yahoo Group Message Board.
January 16, 2010
Lake Wequaquet Sailing Video
Here's some video footage from the east by Jeff Brown. Unusual view from camera placed on the front runner of a DN!
January 15, 2010
4LIYC Honor Roll Submission
Greg McCormick and Doug Kolner nominated Renegader Tim McCormick for the 4LIYC Honor Roll. Read the nomination here.
January 13, 2010
"When It Hits the Helmet,
You'll Hear a Boom"
Canadian Broadcast Company's Rick Mercer "braves the frozen Bay of Quinte in Trenton, ON." Watch video here. Tip of the Helmet: Kelly Jacobs
Netherlands Ice Sailing Cams
Watch DNs and the traditional Dutch style ice boats of Kaag sailing here. There is a list of sixteen camera views and you'll want to choose numbers 7, 1, 5, and 8 to watch them sail.
January 12, 2010
Geneva as Sea of Tranquility
Boe Skeeter and airplane pilot Bob Mereness took another flight over Geneva Lake today and found some impressive moon-like scapes in the deteriorating ice conditions. The Boe-Skeeter Championship Regatta has been postponed.
Ice Sailing Netherlands Style
This winter's cold weather in the Netherlands has made for great ice sailing. Maarten DeGroot, ice sailor and webmaster for the Dutch ice sailing club, De Robben, writes, "We have indeed again a better winter than the past 10 years. Last winter was good but 2010 started very good as well, we can sail on many lakes although we also have some snow in some areas.
On our lake (Kaag) it is still okay, approx 1-2 inch of snow so that's still doable. The forecast for this week is still good, temperature will go up a little but it looks that we can sail until the weekend and maybe longer. The good news is that they do not expect more snow. We therefore expect that more old traditional Dutch boats will be on the ice, at this moment the oldest iceboat "Atalanta" built in 1834, is also icesailing which is great. I uploaded some photo's already split per lake and need to upload some more this evening, I just received some picture and film from the Amundsen, built in 1900 which did not sail since mid 90's so it is great to see these historical yachts again. You can see on some pictures that people are selling hot wine or chocolate with some extra fuel in it, nice music on the background which makes it a great ambiance on the ice."
Photos from Braasem
Photos from Gouwzee
Photos from Kaag
Danish DN Championships
Found this via Geoff Sobering who saw the link on Sailing Anarchy.
January 11, 2010
Speaking of Aerials...
Take a look at these aerial photos of Geneva Lake photographed by Boe-Skeeter skipper Bob Mereness today posted on the Boe-Craft Skeeter website.
January 9, 2010
Notice of 4LIYC Racing Rules Proposal
As per Article 8: Amendment of By-Laws and Racing Rules, Section 2: All such motions shall be compiled by the Secretary and distributed to all current members not later than 10 days prior to the 4LIYC Annual Business Meeting.
Read the proposal here. The deadline for submission of By-Law or Racing rules proposals is January 27, 2010 and the business meeting is on February 24, 2010.
January 8, 2010
Buddy's Toy Shed & Melges News
Via Andy Burdick: "The famous Buddy Melges Toy Shed with Buddy in action spending time on his prized
H’ ya’Newt. Buddy built a new rig and sail for this trainer ice boat this season. Same boat that taught Harry, Hans and Laura Melges how to do it back in the day. Buddy’s gearing up to get his grandkids out there this season.
Stern Steerer sails for Michigan ice boater Eric Sawyer. Jim Gluek and Harry Melges of North Sails Zenda have been working on production and design. Set for delivery next week."
January 4, 2010
Flying Ice Boat Reported In Area U
Via Area U Operative, Jay Yaeso:
"We pulled Eric Sawyer's stern steerer out of the attic a few weeks ago. Finishing mounting the hardware and preparing to go sailing.
Oh yeah... Hissy and Jody, you owe me.. Never bet a guy that knows how to read a tape measure.
Signed,
'I told you it would fit out the window' Jay"
This photo is in search of a caption.
UPDATE: Keith Haas suggests, "Looks like Jay's rocking chair just won't be the same without his plaid wool blanket to cover his legs."
January 3, 2010
ISA Rule Book
ISA Secretary Paul Krueger forwarded the ISA Constitution, By Laws, and Rules. They are posted here.
