by Deb Whitehorse | Feb 23, 2022 | 2021-2022, Home Page, ISA
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Via Past Champions Iceboat Shop Ken Whitehorse:
Second day of M165 repairs: The inside bulkhead was reinforced with 1″ by 4″ by 11″ oak. Note the blow out at upper left. The deck was reinforced with three layers of carbon fiber. Next, we will mount the pulleys. Paul “Samson” Krueger will be able to pull the sheet rope with great confidence that the pulley system is secure!
P.S. (Past Champs Iceboat Shop has no warranty on any repairs)
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by Deb Whitehorse | Feb 21, 2022 | 2021-2022, Home Page, ISA
Paul, Tom Hyslop, and Grant Frautschi rolling RAMBLN’
Via Ken Whitehorse over at the Past Champions Iceboat Shop:
Immediately after the 2022 ISA cookout and trophy presentation, some racers came over to the Past Champions Iceboat Shop and helped roll M-165 on its side. Why? During the first A Skeeter race of the ISA, Krueger was running a fast second and was challenging for first. One more mighty pull on sheet rope would have secured the position! And so one more Herculean pull, and he ripped the pulley blocks out of the deck! Sigh…. There is no time for lamenting; it’s time to repair M165 with a newer and stronger oak backbone! See all you iceboat racers on the lake next week!
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by Deb Whitehorse | Dec 16, 2021 | 2021-2022, Home Page
Bob Kau visits the Past Champions Skeeter Shop.
What do you do when your runners are sharpened, your Skeeters are ready for ice, and the temperature is a balmy 70F in the middle of December? The guys next door to iceboat.org HQ, Ken Whitehorse and Paul Krueger of the Past Champions Iceboat Shop, made good use of the day and painted their trailer. However, today’s falling temperatures moved the project back inside for wheel-bearing packing, almost as important as sharp runners.
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by Deb Whitehorse | Dec 15, 2021 | 2021-2022, Home Page, ISA
Welcome HELLSBELLS, Mark Isabell’s new Class A Skeeter build which he just painted. Mark named it after his father’s boat. I look forward to energetically saying HELLSBELLS every time Mark round the leeward mark when scoring.
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by Deb Whitehorse | Dec 13, 2021 | 2021-2022, Home Page, Renegade
Levitating Renegade mast.
In Renegade news, paint cans have been seen accumulating at the Ron Rosten shop, and word has it that Greg McCormick’s Renegade will be sporting a fresh paint job this season.
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