Author Archives: billbuchholz

This coming Thursday looks like the best chance we’ve had in a while. It hasn’t been scouted, but local sources confirm that the surface is hard as long as it’s cold. Forecast for Thursday is all that and more. Ice … Continue reading →

Every now and then it’s a good idea to take your iceboat trailer for a ride just to make sure everything works, the bearings run cool and the tires hold air. So the run up to Pushaw wasn’t a total … Continue reading →

No photo, no idea how thick, but the surface was walk-on-reported to be hard and dry today. No water, no slush. Ice tight to the shore at Goulds Landing. Overnight temps marginal. After nearly a month without sailing this sounds … Continue reading →

Bob Lombardo rode his bike across Pushaw yesterday and found about 15% of the surface to be hard slush ice. The rest was a thin dense snow. Rain later in the week might just do the job. He dug down … Continue reading →

Denis and I were all packed and ready to roll to the ISA today, but it was postponed yet again. Conditions at the most favorable venue, Gladstone, Michigan (known also as Happy Rocks…) are an inch of styrofoam over a … Continue reading →