4LIYC Racing Update

by | Jan 20, 2023 | 2022-2023, Home Page

Photo: Ethan Brodsky

4LIYC racing is called ON for the Renegade and Nite classes for Saturday, January 21, 2023 on Lake Kegonsa. Use the Amundson landing and roll trailers  on the ice.  Do not drive on the ice! There will be two rotations starting at 10 AM, followed by a lunch break at Springer’s, and then two more rotations.
There will be no club racing for Sunday, January 22, 2023 in deference to the 2023 DN World Championship. It’s your chance to see what’s going to be some incredible action from the top DN sailors in the world.

2023 DN World Championship Opening Ceremony

by | Jan 20, 2023 | 2022-2023, DN, Home Page

Photo: Ethan Brodsky

2023 World & North American Championship Information

4LIYC Members:

As you may have heard, the DN World Championships are landing here in Madison. You are cordially invited to join us for the Opening Ceremony on Saturday. The event begins at 8 PM and will take place at my office at 1352 E. Wilson St. There will be an open bar and a charcuterie board worthy of a world championship. Please plan on joining in the fun.

Daniel Hearn
4LIYC Commodore

Regatta Watch: 2023 WSSA Postponed

by | Jan 19, 2023 | Home Page, Renegade, WSSA


Via WSSA Secretary Andy Gratton

The 2023 Wisconsin Stern Steering Association regatta has been postponed to January 28 and 29 due to too much snow [on Lake Petenwell – DW]. The next update will be Sunday, January 22. Check back here at that time. The Northwest Ice Yacht Association regatta takes precedence.
Andy Gratton

WSSA Secretary/Treasurer

Kayla Wolf ISA & Renegade Championship Photo Gallery

by | Jan 17, 2023 | 2023 ISA & Renegade Championship, Home Page, ISA, Renegade

Start of a Renegade race at the 2023 Renegade Championship on Lake Kegonsa. Photo: Kayla Wolf
KAYLA WOLF PHOTO GALLERY

Freelance Photographer Kayla Wolf was there for the action Sunday on Lake Kegonsa at the ISA & Renegade Championship. Renegade and Nite sailors will want to make sure to look through her gallery for some fantastic shots. Link here

Copyright Kayla Wolf Lake Kegonsa Iceboats 2
Nite sailors Mark Prange 550 and Tom Sweitzer 272 round the leeward mark.
Copyright Kayla Wolf Lake Kegonsa Iceboats 3
PRO Joe Norton kept things moving.
Copyright Kayla Wolf Lake Kegonsa Iceboats 4
Nite sailor Marek Valasek 444 finds some air and lift a runner

C-Skeeter Polish Championship

by | Jan 17, 2023 | 2022-2023, DN, Home Page, ISA


The Western Region of the DN Class (WI, MN, IL, IA, IN, UP of MI) is hosting the DN World & North American Championship in just a few days. Ice sailors from Poland and Sweden are here to train on Lake Kegonsa. The regatta site information will be announced on January 18, 2023, on idniyra.org. Regatta information.

Boat preparations are underway for the first-ever C-Skeeter Polish Match Racing Championship. Current DN World Champion, Robert Graczyk, will face off with former DN World Champion, Tomek Zakrzewski, on Lake Kegonsa in Stoughton, Wisconsin this Wednesday, January 18. Weather permitting, of course. At stake is a meal of Polish delicacies including pirogies and Polish sausage. But none of that cold soup. The loser will treat the winner and the boat owners/race committee at the prize giving ceremony, which will take place sometime during the ‘23 DN Worlds/North Americans.

To date, only the Black Ice/Loren ipsum camp has responded to requests for information about boat prep. The Drifter camp remains shielded under a cloak of secrecy, no doubt working on another traveler-like innovation to create an unfair advantage.

To make sure the race track is level, the two competitors will trade boats after each race, and the championship will conclude after an even number of races. Clearly the Drifter camp strategists have failed to read the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions.