Category Archives: 2016 Season

Boats are on the ice, great wind forecast for tomorrow.

Belgrade Lakes is just far enough from the coast to keep their ice, yet close enough to wet out nicely. Chickawaukee is all open, Damariscotta is right behind. Jory and I skate sailed from the public boat launch on Great … Continue reading →

10 am saturday morning….coming out of Yoga class……ready to “leap tall buildings in a single bound”…. but…. there was that vague itchy-twichy feeling:                  I must go down to the ice again   … Continue reading →

A guy will run around chasing all kinds of ice that looks good on-line, but when it comes right down to it, it’s the old familiar passion that really lights the flame. Sebec was ugly with marginal access. Ditto for … Continue reading →

Sebec Lake is looking pretty good right now. It’s north of Pushaw, and between Moosehead and South Twin, both of which display no springtime symptoms. Denis Guertin and myself will give it a shot tomorrow. Nasty weather coming Wednesday and … Continue reading →