Bob & Jane Pegel Slide Collection
Bob & Jane Pegel Slide Collection
Jane Wiswell Pegel along with her late husband Bob Pegel built and raced iceboats on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin from the early 1950s through the 2010s. They sailed under the banner of the club that invented the most popular bow steering iceboat, the Skeeter Ice Boat Club. They both served as class officers for numerous ice sailing organizations and on the National Iceboat Authority.
Pegel Slide Collection: Frank Trost & TUSCARORA
Frank Trost, along with his neighbor William Perrigo, was another legendary E Skeeter sailor from Pewaukee, WI. Trost and Perrigo captured the 1953 Ice Yacht Challenge Pennant the first time the race was held in the Midwest after Fox Lake's Eddie Rollberg won it out...
Pegel Slide Collection: Elmer & Cora Millenbach
Elmer Millenbach was one of the most influential iceboat builders in North America. Hamilton, Ontario ice sailor, Rob Intini, went so far as to stencil "We All Plays Elmer's Tune" on his Class-A Skeeter boom as a reminder of Elmer's iceboat innovations. Elmer designed...
Pegel Slide Collection: Classic DNs
Today's subject is DN iceboats from the late 1950s to early 1960s. This class has changed with the times and allows for more modern materials such as carbon fiber in the masts. Bob Cave and Lou Lonnecke, pictured above, remain active racers in the DN class. NOTE:...
Pegel Slide Collection: 1970 Ice Yacht Challenge Pennant
These slides date from around the time of the 1970 Ice Yacht Challenge Pennant. The 4LIYC had won ice yachting's most prestigious title for 6 straight years but the 1970 challenge was a different story. Read Greg Whitehorse's account of the 1970 IYCP below the fold....
Pegel Slide Collection: FROZEN ASSET
Bob and Jane took meticulous care of their iceboats. Bob's Skeeter, FROZEN ASSETS, had different color schemes which is unusual in my opinion because up here at Four Lakes, the most of the Skeeters in that era were red and white, period. Jane writes about Bob's boats:...
The Summer Slide Series: Bob & Jane Pegel Collection
Several months ago, an envelope arrived in the mail with 177 slides. I finally got around to converting them and am pleased to announce that iceboat.org's off-season series will feature the Pegel family iceboating slides. I'll try to post a few each week with...
