2020 Northwest Ice Yacht Racing Association Information
March 13-15,2020
Lake Waconia, Minnesota
Iceboat Swap Meet Mega Weekend- Nov 2-3
Looking to attend an iceboat swap meet? We’ve got you covered across iceboating country, from east to west. If you are new to the sport or a seasoned veteran, swap meets are the perfect place to kick the tires, shop for parts, and meet ice sailors. Have a boat or parts to sell? Take them to your local swap meet.
EAST:
New England Ice Yacht Club
Saturday November 2, 2019
10 AM with lunch at noon
Hudson-Concord Elks Hall
99 Park Street, Hudson, MA 01749
More information.
CENTRAL:
West Michigan Swap Meet at the Muskegon Yacht Club
Saturday, November 2, 2019
9 AM – 1 PM
3198 Edgewater St, Muskegon, MI 49441
WEST
Skeeter Iceboat Club Swap Meet
Sunday, November 3, 2019
9 AM to Noon
Lucke’s Cantina
220 N. Elkhorn Rd. (WI Hwy 67), Williams Bay, WI.
More information
FAR WEST
Minnesota Ice Sailors Swap Meet
Saturday, November 2, 2019
9 AM – Noon
Sailcrafters
7450 Oxford St., St. Louis Park, MN 55426
More information
2018 SIBC Swap Meet: November 4, 2018
Get them fresh and hot!
Another milestone that brings us closet to the season! If you are looking to buy an iceboat, don’t miss this important event.
Via Jane Pegel:
Skeeter Ice Boat Club: 33rd Annual Swap Meet
Date: Sunday, November 4, 2018
Time: 9:00 to noon
With a free raffle at 11:30 a.m.There is no charge for participating.
Location: Lucke’s Cantina
220 N. Elkhorn Rd. (WI Hwy 67), Williams Bay, WI.
Map
For more info, email sailing19@charter.net
This is the day to swap, buy, and sell new and used iceboats and equipment. Boat builders & hardware manufacturers will display new products. Breakfast and/or lunch will be available at Lucke’s.
Display area:
Items for sale can be set up on the black top parking area at Lucke’s
and in the vacant lot to the south of the old Sailing Specialists building.
Please do not park your cars in the display area.
Please do not park or set up your displays adjacent to neighboring businesses. A short distance to the north there is a municipal parking lot located at the intersection of Elkhorn Rd. and Stark St. (on the north side of Stark St., opposite Burrough’s Floor Coverings).
4LIYC Fall Ice Sailing Event
For well over 50 years, this iceboat club has kicked off the season with some sort of fall gathering to get iceboating back on everyone’s minds. For many years, we’ve hosted picnics. Two years ago, we held a very successful iceboat show at Dick Lichtfeld’s property.
This year, we are excited to announce an event in conjunction with Hoofer’s Sailing Club at the famous University of Wisconsin Memorial Union. (Sailing iceboats on Lake Mendota to the Union for lunch is part of what makes Madison a unique ice sailing center.)
DN ice sailor Dideric van Riemsdijk H467 from the Netherlands (where it all began) will present a program on the annual ice sailing regatta that takes place every spring at one of the planet’s most remote places, Lake Baikal in Siberia. We will have iceboats set up in historic Tripp Commons on the 2nd floor of the Union.
Please join us on Sunday, October 14, 2018 for this free event where you can meet up with old friends or learn about the Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club and how to get started in the sport. All are welcome including area iceboat and sailing clubs. The planets have aligned (at least here in Wisconsin) because there’s no Packer game that Sunday.
ICE SAILING LAKE BAIKAL
A Free Program & Iceboat Exhibit Sponsored by the 4LIYC and Hoofer’s Sailing Club
Date: Sunday, October 14, 2018
Time: Noon to 3 PM Program at 1 PM
Location: University of Wisconsin Memorial Union, Tripp Commons, 2nd Floor of the Union
800 Langdon St, Madison, WI MAP
DETAILS
Parking: Helen C. White Parking Garage MAP
State Street Campus Parking Garage MAP
Food: Your favorite Wisconsin beverages and food will be available for purchase at Der Rathskeller and other restaurants located in the Memorial Union.
