If all you do is sail on your own lake you are lucky to get any iceboating in at all. If you want to sail iceboats, you have to be willing to travel. This weekend is a great example. I live in Connecticut. Nothing sailable in this state is frozen. However, Plymouth Pond in Maine is frozen and sailable. If it is not getting too much snow, we will sail it tomorrow and sunday. If it does get snowed out today, we will probably go the Thedford Mines which is east of Montreal. If they get snowed out we will drink beer, sharpen runners and hope the next lake freezes quickly. Last year I got in 18 days of iceboating. This does not include 3 days when we set up but there was no wind (bummer). Usualy I get to sail 25+ days per winter.
Last year I sailed in CT,MA,VT,NH,ME,NY,WI, and Quebec.
Buy a good set of snow tires, tie the boat to your roofracks and hit the road!

Think Ice
Eric