Category Archives: 2024 Season

As My Iceboat Trailer Gently Sleeps

Under yet another blanket of snow the trailer is covered again. But for a brief moment, the trailer was liberated and pulled down to Webster Lake, in southern Mass. Their previous dusting of snow had vanished, leaving 14” of ice … Continue reading →

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DN Worlds Day 2…15-20 Knots – Five Races Today

Karen sends this report from yesterday. One more race today wrapped up the Worlds. Stand by for the North Americans! Big wind day on Winnebago…JR Francis actually used another descriptive phrase when I asked if he was going to use … Continue reading →

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Day One DN Worlds Report From Karen Binder

Hi everyone, Arrived to the lake with light winds and warm temperatures forecasted. Both proved accurate. As expected, given the number of top ten sailors many had to sail the qualifying gauntlet including me. The gold fleet had 12 spots … Continue reading →

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Webster Lake

Six boats sailed Webster today on Bob’s hunch that the water left over from a recent warm spell would harden overnight. Aside from a little shell ice here and there it was a pretty nice surface. Dick Boisvert, Bob S, … Continue reading →

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DN Worlds Warm Up Report

This from Karen Binder. We have two Mainers in the line up: Dave Silsby and Jeff Roseberry. Best of luck to all the racers! The lake is huge, hard and fast. Today most competitors (107 sailors are registered!) rigged and … Continue reading →

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