Author Archives: billbuchholz

Just a heads up for now, but we’ll confirm it Thursday by noon. Lake Abenakis is only 1 x 1/2 mile, but it it has ice. Two and a half inches yesterday. Wintery mix on and off for the next … Continue reading →

Built in the twenties and not sailed since the early nineties, this Hudson River classic was excavated from a local barn today by members of the CIBC Archeology Committee: See how many iceboat parts you can find here. It certainly … Continue reading →

Please take the time to read this essay by Lloyd Roberts. We’re not going sailing again any time soon, so time we have. A PRIMER FOR THE NEW ICE SAILOR and A REVIEW FOR THE REST OF US FORWARD After … Continue reading →

Guertin, Buchholz and Squibb The sun finally came out. Some one was in way too much of a hurry to get sailing, but it never came down!

We do things a bit differently than the folks in Minnesota. We find obscure little lakes in the middle of nowhere, watch the conditions ebb and flow, and then pounce. Lake Abenakis, in Ste. Aurelie Quebec was ready to go … Continue reading →