Category Archives: 2024 Season

Thanks to everyone who sent their kind remembrances of Lloyd Roberts. Without a question iceboating would be nowhere near the success is it today in Maine without him. I met Lloyd on Chickie when I was a skate sailor. The … Continue reading →

I met Lloyd about 1990. Inspired by a decrepit Skimmer on Clary Lake, a friend and I built an iceboat out of muffler tubing with a blue tarp sail. In a gale of wind it went fast enough, the downside … Continue reading →

I first met Lloyd and Bill on the ice at Damariscotta Lake many years ago now, I was skate sailing with a kite at my father had built, and watching the Iceboats fly by. After striking up a conversation with … Continue reading →

Lloyd Roberts died peacefully during an afternoon nap last week, a peaceful ending to a long and vital life, which was so much a part of my own. Lloyd was a skilled pathologist at Pen Bay, a solid father and … Continue reading →

Iceboating legend Lloyd Roberts died peacefully at home this past Wednesday. He’d had a few small strokes in recent months and on this particular day he laid down for a nap and never woke up. It’s no exaggeration to say … Continue reading →