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Mother nature threw us a bone today with above forecast winds, full sun and thirty degrees. March sailing mid winter, but no one was complaining. In addition to the rack of Whizz below, there was a clutch of classic DN’s, … Continue reading →

Yesterday on Lac St. Francois: “We have a nice plate of grey ice here in Lambton. 3” thick with some darker areas which are also 3” thick. There is a large area with open water, but easy to see and … Continue reading →

Four inches of snow ice is ok, as is a gnarly crusty surface, which because we are hungry would have been ok, too. But a random display of big open holes out in the middle was a confidence buster. The … Continue reading →

Lake Wentworth, NH, reports 3-4″ with thin patchy snow. Boats will be sailing there tomorrow. Launch site unknown. Lake Monomonac on the NH-MA border is in about the same shape and there will be boats there tomorrow. See theneiya.org for … Continue reading →

Here in Maine it looks like a dry weather for a while. Cooler temps later in the week might bring Plymouth Pond back to life. Be ready to roll. The ice was just like this all the way to end. … Continue reading →