Category Archives: 2014 Season

Canadian Ice

Denis Guertin sends greetings from Lac St. Francois. Like Moosehead and the other northern lakes, it never achieved a decent surface once the warm weather settled in. https://youtu.be/PZwRhQlONL4 Meanwhile, to promote the sport in St Petersburg the local iceboaters put … Continue reading

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iceout on lake michigan

I’m out here on the shores of lake michigan, caregiving my 100 year old mother…..and i thought it would be pretty dull….lake michigan was frozen solid for miles and miles, with open water near the shore, and a wide variety … Continue reading

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Chickawaukee; “Ice Out”, Last Ice, No Ice

Here is the “Last Ice” around the corner from Lloyd’s beach. There was a fair amount of this stuff blown down my way, so although the lake was “Navigable” by Coast Guard standards the ice was not all out. My … Continue reading

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Newbies Brave the Spring Iceboat Gala

bring on the riff-raff the halt and the lame we’ll booze ’em and schmooze ’em and hail ’em by name our hobby’s as safe as your Eas-Y-Boy chair as exciting as Harley’s with wind in your hair no talk of … Continue reading

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Fat Lady Sings the Moose to Sleep

Greenville temp today 8 am: 25 degrees. Wind SSW @0. It’s been blowing a gale around here for days, and on the morning after the first cold night in a week we have nothing. Not until the temps hit fifty … Continue reading

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