by Deb Whitehorse | Jan 15, 2019 | 2018-2019, Home Page
50 racing Stern-Steers and an ice harvesting business around Lake Calhoun were not a good mix back in 1901. Read the whole story, “Competition on the ice” from the Southwest Journal.
The people took matters into their own hands. They poured kerosene oil on the ice. The Cedar Lake Ice Company retaliated by laughing that those responsible would simply have to pay more for their unspoiled ice in the summer. And when that didn’t stop them, the ice company started spreading ashes on the ice tracks used by the ice boaters.
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by Deb Whitehorse | Aug 31, 2018 | 2018-2019, Home Page, WSSA
“Iceboat” by Scott Smith
Here is something for the Labor Day weekend to get you thinking ice. Via stern-steerer skipper Andy Gratton who recognized his WISCONSIN iceboat but not the shoreline, though he thinks it may be Pewaukee. The image was created by Wauwatosa artist, Scott Smith, and can be purchased as a print or greeting cards on the fineartamerica website. Below is another great image of WISCONSIN in hiking mode.
Photo: Gretchen Dorian
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by Deb Whitehorse | Mar 15, 2018 | 2017-2018, Home Page, WSSA
While we wait for one last shot at a regatta, enjoy these 1912 photos with a stern-steerer on some sort of chassis.
Tip of the Helmet: Ann Gratton
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by Deb Whitehorse | Jan 15, 2018 | Home Page, WSSA
Photos from the 2018 WSSA Championship sailed on Pewaukee Lake from Bob Borkowski
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by Deb Whitehorse | Dec 8, 2017 | 2017-2018, Home Page
…an ice boat off the frozen lake shore across from the present day Escanaba Athletic Field in the winter of 1955.
Read more on the Escanaba Daily Press.
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