Questions? Please email us: debwhitehorse@iceboat.org
Kyle Navin & Harry Melges IV to Speak at Nite 50th Anniversary Party!
Kyle Navin
Previous: Cheers to 50 Years
Nite sailors Kyle Navin and Harry Melges IV will be special guests at the Nite 50th Anniversary Party on October 26, sharing stories and insights from their recent experiences at the Youth America’s Cup in Barcelona. This is a unique opportunity to hear firsthand from two young, talented sailors who are deeply rooted in the Nite community.
Join the Nite Class at Harken Headquarters in Pewaukee to celebrate 50 years of the Nite Class and hear from Kyle and Harry about their incredible journey. Whether you’re a seasoned sailor or just a fan of the sport, this is an event you won’t want to miss!
Sign up here for this event.
The Roundtable will begin at 4:00 pm with Tom Sweitzer the GOAT Hear some stories and learn some tips from the best Nite Sailors
Kyle and Harry will continue with videos and a Q&A of their experience on the American Magic Youth America’s Cup
October 26, 2024
5:30 Food and Cocktail at Harken, Inc. Pewaukee, WI
$25.00
RSVP: mkbohleber@gmail.com
or
https://niteracing.org/event/7NGFkfX0UX
Southern Wisconsin Swap Meet
Sunday October 27, 2024
9 – Noon
The Iceboat Foundation will be displaying the Mary B and the Insanity both days.
NOAA Abolishes Wind Chill?
Jay Yaeso hiking in his Class A Skeeter iceboat on Lake Winnebago. Photo by Gretchen Dorian.
Well, not quite. NOAA has officially retired “Wind Chill Warnings” and “Advisories,” streamlining their alerts with new, simplified Cold Weather Alerts instead. Read more here.
Tip of the Helmet: Mike Peters
October 9, 2024: Renegade in MI
Renegade in beautiful condition including covers for everything, two sets of runners, dolly for moving boat off trailer to the ice.
$3500.
$3200
Located in Muskegon Michigan.
Call 231 215 0764 for more details.
October 9, 2024: Krueger-Whitehorse Rumble-Seat Skeeter LANA in WI
LANA Paul Kruger/Ken Whitehorse rumble seat skeeter. 26′ mast.
This boat was originally Ken’s WARRIOR III. It is definitely a fast boat.
Complete boat, with sail, one set of runners, mast and boom covers.
$2200. Health issues force me to sell.
Boat can be seen in Pepin, WI
If anyone is interested in both boats (WHITEHORSES & LANA), I can make you a deal on both boats and include a
single axle trailer set-up for both.
Ed Newcomb
newcomb@tcmc20.co
Text to 715-308-5024
October 9, 2024: Skeeter Parts in WI
Past Champs Sellorama! Class A Skeeter components.
26′ carbon mast $1500
22′ Runner plank $2000
Four Sitka Spruce planks 25′ long $175 for all
Call or text Ken WhiteHorse. 608-212-4482.
October 9, 2024: Mattison-Krueger Rumble-Seat Skeeter in WI – WHITEHORSES
WHITEHORSES
Mattison-/Krueger built rumble seat skeeter. Originally Ken Whitehorse’s old FAST BUCK.
Not competitive any longer but still a great boat to sail.
Complete with one set of runners, two sails, 24′ mast.
Hull, mast and boom covers. Also have a spare springboard.
If anyone is interested in both boats, I can make you a deal on both boats (WHITEHORSES & LANA) and include a
single axle trailer set-up for both.
Health forces sale. $2200.
Can be seen in Pepin, WI
Ed Newcomb
newcomb@tcmc20.co
Text to 715-308-5024
SOLD! September 20, 2024: Fiberglass Iceboat in Canada
SOLD! Fiberglass iceboat made in Canada.
