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2018 Junior Worlds Video: We Sail
While ice sailing is on temporary hold here in Wisconsin because of too much snow, here’s a video to brighten your day. Despite the snow, these kids at the 2018 Junior World Championship are eager sailors having fun.
4LIYC Racing Update for Feb 10-11: The “S” Word
Snow Sticks
Ice sailing in the Four Lakes area is on hold until the Great Zamboni© descends to take away the 7″+ of snow covering our beautiful ice. There will be no 4LIYC racing for the weekend of February 10-11, 2018.
On Thursday, the MARY B group towed her from the Edgewater to the Brearly Street launch via snowmobile. Paul McMillan reported it was a fast ride.
The last iceboat off the lake for a while.
2018 Junior Ice Sailing World & European Championship Update
Photo: Andrius Repšys Thor Rosten US888 raises the flag at the opening ceremony of the DN & Ice Optimist World Championship in Lithuania
The Junior DN & Ice Optimist World Championship regatta has been completed with 7 races in the DN fleet and 6 in the Ice Optimist fleet. Congratulations to Estonian sailor Rasmus Maalinn who sailed nearly a perfect regatta with 6 firsts and one second. 2017 JWC Eddie Klemets of Sweden was second. Zuzanna Rybicka of Poland was the highest placing female with an 8th. Estonia’s Karl Ader took first in the Ice Optimist division and another Estonian, Lisbeth Taggu, was the highest placing female with fifth place finish.
The show isn’t over yet as the fleets are making a two hour move (because of snow in Lithuania) today northeast to Riga, Latvia to complete the European Championships tomorrow.
Results
Photo: Andrius Repšys
Monotype-XV European Championships 2018
The Monotype-XV is a one-design stern-steerer class popular in Europe. “Designed in 1932 by the legendary Erik von Holst of Estonia”, the boat has an interesting history. The class held regattas held before WW2, followed by a long period with no international regattas, and then a reorganization in 1993. The Monotypes are sailing their regatta this week in Estonia. 28 stern-steers on the starting line is pretty impressive! Results
“What Do We Do In The Winter?”
Photo: gretchendorian.com
Sailing the Great Lakes with Tim McKenna
What Do We Do In The Winter?
GREAT LAKES BOATING
PUBLISHED IN THE FEBRUARY 2018 ISSUE FEBRUARY 2018 FEATURE
Some Great Lakes sailors head south for the winter looking for blue water and sunshine in the Islands. Others do things like get a new hip. There are some who go outside in the cold weather and shoot ducks. Then there are the ones who head for the ice and sail really fast…these are the ones who race on iceboats. As this article is being written, the 2017 – 2018 winter season is just beginning. So-called “hard water” sailors have begun the task of pulling their boats down from the rafters and getting the cobwebs of summer cleared away.
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Junior Ice Sailing World Championship: Day 1
Photo: Pranciškus Repšys Opening Ceremony
The DN Junior and Ice Optimist Word and European Championschips got underway on Lake Rekyva in Lithuania.
There were 2 DN races and 1 Ice Optimist race. From what I gather on Facebook, the wind was light today. 4LIYC DNer Thor Rosten is competing in the championship.
Results
Boe-Craft Championship Regatta
Photo: August Greidanus
The Boehmke B-Skeeters held their championship regatta on Geneva Lake over the weekend. Check out the Boe-Craft website for results and photos. Congratulations Rick Pappas on your win!
Photo: August Greidanus
Regatta Watch: NIYA & ISA Postponed
DEUCE at the 2004 Northwest on Lake Monona, Madison, WI. Photo: David Travis
The International Skeeter Association (ISA) and Northwest Regattas are postponed because all of Wisconsin and Michigan are snow covered. Next update for both regattas is Sunday, February 11.
