Author Archives: Lloyd Roberts

Ramblin Roger called from the VT ice again. There is a significant pressure ridge near the launch site which he has not explored due to lack of wind and ongoing snow flurry. Lee Spiller is on the scent too. There … Continue reading →

Peripatetic ice spy Ramblin Roger Pickall, from Easton Maryland, looking for ice in the distant Northland, has found 6 1/2 inches of lovely ice which he is about to sail on Lake Memphremagog at newport VT. This big lake is … Continue reading →

Damariscotaa got 5-6 inches on new thin ice following blowout, there are holes. Huge piles of debris ice in launch area. Lewiston got close to a foot of snow, bye bye Sabattus and Androscoggin.. Six inches snow in Liberty and … Continue reading →

Lots of warm rain, 2+ inches, and gale wind blew out Chickawaukee, back to start. Damariscotta seems, on Dammycam view from launch area, to have held. Later in week promising. Lloyd  

Sabattus Pond is a lovely shallow pond of some 4 X 1 miles on the Northern edge of Lewiston Maine, a nineteenth century mill town. We have no resident ice spies there and I believe have never sailed there before. … Continue reading →