New sail from well known loft in Kingston.
Boat is in good condition, no trailer.
Asking $1500 USD or $2000 CDN
Toronto, Ontario,
Swap Meet Round-Up
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ICEBOAT SWAP MEET
There’s no better way to start the ice sailing season than by attending your local iceboat swap meet. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or interested in learning how to join the fun, iceboat swap meets are great for meeting up with friends, making new ones, checking out equipment, finding that one elusive part you’ve been searching for, and learning more about the sport. Please let us know if you have a Swap Meet that we can add to this list!
NEW ENGLAND
NEIYA Swap Meet, Lunch & Meeting Information:
When: Saturday, October 26th, 10:00am
Where: Thompson Speedway Golf Course, 205 E Thompson Rd, Thompson, CT 06277
Information: New England Ice Yachting Association
WISCONSIN
Southern Wisconsin Iceboat Swap Meet
Date: Sunday, October, 27, 2024
Time: 9 AM – Noon
Location: Harken parking lot
N15W24983 Bluemound Rd, Pewaukee, WI
Information
MINNESOTA
Hosted by: Tim Carlson and Sailcrafters Loft and Rigging ((952) 540-7474)
Date: Saturday, November 2
Time: 9 AM – Noon
Location: 7450 Oxford Street St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Information: Minnesota Ice Sailors Facebook page
Minnesota’s annual iceboat swap meet is a great opportunity to buy and sell used iceboat gear. Or, just spend time meeting local iceboaters and asking questions about our sport. Anyone interested in iceboating is encouraged to attend.
MICHIGAN
2024 Western Michigan Iceboat Swap Meet
Date: Saturday, November 2nd
Time: 9 am to 2 pm
Location: Muskegon Yacht Club., 3198 Edgewater Street. Muskegon, Michigan.
ANNUAL COMBINED SWAP MEET
Three West Michigan Clubs: West Michigan Ice Yacht Club, Gull Lake Ice Yacht Club, Grand Traverse Ice Yacht Club
Information: Gull Lake Ice Yacht Club Facebook Page
September 30, 2024: DN & Components in WI
DN FOR SALE IN LAKE GENEVA
Sherry hull and Sherry glass-wrapped plank with Struble chocks for 160# skipper.
Forstmann boom with Harken blocks and tapered sheet.
2 sails,..1D Power used by Jablonski only for the ’23 Worlds.
NORTH MS-1 lightly used. Both sails with battens and bag.
1 pair Sherry 3/16 x 36″ winged carbon inserts 90* 440C with approx. 18″ flat.
1 low profile 3/16 x 30″ carbon insert steering runner 90* 440C
YOUR CHOICE of SPARS: either Sherry carbon Rocket or
Hamrick # 30 all carbon NOT BOTH
$ 5400.00 FOB Lake Geneva, Wi.
ALSO FOR SALE
DN Plank Shaped and wrapped w/glued Polish chocks $400.
North FO-1 Older but still crisp battens and bag $350.
North ABSS ” ” ” ” ” ” ” $400.
1 PR. 3/16″ X 30″ Carbon sided 100* inserts soft SS w/bag $500.
1 PR. 3/16″ X 36″ Carbon sided 100* ” ” ” ” $500.
1 PR. 1/4″ X 36″ Carbon sided 90* inserts Steel ” $500.
1 PR. 1/4″ X 36″ Sherry Carbon 90* 440c inserts /Alum wings $900.
1 Set 3 30″ Wood sided 90* angles $500.
1 Set 3 30″ Sweptback Soft SS Plates Origin Unknown Box $500.
1 1/4″ X 36″ Sarns bullnose steering runner $100.
1 3/16″ X 30″ Carbon sided low profile steering runner $100.
1 2 Boat Closed DN Trailer Spars outside / New suspension $1000.
ALL EQUIPMENT FOB WALWORTH WI.
