by Deb Whitehorse | Mar 5, 2024 | 2023-2024, DN, Home Page
It took half the race committee to move the trailer at the DN North Americans.
During the recent Northwest regatta and 2024 DN North American Championship on Lake Waconia in Waconia, MN, attendees who had the task of maneuvering the DN Western Region ATV trailer on the ice might have felt like they were steering the Titanic due to its hefty tongue weight. However, despite its weight, the trailer was a dream to tow and allowed me to improve my trailer-backing skills. Nevertheless, the necessity for maneuverability on the ice outweighed the benefits of towing ease, prompting a visit to the Current Fast Champions Ice Boat Shop (formerly known as the Past Champions Ice Boat Shop) for further customization and weight reduction.
CFCIBS Wrench-Turner Ken Whitehorse reports:
The tongue weight on DN Western Region trailer was 400 lbs ! That’s like throwing a 55 gal drum of water in the back of you car! Yikes! Hope you DN racers don’t need this next week! The Current Champs Shop is kinda busy swapping out old used air for new air in trailers tires this month!
Tale of the scale.
The Current Fast Champions crew found their runner-sharpening halted by an open-wheel midget racing car that had rolled into the shop.
Luckily, they were able to access the big machine.
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by Deb Whitehorse | Mar 3, 2024 | Home Page, ISA, Regattas, Renegade, WSSA
INTERNATIONAL SKEETER ASSOCIATION REGATTA
The ISA Race Committee has postponed the 2024 Regatta to December 2024. We will be looking for perfect early season ice like we had at Battle Lake Minnesota in 2018.
Steve Schalk
Secretary/Treasurer
International Skeeter Association
WISCONSIN STERN STEERERS ASSOCIATION
The Wisconsin Stern Steering Association regatta has been postponed to December, 2024. Unfortunately this was a short season chasing thin ice. Being optimists, iceboaters always look forward to next season.
Andy Gratton
WSSA Secretary/Treasurer
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by Deb Whitehorse | Mar 2, 2024 | Sold, sold-1
SOLD Classic DN ice boat built early 80s in good condition ready to sail. Complete with wood mast, wood boom, rigging, sail with window, nylon sail storage bag, sarns runners with storage box, Sarns sharpening jig, wood stands, and tool box with all fasteners and tools. All Sarns hardware. The plank has been scarred with cletes, but is sound and only needs padding. I only used cleats one day. Note that this does not include trailer, as it typically fits on car roof rack.
Located in Philadelphia area.
Asking $750 –
by Deb Whitehorse | Feb 29, 2024 | 2023-2024, 2024 Northwest Regatta, Home Page, NIYA
PREVIOUS: There Goes the Neighborhood
The next door neighbor of iceboat.org made some improvements on their building on the Monday after the Northwest regatta.. Greg Whitehorse was there to help and document the change.
It was a busy day at the Past Champions Iceboat Shop in Monona, Wisconsin. Ken WhiteHorse captured the Northwestern Class A Skeeter Championship last weekend on Minnesota’s Lake Waconia, 47 years after capturing that same title in 1977(!!!). You do,after all, have to keep things “Current”.
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by Deb Whitehorse | Feb 29, 2024 | 2024 Northwest Regatta, Home Page, NIYA
Photo: Shane Lewis – Silverfoxviz
See all of Shane Lewis – Silverfoxviz photos here.
The Northwestern Ice Yachting Association Championship Regatta came to a successful conclusion on Sunday February 25th 2024.
As Regatta Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer and competitor, I have many people to thank and acknowledge for the success of the event.
My number one support was Pat Heppert who drove all over Minnesota sailing potential ice sheets, and then set marks at the crack of dawn every day and moved them throughout the event as the wind moved around. He started most races and called numbers as well.
Thanks to the DN Western Region who let us use their ATV and trailer for the whole event.
Thanks to everyone who helped set, pick, move and reset the starting blocks and safety zone markers. Colton Hibbard got to learn the trade at his very first regatta.
Thanks to Deb Whitehorse for her usual efficiency in getting the data down right through all the weather changes and course moves, also instantly posting notices of all changes we made. Thanks to Ann Foeller for setting up the tabulating file and Mary Jane for completing that file and tabulating Saturday. Thanks to Julie Jankowski for monitoring the windward mark throughout. Thanks to the rest of the race committee for splitting the workload and making timely decisions.
I want to especially acknowledge the participation of Paul Kreuger and John Davis, who are still racing hard in all conditions at the ages of 84 and 80 respectively. They are perfect examples of the competitors who built and maintained this sport that we all love.
Steve Schalk
NIYA Secretary/Treasurer
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