Category Archives: 2020 Season

It appears that all the ice we’ve been watching in Maine, and probably NH, is now covered with varying thicknesses of snow. Some wet, some dry. Most of the ice is now too thick to be submerged by these few … Continue reading →

As careful readers of these posts will know, high school freshman Milo Fleming has convinced his school authorities to accept iceboating as a sanctioned sport. With that in mind, school was ON today at Great Pond. The morning session was … Continue reading →

Today was big wind on big ice: big speeds. Monster gusts in the morning cleared to pits of all but the bored and stupid, who hung around getting blown around and froze to the bone. But there’s something about full … Continue reading →

New England is back on the ice. Between Maine and New Hampshire we probably had forty boats sailing yesterday. Everyone’s been hungry, so to have a three day stretch of good conditions over a weekend is delightful. Today is just … Continue reading →

There was no doubt from the first moment we drove on to the ice that it was to be a storm sail day. The snow was streaming into the pits in lovely contrails. Ice was showing through. Once past the … Continue reading →