Author Archives: Lloyd Roberts

Chicky gets an optimistic drive by grade of 6. The ice cycle grade is closer to 2.5, possibly sailable but not likely much fun with much fine shell ice and crunchy stuff to slow down the sailor and make down … Continue reading →

Miss Chickie has slipped under the blanket again after showing a changing stripy congealing slush/drift surface even during most of Sunday’s light snow fall and gale winds. Not all that much snow fell, maybe 3-4 inches but it blew and … Continue reading →

Miss Chicky is aging fast, about half the lake is gray wet slush a few inches deep with intervening drifts. This started a few days ago. The weight of snow is sinking the ice and water is coming up through … Continue reading →

THINKING ICE FOR FUN IS NOW A SURVIVAL TECHNIQUE DESIGNED TO GET US THROUGH ALL THIS SNOW IN TIME FOR SPRING SAILING! I have been sailing ice boats for more than 30 years. The first 20 years or so was … Continue reading →

The anchorage at Lloyd’s beach, rest of lake is drifted up to 20 inches deep with both rounded dunes and rough choppy waves, spectacular early and late in day with low sun. Will the ice sink? Will the snow melt … Continue reading →