Category Archives: 2014 Season

Chicky Snowshoe report # 2

Two feet of black ice (fisherman report and hole observation) with the same 6 inches of slush on top as last week except now the top 2 inches are frozen into snow ice to form a “slushwich”. Will the slushwich … Continue reading

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Good News!

NOAA forecast from today: .SUNDAY…RAIN AND SNOW. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 90 PERCENT. Isn’t that great? Can’t you just feel the snow withering away, turning grey, making ice for another day!

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Skating on Champlain–Feb 19, 2015

snow falling fast here in Midcoast Maine….2 inches in the last hour….snow on snow….piles of it, halfway up the windows….and frustration: how long will it take to ever resurface this fluff?….and will we have that end-of-season scenario where we never … Continue reading

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Remembering Pushaw, Hoping for March

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Cruisers Racing

The photos of a flock of DN’s rounding the mark fully wound up are beautiful and dramatic, but many a good sailor is a bit intimidated by the idea. In trying to get the Whizz gang lined up to race … Continue reading

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