by Deb Whitehorse | Dec 3, 2025 | 2025-2026, Home Page
The Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club meets tonight at Breakwater in Monona. The meeting begins at 6:30.
Breakwater has been good to our club. Let’s return the favor. Come a little early, have dinner, enjoy a drink, and support the place that supports us.
Winter switched on right after Thanksgiving and it won’t be long before we’re on home ice. Many club members are heading to Lake Minnewaska in Minnesota for the DN Western Challenge this weekend. There will be ice!
4LIYC Meeting
Wednesday, December 3
Order Dinner 6:00
Meeting 6:30 PM
Breakwater Restaurant
6308 Metropolitan Ln, Monona, WI 53713
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by Deb Whitehorse | Dec 3, 2025 | Home Page, WSSA
Stern-Steerers at the 2025 Northwest- Photo by Rob Resnick
WSSA Home Page
The Wisconsin Stern Steerer Association remains an active class dedicated to racing and preserving the original iceboats. They are ready for a full season on the ice, and their latest newsletter is now available online.
Link to newsletter.
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by Deb Whitehorse | Nov 30, 2025 | Home Page, ISA, Regattas, Renegade
Kyle Navin, finished 2nd at the Nite Nationals
Via ISA Secretary/Treasurer Steve Schalk:
The 2025 International Skeeter Association and Renegade Championships have been postponed until December 12 – 14. Ice will be starting to form at our target sites of Minnewaska and Battle lakes tonight. The forecasts look promising for December 12-14. Next update is Sunday, December 7, 2025.
Steve Schalk
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by Deb Whitehorse | Nov 29, 2025 | 2025-2026, Home Page
Most of us in Wisconsin are indoors today. Maybe you are in the shop working on runners, watching the weather, and waiting for the first sailable ice. It is a good moment to brush up on the racing rules. A little time now pays off later when the lake fills with boats and the pace picks up.
Cold air is settling in and much of the state is expecting up to ten inches of snow. The snow will help lock in the cold. Good news for ice making.
The Skeeter Iceboat Club has a set of short rule review videos on YouTube worth watching before the season starts.
Link to Video
Sailing Safe
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by Deb Whitehorse | Nov 25, 2025 | Home Page, ISA, Regattas, Renegade
Steve Schalk sailing a B Skeeter on Lake Kegonsa at the 2023 ISA. Photo: Will Johnston
2025 NOTICE OF RACE
ISA HOME PAGE
Via ISA Secretary/Treasurer Steve Schalk:
The ISA & Renegade Championship Race Committee is cranking back up to find the location for the postponed 2025 ISA. The conference calls restart on November 30th. There is a cold front moving through Minnesota as I write this, with none of the sites yet frozen, so the current snow is just falling in open water. The following cold will close up the lakes and allow for the search to begin. Minnewaska and Battle Lakes are favored sites with their launch facilities.
The ISA Race Chairman believes that it should be possible for a DN Western Challenge by December 5th, with the two following weekends available for the ISA. Of course the weather will dictate the outcome. We will post Sunday 7 pm updates starting November 30th.
Steve Schalk
Secretary/Treasurer
International Skeeter Association
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by Deb Whitehorse | Nov 23, 2025 | 2025-2026, Home Page
He’s done it again. DN sailor Paul Chamberland is first on the ice in North America, just as he was on November 22, 2023. He’s back on Owlseye Lake while visiting family near his home town of St. Paul, Alberta. This time Paul brought a crew of family and friends, and they spent the day taking turns on the two DNs he hauled north.
A strong start to the season, with temperatures forecasted to drop toward in the Four Lakes region which will help bring ice.
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