2018 Ice Out Progress

MAXUM · 03-29-2018, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ishoot308

There is hope!!!

I know it - first flower of the season means time to pull the commuter boat out of the back yard and get it fired up this weekend.

I still haven't gotten my '18 boat registrations back in the mail.

Hillcountry · 03-29-2018, 03:44 PM

Can’t wait!!

ishoot308 · 03-30-2018, 07:32 AM

The edges of Lily Pond were just starting to give yesterday afternoon.

Dan

WINNIPESAUKEEBOB · 03-30-2018, 09:40 AM

Plenty of fog this morning on Winni. Temp at 42 and climbing. . Fog loves to "CHEW" on ice....I see lots of "CHUNK" ice breaking away at Weirs Beach area and foating down the Paugus Bay chanel near Thurston's Marina.

pault842 · 03-30-2018, 10:41 AM

Solid ice here on Alton Bay with just a little open water around some docks. Sleds still out running over the bay 2 nights ago and again today

. I guess someone knows the thin spots real well or perhaps they like to live dangerously.

joey2665 · 03-30-2018, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by pault842

Solid ice here on Alton Bay with just a little open water around some docks. Sleds still out running over the bay 2 nights ago and again today

. I guess someone knows the thin spots real well or perhaps they like to live dangerously.

Stupidity at its best. Is it really worth it if you end up going through the ice. I just do not understand people sometimes.

Bootkie2 · 03-30-2018, 12:12 PM

Why wait for Ice Out? Apparently someone has a really bad case of Spring fever.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg7IW2AnoKX/

kawishiwi · 03-30-2018, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ishoot308

The edges of Lily Pond were just starting to give yesterday afternoon.

Dan

Speak to us about what that means for ice out oh great Ice-trodamus!

ishoot308 · 03-30-2018, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kawishiwi

Speak to us about what that means for ice out oh great Ice-trodamus!

Well, it means Lily is finally starting to melt and when the ice is off Lily Pond we usually have one week to go on Winni...

codeman671 · 03-30-2018, 04:03 PM

Sounds like a possible truck through the ice near Mark Island. Unreal.

MikeF-NH · 03-30-2018, 04:25 PM

I thought the truck that went through the ice in that area happened several weeks ago. Anyone with a truck on this ice at this point is trying to prove Darwin was right!

Ice has gotten awefully gray on many cams. While I down doubt there is still over a foot of ice in many spots I am betting the integrity of that ice is degrading quickly. Also see a few open fissures on Bear Cam toward Pine and possibly a fissure forming from an old pressure ridge from the camera pointed at Sheps. Rain should speed things even with the temps not helping much the next week or so. Picking up boat next week in hopes of being able to splash her on the 13th....yep Friday the thirteenth.

codeman671 · 03-30-2018, 04:36 PM

Reports are that this is a new one. Airboat from tuftonboro is on the way. It's is on facebook. Gotta be true if it's on the internet!

fatlazyless · 03-30-2018, 08:23 PM

Say hey ..... I saw an air boat slowly going along the west side of Mark Island, on top of the ice, this evening at about 5:30 from a distance of about a mile away.

Was outside raking leaves, and heard the very loud, exhaust sound of a V8-engine with no muffler that goes with an airboat, so's I stopped raking to take a better look with the binoculars. It had some bright yellow panels in the area of the cage that encloses the front area of the large propeller in the stern of the vessel.

Thought ...... 'oh well' ...... and went back to raking the wet leaves .... gotta rake these old leaves!

On August 24, 2006, the Charlestown NH fire rescue inadvertently drowned 64-year old Virginia Cunningham, from Vermont, while transporting her on the Connecticut River in a flat bottom, air boat. Her injury requiring her to be transported was only an ankle injury, and she was drowned dead while secured in a stokes litter, in the bow of the rescue boat.

So's, how's about that ...... talk about a major boo-boo ...... whoopsie-doopsie ....... so sorry!

