Category Archives: 2017 Season

Damariscotta Lake, 1/23 For the past few days the forecast was hinting at a possible confluence of ideal conditions: NE wind building before a storm, just enough warmth to wet out the snow and then a touch of sub-freezing to … Continue reading →

Sailing on Dammy tomorrow. Cool overnight temps will harden the suface. Nice wind will give us the entire lake. See you there!

There was wet grey and white slush on an initially firm base. The white is where the prior snow drifted a bit, none of it reached up to the Cheapskate runner body. There was no styrofoam. I sailed silently in … Continue reading →

I was hoping that we could get one of our Chickawaulkie races in this week. Little snow remains on Dammy, and hopefully the ice is/was robust enough to be able to withstand the recent warm days, and the ones in … Continue reading →

Damariscotta Saturday Jan 21, gentle AM breeze forecast could just be felt. Exhaled breath barely condensed and hardly moved, Temp. 41 in Union. The snow is fine, damp, soft, loose, cornmeal, a scant inch deep. We hope for better wind … Continue reading →