Category Archives: 2024 Season

Sailing Pushaw 3/13

Regarding long shots, it seems that if you crunch the numbers you’ll find that in our world, more often than not, the odds turn up in our favor. So it was today. There was a miserable wind forecast, but there … Continue reading

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Pushaw

Great ice at Pushaw today. Top to bottom sailing, a dozen or so boats. Lighter winds forecast for tomorrow but a few boats will show up and give it a shot. There was moat water over the ice alongshore and … Continue reading

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Pushaw ON Tomorrow, Wed. 3/12

Our tireless Pushaw scout, Bob Lombardo, skated the lake as far north as Twin Islands this morning and reports that the snow from yesterday is still there, but of no consequence. He skated right through it. And by tomorrow there … Continue reading

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Damariscotta Lake, 3/9

Thanks to the relentless scouting of Lincoln Davis, twelve hungry iceboaters we able to sail the entire lake, hazzard free. No holes, no pressure ridges, top to bottom tight as a drum. The downside was that it was a rough … Continue reading

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Damariscotta ON, But…

Tom Nichols took a long walk on the lake today from Lake Farm and noticed a number of crusty mounds. Too soft to go over yet too stiff to slice through. He saw more of them looking south, fewer looking … Continue reading

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