BOB CAVE 630 945-0596 bobcave445@gmail.com
SOLD September 24, 2025: Nite in MN
SOLD! NIte
Complete with 2 set of runners, cushions side and cockpit, cover plus all you need to covert to a land sailor. 3 wheels, springboard, extra boom and two extra sails.
$1800
White Bear Lake, MN
September 25, 2024: DN & DN Hull in MN
DN complete package – $5,000
Retiring from the sport. Hull built to spec, Sherry mast, full and flat Quantum sails, two planks, 3/16 carbon insert runners plus extra snow steering runner, Forstmann boom, Struble chocks, Dyform stays with bag, tapered mainsheet, Harken blocks with adjustable track, telescopic locking tiller for starts, regatta cover, plank bag, two soft runner bags and two hard runner boxes. Trailer included with extra front storage compartment. Customized to fit two complete DN programs. Can carry a Nite as well. More pictures available.
A second hull is available for $800.
Call Scott, 612-990-3886. scott@brownmarketinginc.com
Located on Lake Minnetonka in Minneapolis.
4LIYC Notice of Dues
Time to Renew Your Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club Membership
As we start readying our gear for another iceboating season, it’s time to renew your Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club membership for the 2024-2025 season!
Your membership dues help cover essential costs such as:
Safety Equipment: Your membership helps us maintain and upgrade crucial safety gear, ensuring our safe experience on the ice.
Website Maintenance: Keeping iceboat.org current involves hosting fees, software updates, and technical upkeep. Your membership ensures we continue to deliver timely updates and resources to our community.
Event Costs: Your contributions are vital in supporting our ice sailing events and social gatherings, ensuring a fantastic season of camaraderie.
Whether you’re a long time sailor, a fan of ice sailing, or new to the sport, your support keeps our community strong. Plus, being a member comes with the perks of staying connected with fellow ice sailors, participating in club events, and helping preserve the sport we love.
How to Renew:
Go to our membership page, fill in your details, and choose your membership level. Whether you choose our standard membership or become a sustaining member, every bit helps ensure we can keep the iceboating tradition alive.
Thank You!
We’re grateful for your continued support and can’t wait to see you on the ice for another great season. Let’s make it the best one yet!
Fontana Iceboaters Competing in Final Series of Youth America’s Cup
Bumpy!
Previous: Ice Sailors to Represent USA in Youth America’s Cup
Iceboating: The Unsung Training Ground for America’s Cup Helmsmen
It’s time to check in on the talented iceboaters from Fontana, WI, who are in the hunt in Barcelona, Spain, for the Unicredit Youth America’s Cup. Harry Melges IV, Kyle Navin, Finn Rowe, and Severin Graham (from Florida, but we hope to see him on the ice someday!) have advanced to the final series, clinching victory in Race 8 today. The team now stands second overall in Group A, just behind Italy.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 24, 2024, American Magic will face Italy, Great Britain, Sweden, Spain, and Australia in the final series of 3-4 fleet races. The top two teams will then compete in a single match-race final to decide the overall champion.
Catch the action live and watch these young sailors continue to represent the USA in thrilling foiling races.
Watch Live:
ESPN+
YouTube Link: America’s Cup YouTube Channel
Race Time: 7 AM CT (with your coffee!)
Learn More About the AC40 Boats: The AC40 is modeled after the larger America’s Cup AC75 boats, featuring two large, weighted foils and no traditional keel. These boats foil on a single foil, with the windward foil raised from the water to reduce drag and boost speed. For more information, check out this in-depth article: Yachting World – Youth America’s Cup 2024. foiling races.
September 24, 2024: DN Sails in MI
DN SAILS for sale.
