Honor Role

Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club Honor Role

Honoring the 4LIYC members who have contributed to our sport.
Outstanding contributions to ice boating in the Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club are the guidelines used to determine those inducted to our club’s Honor Roll. While over the years many names have been added to the list of the original inductees, they all have one thing in common-their love of ice boating and ice boat competition. In 1967 eight men were singled out for their contributions to our club. They are Bill Fauerbach, Carl Bernard, Andy Flom, Glen Grosbeck, Frank Tetzlaff, Spence Oswald, OT Havey, and Fritz Jungbluth. We will continue to share more information about the accomplishments of each Honor Roll member. If you have information about any of the Honor Roll members, please let us know by dropping an email to the webmaster.

 

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Carl Bernard

Carl Bernard Archives
1905-1983
Associated with the Class A Stern Steerers FRITZ and MARY B.
Championships
NIYA Class A
1934 1936 1937 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1954
Hearst Trophy
1935 1938 1939 1950 1952 1953
Stuart Trophy
1934 1935 1951 1954

Bill Fauerbach

Served many terms as a Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club officer.

Andy Flom

1891-1971
Championships
Hearst Trophy
1926 1927 1937
From the January 8, 1924 Capital Times:
It isn’t very often that Madison or any other city in the state can boast of a world’s champion, but in “Andy” Flom, prominent ice boat skipper, Madison has without question the peer of ice boat pilots. Besides holding several smaller cups won in regattas in this part of the country “Andy” can boast of two world championship challenge cups.One of them, the Hearst International Challenge Trophy, which he took from the Kalamazoo. Mich club in 1913 is the most coveted of any ice trophy in the world. “Andy” piloted the Princess II owned by Emil Fauerbach to victory for this trophy, and in three of the most thrilling races ever held for the trophy. In the last of three races held for the trophy, the ice was mushy and a gale was blowing. Part of Princess II was smashed, the sail was not under control, and although the Princess spun around like a top, Flom stuck with her and won the world’s championship. Since winning the trophy Flom has been challenged on several occasions but at no time have weather conditions been favorable and the race was not held. The other world’s championship trophy held by Flom is the world’s Championship Ice Yacht Challenge Trophy offered by the Square People, Menominee, Mich. It was with Clinton Steinle’s Miss Wisconsin that Flom won this trophy in 1922 and in 1923. The Miss Wisconsin is a 450 footer as was the Princess II. It is interesting to note that Flom piloted Miss Wisconsin ahead of the Princess in a race here last year. Flom has a reputation as a skipper of uncanny ability. Its second nature to him to skip boats to victory. Since a youngster able to walk on the ice he has always been around ice boats whenever the opportunity afforded, and it has been a safe bet that with Flom piloting a boat, a victory could be chalked up right off the reel.

Glen Grosbeck

Served as a 4LIYC officer and promoted the sport.

Frank Tetzlaff

Frank Tetzlaff Archives
1889-1967
Legendary builder of the Fritz, Mary B, and many other boats.

Spence Oswald

Served as 4LIYC officer and promoted the sport.

O.T. Havey

O.T. Havey Archives
1894-1978
The man who commissioned one of Madison’s most famous stern-steerers, the Mary B, which went on to win many championships with Carl Bernard at the helm. The boat was named after Mrs. Havey.

Fritz Jungbluth

Fritz Jungbluth Archives
The original owner and namesake of the stern steerer, Fritz.

John Bluel

Served as club officer. Club meetings were often held at his garage during the 1950s and early 60s.

Dave Rosten

Dave Rosten Archives
1938-1973
Championships
Ice Yacht Challenge Pennant
1965 1967 1968 1969
ISA
1965 1967
1970 (tied with Buddy Melges) Northwest Ice Yacht Regatta
E Skeeter
1965 1973

Walter Haspell

Walter Haspell Archives
1893-1960
Served as club officer. The club continues to award a Skeeter trophy named after him.

Jules Brockel

Served as club officer.

Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson Archives
Served as club officer.

Harry Whitehorse

Harry Whitehorse Archives
Long time club member and accomplished professional artist who painted several portraits of club champions and was always generous donating his artwork to help support the club.

