Launch at Amundson. DO NOT DRIVE ON THE ICE. Trailers can be pushed on. Please be courteous and drop your trailer and move your vehicle so that others can use the ramp. First race at 10 AM.
Four Lakes Club sailing is on for this weekend for Lake Kegonsa. Ice checkers inspected Monona, Mendota and Kegonsa. Kegonsa had the fewest patches of shallow, slushy snow, particularly toward the north side of the lake. Plenty of thickness. Surface rated a “6.” Spotty ruts left from refrozen ice fishermen tracks. Little fishing activity of the lake Friday. Amundsen launch currently fairly solid. Some water collecting at the front and left side. Best launch spot on the left side (west) of ramp. Aluminum ramps will be set up to preserve the launch for the possibility of the Northwest Regatta next Fri. – Sat.
Wind forecast light until around noon. May be perfect opportunity to set up in the morning and enjoy a pre-racing lunch at Springers. Good breeze on Sunday.
The fat lady may be warming up her vocal chords, so don’t miss it this weekend!
There was no racing today but some beam reaching. We had ice and relatively warm temperatures, but the racing breeze was absent. Bill Mattison used to say, “there’s much to be learned” on days like these. It was a good to day to set up your boat for the first time and make sure everything was working. Sunday’s Schedule: 4LIYC Holiday Series for Sunday, January 1, 2023. Flag drops at 10 AM. Plus the infamous Bloody Mary 10-lapper.
12-31-2022: Racing is called on. Waiting for wind.
The 4LIYC Tune-Up (for Saturday) and Holiday series (for Sunday) have been tentatively called on for December 31, 2022, and January 1, 2023, on Lake Kegonsa. Ice checkers will scout and sail Kegonsa on Saturday morning. We’ll confirm by 11 AM.
We received reports that Kegonsa is a consistent 7″ and is a solid sheet. We saw ATVs crossing the lake today and a few fish houses. The ice did not wet out because the snow was dry and powdery. Temperatures were relatively cold today, in the 30s.
The first race will start on Saturday, December 31, 2022, at 1 PM on Lake Kegonsa. Push trailers on the ice. DO NOT DRIVE ON THE ICE!
Ice checkers found 7″ of ice on Lake Monona on the west side,, but some open areas in the middle of the lake made Kegonsa a better choice. Mendota has 3″ of ice.
4LIYC Tune-Up & Holiday Series
December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2023 First Race: 1 PM, Saturday, December 2022 Sunday Start: 10 AM
Lake Kegonsa Amundson Landing
Please be courteous to all who use the landing: Do not drive on the ice. Roll trailers on. Drop your trailer and park.
Don’t block the landing.
From left, Maureen Bohleber and Lars Barber in Nites, Mike Ripp, Skip Dieball, and Daniel Hearn in Renegades
Skeeters, Renegades, and Nites gathered on Friday for what possibly was the last day of racing on Lake Monona. Saturday’s record 1.2″ of rain, high winds, and forecasted warm temperatures may have put an end to the season here, but we’ll check to make sure of that.
Ken Whitehorse and Paul Krueger raced nine times in close match racing style. Ken told me, “Paul wanted to go for a record-breaking ten races, but I was the voice of reason and said we have to get the boats home.” Thanks Ken and Paul for getting us out there on Thursday and Friday .Always a pleasure to see the familiar red Renegade #11, with Mike Ripp at the helm, back on Lake Monona.
Taking advantage of our proximity to downtown Madison, Scott hauled us in the ATV trailer to the shore. We clambered up the sea wall, walked across the street, and had iceboaters lunch.
Lake Monona has been perfect for us this season, generating more interest in our sport and reintroducing Madisonians to the reality that we’ve been sailing these hard waters since the 1870s.
