Chickawaukie Ice Boat Club

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Don’t forget this coming Sunday at Damariscotta Lake Farm Inn, with a fine view of one of our favorite lakes: 11:00 meeting to be followed soon thereafter by a great pot luck lunch.

And to get you back in the mood, another video from Dan Stillman:

Sailing Toddy Pond 2:20:24 youtube.com

Hope to see you there.

We all know how important it is to be there for the new sailor: get him or her into a boat with the right gear and nurse them along until they are comfortable on their own It doesn’t take long: you know after a few minutes whether they are hooked or terrified.
Dan Stillman is solidly in the former:

A DN Shakedown Cruise youtube.com

Spring Meeting Sunday, 4/21!

Yes, there is still ice to report about: eighteen inches of it! What’s interesting is that we got a water temperature reading yesterday from just under the ice and from twelve feet down. Both were between 33 and 34 degrees. One school of thought reasons that the water gets warmer under the ice as the days get longer and the earth surrounding the lake warms up, melting the ice from below in addition to the warm air working on the ice from above.

If that’s the case, then we’re still a long way from ice-out. Jeff skated from Greenville Junction early yesterday, but the ice was getting soft by 8:00. There’s lots of open water in the north end, but the south is mostly intact. What sort of fun could be had on miles of slush?

From the “in your dreams” department, Bill Bernard sent this from Dillon Lake, Colorado:

If ice fishermen could be convinced to back fill their holes we might have far fewer drainholes over the course of a winter.

We have booked the big hall at Damariscotta Lake Farm Inn for Sunday, April 21.

11:00 business meeting followed by our classic CIBC Pot Luck lunch. At risk of sounding like a broken record, this feast gets better and better every year. Thanks to everyone who puts in a great effort to feed their fellow iceboaters!

As usual, feel free to bing any gear to sell or give away.

Feast your eyes on this line-up at Lake Farm on March 1. Aside from a few random drain holes the ice was fantastic and we thought we were in for our usual superb March spring sailing. Optimists all!