SOLD! September 5, 2023: Stern Steerer in WI

by | Oct 30, 2023 | Sold, sold-1

SOLD! Johnson Class B Stern Steerer – Snowbird III.
Excellent condition.
32′ hull, 34′ mast.
New baskets are partially completed.
Last sailed 10+ years ago. Always stored inside on trailer.
Many more pictures available upon request.
$7,500 OBO

NIYA Notice of Dues for Iceboat Clubs

by | Oct 25, 2023 | Home Page, NIYA

Stern Steerers line up at the 2010 Northwest Regatta on Lake Winnebago. Photo: Gretchen Dorian

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NORTHWESTERN ICE YACHTING ASSOCIATION DUES NOTICE

The annual dues for each club are $20.00 for 2023-2024 payable to the Northwestern Ice Yachting Association
Mail to:
Secretary/Treasurer, Steve Schalk,
W6001 Brick Church RD, Fontana, WI 53125

New agenda Items for the 2024 meeting must be received by December 1st 2023. Please be sure to send an update if you are no longer the contact for your Club.

First! Converges with GLIYC Swap Meet

by | Oct 23, 2023 | 2023-2024, Home Page

Kai Linde, the first iceboating sailing in the world in Sweden and Dash’s first iceboat trailer rescue.

Ice sailors from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, and New York gathered at the Wisconsin Iceboat Swap Meet in Green Lake, WI, on Sunday, October 22, 2023. Meanwhile, 4,000 miles away in Sweden, Norwegian DN sailor Kai Linde had the 2023-2024 season’s first iceboat ride in the world. Who will be first in North America? New York DNer Paul Chamberland, who came for the Swap Meet, will try for that milestone when he visits family in Alberta, Canada, in a few weeks. Paul is optimistic about the upcoming week of ice-making temperatures and hopes to find some sailable ice.

The Green Lake Ice Yacht Club delivered perfect fall weather for the event and organized the raffle, a tradition started by the Skeeter Iceboat Club’s Jane Pegel.

Of course, this being iceboating, a trailer situation presented some problem-solving opportunities right off the bat for new DN Junior Sailing Secretary Sam Bartel. Speaking of Jane Pegel, she generously donated her trailer to the DN Junior program a few years ago. Sam collected the trailer from Madison on Saturday night, but unfortunately, the axle broke on his way to Green Lake near Beaver Dam. As we know, trailers can always be unpredictable. Daniel Hearn, Dale Gordon, Dash, and I swung by Don Anderson’s to borrow a flatbed trailer and rescued the DN trailer on the way home from the Swap Meet with an assist from trailer specialist DNer Matt Meyer.

Thanks to the Green Lake Ice Yacht Club for a fantastic Swap Meet with perfect conditions.

Classic fall day in Green Lake.

The local constabulary tries to keep the peace in Green Lake.

View from the car

First

“Ice sailing season has started! On the 22nd of October at Kuolitisjaure, 700 meters above sea level, just after the Swedish border. Good hard ice, 10 cm thick, but little wind!” via Kai Lind