Category Archives: 2013 Season

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 →

Iceman can’t find the ice under 2 feet of heavily drifted snow. Will it ever recover?