Category Archives: 2013 Season

There was music this morning on Lake Damariscotta. The lake ice was singing it’s death throes. When ice sings in the fall and early winter, it’s a happy song because we know that it’s growing thick and strong. But now … Continue reading →

>> >> I promised Fred that if he wanted to sail in Monday I would sail too. Who can say “no” to a 90 year old iceboater? I took some longer planks and a pallet over today and with the … Continue reading →

…..laying in bed, musing….time ticks slowly by….730, 8AM….IT’S TRULY OVER!….no more vaulting out of bed in the darkness, driven by curiosity about wind, temperature, and the thousand variables of ice….no more spending whole days in sweaty, clammy wetsuits and float … Continue reading →

Gotta run, but here it is. SUPER ice, wind tomorrow, two hours from Camden…

The DN Maine State Championship regatta, hosted by the Chickawaukee Ice Boat Club, will be held Saturday march 16 on Damariscotta lake. Launch site is Damariscotta Farm. The launch site may get congested, John Eastman will be harbor mastering and … Continue reading →