Author Archives: billbuchholz

A selection of web cams are now included on this site under the heading “Ice Cams”. Lots of sea smoke looking magical on this sunny sub-zero morning. Lakes are dumping heat big time. Oddly, South Twin has been frozen for … Continue reading →

The season opener on Plymouth could not have been better. As iceboaters, we know to accept whatever Mother Nature throws at us, and today she threw us a bone upon which twelve hungry sailors gnawed until past sunset, even as … Continue reading →

We scouted the pond abut half way across and all the way down to the marshes along the road side and found a consistent 3″ of grey ice. The few patches of thick snow sheltered thinner ice, but there are … Continue reading →

Nature is doing her best to make up for the big disappointment she dealt us earlier in the week. Amazing how a little guilt gets you going. Dave Godin just got in from a quick flight to the west coast … Continue reading →

In spits and spats, chills and chillies, winter is coming. Haven’t we’ve had years where it just gets cold, we have black ice, and then one day it snows? The Western Challenge has been called on, then off, then on … Continue reading →