Category Archives: 2016 Season

Ice Wins In July

The small village of Lampton is nestled along the southern end of Lac St. Francois in Quebec. Careful readers of these musings will remember this lake as the venue for the first annual CIBC Hundred Mile Race last March, and … Continue reading

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Doug Raymond’s Hobie Tri

With all the buzz around the America’s Cup foiling catamarans performing like middle of the road iceboats and how we are waiting, patiently as only iceboaters do, for the huge influx of charged up go fast sailors into our sport, … Continue reading

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Happy Solstice

To celebrate the shortening of the days as we begin the countdown to first black ice, here’s a few tidbits to slake your thirst: Moosehead Teaser YT – YouTube 60 PROOF By Dave Wilkins, 2003 Regattas are fun and touring’s … Continue reading

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Warm Feet

This is a fairly typical photo, but something about it grabs me. Maybe it’s the big Moosehead ice, or the fact that we’re all setting storm sails (except Charlie), or the fact that I remember this as one of the … Continue reading

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Gambit Wanted

Scott Woodman has a friend who wants to come iceboating and is looking for a Gambit. If anyone can help, please write to Scott at . In other news, Ryan Haskell, who sails Curtis Rindlaub’s old Captan America DN, has … Continue reading

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