Links

Canadian Heritage Gallery
Could a motorcycle outrace a stern steerer back in 1911?

Capital of Winter Sports Awaits Weather
From WMTV Channel 15: Includes Video Report

Every picture tells a story
Carl Bernard scrapbooks chronicle Madison iceboat history

The Fast and the Frosted
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's January 2003 article about various attempts to make or break the ice boating speed record.

First Day Cover Store
In 1985, the US Postal Service recognized ice boating by issuing a special stamp that honors this "fast-paced and exciting sport."

Forbes Magazine: Shiver Me Timbers
Daniel Fisher 03.26.07
Going 100mph-plus in an antique ice yacht can make ordinary sailing feel downright pedestrian.
Snowflake. Icicle. Avalanche. Ferdinand the Bull. Names of ice yachts from the golden era of ice sailing typically commingled whimsy with menace--and for good reason.

Frosty Fun "Ice sailors...they're mad!" Watch this video for CNN filmed in Russia.

Frozen Assets
A website story and photo gallery posted in conjunction with Wisconsin Public Television's "Wisconsin Stories" series.

NY Times: Living Here-Houses Near Ice Boating
Fun When It Freezes

Hard Water Sailing Legion Magazine
A history of Canadian ice boating by Steve Pitt.

Hooked on Hard Water
New England's Hard Water Sailors

How To Build a Hudson River Ice Yacht
While plumbing the depths of Google for some content, I found this historic article written by Charles Farnum and published in Scribners Magazine in 1881.

Hudson River Ice Yachts
Fond recollections about some Hudson River ice boat skippers.

ICE, WIND, SPEED
Ice boats of every description race as regatta returns
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/18/07
BY MICHELLE GLADDEN
STAFF WRITER
RED BANK — It may be cold and breezy, but it's just the weather needed to draw some sailors out of hibernation.

Legends on ice: Interest renewed in Madison's ice-boating past
By Chris Martell, Wisconsin State Journal

Magic on Elk Lake
"The greatest rush that you're ever going to get."

Museum Object of the Week: Carl Bernard Ice Boat Model
The Wisconsin Historical Society features one of Carl Bernard's ice boat models on their website.

National Public Radio
Only a Game.
Listen to this radio report from the historic Red Bank Ice Yacht Club in New Jersey broadcast in February 2003. Via Boston's NPR.

Rolling Out the Russell
Legion Magazine
Author Steve Pitt's account of a car vs. ice boat race in 1907 Canada on Lake Ontario.

Sailing on Lake St. Clair's Ice Winter Winds
Learn about the origins of the DN Class from the Detroit News, the original sponsor of the contest where the DN was born.

When the ice is smooth and the wind is good, ice boaters are thrilled
BY RICHARD CHIN
Pioneer Press

Winter In Montana
Where to ice boat in Montana, home of some of the most fabled ice in North America.

Madison, WI Relevant Links

UW Center for Limnology
A facility that grew out of almost one hundred years of observing Lake Mendota, the Center for Limnology was established in July 1982 to plan, conduct, and facilitate inland freshwater research. Find Lake Mendota's temperature, freeze/thaw dates, and much, much more.

Live Controllable Lake Cam
Looks out over Lake Mendota and the west end of the UW campus. A great time-waster.

Live Lake Mendota Web Camera
Take in a live scenic view of Lake Mendota from the University of Wisconsin campus. If you're lucky, you might see some ice boats or sailboats.

UW Madison Union Lake Mendota Webcam
A great place to pull up in an ice boat and enjoy lunch.

Madison's Climate Profile
Discover Madison's climate normals, lake ice summary, winter climate in past El Ninos and La Ninas in this comprehensive weather site put together by the Wisconsin Climatology Office.

Madison Lakes Ice Summary
Madison lake ice records from 1852 through the present.
Lake Mendota Records
Lake Monona Records

Northern Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research
Did you know that the Madison area lakes are the most scientifically studied lakes in the world? Follow the links to the Center for Limnology UW-Madison to discover information about our four lakes.