Whenever I hear the very loud exhaust of an air boat, I recall that 2006 drowning incident and think to myself, dang, that was not a happy ending for a rescue.

03-30-2018, 07:32 AM	#3
ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 6,373 Thanks: 2,423 Thanked 5,352 Times in 2,096 Posts	Lily Pond The edges of Lily Pond were just starting to give yesterday afternoon. Dan __________________ It's Always Sunny On Welch Island!!

03-30-2018, 09:40 AM	#4
WINNIPESAUKEEBOB Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: SOMERVILLE, MA & WEIRS BEACH Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Fog .....is chewing up the ice Plenty of fog this morning on Winni. Temp at 42 and climbing. . Fog loves to "CHEW" on ice....I see lots of "CHUNK" ice breaking away at Weirs Beach area and foating down the Paugus Bay chanel near Thurston's Marina.

03-30-2018, 10:41 AM	#5
pault842 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 14 Thanks: 24 Thanked 6 Times in 3 Posts	Solid ice here on Alton Bay with just a little open water around some docks. Sleds still out running over the bay 2 nights ago and again today. I guess someone knows the thin spots real well or perhaps they like to live dangerously.

03-30-2018, 08:23 PM	#13
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,939 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 307 Thanked 1,057 Times in 770 Posts	Say hey ..... I saw an air boat slowly going along the west side of Mark Island, on top of the ice, this evening at about 5:30 from a distance of about a mile away. Was outside raking leaves, and heard the very loud, exhaust sound of a V8-engine with no muffler that goes with an airboat, so's I stopped raking to take a better look with the binoculars. It had some bright yellow panels in the area of the cage that encloses the front area of the large propeller in the stern of the vessel. Thought ...... 'oh well' ...... and went back to raking the wet leaves .... gotta rake these old leaves! On August 24, 2006, the Charlestown NH fire rescue inadvertently drowned 64-year old Virginia Cunningham, from Vermont, while transporting her on the Connecticut River in a flat bottom, air boat. Her injury requiring her to be transported was only an ankle injury, and she was drowned dead while secured in a stokes litter, in the bow of the rescue boat. So's, how's about that ...... talk about a major boo-boo ...... whoopsie-doopsie ....... so sorry! Whenever I hear the very loud exhaust of an air boat, I recall that 2006 drowning incident and think to myself, dang, that was not a happy ending for a rescue. __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store! Last edited by fatlazyless; 03-31-2018 at 07:34 AM.

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03-29-2018, 03:44 PM	#2
Hillcountry Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: In the hills Posts: 2,420 Thanks: 1,677 Thanked 786 Times in 466 Posts	Can’t wait!!

03-30-2018, 12:12 PM	#7
Bootkie2 Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 34 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	Why wait for Ice Out? Apparently someone has a really bad case of Spring fever. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg7IW2AnoKX/

03-30-2018, 04:03 PM	#10
codeman671 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,552 Thanks: 222 Thanked 837 Times in 505 Posts	Sounds like a possible truck through the ice near Mark Island. Unreal.

03-30-2018, 04:25 PM	#11
MikeF-NH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 318 Thanks: 2 Thanked 120 Times in 80 Posts	I thought the truck that went through the ice in that area happened several weeks ago. Anyone with a truck on this ice at this point is trying to prove Darwin was right! Ice has gotten awefully gray on many cams. While I down doubt there is still over a foot of ice in many spots I am betting the integrity of that ice is degrading quickly. Also see a few open fissures on Bear Cam toward Pine and possibly a fissure forming from an old pressure ridge from the camera pointed at Sheps. Rain should speed things even with the temps not helping much the next week or so. Picking up boat next week in hopes of being able to splash her on the 13th....yep Friday the thirteenth.

03-30-2018, 04:36 PM	#12
codeman671 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,552 Thanks: 222 Thanked 837 Times in 505 Posts	Reports are that this is a new one. Airboat from tuftonboro is on the way. It's is on facebook. Gotta be true if it's on the internet!