Category Archives: 2013 Season

It was forty degrees all night, but just to see what had happened to the slush sandwich I went to Megunticook. The water was gone and the surface hard. There was even a skim of ice over holes I’d chopped … Continue reading →

Moosehead has nearly wetted out and spies say that the surface is pretty good. Without knowing exactly what that means, myself and our Canadian friends Denis and Francois will sail there tomorrow. The lake is big enough for more than … Continue reading →

Intrepid president Buchholz did indeed sail on Chicky Wednesday. It had been in high 20’s and sun was screened by thin overcast. 9 inches of punky ice, plate hard on top. We walked on at Lloyd’s beach. Nice breeze. Nice … Continue reading →

My axe gave up chopping at 12″ on Megunticook today. The hole did not fill with water, even though the ice was not super hard. The surface is a nice uniform grey without any hazzards in view from my vantage … Continue reading →

This wonderful painting that Ben Fuller sent in of sailing on Alamoosook Lake in Orland, ME, reminds us that we are not done yet. Nearly all the snow has wet out on Chicky and Megunticook exposing hard ice. It’s much … Continue reading →