RED GEAR RACING SPEED SYMPOSIUM
Date: Tonight, Monday, January 23, 2023
Location: 1352 E. Wilson Street, Madison, WI – same place as opening ceremonies
7pm
Learn all the secrets from the best. See INSANITY, the most decorated Skeeter ever.
Beverages provided.
Bernd Zieger, winner of Race 1 of the Gold Fleet. Photo Cathy Firmbach
2023 Worlds & North American Championship
Monday was a tough, shifty day of sailing. The qualifiers and the first Gold Fleet were completed. There’s more breeze forecasted today for the second day. Photos: Cathy Firmbach
The Sailing Instructions take precedence.
EQUIPMENT
3.3 Stickers
Sail – adjacent to the tack.
January 22, 2023: Sunset time 4:56 PM
Western Region Commodore Chris Berger, Hal Bowman, and Pete Johns
Practice Day and Opening Ceremonies
The slush on Lake Kegonsa finally hardened up, and competitors took advantage of a practice day on Saturday, January 21, 2023. The surface was rougher than earlier in the week but sailable. The Toledo Ice Yacht sailors rated it as a “Point Place 8” (the Point Place grading scale is weighted heavily towards the positive.)
Over 100 competitors and area iceboaters attended the opening ceremony in downtown Madison. Hal Bowman US1277 and Pete Johns US2360, who sailed at the first World Championship in Gull Lake in 1973, represented the United States during the opening ceremony.
A half-inch of snow fell overnight. NOAA is forecasting light winds. Skipper’s meeting at 9 AM followed by the first qualifier at 10 AM.
We are pleased to have Cathy Firmbach as our official event photographer. (Ann Suslova was unable to attend.) Cathy is a DN sailor and an experienced DN regatta photographer. She’ll provide daily photos and will have pictures available for purchase.
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