Category Archives: 2024 Season

As the end of ice sailing is the official beginning of ice boat building season, don’t forget that you’ve been given nearly a full month of extra building time. Bob Scribner is finishing up W-34 in southern Maine, Ryan Haskell … Continue reading →

Dan Stillman made this video of our sailing at Moosehead the other day. Moosehead Lake 3:9:24 youtube.com Looking ahead, there doesn’t seem to be much hope. While there are occasional mornings below freezing, by and large all the days reach … Continue reading →

When iceboaters talk about alignment it generally means getting those runners down to less than .000001” out. But the other alignment that’s just as critical, if not more so, is that of the stars. The weather stars. Wind, temperature, ice … Continue reading →

Things appear to be shaping up for a day sail at Moosehead on Saturday. The snow that followed the rain earlier today fell on to the wet ice and mostly wet out. So now we have a nice grey surface. … Continue reading →

Moosehead Lake has been coming in and out of focus the past few days. The morning forecast looks hopeful but by evening it’s not. And visa versa. Quebec about the same. All lower elevation lakes seem hopelessly lost. Bob Lombardo … Continue reading →