News from our Activities

A Breezy Sebago Cup Regatta

The Sebago Cup sail race was held Saturday in spite of concerns about Hurricane Lee. After much deliberation, we met at the club and decided to hold the event. It ended up being a lovely...

Spring Workday

About fifteen members turned out for the annual spring cleaning and workday on April 1. An outdoor crew demoed and rebuilt the club’s old kayak racks while an indoor group removed several rusted out...

First Day Sail

I arrived at Sebago on New Year’s Day to rig my melonseed skiff and don my wetsuit to do that “first day” thing of kicking off the new year with a sail. John Thomas joined...

2022 End of Year Report

Ahoy, Sebago! And Happy New Year! Despite a couple of glitches beyond our control — most notably a little bug called Covid that won’t quite go away — 2022 was a good year for...

Skippers Meeting - What's the course?

Sebago Cup – 2019

It was a beautiful day for our annual Sebago Cup. The forecast was for 0-4 out of the west, BUT it was much better – we started with 6+mph out of the SW climbing...

Rachel says bye-bye phrags

My sworn enemy at Sebago

By Shari Berkowitz I’ve been a member of Sebago since, oh, about 2006, and I’ve made many wonderful friends over the years. Those of you who joined ten years ago may have been under...

Boat Demo Day

By Chris Bickford The Sebago Canoe Club and the Appalachian Mountain Club combined teaching talents and boats to introduce paddling to interested SCC & AMC members. Loretta Brady, Charles Michener & Dan Olson discussed...

Kayak Newsletter – January, 2019

From the deck of the Chair – 1/15/2019 Frostbite Regatta and the John Wright Honorarium: In Sebago tradition, the New Year was ushered in by the Frostbite Regatta & Pot Luck on the 1st....

Sea Kayak Committee Report – Fall, 2018

A Short Story in Pictures:
Believe it or not, the pictures here were taken by James Chang on his iPhone 10 during our, Autumn Leaves Paddle to Four Sparrows Marsh. (Apparently salt water actually improves picture quality on an iPhone 🙂 It was a gray, rainy, 54˚ morning when we launched at 10 am, and at least one of the Co-Kayak Chairs would have preferred to have rolled over for another ten winks. But the water was warm, the tide was high at the marsh, and the lighting was obviously perfect for picture taking.

Annual Sail Report 2018

Another fabulous sailing season at Sebago has passed. We finished the year with close racing in our annual Fall Series, the Eoin Delap Cup, with multiple ties and places often separated by less than one tenth of a point! Here is the final tally for the series (link – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N128mXxL9Cbbk9AKP7yaceIqCtOJjN9q2qvTM8Mn4Bo/edit#gid=0). We had over twenty participants throughout the series with twelve qualifiers (those participating in at least three races, and helping with RC for one of those) spanning six race days and 38 races. Congratulations to the top placers. In the Laser class Tracy Kornrich won 1st, Holly Sears 2nd, and David Cripton 3rd. In the Sunfish class, Patrick Daniels won 1st, Dino Ness 2nd, and Boris Mezhibovskiy 3rd. Winners Tracy and Patrick share the Eoin Delap Cup!

Kids and Kayaks

You know you’ve done something right when your seven-year-old granddaughter comes home from school and, mystified, says to her mother, “None of my friends have a kayak”.

Moon light paddle, photo courtesy of Bonnie Aldinger

Kayak Newsletter, September 2018

From the deck of the Chair 9/15/18 On Sunday, 8/26/2018, there was a new member orientation. A Full Moon Paddle was scheduled. Quick Start boats were coming up the dock after class. Boats for...

Lake Sebago: The picture above could be Lake Sebago. Serene. Pretty. A comfortable place to practice, paddle, hike or BBQ.

Kayak Newsletter, August 2018

From the deck of the Chair, 8/15/18 Lake Sebago: The opening picture could be Lake Sebago. Serene. Pretty. A comfortable place to practice, paddle, hike or BBQ. This month two Safety & Rescue classes...

Kayak Newsletter, July 2018

From the deck of the Chair, 7/15/18 Sailing/kayak cruise: You might be wondering why pictures of Fordham University’s sailing team are posted here. It’s a tribute to the sailing/kayak cruise & BBQ that Sebago...

Sailing Class – 2018

Our annual Sailing Class was held this past weekend. We could not have asked for better weather – warm and sunny with light to moderate winds settling into a nice southerly on both days...

Spring Race Series – Last Race and Final Results

We finished out our Spring Racing Season yesterday with Race Day #6 (an extension of our season!). I think this year we sailed in the rain three out of the six days and yesterday...

Sebago Kayak Fishing

By Jason Delgado Welcome to Sebago Kayak Fishing! Our Brooklyn location offers some of the best fishing grounds in the Northeast. What makes Jamaica Bay so special and unique are the tidal wetlands that...