A friend called me up and said: Carter the ice is amazing you need to get out here! It was a Tuesday and I’ve learned from past experiences that you take the time to sneak out whenever the ice is good. So lunch came and I left the office to …
Iceboat up in Flames
I sadly had an old iceboat I went out of my way on a three hour drive to pick up. It was the ugly girl at the prom. Too heavy, needed touching up, and frankly couldn’t give it away when the time came. I bought it from a guy on …
Iceboating on Lake Massabesic – Taking a Ride
It was a nice warm day and decided to take the day to hit the ice and hitch a ride in an iceboat or two. It happened to be two. An iceboating friend Paul showed up with his vintage stern steerer and offered my wife and I a ride. I’ve …
Stern Steerer on Massabesic
I got a call today from an iceboating buddy who set up his stern steerer on the lake. There was no wind sadly but the sails where up and she was a sight to see! A stern steerer was the original iceboat. Ice Yachts they were called. Built like, steered …
Iceboating on Lake Massabesic
There’s a lot of ice sailing going around New England. A bunch of us are sailing on Lake Massabesic. It’s a smallish lake, but the wind is good and we have the yacht club right there, so we open it up, crank up the heat, so on cold days you …
Updated the Video Page
There are actually videos on the video page right now… Imagine that! Click the link on the top bar or head over to: http://carterbrown.com/videos/ and you’ll currently see a bunch of videos of my iceboating adventures. Iceboating is a huge passion of mine, which is currently not being met this …