Wonderfully recovered black ice is everywhere. As usual the pesky drain holes are an issue at most lakes. Careful scouting and marking could yield some awesome sailing this week until the killer weather returns on Friday. There are rumors of a big sail on Wednesday at Great Pond but ice reports from there are not yet in.

Meanwhile, here’s Cobbossocottee near Augusta:

Messolonskee, one of the Belgrade Lakes, in Sydney

Lake Megunticook: