by Deb Whitehorse | Dec 18, 2025 | 2025-2026, Home Page
Proof It Happened
Last March, Daniel Hearn and Pat Heppert went a secret mission to an undisclosed lake in Minnesota. The mission was straightforward. Daniel and his C Skeeter were cast as the talent for a Range Rover commercial. Pat Heppert scouted the lake and when the wind died, stepped in and quite literally provided support, pushing the C Skeeter to keep things moving. Range Rover now joins many automobile manufacturers who have used iceboats as shorthand for speed and control on ice.
I wish I could show you the finished spot. I received it in an Instagram message and cannot find it anywhere online. It appears to be living the quiet life as a paid ad. If it ever surfaces in the wild, I will link to it here.
Until then, it is nice to know that somewhere in a Range Rover edit suite, a C Skeeter stole the show.
Iceboats in Advertising Archives
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by Deb Whitehorse | Dec 18, 2025 | Sold, sold-1
SOLD! DN US4192 race program
24 race ready runners – $6,000
Complete with:
Two DNs with custom trailer
Two masts
Two booms
Six sails
Two planks
Too many extras to list here
Located in Western Michigan
Email for a detailed inventory
by Deb Whitehorse | Dec 18, 2025 | 2025-2026, Home Page
Lake Monona: Hollywood with asterisks. Courtesy of the waterfowl.
State of the Lakes – Monona and Kegonsa
Lake Monona is Hollywood with asterisks. It looks extraordinary in photos and video, but the holes change everything. We are optimistic that Monona may begin to heal over the next few days, but today’s rain, wind, and temperature swing will be a factor in what comes next.
Perfect ice that you cannot sail – yet!
Lake Kegonsa is a different story. It has been freezing in stages and has likely been locked in for more days than Lake Monona. Reports so far suggest rough ice, but it has not been properly scouted yet. The rain today followed by a sharp freeze could bring Kegonsa close to almost Hollywood conditions.
GRAND SLAM OPEN TENTATIVELY CALLED ON FOR DEC 20-21 ON LAKE KEGONSA
Because of that, the club will spend the next two days scouting Kegonsa with the hope of calling on the Grand Slam Open. We know people are itching to get on the ice and go racing. The Grand Slam Open is traditionally sailed on the first sailable ice of the season, and it has been a long time since we’ve been able to hold one. We are tentatively calling the Grand Slam Open for Saturday and Sunday on Lake Kegonsa, pending ice checks.
This will be a fun set of races for Renegades, DNs, Nites, and Mini-Skeeters. We expect to have final confirmation by Friday afternoon and more details posted here.
This quote from the late Charlie Johnson fits Lake Monona almost too well right now. “If all our ice were glass, slightly wet, and all our air reasonably steady with lifters just where needed, sailing would be perfect. Sometimes we do find this, and it is worth waiting years to have. Meanwhile we must accept the more ordinary ice conditions, ordinary weather and wind, and gracefully accept snow, sometimes for weeks. Our ideal comes from time to time; the Great Maker gives only so much of the very best.”
— Charles H. Johnson 4LIYC member
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by Deb Whitehorse | Dec 17, 2025 | Sold, sold-1
SOLD! Two place Gambit in excellent condition. It has always been stored indoors Three sails: main, DN, and storm, 36” runners, slush runners, extra spring board and plank, standing and running rigging, s.s.cables, alum.mast.
$3,500
by Deb Whitehorse | Dec 16, 2025 | Sold, sold-1
SOLD! Ron Sherry hull, $2,000
Ron Sherry plank Balsa core 2022, $1000
Ron Sherry QIL, $1,000
Forstmann boom, $400
Ullman FO-1, 550
Ullman, ABSS, $550
Sidestay with titanium hound, $450,
Runners:
Ron Sherry 1/4 inch 440C, $950
Ron Sherry min. T & steering, $1,200
Bull nose, $850
Storm case, $150
Buy the whole program $7,000
Ready to sail a competitive boat.
All comes with covers and toolbag.
Southern Wisconsin
