Ice Skating

magicrobotmonkey · 12-10-2018, 12:43 PM

Every few years conditions work out just right and we get beautiful ice like this on winnisquam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAYXhhFidbA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zw6yr4vtfo

Dad207 · 12-10-2018, 10:23 PM

Thanks! I had two days on Winni last year that were pretty much like that; lucky, hope to get one or two in this year as well. We'll see.

VitaBene · 12-11-2018, 04:42 PM

You could skate on Kanasatka right now!

Beauport · 12-16-2018, 09:22 PM

Had a great time skating on Hanson Cove today. Meredith bay is still open, but I found 5.5 - 6.5 inches of ice when I drilled. Amazing to enjoy the open cove with flat ice...it does not happen often.

thinkxingu · 12-16-2018, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Beauport

Had a great time skating on Hanson Cove today. Meredith bay is still open, but I found 5.5 - 6.5 inches of ice when I drilled. Amazing to enjoy the open cove with flat ice...it does not happen often.

I'm surprised it's frozen--there are quite a few bubblers in there, right?

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fatlazyless · 12-17-2018, 03:52 AM

Tried to go ice skating, yesterday afternoon, in my 16' Alumacraft, on the 200-yards of solid ice blocking the path out, out around Rock Island, Bear Island, and Lovejoy Sands-Shep Brown public boat launch. I must be losing my grip because I just could not bring myself to cruise fast down at the ice like an ice-breaker ..... picking at it with a heavy ice chopper told me it was just too thick.

What the Marine Patrol needs is a heavy, powerful ice-breaker to keep the transportation lanes open! It seems that all the construction barges have done their thing, and are wintering at the Lovejoy Sands town docks for the duration.

Holy smokes ...... can probably, hopefully, still go boat in the other direction over to Meredith Marina, or Thurston's, or Aqua Marina, or Flightcraft or somewhere today ......and hopefully not be doing any ice skating ..... to get my boat out of this lake. The Meredith town ramp at the big intersection is probably not doable due to too much ice, down in close there.

You know this here lake wasn't scheduled to freeze till January 5 - 10 ..... so what's up with the global warming? Should have done this, last Tuesday, when I was thinking about it .... it was a nice day.

Beauport · 12-17-2018, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by thinkxingu

I'm surprised it's frozen--there are quite a few bubblers in there, right?

There are, including mine

but staying out where the ice is unaffected is not tough (or was not tough...the dusting of snow last night is probably a deal killer). My experience with the ice eaters is that the effect is only several yards beyond the open water area and the clear ice made it pretty easy to see where things got sketchy. I'm not encouraging anyone to test this, use your own judgement. But we got a great couple of skating sessions in.

12-10-2018, 10:23 PM	#2
Dad207 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Now residing in Echo Shores, Alton NH, originally from Baltimore MD. Posts: 113 Thanks: 193 Thanked 63 Times in 30 Posts	Ice Skating Thanks! I had two days on Winni last year that were pretty much like that; lucky, hope to get one or two in this year as well. We'll see.

12-16-2018, 09:22 PM	#4
Beauport Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 30 Times in 7 Posts	Skating on Hanson Cove Had a great time skating on Hanson Cove today. Meredith bay is still open, but I found 5.5 - 6.5 inches of ice when I drilled. Amazing to enjoy the open cove with flat ice...it does not happen often.

12-17-2018, 03:52 AM	#6
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,779 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,022 Times in 744 Posts	...... big rough ice ahead ..... yikes! Tried to go ice skating, yesterday afternoon, in my 16' Alumacraft, on the 200-yards of solid ice blocking the path out, out around Rock Island, Bear Island, and Lovejoy Sands-Shep Brown public boat launch. I must be losing my grip because I just could not bring myself to cruise fast down at the ice like an ice-breaker ..... picking at it with a heavy ice chopper told me it was just too thick. What the Marine Patrol needs is a heavy, powerful ice-breaker to keep the transportation lanes open! It seems that all the construction barges have done their thing, and are wintering at the Lovejoy Sands town docks for the duration. Holy smokes ...... can probably, hopefully, still go boat in the other direction over to Meredith Marina, or Thurston's, or Aqua Marina, or Flightcraft or somewhere today ......and hopefully not be doing any ice skating ..... to get my boat out of this lake. The Meredith town ramp at the big intersection is probably not doable due to too much ice, down in close there. You know this here lake wasn't scheduled to freeze till January 5 - 10 ..... so what's up with the global warming? Should have done this, last Tuesday, when I was thinking about it .... it was a nice day. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake! Last edited by fatlazyless; 12-17-2018 at 04:23 AM.

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12-10-2018, 12:43 PM	#1
magicrobotmonkey Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 160 Thanks: 42 Thanked 44 Times in 31 Posts	Every few years conditions work out just right and we get beautiful ice like this on winnisquam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAYXhhFidbA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zw6yr4vtfo

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