Toronto Ice Boating History
Here's an in depth article about the history of ice boating on Lake Ontario in Toronto.
Favorite quote: "
... artist William Buckland's suit was refused. And, whenever he crossed paths with a politician for the rest of this life, according to Snider, 'he would shake the umbrella, which he constantly carried, in the face of that unhappy gentleman and storm: 'I see we still have no iceboating on the Bay, so I presume, sir, you are still in the hire of the poolrooms.'' Read more.
Via the J14 Yahoo Group
December 31, 2009
NIYA Agenda
The correct version of the 2010 Northwest Ice Yachting Association agenda is posted.
December 29, 2009
Ice Boating In Sail Magazine
Via John Hayashi: "Two local guys did good. First a great photo of Jim Gluek sailing his DN up at the Winter Carnival in St Paul. Jim got a quarter page photo in a national sailing publication Sail Magazine, not bad for an iceboater. Second the photog who took the photo is none other then 4LIYC DNer Geoff Sobering. Check it out!"
December 26, 2009
Stern Steerer News
The LaCinda Mae started out, I believe, as an Evenrude B class converted to a D class with a Skeeter rig. The boat was freshened up this fall and is shown on Lake Petenwell on 4-5" of rough ice.
Shown here with 15 year old Calen Terry, the LaCinda Mae is ready for the ice. The the boat is now owned by Joe Terry of Lake Dubay. The Pewaukee sailors may remember this boat as Wanton. After a significant encounter with some shell ice by a heave last week, the boat experienced hull failure and is currently being repaired. With any luck, it will be able to compete at the Wisconsin Stern Steering Association events.
December 23, 2009
Photos From Saturday Racing Posted
Photo Credit: Allen Penticoff
December 21, 2009
4LIYC Tune Up Series Scores
Scores from Saturday are now posted thanks to Tim McCormick.
ISA & NIYA Agendas
Via ISA & NIYA Secretary Paul Krueger, here are your 2010 ISA and NIYA meeting agendas.
December 20, 2009
PK's Ramblin'
Taken on Saturday, December 19 on Lake Kegonsa by Peter Fauerbach.
December 19, 2009
PM Racing Report
We had a great day of racing on Lake Kegonsa with eighteen DNs, nine Renegades, and three Skeeters. Each fleet sailed four races. Mark Isabelle, John Creigh, and John Davenport(2) swapped wins in the DNs; Don Anderson (2), Greg Simon, and George Gerhardt won the Renegade races; and Britt Isham won the Skeeter races. Ice conditions and winds were as good as they can be. Flag drops at 10 AM Sunday.
Area Youth Still Has It
The Spaight Street Syndicate had a great time late afternoon Friday shaking things down. "I've still got it," said Ice Opti pilot Frankie Hearn.
December 18, 2009
4LIYC Club Racing Called ON
Club racing has been called on for Saturday and Sunday out of Quam Point Landing (also known as Asmundson Landing) on Lake Kegonsa. Do not drive on the ice! Back trailers on the ice. There is 6" of black ice. The flag will drop at 10 AM sharp.
December 17, 2009
DN Worlds Champ Nominated for US Sailing Yachtsman of the Year
Photo Credit: John Russell
Read more about current IDNIYRA Gold Cup champion, Matt Struble's nomination here.
Tip of the Helmet: Geoff Sobering
December 7, 2009
Jim Gluek Joins Melges
Download Ice Boat Sail Price List
Via Melges Ice Boating: "Melges is very pleased to announce that the Zenda, Wisconsin based organization is ready to be able to be able to help the iceboating and land-sailing community of sailors with new sails, battens, covers and other racing materials.
With the addition of Jim Gluek the Melges Team is now fully geared toward being able to service your iceboating needs. Jim is an excellent ice boater with the eagerness to help customers enjoy the sport further. His expertise in sailmaking is a wonderful addition to the Melges Team." Continue reading.
December 2, 2009
Bandwagon Jumped Upon
For those of you social networkers, I've started a new Facebook Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club page.
One of my ideas for this page is to update it during the day with photos and a bit of text while at regattas. Got one!
(Note to self: Get internet enabled phone first.)
This website will always have the full sets of photos and reports, nothing will change here. The 4LIYC FB page will be an auxilary to this site where you can upload photos and do what ever it is you like to do on Facebook.