Author Archives: billbuchholz

Rambin’ Roger is back on the road again. He says he don’t know where he’s bound, but we can be sure it’s not south. Maybe he knows that Lee Spiller is on Sebago right now, reporting that with the cold … Continue reading →

Lake Wentworth was as good as yesterday, Lee Spiller and Charlie Sylvanus and I sailed 4 hours in light then building winds. Still grade 5. Shell Ice about the same but the skim ice has firmed up solid. Still some … Continue reading →

From Paul Delnero: Sailed Lake Wentworth in Ossipee NH today. Ice about grade 5. Some shell and some skim ice (1″ ice over 1″water). Should firm up tonight. Much of lake not scouted. Launch at Rt 109 looking out at … Continue reading →

Watching these coastal lakes wet out over the pst 48 hrs is like watching an old fashioned soft water sailboat race: great drama at slow speed. Local lakes are now about 50-50 grade 3 ice punctuated with piles of persistent … Continue reading →

Lee Spiller spent some time on Sebago recently and found this: > It’s a long way from being hard enough to iceboat on but I winged on Sebago today and found the surface to be quite firm…less snow than Squam. … Continue reading →