SAILING ON ICE

Rockland, Maine - The Apprenticeshop will host a program about ice boating on Thursday, December 13 at 7 pm as part of the school’s Second Thursdays at The Apprenticeshop lecture series.  This month, Lloyd Roberts, a longtime member of Chickawaukee Iceboaters Club Inc., Maine’s ice boating club, will describe ice boating and skate sailing in Maine over the last few decades.  Topics will include building ice boats (with plans displayed for various types of craft) finding and evaluating ice, how ice boats operate as compared to soft water craft, safety on the ice, racing, touring and non-competitive sailing, plus the physical and mental aspects of the sport.

Roberts has sailed on ice for some 30 years and wrote “Think Ice,” a book focusing on the DN ice boat, a widely used design for both beginners and competitors.  A DN (so named for a 1937 design contest winner sponsored by the
Detroit News) will be on display in addition to an example of a modern skate sail and skates used for that sport.

The Apprenticeshop is a school traditional boatbuilding and seamanship and is located at 643 Main Street in Rockland.  For more information, call (207) 594-1800 or visit www.apprenticeshop.org

Photos  above are courtesy of Bill Buchholz.