2020 Northwest Ice Yacht Racing Association Information
March 13-15,2020
Lake Waconia, Minnesota
SOLD! January 1, 2022: DN in IL
SOLD 2014 Sherry built DN for sale including original hull, plank with custom chocks, Quill mast, custom hardware, 2-sails, insert 440 runners, bull nose runners, padded covers/bags for hull, plank, mast, boom all in like new condition. Entire program minimally used. Located in Springfield, IL.
Delivery optional.
Price is $5,000 obo
Sail Colorado!
Colorado pops up on the ice sailing radar every so often. Here’s a report from Eleven Mile State Park Reservoir, about two hours southwest of Denver.
SOLD! January 5, 2022: Nite in WI
SOLD! Nite #42
Complete with: Boat, plank, mast, boom, sail, blades, cover, and seat pad.
No trailer
Asking: $ 1800.00
4LIYC Racing Called On for Jan 15-16, 2022
DN class iceboats on Lake Monona, January 2022. About 40 years separates the red boat US2412 and the two modern DNs. Photo: Kenton Fowler
Racers: Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club racing has been called on for January 15-16, 2022. Skeeters, Renegades, DNs, and Nites will race on the east end of Lake Monona out of Tonyawatha Landing. The first race is at 10 AM. Please pay annual club dues ($20) to Jerry Simon, Daniel Hearn or Deb Whitehorse.
Cruisers: For your best experience, we recommend that non-racing boats launch at Olin Park (launching fee required.) Please review our Safety Page and keep in mind that ice is never safe.
Spectators: Monona Terrace provides a perfect warm perch for optimal viewing.
SOLD! December 8, 2021: Nite in WI
SOLD! Nite
Late 1980’s model.
All parts are ready to go.
S&R replaced all nuts pins etc. Sharpened runners.
Slight damage to seat back- S&R estimates $300 to repair but not necessary.
$3500 negotiable
In The News: Wisconsin Iceboat Life
Deb and Joe Norton on Green Lake in Green Lake, WI at the Nite Nationals, March 2020.
Via 4LIYC Commodore Daniel Hearn
Oh, Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Time to bundle up and sit by the fire? Not a chance, it’s iceboating season! Wisconsin Public Television wanted to know what this crazy sport was all about. So, they reached out to an authority on the subject, Deb Whitehorse, who holds more offices in the ice sailing community than anyone. She is the longtime Secretary of the Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club based in Madison, Wisconsin and a member of the club’s prestigious Honor Roll. The club is likely the most active in the world, with adrenaline junkies racing in a number of classes on Madison’s chain of lakes whenever conditions allow. Whitehorse is also the Secretary and Treasurer of the International DN Ice Yacht Racing Association, which is the largest ice sailing class in the world. Whitehorse has traveled to cold places around the globe to help manage races in the sport that has been in her DNA since birth. Her father and husband were both legendary ice sailors, and every once in a while, she drops her scoring pad and jumps in a boat for some hot laps. She is the webmaster of the most trafficked website on the internet, creates and manages multiple ice sailing class websites, and receives frequent inquiries for comments related to the sport. If it’s anything ice sailing, Deb Whitehorse is “in the know.” You’ll definitely want to check it out!
You can see it online at this link.Upcoming air times are on Wisconsin PBS as follows–
Thursday, January 13, 7 PM
Saturday, January 15, 2 PM
Monday, January 17, 11:30 PM
Wisconsin Skeeter Association Season Opener
Via Ken Whitehorse of the Wisconsin Skeeter Association:
Wisconsin Skeeter Racers Season Opener
Date: Thursday, January 13, 2022
Lake Monona, Tonyawatha Launch
First race at noon
For Skeeter Classes A, B, and C
P.S. I just found out about this myself! See you there. We must unite and win those trophies back from those Minnesota Skeeter racers!
4LIYC Club Racing Update for Jan 15-16
The Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club plans to hold club races from January 15-16, 2022. We expect some of our out-of-town friends will want to join us. The Clarion Hotel in Madison will honor the iceboater rate for the “ISA Weekend Warmup.” The next update for club racing information will be on Friday, January 14, by 5 PM.
Hotel Information:
Clarion Suites at The Alliant Energy Center
2110 Rimrock Road
Madison, WI 53713
(608) 284-1234
Single $94
Double $114
Ask for the ISA rate.
Regatta Watch: 2022 Renegade Championship Postponed to Jan 21-23
Via Renegade Race Committee Chair Don Anderson:
The Renegade Championship is postponed until January 21 – 23, 2022. Lake Mendota in Madison is the primary site at present. Next update, Sunday, January 16, 2022.