PODCASTS

Bill Mattison Interview
Download and listen to this podcast interview (in an mp3 file) recorded by Quantum's Zack Clayton with 4LIYC Skeeter Skipper Emeritus Bill Mattison.
Save it on your computer, Ipod, or burn to a CD. It will make for great listening next time you make the drive to a regatta. We are hoping to record our own podcasts for this website soon.

WEBCAMS

Elk Lake, Elk Rapids, Michigan Ice Boating
Ice boating will be broadcasting when there are boats on the ice at Elk Lake and I am not using the computer. Check back often or watch our website for notice of when it will be on.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/J14/

Geneva Lake Webcam
At George Williams College Camp overlooking Geneva Lake. Jane Pegel emails more information about this webcam:
"The web cam located at the Aurora University George Williams Campus on Geneva Lake is not in Williams Bay, although the campus lies within the village limits. It is on the north shore approximately half way between Fontana and Williams Bay. The view from the web cam shows what is essentially the area of the west end of the lake on which the ISA regatta was sailed the last time it was on Geneva. It is also the area on which we sailed and held club races in early February, 2007. This is the deepest part of Geneva Lake, about 135 ft. deep, and is always the last area to freeze. The average freeze date is around January 21st. The east end of the lake freezes first as it is not as deep. Sometimes we are able to sail on the east end at Christmas. The area off the Trinke Estates public launch is large enough for a regatta. In that area we have held Northwest regattas and in 1993 held the DN Worlds with 183 entries. As the freeze works it's way to the west, we access the ice at various launch sites to take advantage of the newest ice. The second freeze stage is between The Narrows and Cedar Point. We have held regattas in this area too, but it is only one mile north and south so is a little narrow in a north or south wind. The third freeze is usually the area from Cedar Point to Fontana (i.e., the web cam view).We call this the "main lake" and it is the best place to sail and race."

Live Controllable Lake Cam
Looks out over Lake Mendota and the west end of the UW campus. A great time-waster.

Live Lake Mendota Web Camera
Take in a live scenic view of Lake Mendota from the University of Wisconsin campus. If you're lucky, you might see some ice boats or sailboats.

Toledo Ice Yacht Club Maumee Bay Web Cam

Vendors

Composite Concepts
35940 Carlisle Street
Clinton Township, Michigan 48035
Phone: 586-790-7500
Email: c2concepts@msn.com
DN World Champion Ron Sherry's company has both DN and Ice Opti parts available.

CSI Composites
DN sailor Jeff Kent's company, CSI combines technology and the experience of world class competitors totaling at least 10 World Champions into all of it's products. Whether it's a small fitting or a spar, performance is the underlying goal.

Dave's Machining
www.davesmachining.com
David L. Yeadon
402 Milwaukee Ave.
Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
920-563-4241
email: 3yeadons AT charter.net
Dave's Machining offers a large range of DN parts. Call or email Dave for a price list.

Canoe Imports
Bob Schumacher
370 Dorset Street
Burlington, VT 05403
1-800-307-7439
As seen in the DN Class publication, Runner Tracks, there's a DN sailor in Vermont who owns an outdoor equipment store and is selling Jofa helmets at a pretty steep discount.The price for a helmet is $50, and the chin-guard is $19.95.

The Ice Flyer
"An ice boat with a wind surfing attitude."

McCormick Lumber
McCormick Lumber
3156 Milwaukee Street
Madison, WI    608-244-4741
Your supplier for Sitka spruce, West System Epoxy, and many other ice boating related items. The McCormick family has been sailing ice boats with the Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club for over 50 years.

North Sails
DN World's Champ Henry Bossett's site includes both summer and hard water sailing information

Northwind Ice Boats
80 Twin Fawn Drive
Hanover, MA 02339
(781) 826-8004
FAX (781) 826-2474
Steve Duhamel's company offers a complete line of DN parts and gear.

Sailing Specialists
PO Box 40
210 N Walworth Ave.
Williams Bay, WI 53191
Phone:262-245-6242
Fax: 262-245-6241
Contact: Bob or Jane Pegel
Now stocking Sarns runners and hardware, and everything else related to ice boating.