James Lunder

James Lunder Archives
1929-1998
Championships
Northwestern Regatta
Class A 1948-Fritz
Hearst International Trophy in the Fritz 1948 1949

Greg Simon

Greg Simon Archives
Inducted May 3, 2014.
Greg Simon has been a club member and active ice boater in DNs, Nites and Renegades for over 30 years. He held the position of Chief Judge and Ice checker for 15 years. He has been active in club racing winning 6 Renegade season championships and 1 DN season championship.
REGATTA TITLES::
NIYA
1984 DN Junior Championship
2008 Renegade Championship
2014 Renegade Championship
INTERNATIONAL RENEGADE ICE YACHT CHAMPIONSHIP
1998
2006
2008
NITE NATIONAL CHAMPION
1999

Art Jark

Art Jark Archives
1914-1982
Championships
Ice Yacht Challenge Pennant 1970 1972

Dave Butler

Dave Butler Archives
1927-2010 Inducted April 21, 2012.
A highly regarded club member who helped to revive the Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club after World War II, Dave promoted the sport by bringing new members to the club. Of particular note, Jack Ripp credits Dave for getting him into ice boating. Dave served many years as a club officer and was a long time participant at club meetings, club racing, and regatta racing. Sailing the C class stern-steerer, Ace of Spades, Dave won numerous club championships and the 1961 Northwest Ice Yacht Racing Association C class title.

James Payton

Jim Payton Archive
1928-1996
Jim Payton was the second owner of the famous Madison stern steerer, the Mary B.
Championships
Hearst Trophy 1957 Mary B
Stuart Trophy 1964 Mary B

Jack Ripp

Jack Ripp Archives
Championships
International Skeeter Association
1961
Western International Skeeter Association
1981
Ice Yacht Challenge Pennant of America
1964 1966 1967
International Renegade Ice Yacht Association Regatta Championship
1987 1988 1991 1996
Northwest Ice Yacht Assocation (NIYA)
NIYA Skeeter Titles
1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966
NIYA Free For All
1962
NIYA Renegade Titles
1988 1989 1992 1998
Triple Crown
1967

Lynn Langenfeld

Served as an club officer. Lynn also began the research of the club’s long history in Madison.

Bill Mattison

Bill Mattison Archives
Championships
ICE YACHT CHALLENGE PENNANT
1964 1965 1966
1968 1969 1986

ISA
Class A Skeeter
1962 1963 1966
1968 1969 1971
1973 1977 1981
1984 1986

NORTHWESTERN ICE YACHT ASSOCIATION REGATTA
CLASS E
1969 1980 1988
1989 1992

THE TRIPLE CROWN
1964 1966 1968
1969 1971 1973
1975 1977 1980
1981 1984 1988
Originally a combination of the Garwood, the ISA, and the NIYA Championship Class – A skeeter. The Garwood was a Lake St. Clair event sponsored by the Detroit Ice Yacht Club, that stopped after Lake St. Clair was kept open during winter as part of the seaway. The Garwood trophy is still active and is based on ISA and NIYA totals.

Dave Nelson

Dave Nelson Archives
Enthusiastic 4LIYC Skeeter sailor and Admiral of Lake Kegonsa.

John Bock

4LIYC Nite Sailor.

Paul Krueger

Paul Krueger Archives
Club member since the late 1950s and Secretary/Treasurer of the Northwest and ISA regattas for over 30 years.
Championships ISA
Class A
1976 1979
Northwestern Regatta
Class E Skeeter
1979

Debra Rosten Whitehorse

Has served as club secretary since the 1980s and as webmaster of iceboat.org since the inception of the website in 1998. 

