Regatta Update: Northwest Called On for Jan 19-21

by | Jan 14, 2018 | 2017-2018, Home Page, NIYA


Via NIYA Race Committee Chairman Tim McCormick:

The Northwest Regatta is tentatively call ON for January 19-21. The primary site is Madison, WI but we’re expecting a snow event for the next 24 hours so we may postpone as soon as Monday, January 15th. We’ll keep you updated. Final confirmation will be made by Wednesday, January 17th at Noon CST.

ECLIPSE on Monona

by | Aug 21, 2017 | 2017-2018, Home Page, NIYA

ECLIPSE on Lake Monona. Photo: David Travis

Now here’s an eclipse you can look at without damage to your eyes! It’s not hard to tie just about anything into ice sailing. Here’s the Class A Stern Steerer, ECLIPSE, sailed by Eric and Chip Sawyer at the 2004 Northwest on Lake Monona in Madison.

 

1952 Northwest: Plank Riders

by | Jun 15, 2017 | 2017-2018, Home Page, NIYA

Plank riders providing ballast old school style on the MARY B at the 1952 Northwest regatta on Lake Monona. Photo from Herb Krogman collection.

A Surprise in the Mail: Part 4

Here’s a sight you won’t see these days at a regatta, guys riding Stern Steerer planks during a race. The MARY B was originally built with a basket big enough for a skipper and jib trimmer. In a big blow, ballast was needed and there was only one spot for extra crew to ride – the plank. Eventually, two more baskets were added to the MARY B so that the crew would have a more comfortable and safer ride. The two guys pictured on the plank helped Carl Bernard sail the MARY B to win the Northwest that year in 1952.

More 1952 Northwest Regatta Photos

by | Jun 13, 2017 | 2017-2018, Home Page, NIYA

Harry Melges at the 1952 Northwest on Lake Monona.

A Surprise in the Mail: Part 3

Renegader Jerry Simon had a look through the scrapbook that I recently received and spent a few enjoyable hours identifying boats and putting the photos in context. We’ve concluded that the scrapbook did indeed belong to Herb Krogman who sailed Renegades and Skeeters with the Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club in the 1950s. There are quite a few pictures from the 1952 Northwest which was sailed on Lake Monona. History records that Bill “Curley” Perrigo won the Skeeter title that year in THUNDERJET. The 1950s were a time of rapid technological development in the Skeeter class and a transition from Skeeter to what would become the Renegade class.

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Jack Ripp’s Skeeter at the 1952 Northwest on Lake Monona in Madison.
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Elmer Millenbach’s RENEGADE III
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Spike Boston’s miniature Skeeter, PINK PINK
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Skeeter class line up. IOU is regatta winner Bill Perrigo, V80 Frank Trost.