SOLD! November 16, 2025: DN & Renegade Components in RI

by | Feb 2, 2026 | Sold, sold-1

DN equipment for sale:
North MP excellent condition $600
North/Boston FO1 Brand new never used-$800
New and lightly used ID sails avalible
Sherry clone fuselage $1800
Plank w/ chocks- $300
MBC All Carbon mast-$2500
MBC Hybrid mast-$2300
Other parts and pieces

Renegade equipment off Blade Runner #500-
Runners, sails, mast, boom, plank, springboard shrouds, extra hardware, parts and pieces all off R-500 Blade Runner. Send a note and we can figure it out.
Located in RI with delivery west possible.

Regatta Watch: 2026 Northwest & Nite Nationals Called Tentatively Called on For Green Lake FEB 6 – 8

by | Feb 1, 2026 | 2026 Northwest, DN, Home Page, NIYA, Regattas, WSSA

Renegade sailor Ron Rosten at the 2026 Renegade Championship on Green Lake. Photo: Will Johnston

Received word from NIYA Secretary Steve Schalk as we left the ice today that the 2026 Northwest Ice Yacht Association regatta is tentatively called on for Green Lake, Wisconsin, FEBRUARY 6–8.

The Northwest Ice Yacht Association regatta was first sailed in 1913 as a Stern steerer event and remains one today, with Stern Steerers at its core and the addition of A, B, and C Skeeters, Renegades, and the DN class.

NIYA home page: LINK

The Nite Nationals are tentatively called on, also at Green Lake.

Final confirmation for both events will be posted Wednesday, February 4.
Nite-specific details are available on the Nite website. LINK

Green Lake has strong ice and clean sailing right now. These windows do not last. If you want good conditions, this is the moment to use them.

More photos and reports from the DN North Americans and the ISA are coming tomorrow.

International Skeeter Association & Renegade Nationals Regatta Update

by | Jan 27, 2026 | 2026 ISA, Home Page, ISA, Regattas, Renegade

The Nite fleet from the air on Lake Puckaway, Saturday, December 26, 2020. Photo by Jim Stevenson. Instagram js170b.

A decision on whether the International Skeeter Association & Renegade Championship regattas is called on will be made tomorrow, Wednesday, January 28 by noon.

I would normally post the update here around noon, but I will be on the lake with the DN North American Championship fleet. For final confirmation and registration information, please check the BoeCraft Skeeter Ice Yacht Association website. LINK

That site will carry the official status and all registration details.
UPDATE: Click here for Competitors List & Results.

Regatta Watch: WSSA Postponed (& the Pirate Boat)

by | Jan 26, 2026 | 2025-2026, Home Page, Regattas, WSSA

The Wisconsin Stern Steering Association regatta has been postponed to February 7 and 8, 2026. The next update will be Sunday, February 1. Check back here at that time. The Northwest Ice Yacht Association regatta takes precedence.

Andy Gratton
WSSA Secretary/Treasurer

Speaking of stern-steerers, Lake Winnebago stern-steerer sailor George Gerhardt shared the above photos a couple of weeks ago. I asked Andy to explain exactly what are we looking at:

Sorry for the delay, I was at my brother’s in Costa Rica for a week. It’s very bad iceboating there, I wouldn’t recommend trying.

Years ago when I first saw the Pirate Boat, as George calls it, I noticed the reefing points at the top of the sail. I have never seen a reef like that. All the other reef points I have seen for gaff rigs have been for taking in sail at the foot. This is the first time I have seen the Pirate Boat reefed  and it is interesting. I wonder if the reef points also allow the upper portion of the sail to fly by rolling up the sail from the reef points down. That would show just the gaff area, even less sail than exposed here. I can see an advantage with the area shown in the photo – there is a lot of sail area remaining down low, which will produce a lot of force to get through rough ice and deeper snow yet not creating a lot of heeling moment to cause a capsize like Jay’s boat “Frosty’ shown below. The reefed sail isn’t a rig that will produce high speeds as it creates a lot of drag, but it will allow sailing more often due to the power.

I have plans to make the original Fritz backbone into a 38′ gaffer. I don’t need it to go fast, it will go fast enough for me, I just want to be able to sail more often.

Andy

Woops!