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Speed Symposium January 23, 2023
2023 DN World Championship on Lake Kegonsa Photo: Cathy Firmbach
Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club and area ice yacht club members are invited to the Red Gear Racing Speed Symposium tonight, Monday, January 23, 2023.
Date: Tonight, Monday, January 23, 2023
Location: 1352 E. Wilson Street, Madison, WI
Time 7pm
Learn all the secrets from the best. See INSANITY, the most decorated Skeeter ever.
Beverages provided.
Regatta Watch: 2023 WSSA Postponed to Feb 4 – 5
Unfortunately, the Wisconsin Stern Steering Association regatta has been postponed to February 4 and 5. The next update will be Sunday, January 29. Check back here at that time. The Northwest Ice Yacht Association regatta takes precedence. Northern lakes have crusty snow at least an inch deep, southern lakes need more thickness. Pewaukee is clear and flat.
Andy Gratton
WSSA Secretary/Treasurer
Regatta Watch: Northwest Postponed to Feb 3 – 5, 2023
The Northwestern Ice Yachting Association Regatta is postponed to February 3rd-5th 2023. We have cold weather arriving to make enough thickness for the Stern Steerers.
Steve Schalk
NIYA
Secretary/Treasurer
Polish C Skeeter Championship Media Interviews
4LIYC Racing Update
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
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
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 GrattonWSSA Secretary/Treasurer
Kayla Wolf ISA & Renegade Championship Photo Gallery
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
C-Skeeter Polish Championship
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.
2023 ISA & Renegade Championship Awards
Renegades line up to race at the 2023 Renegade Championship on Lake Kegonsa, January 14, 2023. Photo: Will Johnston
RESULTS
A stronger breeze made it a wind hat trick on day three of the ISA and Renegade championships on Lake Kegonsa. The A & B Skeeters elected to watch the Nites and Renegades take to the course for spirited racing. All agreed they couldn’t remember when Mother Nature blessed the ISA with three sailable days. Renegaders discussed how this ISA was a record for them in the number of races (8.)
Many thanks to the Race Committee, including
Joe Norton, Jerry Simon, Scott Goetz, Paul McMillan, Afan Ottenhemier, and 4LIYC Commodore Daniel Hearn, who helped to organize the equipment. Also, many thanks to Ann Foeller, who tabulated remotely from Lake Erie’s shores and is a Toledo Ice Yacht Club member. And thank you to the many competitors who didn’t hesitate to pick up starting blocks, call numbers, and anything else to make the regatta run smoothly.
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- January 2 THURSDAY Honor Roll Nominations
- January 15 Deadline for By-Law or Racing Rules Amendment Submission
- January 29
- February 12 Business Meeting
- February 26
- March 12 Last Meeting of the Season
Location: In person at the Elks Lodge 711 Jenifer St, Madison, WI 53703
Time: 6:30 PM
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