Category Archives: 2013 Season

Bill just called, and doesn’t want to split the fleet between Chicky and Darmiscotta. Besides, the call of beans and black bread on Chicky is just too strong. So our plan is to sail Chicky on saturday, and then possibly … Continue reading →

Scott Woodman took a long walk on Damariscotta and found that there is still 7″-11″ of hard clear ice. Not qiute black, but nearly transparent. Drain holes have skimmed over and might be solid by Saturday given the temps forecast. … Continue reading →

Two days of record warm gale winds in 50’s, both temps and speed melted inches off stolid old Chicky so that moorings put out when the ice was 4-5 inches came to the surface and the whole moored fleet ended … Continue reading →

It’s a dillemma: gain weight personally, or ballast the boat….Many of us are finding that, when the winds are moderate to strong, 20-40 lbs of lead transform our skittish thoroughbreads into calmer steeds, and boost our confidence in pulling the … Continue reading →

weatherman, weathergirl, make me some ice with narry a wrinkle, oh wouldn’t it be nice? for four days i cursed out your snow and your rain and yesterday’s tropics sure was a pain but this morning the mercury shouts 24 … Continue reading →