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...
News from our Activities
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...
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...
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!
Canoeing
Canoe pictures from 2018.
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”.
Racing Dun Laoghaire
What follows is a collection of emails I sent to the Sebago community as a log of my experiences at the 2018 Laser Masters World Sailing Championships in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland…
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...
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...
August Youth Paddle Pictures
Pictures from two recent Youth Paddles – photos courtesy of Chris Bickford: Highline Academy, Aug. 2018 Rocking the Boat group, Aug. 2018
2018 Rowing Open House — Saturday, July 28, 9:00 am
SCC members – Please join the Rowing Committee members at our 2nd annual “Open House” to learn more about the rowing equipment and program, etc. We’ll even run a little DIY clinic on the...
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...
From the deck of the Chair – Kayak News – June 2018
The season is off to an active start. The All Club Invitational paddles, races and, of course, super grub thanks to chef Steve and his stellar crew. The Trip Leader Workshop was well attended...
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...
Kayak Newsletter Mar. 2018
From the deck of the Chair 3.15.18p
Sailing Report – April 2018
By Holly Sears I have been hearing about the winter adventures of many of our sailors and look forward to hearing more as our new on-the-water season at Sebago approaches. Tracy Kornrich and I...
Buying My Oru Folding Kayak
By Nina Sabghir I was looking for a folding kayak I could use when doing swim support and other situations where I didn’t want to struggle with picking up my boat from the club,...
Garden Plotting 2018
By Mary Eyster and Mary Ann Hoag The Garden Committee will be working with the Vice Commodore to create new individual plots this coming Fall season. The work will progress in many stages, some...