Sarns Hardware
Since 1951, Sarns hardware has been a major supplier of ice boat hardware.

Skimmer 45
We hold the trademark and manufacture of the Skimmer 45® (formerly Lockley Skimmer 45) Iceboat. We are also a Vanguard Dealer, so we can meet your sailing needs year round.

T-HOUND / MAST ROTATORS
The T-Hound / mast rotator / spreader bar fitting thatyou may have seen in action on DN 5224 (the neonyellow boat at the 2007 Worlds) is now available.

There are a number of makes and models in use but if Imay say so, this version is pretty sweet. It all buteliminates mast inversions, is very clean
aerodynamically and allows full articulation at the
shroud attachment. They look good too!

Available to fit either T-Hound (Kent) or tang-style
(Sherry) mast hounds. Designed for DNs but at least
one is in use on a Jet 14.

We have them for sale- Call or email for pics and
price! t_thieler@yahoo.com
401-258-6230

Quantum Sails
For ice boat sails, new and used and in stock talk to ice boater Jim Gluek. A selection of DN, Nite, Renegade, Stern Steerer, and custom-made Skeeter sails.

Williams Infusion: Composite DN Masts
"Using Technology to build better parts."

Windscribe
Light weight (3 oz.) and compact (5" x 3" x ¾") ultrasonic wind meter uses patented technology to read current wind speed, highest positive speed (headwind), lowest negative speed (tailwind), 5-second average, and running average.

Woodpussy Spars
Making custom wood or wood/composite spars for iceboats with masts up to 26 feet long. Email details to us for a quotation.

Yankee Ice Yacht Plans
For complete set of Yankee blue prints, contact the
Yankee Ice Yacht Association
c/o Mark Hancik
305 Dey Grove Rd.
Monroe Twp., NJ 08831
732 446 4377
email: Ahancik@aol.com
The cost is $75.00 US plus shipping, there are 26 pages of prints and all the frames are drawn to full size.

Personal Pages

Bill Dale Land Sailor Flip
See video still frames of Pewaukee & 4LIYC Skeeter skipper Bill Dale's spectacular flip and upright landing in his land sailor posted on John Eisenlohr's website.

4LIYC Renegade sailor Geoff Sobering
A miscellaneous collection of iceboating pages, with an emphasis on practical tips and "how to/not-to" pages.

Miss Wisconsin Land Ice Yacht
Daniel Kampo's quest to establish a world speed record on land and on ice, piloting a wind driven yacht.

The Ice Yachts of Fauerbach Brewery
Madison, Wisconsin's Fauerbach family, once the city's premier brewers of beer, commissioned and sailed some of the greatest stern-steerers of the early 20th century. Though the brewery is now a condo, the Peter Fauerbach is keeping the family history alive in this website where you'll see a fine collection of ice boat memorabilia.

A top Russian explorer, Fedor Konyukhov, will attempt to become the first person to cross the South Pole in an ice boat during the winter of 2005-2006. The $91,400 ice boat trimaran has been designed by a marine contractor in Exmouth, England to sail across ice on three skis. The 4LIYC's esteemed boat builder Bill Mattison was consulted by the builders for this project.
Update: Here's a more in depth article on Konyukhov's website along with photos.

Windjet
British project led by Richard Jenkins to shatter the wind powered world speed records on land, ice, and water.

Photographers & Artist's Pages
Available for Purchase

Pat Dunsworth
Freelance photographer Pat Dunsworth's 2002 & 2003 NIYA photos, where you can order not only the picture, but coffee cups, mouse pads, and many other items upon which your boat can be memorialized.

Henry Bossett's Ice Boat Photo Page
New Jersey ice boater Henry Bossett has uploaded a whole bunch of photos (over 400!) on this website from the National Sweeps at Red Bank '07 and '03,Toms River, Cedar Creek, Lake Champlain, Budd Lake and Long Branch, 1973, 1976, EIYA, 1978 ,1984, Lake Geneva, Poland, Germany, Greenwood Lake, Lavalette, and Lake Hopatcong.