Regatta Watch: 2022 ISA Postponed to Jan 21-23
Jay Yaeso makin’ wake.
Via International Skeeter Association Secretary/Treasurer Steve Schalk:
The ISA Championship is postponed until January 21 – 23, 2022. Lake Mendota in Madison is the primary site at present. Next update, Sunday, January 16, 2022.
SOLD! December 30, 2021: Polish DN Hull in WI
SOLD! Polish Kardas DN hull for sale, located in Pewaukee, WI:
Lightly used wood/fiberglass hull built by Derek Kardas.
Included tiller and all hardware.
$2500
Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club Racing Scores Posted
Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club racing scores have been posted. See them here.
Regatta Watch: ISA Tentatively Called on for Lake Monona in Madison, WI
Dan Clapp at the 2010 Northwest Regatta on Lake Winnebago in Oshkosh, WI. Photo: gretchendorian.com
Via ISA Secretary Steve Schalk:
The International Skeeter Association Championship and Renegade Championship have been tentatively called on for Lake Monona in Madison, WI.
Final confirmation will be made on Wednesday, January 12 by noon central time.
Regatta Watch: Northwest Postponed
Renegade fleet at the 2008 Northwest Regatta on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin.
Via Northwest Ice Yacht Racing Association Secretary Steve Schalk:
The Northwest Regatta has been postponed until January 21-23, 2022. Next update will be on Sunday, January 16, 2022.
International Skeeter Association News: Pay Dues Online
Jay Yaeso hiking in his Class A Skeeter iceboat on Lake Winnebago. Photo by Gretchen Dorian.
International Skeeter Association members and want-to-be members now have the option to pay their dues online using Paypal. Use your credit card or your Paypal account to pay your ISA dues. Click here to pay your ISA membership online.
4LIYC Lake Monona Gallery Jan 8, 2022
Here are some of the photos from Saturday’s Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club racing on Lake Monona. I was busy helping Pat Heppert line them up and send them off, so Arden Patton took my camera and was our photographer of the day. I’ll post more later tonight.
Conditions: Winds were 12 – 15 mph with some higher gusts. Ice is hard and black with minimal sticky drifts. We had about a .75 mile race track with 13 DNs and 7 Renegades. Both classes raced four times. More photos and scores will be posted tonight.
4LIYC Racing Called on for Jan 8-9, 2022
Lake Monona January 7, 2022
Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club racing is called ON for January 7-8, 2022.
Ice checkers found 4-6″ of mostly smooth ice with spotty snow patches. The open spots from yesterday (Thursday, Jan 6) were frozen over but will be marked. Remember, the entire lake is never safe. Review safety here.
Launch is the Tonyawatha landing in Monona. Do not drive on the ice.
First race starts at 10 AM on Saturday, January 8. 2022.
SOLD! April 7, 2021: Arrow in PA
SOLD! Arrow #353 for sale in Erie, PA. 2 passenger iceboat. Carbon fiber spring board, newer runners (used 4 times), newer stays, cockpit cover, full mast up top cover, jack stands and aluminum spars. Trailer carries all gear. Located at Erie Yacht Club.
Asking $3,500 with trailer or $2,500 with no trailer. In great shape and ready to sail.
Regatta Watch: WSSA Postponed
Advertising image via Henry Bossett.
Via Wisconsin Stern Steerers Association Secretary/ Treasurer Andy Gratton
The Wisconsin Stern Steering Association regatta has been postponed to January 22 and 23. The next update will be Sunday, January 16. Check back here at that time. The Northwest Ice Yacht Association regatta takes precedence.
Andy Gratton
WSSA Secretary/Treasurer
4LIYC Ice Check for Friday, January 7, 2022
Lake Monona from the south shore on Wednesday, January 6, 2022.
4LIYC Commodore Daniel Hearn and Doug Kolner scouted Lake Monona today for the DN Western Region Championship. Though they didn’t find regatta quality ice and the regatta was postponed, Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club sailing for Saturday and Sunday is a distinct possibility.
Daniel reported, “Plenty of ice thickness onshore with 2-3″ of black ice in the middle with an open hole dead center in the middle of the lake. There may be enough space on the east end for club sailing. There was very little snow. The hole could firm up by the weekend.”
Please meet at the Tonyawatha Landing at noon on Friday, January 6, 2022, for a Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club ice check. We will post our decision about club racing by 5 PM on Friday.
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