ULLMAN FO1 & ABSS
Like new $1500
Available until Oct 13, 2024
Glen at dn5172@yahoo.com
September 23, 2024: Renegades in WI
Two Renegades with C Skeeter rigs, and double trailer $6000.00 $5000.00
Madison, WI
Don Anderson 608-577-8527
Frank Trost’s TUSCARORA Lives On
TUSCORA, a beautifully maintained vintage Skeeter, once owned by Frank Trost of the Pewaukee Ice Yacht Club, was exhibited at an antique boat show yesterday. Frank Trost’s boat holds a special place in the history of ice yachting, with deep ties to Pewaukee’s ice sailing community. Along with a newly sent photo of the restored boat, we’ll revisit its history and legacy.
Tim Fredman shared the photos and wrote: “I helped Rob Ritter (brother of John at S&R Marine) set this up for an antique boat club gathering yesterday. John is the current caretaker of the equipment, having been given it by Don and Mary Schwister, who were the prior caretakers. Frank Trost was one fine man and a great iceboater. To me, it looks like a survivor. Not much different than the last time I saw it about 45 years ago. Runners, sails, horses, parts, etc are all on the trailer looking as if it just returned from a regatta!”
PREVIOUS: Pegel Slide Collection: Frank Trost & TUSCARORA
by Deb Whitehorse | Jun 4, 2018 | 2017-2018, Bob & Jane Pegel Slides, Home Page, ISA
Frank Trost TUSCARORA III
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 east in 1952. Trost was part of the winning team that went on to win it another 3 times.
Frank Trost gave one of my favorite descriptive quotes about ice boating to a Russian reporter in 1960:
From “Sailing In the Cold Region“, a Russian magazine article published in 1960:
Frank Trost, Perrigo’s neighbor, describes even poetical a ride on his “Tuscarora”:- Iceboat comes alive, he begins to talk to you. Was I somehow on Lake Delavan. Gusts crosswind reached 80 km / h. I didn’t feel under itself, but the “Tuscarora” didn’t obey. It seemed to fly through the air; only the wind howled in the wires and whistled – people standing on the bank told us that the boat roared like a jet plane – and in my helmet was a rumble that I have not heard the creaking of the runners. After the arrival, from flying in all directions icicles Trost’s face was covered with hundreds of tiny cuts. But the little things it did not disturb. As many iceboat sailors, he doesn’t recognize the face masks. He argues that in order to determine the speed of a good sailor should feel the wind on his face and trap slightest changes, skillfully using them to speed up the movement. It is worth and cause injury to the blood!
SOLD! January 13, 2024: Arrow in Indiana
SOLD! Arrow with trailer. Boat, plank, sail, cover, runners and trailer all in good condition. Not perfect, but good.
Northern Indiana.
$1500
September 9, 2024: Renegade & DN Equipment in WI/RI
Renegade sails
Henry North-$950
Boston “magic”-$800
3 Renegade padded runner carry bags-$200
DN Equipment-
Forstmann Boom with blocks-$900
C2/Sherry plank w/ Struble chocks- $900
Plank with chocks-$300
MBC carbon mast 2023/2024-
1-blank tube
1-ready to go
MBC mandrel Hybrid mast blank tube- $1200
Boston/North F01- Brand New never used, stored in climate controlled space- $1000
North APP and Max Power. Light use, excellent condition- $1000/ea
1D New and lightly used Power Gold, F Speed and Vertical F Speed. Glass or Carbon Battens avaliable
Sarns Black ecoated front plate w/ brake freshly sharpened and tuned- $275
Equipment located in Madison or RI
Contact: Chad Atkins
Catkins4487@gmail.com
September 9, 2024: Skeeter in MI
A- Class Rear-seat Skeeter NOTORIOUS
Wood mast 26
No Trailer
Runners in good conditions
plank in good great condition
Multiple sails in like new condition
Asking $1,500 OBO
Muskegon, MI
Call Ben Morris
(231) 740-5858
September 9, 2024: DN Mast & Runner Sharpeners in WI
Custom all-carbon fiber iceboat masts available.
Custom runner sharpeners for DN, Nite, Renegade, and Skeeter iceboats.
Starting at $1200 for the DN model.
3 weeks delivery
Contact Bob Rast
414-791-3056
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