Nite Nationals Photos
Not much to report for today because snow ended sailing on Lake Mendota. However, Saturday was one of the most memorable days spent on the ice in Madison in years. There were a few thousand people introduced to iceboating at the Frozen Assets Festival at the Edgewater. Around noon, the Nite fleet and 4LIYC Renegades sailed up to the Edgewater and served as the backdrop for the MARY B stern-steerer which was on display at the festival. The boats were immediately descended upon by festival goers and sailors spent a few hours explaining our sport to the curious. Andy Gratton and Mike Kroll gave gave some rides to and from the launch area on Andy’s beloved red stern steerer (complete with the plank-riding bear) WISCONSIN. The Nite banquet was a rousing good time at the German restaurant and beer hall, Essen Haus. Nite skippers embraced the tradition of passing around glass boots filled with beer. What an exceptional day!
Here are some shots of the festival from the crowd.
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2018 Nite Nationals: Day 1
The Nites were able to complete 2 races in each fleet. A third Gold fleet race was attempted but visibility was reduced because of a snow squall and the race was thrown out by the PRO. The snow stopped but then so did the wind. Thanks to Mary Jane Schalk for tabulating the scores.
PROVISIONAL RESULTS
Nite National's Gold Madison, Wi. February 3 & 4 2018 2018 Nite National Overall Sailed: 2, Discards: 0, To count: 2, Entries: 24, Scoring system: Appendix A Fleet SailNo HelmName R1 R2 Total Gold 559 Scott Brown 1 2 2.75 Gold 272 Tom Sweitzer 2 1 2.75 Gold 520 Grant Frautschi 4 3 7.00 Gold 544 Mike Peters 3 6 9.00 Gold 305 Rick Wilfert 6 4 10.00 Gold 586 Will Perrigo 5 5 10.00 Gold 37 Brett Larson 9 10 19.00 Gold 322 Chad Rechcygl 13 7 20.00 Gold 384 Daniel Hearn 12 8 20.00 Gold 350 Mark Wilfert 10 12 22.00 Gold 564 Byron Hill 11 13 24.00 Gold 238 Mike Jankowski 7 18 25.00 Gold 351 Brian Nies 16 11 27.00 Gold 487 Jim McCabe 15 15 30.00 Gold 165 Tony Janowiek 8 23 31.00 Gold 595 Joe Norton 14 20 34.00 Gold 280 Tim McCormick 18 16 34.00 Gold 497 Maureen Bohleber 17 21 38.00 Gold 339 Peter Vandervelde DNC 9 40.00 Gold 596 John Hayashi DNF 14 45.00 Gold 303 Nick Vandervelde DNF 17 48.00 Gold 282 Drew Vandervelde DNC 19 50.00 Gold 255 Matt Peterson DNF 22 53.00 Gold 456 John Ritter DNF 24 55.00 Nite Nationals February Silver Madison, Wi. February 3 & 4 2018 Nite National Overall Sailed: 2, Discards: 0, To count: 2, Entries: 16, Scoring system: Appendix A Fleet SailNo HelmName R1 R2 Total Silver 434 John Bushey 0.75 2.00 2.75 Silver 396 Bill Reed 6.00 0.75 6.75 Silver 60 Dick Grota 3.00 4.00 7.00 Silver 596 Andy Gratton 4.00 3.00 7.00 Silver 353 John Waterbury 2.00 9.00 11.00 Silver 503 Jeff Seeboth 8.00 5.00 13.00 Silver 54 Jeff Ragainis 7.00 6.00 13.00 Silver 58 Terry Reynolds 11.00 7.00 18.00 Silver 169 Steven Wiberg 9.00 11.00 20.00 Silver 384 Don Sanford 5.00 17.00 22.00 Silver 410 Scott Stetter 14.00 8.00 22.00 Silver 415 John Stasieluk 12.00 10.00 22.00 Silver 205 Jim Magnuson 13.00 12.00 25.00 Silver 160 Ken Kreider 10.00 DNC 27.00 Silver 96 Will Stebbins 15.00 13.00 28.00 Silver 497 Rhea Nicholas DNC DNF 34.00
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