Jim Nordhaus

Jim Nordhaus Archives
Jim Nordhaus has contributed to the Four Lakes Club in essentially all areas suggested in the by-laws, for example: By opening his shop to many ice-boaters (both in his garage at his home, and more recently in the “Boatwerks” on Sebold Road) Jim has made it possible for many members to build boats where they might not have been able to otherwise. Many alumni of Boatwerks projects have contributed to the club as officers and regulars in club races (including at least two recent Club Commodores). Jim has also regularly hosted out-of-town ice-boaters at his house when they were in the four-lakes area racing with the Club or at local regattas. Jim has served as Commodore and organized the most recent (and very successful) “Grand Slam Regatta”. He has also been instrumental in facilitating sailing by building bridges onto the ice for late-season racing, including making possible the only club races in the 2006-2007 season. Jim has ice-boated since his youth, and been an active member of the Four Lakes Club for over 20 years. In addition to assisting others with their boat-building projects, Jim has built a number of boats himself. Currently, there are at least four of Jim’s Renegades sailing in the club (Jerry Ebert, Daniel Hearn, Jeff Russell, and Jim’s current boat). A number of boats have been built, restored, or modified in Jim’s shop with his assistance and support (Renegades: Tim Stanton, Doug Kolner, Kevin Pok; DNs: Geoff Sobering, Byron Tetzlaff, Wayne Schmeidlin, Mike Mullarkey, and Jori Lenon)

Mike McCormick

Renegade and stern steerer (Twin Beds) sailor.

Peter Barrett
Tim McCormick
Tim McCormick Archives
Inducted February 24, 2010
10 time 4LIYC Renegade Series champion IRIYA Championships
1999
2009 (w/Don Anderson)
NIYA Renegade Championships
1990 1993 1994
1996 1997 2004
2005
 
Bill McCormick

Championships
Winner of the first Wisconsin Stern Steering Association Regatta in 1969
WSSA
1969 1970 1971
1972 1973
NIYA Championships
1966 1973 1974
1975 1976 197

Jerry Simon

Jerry Simon Archives
Championships
International Renegade Ice Yacht Association Championship
1976 2007
Northwest Ice Yacht Association Regatta
1984

AJ Whitehorse
Inducted February 19, 2015
AJ Whitehorse was an active club member from the late 1970s through the early 2000s. He was a competitor in both the DN and Class E Skeeter fleets during that time period and was a Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club champion in the DN fleet. AJ also won several series championships in the Skeeter fleet and recorded over 30 race wins in club racing. AJ also represented the Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club well in national regatta championship regatta competitions, winning several Skeeter races against the tough competition and larger fleets of that era. In 1986 AJ was selected by the Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club’s Board of Directors to compete in the prestigious Ice Yacht Challenge Pennant of America regatta (IYCP). Teamed with Bill Mattison, they traveled to Lake Geneva in an attempt to win the IYCP from the Skeeter Ice Boat Club (SIBC).
The SIBC was a heavy favorite in that competition with Harry Melges III sailing the Skeeter, Slypoke, which had been close to unbeatable in recent seasons. In two twenty-mile races, AJ and his Skeeter, Eagle 1, sailed to decisive victories, returning the IYCP back to the Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club for the first time in 18 years.
 
Don Anderson

Don Anderson Archives
Don Anderson’s positive attitude and enthusiasm for the sport of ice boating is contagious. Besides serving as Commodore for our club for several years, he has served on the Race Committees for IRIYA, ISA, and NIYA. The club’s Friday ice checking often has Donny going out further looking for good ice than the rest of us. He was a Nite sailor before his Renegading successes, winning in both the IRIYA in ’05,’06,’09,and NIYA in ’02. Purchasing and upgrading older boats to give new comers a chance to try the sport is noteworthy.

Greg Whitehorse

Greg Whitehorse Archives
Inducted September 2021
Greg has been an active club member for over 40 years and has served as Commodore or Vice Commodore on multiple occasions. As club historian, Greg has collected, maintained and preserved club records, artifacts and memorabilia.

An active racer with a long history in both the skeeter and Renegade fleets, Greg competed against and chronicled the stories of the sports greatest champions. Greg highlighted the victories and losses and penned tales of triumph and tragedy in his newsletter: “The Blade Runner.” Greg captured (in real time) races, events and conversations that would have otherwise been lost or forgotten.

Greg has generously shared his artistic talents, creating several club logos in the form of patches, hats and glassware, all promoting the 4LIYC and the sport of iceboating. Greg’s contributions to the sport will be appreciated for generations.