Category Archives: 2014 Season1

I have a dream for this weekend: miles and miles of Black Ice. I have been to the mountain (Kineo) last year and my dream is that all the iceboaters of the world step out of their frustrated lives and … Continue reading →

5 days into Jan Thaw; ice further from shore so plank just reaches, water level up 6 inches in 2 days from 1 1/4 inch rain and snow melt. Drain holes bigger, no puddles or shell ice left, pancakes have … Continue reading →

Nice spreads of ground glass smooth snow ice, also many patches of paper thin shell ice, some with residual water in deeper ripples. Rare areas of smooth 1/4in. shell covered still unfrozen pools, maybe 1 inch deep. Occasional linear and … Continue reading →

A morning after rain Chickycircuit on the trusty icecycle revealed expected 1-2 inches surface ice loss, extensive puddles up to 1 inch deep, residual “pancakes” or old frozen slush often with jagged surface wrinkles, real runner rattlers. Ice fishermen report … Continue reading →

5PM…stepping slowly…almost limping… across the threshold of home….the trees, eagerly scanned at dawn for wind, now rest quietly…..inside, the long rituals of refreshment, even rehabilitation, begin….this red and raw face, blasted by 7 hours of wind….these elbows and shoulders, once … Continue reading →