The International Skeeter Association Regatta Regatta and Renegade Championship are tentatively called on for Friday, February 18 – 20, 2022. The primary site is Green Lake Wisconsin, and the secondary site is Madison, Wisconsin. Final confirmation will be posted here on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 by 1 PM CT.
Steve Schalk
Secretary/ Treasurer
ISA
Class A, B, and C Skeeters, and Nites compete in the ISA. Renegades compete in the Renegade Championship.
At-home ice checking often begins with a look at MODIS satellite data. “With its sweeping 2,330-km-wide viewing swath, MODIS sees every point on our world every 1-2 days…”
SENTINEL-2 is another satellite that surveys the earth every five days at the equator and every 2-3 days at middle latitudes. SENTINEL-2 is “equipped with an opto-electronic multispectral sensor for surveying with a sentinel-2 resolution of 10 to 60 m in the visible, near infrared (VNIR), and short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectral zones, including 13 spectral channels, which ensures the capture…”
SENTINEL-2 takes a few more steps than looking at MODIS but the views are well worth the effort.
Register for an account, and you can download the views.
University of Wisconsin mascot Buckingham Ulysses “Bucky” Badger was seen yesterday at the Frozen Assets Festival kicking the tires on the stern-steerer, the MARY B.
Bucky’s been around campus for a while, and no doubt remembers the fleet of stern-steerers that Bill and Carl Bernard kept for university students.
Today is the last day of Frozen Assets Festival at the Edgewater and your chance to see the MARY B.
