Category Archives: 2016 Season

We were holding out hopes for one final sail on Lake Umbagog this weekend but the slush never froze and the wind didn’t blow. We needed some small sign that the season might be over, but Mother Nature was taking … Continue reading →

So you had a good time up in Quebec I see. Karl and I got word about Umbagog and headed over, so nice to drive away from the snow and see bare ground again. We skated the entire west shore … Continue reading →

A fat lady sits sulking in her dressing room, loosing patience with these iceboaters who should be tending their crocuses, not chasing ice on high mountain lakes. But we do what we must. The lovely town of Magog has the … Continue reading →

Roger found a few bottomless slush pits hidden under the occasional snow patch in Derby Bay yesterday. That, combined with a better surface and more thickness at the north end, leads us to the town of Magog for sailing Monday … Continue reading →

Thwarted by snow here in Maine, Ramblin Roger pick up the scent and headed west to Vermont. It led him to Derby Bay, on the east side of Lake Memphramagog, just south of the border. He was gearing up for … Continue reading →