KAP'n Craig's Flickr photos
Craig Wilson's Flickr page featuring his unique kite camera photos. Craig and his kite camera are an often-seen fixture at ice boat races. Here are some of his ice boat photos.
UPDATE: Craig's new professionally designed website is now online, From A Kite.

Kevin McMurry
Interesting photos of Dan Clapp's Skeeter Attitude.

Penalty Box Productions
Purchase the famous DN Groove Armada here along with the 2007 DN Worlds & North Americans DVDs

Bruce Thompson
Lake Geneva fine-art photographer.

Wisconsin State Journal and
Capital Times
All available for purchase
Lake Kegonsa Ice
Lake Monona Ice
Richard Litchtfeld & Miss Madison
Miss Madison #2
Nites on Lake Waubesa

Artist Charles Wysocki
Artist Charles Wysocki's Ice Riders of Chesapeake Bay is one of the nicer ice boating prints on the market.

Summer Sailing Links

Hoofer Sailing

Lake Monona Sailing Club

The Inland 20Scow Sailing Association

Lake Kegonsa Sailing Club

The Mendota Yacht Club

Land Sailing

blokart
Land-sailing carts

Lincolnshire Landyacht Club
British land sailor and ice sailor Gareth Rowland's site is informative and always up-to-date. Gareth's a DN sailor who usually blogs the DN World's in Europe.

Landsailor and Iceboat Design and Construction
Montana sailor John Eisenlohr's website covers his winged ice boat and information on a new class based on wing development.

North American Land Sailing Association
Portal to all things land sailing.

New!
Ice Boat Videos on You Tube

You Tube Ice Boating Video Group
All You Tube ice boating videos are collected here in this group which you can join and add your ice boating videos.

2007 Northwest Ice Yacht Regatta Videos from Chris John
Second Skeeter Race
Stern Steerer & Boe Skeeter Race
Stern Steerer Hiking

Penalty Box Productions
2007
DN Worlds Day Two
DN Worlds Day Three
DN North Americans Day One
DN Groove Armada

Stern Steerers on White Bear Lake, Jan 2007
One of the stern-steerers is the historic Rainbow which used to be owned by the Miller family in New Jersey. George Miller was pleased to see the boat being sailed and sent the following email: "My Dad first acquired her in 1961 and he restored her to look like a shiny new penny. In 1994 we were both dissatisfied with how the finish was looking, from years of on ice weathering, so he stripped her down again! This time we took the bare boat parts to Mark Petersen and he refinished her with the West system and then multiple clear coats. It was tough to let her go but I am happy seeing her under sail, even if it is at the hands of somebody else!"

White Bear Lake, Minnesota Dec 2006

2006 Nite Nationals

Part 1: Stern steerers sailing on the Hudson river in New York
Part 2: Stern steerers sailing on the Hudson River

Nite Ice Boat Ride on Lake Wingra 12-11-06

Nite on Lake Wingra, Madison, WI,12-11-06

Ghost Lake, Alberta, Canada Ice Boating

Lake Riley Ice Boating in Minnesota

Pewaukee Ice Boat Verks in Action

Skeeter and Renegade racing at the 2002 Northwest Regatta sailed on Lake Kegonsa with some good footage filmed at the weather mark.

Lexus IS/GS 2006 TV commercial "ice boat"
Quantum Sails:
Article #1 about commercial shoot
Article #2
Where they cleared l ake for commercial shoot.

1930s Mt. Clemens, Michigan Stern-Steerer races a car

Jack & Kelly Jacobs Collection:
Indian Lake, Manistique, MI, 12-28-06

Stern Steerer J14, outdrives, and Lake Winni..

Outdrives being used by Art and Jack.

Twin Mast iceboat sailing on Lake St Clair. Pleasure sailing Elk Lake out front of WHite Birch Lodge. Jack sailing Dan Clapp's Attitude before buying Magic and Merlin

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