The previous post slipped out with no price. Trailer with complete DN $1975.00
And the link at the end is a teaser from two years ago on Pushaw. Enjoy.
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Ice Is Coming
It might be on the other side of the Covid Curtain, which is finally being drawn back, but it’s getting cold. This beautiful picture from Ste. Aurelie was sent in yesterday by Denis Guertin. That’s the charming little village where lacs Abenakis and Joli have given us so much early season joy.
Now Denis has scouted another lake, a bit closer for us but still high enough to chill early. It’s called Lac Drolet and features a hotel and restaurant right on the water. The lake is about a mile wide by two long and oriented nicely NW-SE with the requisite island.
Here are the border crossing requirements as we understand them now, as explained to Denis by a custome official at the boder:
US Citizens: You need to be fully vaccinated to cross the canadian border. In addition to that, you need to present a negative result to a PCR test that you passed less than 72 hours ago. And finally, you need to register on the mobile App or website «ArriveCan» which will give the Canadian customs all the information they need before you get to the customs. Then, once you are in Canada, you can stay as long as you want and you don’t need to be tested again to go back in USA because the US gov. doesn’t require the PCR test to cross the border.
Canadian Citizens: We need to be fully vaccinated to cross the US border. We do not need to present a negative result to a PCR test because the US gov. doesn’t require the PCR test to cross the US border. But we need to be tested less than 72 hours ago to come back in Canada!!! So, I can be tested here, let’s say on Monday morning, get my result on the same day (hopefully), cross the border on Tuesday morning, stay overnight, and I have to come back on Wednesday night (well, before Thursday morning which is 72 hours after my test). If I stay longer than 2 days, then I have to be tested in the USA to be able to cross the canadian border. Stupid test !!! And I also have to register on «ArriveCan».
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Meeting Minutes
CIBC Fall Meeting 2021
October 24, 2021
Dave Fortier’s house, Biddeford
About 18 iceboaters gathered at Dave Fortier’s house on the first snappy day of the fall after a very warm October. Larry Mazoway brought Indigo for some final sail fitting in the driveway as sailors arrived.
President Bill Buchholz began the meeting by welcoming tow new members in attendance: Randall Fairman of Dixmont, ME and Craig Hackett of Epping, NH. In the hopes that they or other’s could be new scouts we discussed the purpose of scouting and what to look for. Once frozen, we want to know approximately when it first froze (to judge thickness by counting days of time frozen), and whether any snow accumulation is wetted out partially or completely. If it is a new lake, we want to know what the access is like, including parking options. Scouting reports are to be sent to Bill Buchholz for confirmation and posting. We reviewed past methods of posting ice reports: answering machine and text chains. The Facebook nordic skating group was mentioned as a source for more blades-on-the-ice reporting.
Bill read off an impressively long list of Maine lakes sailed in 2020 including Sebattus, Moosehead, Lake St. George, Damariscotta Lake, Great Pond, Plymouth Pond, Long Pond MDI, Jordan Bay, Chickawaukie, and Tunk Lake. Others lakes were sailed in New Hampshire and Quebec. Some possible new lakes were discussed, including Little Sebago and Cobbosseecontee.
Jim Gagnon reported that the parking area around the Damariscotta Lake launch off Vannah Rd. is now being patrolled for parking violations. He will try to talk to the sheriff or others to determine where parking is allowed.
We had a quick discussion about the difficulty of keeping the CIBC webcam operational on Dami. It is currently located at Camp Kieve, but seems to go out frequently and does not reboot itself. We need an IT guy.
Treasure Jim Gagnon gave the treasury report. Income from dues, book sales, hats and gifts of $1907 outpaced expenses of charitable donations, newsletter, and postage of $493, bringing the club coffers up from $4223 to $5701 from Nov.1 2020 to April 1, 2021.
Meeting adjourned, and we all tucked in to a wonderful potluck lunch.
Curtis Rindlaub, Secretary
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Last of the Landsailing
From now on it’ll be all ice all the time, but this final beach sail of the year on Morse’s Beach in Maine is worth sharing. Access to Morse is very difficult as one end is all private, the other end is a state park, and the backside is all forest with a two mile walking path to the beach. And both ends are bound by rivers.
Sailors are drawn to the sea, but for some, like the intrepid little Sandpiper, just getting the toes wet is close enough.
On a low spring tide just after dawn a couple of sand sailors accessed this remote beach by fording a knee deep salt river, basically the outflow from a large inland marsh.
The Blowkart was carried across easily, but the bigger boat had to be rolled through, finding a few spots of quicksand on the way.
The beach is two miles long. The wind was 10-15 from the east, making for a nice slant both upwind and down.
To get the wind and tide on the same page is easily as challenging as getting the wind and ice conditions to line up. In this case there are only three or four days each month with a tide low enough to create a wide venue.
The Blowkart is great in these conditions, especially off the wind. It’s so light the wheels just skim across the wet sand.
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We got into some very rough, hard courregated sand and the boat with the big wheels slammed and crashed through while the little wheels rolled happily in and out of the gullies.
But for the most part, the beach was as smooth as black ice and the sailing could not have been better. It wasn’t as clean as a place like Loring, though; it took the good part of a day to completely rinse and de-sand the boats.
Speaking of Loring, the dates for the Spring Regatta are May 11-15, Wednesday through Sunday. A more formal announcement will be forthcoming.
We met two new CIBC members at yeaterday’s fall meeting. Big welcome to Randall Fairman and Craig Hackett. Craig lives near Masabesic Lake in New Hampshire, and Randall is just minutes away from Plymouth Pond.
Bothg are looking forward to a great season on the ice!
Linc Davis Cup to be held on the first good ice at Plymouth Pond. Might be short notice. Be ready!
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Big Weekend!
Don’t forget the iceboater’s weekend double header: NEIYA Swap Meet and Meeting tomorrow at Thompson Speedway in CT., and then the CIBC Meeting and Pot Luck on Sunday at Dave Fortier’s house in Biddeford, ME. All the gear that’s fit to buy, and all the buddies you haven’t seen in a season!
Just curious? Come to either event, drink the cool-aid and have all your questions answered, even those you didn’t know you had! THINK ICE!
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Chickawaukie Ice Boat Club 