2020 Northwest Ice Yacht Racing Association Information
March 13-15,2020
Lake Waconia, Minnesota
SOLD! November 20, 2021: Cruiser DN in MI
SOLD! DN in Elk Rapids, Mi.
Complete cruiser boat ready to go with full canvas cover
Aluminum mast with aluminum Wolf boom and sheets
Dacron full sail #5114 with windows
Solid wooden plank
Sarns Bullnose Blades which need work in wooden case
$1500.00 obo
Paint Your Skeeter Trailer
Bob Kau visits the Past Champions Skeeter Shop.
What do you do when your runners are sharpened, your Skeeters are ready for ice, and the temperature is a balmy 70F in the middle of December? The guys next door to iceboat.org HQ, Ken Whitehorse and Paul Krueger of the Past Champions Iceboat Shop, made good use of the day and painted their trailer. However, today’s falling temperatures moved the project back inside for wheel-bearing packing, almost as important as sharp runners.
SOLD! December 15, 2021: 2 Lockley Skimmers in MI
2 Lockley Skimmer 45 iceboats. One has a Boston Sails skimmer sail, the other an aftermarket replacement sail of a different style. Both are of similar style to the one pictured. Runners are in carry boxes, not pictured but included.
West Michigan location, near Grand Rapids.
$450 ea
2021-2022 Renegade Newsletter
The International Renegade Ice Yachting Association newsletter has been published. See it here.
HELLSBELLS
Welcome HELLSBELLS, Mark Isabell’s new Class A Skeeter build which he just painted. Mark named it after his father’s boat. I look forward to energetically saying HELLSBELLS every time Mark round the leeward mark when scoring.
Semi-Secret Shop News
Levitating Renegade mast.
In Renegade news, paint cans have been seen accumulating at the Ron Rosten shop, and word has it that Greg McCormick’s Renegade will be sporting a fresh paint job this season.
“Madison or Minnesota?”
Madison or Minnesota? Minnesota C Skeeter sailor Pat Heppert posted the photo and question on Facebook over the weekend. Unfortunately, the Madison area must live vicariously through our Minnesota friends for some time. This Wednesday’s forecast of 64F will not help with ice making in southern Wisconsin, but it’s all downhill temperature-wise from then.
The former Jerry Simon boat SIMONIZED IV belongs to Mike Maloney. Pat and Mike sailed on some beautiful ice north of Brainerd, MN, on Round Lake while the MN DN crowd crossed the highway to sail on 4″ of black ice at Gull Lake.
MARY B Film News
Via Don Sanford:
The Ice Boat Foundation is thrilled to announce that our documentary film, Mary B: Madison’s Legendary Iceboat has been accepted into the Green Bay International Film Festival. Plan a trip to Title Town (Green Bay) on Thursday, February 10, 2022. We’re screening the film at the Green Bay Distillery. There’ll be good food, good drinks and plenty of talk about iceboats—what a combination. The filmmakers will be there and look forward to seeing you. More info here.
SOLD! December 9, 2021: DN in MN
Great condition starter recreational DN. Includes recently refurbished and painted hull, two sails, recently sharpened runners, plank, aluminum mast, wooden boom, shrouds, a new replacement halyard, and everything needed to start ice sailing!
Minneapolis, MN
SOLD! October 27, 2021: Arrow in MI
SOLD! Arrow #317 for sale. Recently restored. New springboard. Very fast. Comes with open trailer that can haul a DN and Arrow.
Estate sale.
$2600 or best offer.
Meet Lawson Nelson: Ice Sailor
Lawson Nelson is a young man with many interests, including ice sailing. Watch him sail in an iceboat that he built himself. I’m unsure of his location, but he’s definitely out west. Lawson, you are a true iceboater! If you see this, get in touch so we can send you a hat or t-shirt.
Tip of the Helmet: John Eisenlohr
Lawson’s Ice Sailing Videos
How to Make a Small Iceboat
Rescuing Our Iceboats in March
SOLD! November 1, 2021: DN in PA
SOLD! DN. All parts included. Aluminum mast and boom; wooden construction; painted blue.
Moving fast for only $450.
Western Challenge Photos by Sean Heavey
The great thing about the Western Challenge is that Lake Christina is a day’s drive from Glasgow, Montana, home of photographer Sean Heavey.
He sends his apologies for not getting everyone because he spent a lot of time practicing flying the new drones and figuring out to cover the action with them. See the photos here.
SOLD! November 21, 2022: Project Mead Skeeter in IL
Antioch ILÂ Â $250
SOLD! October 9, 2021: Nite in WI
SOLD! Nite #434
Located in Oconomowoc.
Included – trailer, sail, mast, boom and runners, Boat/mast/boom and sail covers.
Always stored indoors. In great shape.
$4,200
SOLD! November 23, 2021: Arrow in WI
SOLD! Arrow Iceboat.
Check out the video: https://youtu.be/xmJYy_GnuQQ Great for one person or two. Newer sail, custom cover to use with or without the boat rigged. Trailer with working lights included. Custom padded cockpit seat. All hardware and tools to install runners and plank included. Aluminum mast and boom.. Need to sell, no reasonable offer refused. Runners sharpened and correctly aligned. This Arrow iceboat is ready for sailing. Sail cover included. Reply by instant messaging or phone only if serious. Will be at Swap Meet in Madison if not sold by then.
Mequon, WI
$4250$3450
$3950
SOLD! November 7, 2021: Nite in WI
SOLD! Nite. Compete package. Excellent condition! With trailer!
Asking $3,000.
262-862-6484.
Near Silver Lake, WI
SOLD! November 8, 2021: Ice Opti in OH
SOLD! Ice Optimist iceboat for kids
$2500
Includes everything but runners.
SOLD! December 13, 2020: Renegade in WI
SOLD! Renegade Number 280. Very nice shape, quality parts and build, racing sail, will have out sailing on first ice. Madison Wi.
$4000.00 without trailer
$4500.00 with trailer
Western Challenge Tune-Up Day
Skip Dieball and Chad Atkins get ready to push off.
Bright sunshine, moderately light winds, and reasonably hard ice made for a perfect first day on the ice at Lake Christina. Marks were set, and laps were run. We had just a dusting of snow in Battle Lake overnight, and we expect moderate wind and temperatures. “Father Nature shows up around noon and we’ll go from there.” Photos from Thursday, 2 December, 2021 on Lake Christina near Ashby, MN.
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