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8-31-2010
Check out what is happening at Sparky's Garage in the Off-Season Project pages.
8-20-2010
Back in Black
See the Off-Season Projects Page
Matt Mason, a local professional photographer, took some amazing video footage in January of many of the Boe-Craft owners on Geneva Lake. The area of sailable ice was small but was sufficient size to make the video. Enjoy!
Video is posted on YouTube and on Matt's website.
Off-Season Projects page.
Bill Boehmke
Designer/Builder
Willow Bender Hull is Complete 8-14-2010
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More Pictures on the Skeeter Haven Page.
At the 2010 Boecraft Regatta Banqet, held on July 23rd, Burly Brellenthin was recognized for his 63 year racing career and his many contrubutions to the sport.
Sparky Lundberg presented Burly with an original painting of On the Rocks, Burly's well known series of Boe-Craft Skeeters. Burly first started racing on the Johnson A stern steerer Dorla in 1947. He raced many years as crew with Glydee Gerber on the Clancy.
Trophies were also awarded for the first four places in the first annual Boe-Craft Championship Regatta that was held back in February.
Rick Pappas, in fourth received the Four Amigos Trophy, created and donated by Spark Lundberg.
Bob Mereness received the Third Place Trophy, built and donated by Steve Schalk
Sparky Lundberg received the second place trophy, donated by Steve and Mary Jane Schalk.
Steve Schalk received the Mel Lundberg Trophy, rededicated for the Boecraft Chanpionship by Sparky Lundberg.
More Banquet pictures are posted in the picture archive for 2010.
7/19/2010 Bottoms On - see Skeeter Haven page for more pictures.
Willow Bender Gets a New # 11 Bulkhead and more repairs to the chine broken two years ago.
Doc White raced Boecraft skeeters from the very beginnng. He was a two time winner of the ISA racing Troublemaker. He raced into his early 80's and has been missed on the ice since he retired from sailing after the 95-96 season.
B and C Skeeter to have separate start in the
Annual Northwestern Regatta
At the annual regatta meeting in Oshkosh January 29th, the BoeCraft agenda proposal to have a separate start for B skeeter was approved with a friendly amendment to add C skeeter to the same start.
At future regattas, when there are at least four boats racing, B-skeeter (Boe-Craft and Yankee) and C skeeter will race together with their own race.
The C skeeters from Menominee are looking forward to participating in the regatta again after a long absence.
All Trophy Winner and Series Champion data is now Complete.
A history showing the locations, competitors and results for B skeeters in the Northwest and ISA regattas is now available on this site. Check out the History button.
Many may have known that Bill built a number of X boats and a lot of wooden masts and booms for sailboats back in the day, but Bill even tried his hand competing with the likes of Chris Craft and Century.
A fellow Boe-Craft owner sent in the following information:
Did you know that Bill Boehmke designed and built a 16 ft runabout in the late 40's or early 50's? When I first got it back in the late 70's it had a decal just like the one shown on your web site but it said Crystal lLake,IL I know he was famous ice boat builder and I tracked him down in Belvedere,IL on the phone. He said he built this neat little boat as a prototype but it didn't pan out for him because he couldn't compete with Chris-Craft and Century. It is 16 ft long and made out of mahogany plywood. It has a Chis- Craft Model "K" 6cyl. flat head engine. Jerry Stouffer
The Boe-Craft Championship Trophy Dinner will be July 23rd 2010 at Charley-O's in Elkhorn.
There is also new information to be found on the web site. Check out the buttons to see how past season data can be viewed, and look for updates to off season work as it progresses.
Fleet prepares to round the windward mark in the first race of the Boe-Craft Regatta.
February 6, 2010
Boe-Craft Regatta Results
The Inaugural Boe-Craft Regatta for 2010 is officially in the record books. The first day of racing took place with 15 to 18 MPH winds on deceptively smooth snow-covered ice. 11 Boe-Craft skippers were on the line for the 3 races that were scheduled. Numerous position changes took place each lap throughout the regatta, making for great competition. Mark roundings, both windward and leeward, were exhilerating.
Significant winds on Friday night made the course unsailable. The huge drifts created by the heavy northeast winds range from 6 inches at the windward end of the ice to over 18 inches at the leeward end. Early Saturday morning the decision was made to call the Regatta complete.
Congratulations go to Steve Schalk and Sparky Lundberg who finished first and second respectively.
Special thanks to Mary Jane Schalk, Burly Brellenthin, Chuck Kaye and Andy Kretschmer for scoring and officiating the races on Friday!
The Boe-Craft Regatta has been called on for Friday & Saturday, February 5th and 6th, with Sunday, February 7th to be used only if one more race is needed to complete the regatta. The tentative site is set for the west end of Lake Geneva. Final location will be announced on Thursday.
January 31, 2010
The 2010 Northwest Regatta was sailed on Lake Winnebago this weekend. The Boe-Craft Ice Yacht Association was represented by four members: Steve Schalk, Rick Pappas, Burly Brellenthin and Fritz Button. Congratulations to Steve for winning the B-Class trophy.
Full regatta results have been posted on the 4LIYC website.
Paul Krueger and NIYA Boe-Skeeter Champion Steve Schalk
The first official "Ice Party" was held on the ice just off the Fontana Beach on Saturday, Jan 16th. Many Boe-Craft members as well as other local sailors made the event a great success.
October 22, 2009
The Boe-Craft Skeeter Ice Yacht Association is now an official member of the Northwest Ice Yachting Association.
Other member clubs include:
Canadian Ice Force, Coldwater IYC, Detroit IYC, Fond du Lac IYC, 4 Lakes IYC, Green Bay Windjammmers, Green Lake IYC, Gull Harbor IYC, Gull Lake IYC, Lamah Wamah IYS, Menekaunee IBC, M & M IYC, Neenah IYC, Oshkosh IYC, Pewaukee IYC, Skeeter IBC, South Side IYC, West Michigan IYC, Toledo IYC, Wisconsin Stern Steering Assn., North Shrewsbury IB & YC