by Deb Whitehorse | Nov 2, 2019 | 2019-2020, Home Page
Jeff Russell and Jerry Simon.
Something good can often come out of something bad. Recall at the end of last season, the 4LIYC racing marks went missing. Mark Master Jerry Simon made a set of new and improved marks. These new marks are much bigger than the old set and should be easier to pick out on the course.
Jerry writes:
Jeff Russell and I spent the morning fabricating some new ice boat marks. The evolution is evident with the oldest in the back and newest in front. Bigger and brighter is better I hope.
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by Deb Whitehorse | Nov 1, 2019 | 2019-2020, Home Page
A Warren-Detroit automobile and Carl Bernard’s YELLOW KID stern-steerer. YELLOW KID was one of the 10 stern-steerers on the racing program for that day.
Th
e Four Lakes area received another 5″ of snow yesterday making October 2019 the snowiest on record at 8.1 inches. I researched the previous years with snowy Octobers with the hope of finding a correlation between October snow and early ice sailing. There wasn’t enough data, but during the search, I stumbled across this 1916 newspaper article about a race between a “6 cylinder Warren Detroit auto” owned by Walter Haspell and 10 Madison stern-steerers on Lake Monona. The article notes that Mr. Haspell, an avid ice sailor himself, had previously “pitted his automobile…against the ice yachts but the found the course too slippery”. No word whether the race was run or who won. Click on the newspaper clipping to enlarge it.
Of course you can’t have a post about automobiles vs. iceboats without this classic film from Lake St. Clair, posted below.
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by Deb Whitehorse | Oct 29, 2019 | 2019-2020, DN, Home Page
Condolences to the family and friends of Gull Lake Ice Yacht Club, Michigan sailor Randy Johnson who recently passed on. His passion for ice sailing made for an extraordinary and beautiful funeral where his DN set up was set up in remembrance.
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by Deb Whitehorse | Oct 29, 2019 | 2019-2020, Home Page, ISA
The reason to ask is because the Four Lakes area and beyond woke up to an early winter this morning with more snow to come this week. The 4LIYC Skeeter fleet is on the trailer ready for ice. Ken Whitehorse applied the graphics to his newly painted WARRIOR just in time!
View out the iceboat.org window this morning.
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by Deb Whitehorse | Oct 22, 2019 | 2019-2020, Home Page
Nites on the line at the 2019 ISA on Lake Pepin in Lake City, MN
The 4LIYC Nites are have set up a dinner meeting to organize for the upcoming season.
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Time: 6:45 PM
Location: Buck and Honey’s Monona
800 W Broadway Suite 300, Monona, WI 53713
Map
Via John Hayashi:
What Nite sailor will win it all this season?
Guess what, it’s time for the 4LIYC Nite fleet to get organized for the upcoming season. Last year, we met Dave and Busters. This year we are branching out and sampling what Monona has to offer. There is a lot to get straightened out because we have an O-fficial club meeting coming the following week. Rumor or plain lie [unconfirmed – Ed.] has it that Tim McCormick is purchasing Don’s backup Nite. (Does one really have a backup Nite? Hmmmm.) We can discuss round marks vs triangle marks, which bar is better – Springer’s or Good Old Days, you get the picture.
Remember he or she who doesn’t show gets elected . Congrats Fleet Captain. Ha ha!
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