Author Archives: David Fortier

The ice was robust enough according to our scout on the ice today, Bill Buchholz. The race is on for Saturday with Sunday reserved for more racing if we choose or if too windy to race on Saturday. The wind … Continue reading →

I was hoping that we could get one of our Chickawaulkie races in this week. Little snow remains on Dammy, and hopefully the ice is/was robust enough to be able to withstand the recent warm days, and the ones in … Continue reading →

Addendum: It has been suggested that in my New England Champs write up I should have included the Big Picture, not sure what that really means, I will do my best. One of the things that I forgot to mention … Continue reading →

We left our boats on the ice after the Super Deluxe Saturday on Great Pond. We listened to the weather reports and there were not really encouraging wind predictions, but we had big ice and cold temps predicted for another … Continue reading →

Saturday in the shop working, sanding runner bodies down to size. I miscalculated (slightly) the amount of carbon that I used on two sets of quarter inch inserts. One set was .040 proud of 1 inch thick, the other about … Continue reading →