2020 Northwest Ice Yacht Racing Association Information
March 13-15,2020
Lake Waconia, Minnesota
SOLD! January 18, 2021: DN Chocks in MI
shipped to your door from Muskegon Michigan.
Regatta Watch: 2021 Renegade Championship Postponed
Ron Rosten R19: Copyright: Gretchen Dorian
Via Renegade Regatta Chair Don Anderson: The 2021 Renegade Championship has been postponed until February 19 – 21, 2021. Next update is Sunday, February 14, 2021.
Eyes on Green
How about a little ice sailing optimism with your coffee this – 14F Sunday morning? Ron Rosten sent this MODIS satellite image showing that the east end of Green Lake in Wisconsin was open on Saturday, February 6, 2021. MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) is a useful tool for iceboaters. Access it here.
Sail Colorado
The Colorado speed sport like nothing else: Ice boating
By Seth Boster
A few winters ago on the frozen shore of Dillon Reservoir, Dan Burnett was surprised to meet a sailing all-star, Buddy Melges, whom Burnett learned was on a family skiing trip here in Summit County.Burnett was even more surprised by the following interaction.
The visiting legend had just watched the local fly across the ice in the extremely niche act of ice boating. “He said, ‘Could I take your boat out for a quick ride?’” Burnett recalls.
No was the answer.
“I mean, how obnoxious could I be? It was like telling Mario Andretti he couldn’t drive your car!” Burnett says. Continue reading.
SOLD! January 29, 2021: Renegade in Toledo, OH
SOLD! Renegade 244. One family built and owned for 50 years. High quality parts and hardware and ready to sail immediately. Very good shape and stored indoors. Only used for “bay cruising” on Maumee Bay the past 10 years. No Trailer.
$2,500.
SOLD! February 1, 2021: Arrow in MI
SOLD! Original Arrow restored in 2001. Ready to sail.
$800 or best offer. No trailer.
Southeast Michigan.
4LIYC Racing Update for February 6-7, 2021
If I’m reading the translation correctly, members of the Stockholm Ice Yacht Club in Ranängen, Sweden, have plowed the ice at their clubhouse today in anticipation of setting up NORA, a vintage Swedish stern-steerer. If only this were possible on Mendota! Source: Stockholms Isjaktklubb Facebook page.
There is no 4LIYC racing scheduled for February 6-7, 2021. Too much snow! The next 4LIYC racing update will be Friday, February 12, 2021, by 5 PM.
Richard Lichtfeld: 1935 – 2021
Richard “Dick” Lichtfeld of Monona, WI, passed away this week. He was a generous Renaissance man who filled his garages and storage sheds with unusual finds, vintage cars, and iceboats. He was the caretaker of a distinguished historic stern-steerer iceboat, MISS MADISON, the last “Madison-style” iceboat ever built by Carl Bernard in 1927. He kept her in period condition and raced in regattas a few times but was happiest sailing her in front of the Madison skyline on Lake Monona. Sometimes he pulled his kids and grandkids out of school to join him for a day of ice sailing because he knew that sailable ice was fleeting and the importance of living life to the fullest. In 2016, Dick enthusiastically opened his property for a 4LIYC iceboat show. I’ve posted photos of that weekend below. When the ice calls to you in the middle of the week, take the day off in honor of Dick Lichtfeld.
Here’s a video I put together from footage that Dick had given me a few years back.
2021 DN U.S. Nationals Video
Watch this DN U.S. Nationals regatta film shot by professional videographer and DN sailor Peter Norton KA2 (yes, that’s an Australian sail designation because Peter’s by way of Australia.) Peter shared the raw video with DNer and University of Wisconsin Madison student Sam Bartel for editing. The result is outstanding.
Harken Iceboats
At The Front Newsletter February 2021
Harken’s latest newsletter is an ode to iceboating with articles and videos featuring Will Perrigo, Steve Orlebeke, Peter Harken, and a name we hope to read a lot more about in the future, Samuel Bartel. Sam is a student at UW Madison on the sailing team, and iceboating instantly clicked with him. Sam placed 4th in the Silver Fleet at last week’s DN U.S. Nationals in his first regatta. Many thanks to Hannah Lee Noll for pulling together these stories, videos, and photos highlighting the special place that ice sailing has within the Harken organization.
SOLD! January 29, 2021: Stern Steerer Runners in WI
SOLD! Stern-Steerer runners in incredibly good condition.
$100
Wisconsin
4LIYC Racing Update for Jan 30-31, 2021
There is no 4LIYC racing scheduled for January 30-31, 2021. We are hoping for the Great Zamboni in the the sky to visit and rid us of this pesky snow. The next 4LIYC racing update will be Friday, February 5, 2021, by 5 PM.
SOLD! January 4, 2021: DN in NJ
SOLD!
DN: 12′ hull, 95″ plank, 114″ boom, 189″ mast.
Runners are included but not shown in pictures
Boat is in New Jersey,
Asking Price $750/best offer
In DN World: U.S. Nationals
Dave Elsmo at the 2021 US Nationals Photo: Gretchen Dorian
Good morning from Cheboygan, Michigan, site of the DN U.S. Nationals. We are on 10,000 acres of hard ice on Black Lake,, a 20-minute drive from Cheboygan. The first day of the regatta had plenty of breeze and plenty of cold. We were able to bang off 10 races, 5 in each fleet. Looks like we’d best be prepared for another cold day but a lighter breeze. There are some drifts to be avoided but it’s totally raceable. This would make a great site for any type of future regatta as long as the lake effect snows stayed away.
Regatta Watch: 2021 Renegade Championship Postponed
The 2021 Renegade Championship has been postponed until February 5-7, 2021. Next update is Sunday, January 31, 2021.
Regatta Watch: 2021 WSSA Postponed Until Feb 6-7
Andy Gratton and the lovely ROSEMARY on Lake Winnebago Photo: Gretchen Dorian
Via WSSA Secretary Andy Gratton:
The Wisconsin Stern Steering Association regatta has been postponed to February 6 and 7, 2021. The next update will be Sunday, January 31. Check back here at that time.
Andy Gratton
WSSA Secretary/Treasurer
Bar Karate Podcast with Steve Orlebeke
Well bugger them, these Aussies are thinking about iceboating as they watch the ongoing America’s Cup. They dialed up Steve Orlebeke for a podcast episode about inland sailing and iceboating. “Bar Karate is a new sailing podcast. You might learn nothing, but you will have fun doing it.” Listen here.
SOLD! January 20, 2021: Arrow in MI
No Go on Mendota
Well you have to figure that since Paul and Ken had their boats set up on Lake Mendota, they’d be obligated to give sailing a try. Paul reports that he “got a little ride, and the snow was too sticky to make it around a racecourse.” Ken said, “The snow was only an inch, yet the razor-sharp quarter-inch runners couldn’t cut through it. Paul got a ride with his draft sail. A special Kau- Bossett design. I pushed back to the pits. Thumbs up to the race committee for canceling racing this weekend; they knew more than the skeeters fleet!”
Big Boats on Geneva Part 2
Here’s the last “missing” installment from this series of videos. In this video, you’ll see how to wrangle a stern-steerer through the open water at the shoreline, typical of spring ice sailing.
Many thanks to 4LIYC Nite sailor Don Sanford for taking the time to find the nuggets in old movie footage and editing them into something worth watching.
Previous: Big Boats on Geneva Part 1.
Big Boats on Geneva Part 3
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