See the MARY B at Frozen Assets Festival Feb 5 – 6

by | Feb 1, 2022 | 2021-2022, Home Page


Ice Boat Foundation

Make a plan to show up at the Edgewater Hotel on Lake Mendota this weekend (February 5, 2022) for this year’s edition of the Clean Lakes Alliance Frozen Assets festival.

In addition to all of the activities, displays and exhibits, you’ll have a rare opportunity to see the MARY B where she belongs—on the ice! Volunteers from the Ice Boat Foundation will be there to show her off and tell you everything you want to know (and more) about this legendary icon of Madison’s long and storied history of iceboating. MARY B was designed and built right here in 1948 by Carl Bernard and Frank Tetzlaff for O. T. Havey. Skippered by Carl Bernard and Jimmy Payton, she was the fastest thing on the ice.

Regatta Watch: 2022 WSSA Postponed to Feb 12 – 13

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ACE OF SPADES, 2010 Northwest on Lake Winnebago. Photo: Kevin Chapman

The Wisconsin Stern Steering Association regatta has been postponed to February 12 – 13, 2022. The next update will be Sunday, February 6. Check back here at that time. The Northwest Ice Yacht Association regatta takes precedence.

Andy Gratton

WSSA Secretary/Treasurer

Regatta Watch: 2022 Northwest Postponed to Feb 11 – 13

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2010 Northwest on Lake Winnebago. Photo by Gretchen Dorian

Via Northwest Secretary Steve Schalk

The 2022 Northwest Ice Yachting Association championship regatta has been postponed until February 11-13, 2022. There is not enough space for the Northwest at Marinette/Menominee. Next update is Sunday, February 6, 2022.

In The News: Gratton & Kroll Back in Action

by | Jan 31, 2022 | 2021-2022, Home Page, WSSA


Via the Oshkosh, WI Herald

Andy Gratton and Michael Kroll were the first in the Oshkosh area to iceboat this year off south shore, launching from the Fugleberg Park landing recently. Both live nearby in Oshkosh so when any equipment breaks or needs replacement, it is a quick trip home for the needed parts.
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