Author Archives: billbuchholz

Peter Harken: Reflections on the passing of a friend. youtube.com

iceboat.org Buddy Melges – Fair Winds & Endless Black Ice Deb Whitehorse May 18 Gloria and Buddy Melges at the 2007 Northwest Regatta at Menominee, MI. Buddy won the Class A Skeeter title that regatta. Photo: Chris John Buddy Melges … Continue reading →

Here’s Jim Turner on his attempt at the top speed award last week. The footage gives a good sense of the space: the first beat up the back runway, the blast reach at the crossover, and the fast run down … Continue reading →

Sailwave results for Loring Landsailng Regatta VI at May 9 – 14 ~ Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine 2023 sailwave.com Very competitive racing this time around. Check out the results above. Many thanks to Nina and Millie Fleming for … Continue reading →

Here’s a link to an interesting, and maybe troubling, article on Loring’s potential future: https://thecounty.me/link/ai-company-to-bring-quantum-research-center-to-aroostook Or, is there a chance we could get the techies sailing? The big tent at Northern Maine Brewing was blown down this winter in a … Continue reading →