Category Archives: 2014 Season1

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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Chicky’s “Wrinkled Snow Blanket”

Two feet of ice, 0 to 6 inches of snow on slightly frozen slush. If this is rained on without a good meltdown or completely saturates it will be a grade minus five. Some thought we might be sailing soon, … Continue reading

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Sebago Saturday

Lee hiked out towards the new ice in 6-7″ of snow, coming across a section of newer ice with only an inch of snow about a hundred yards out. Phil Lowe had mentioned this new inshore plate as well. Unfortunately … Continue reading

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