Friday, October 29, 2010

Sea Story; Larry Haff on how Lake Sebago got it's name

At this years MASCF, I bumped into open ACA canoe sailor Larry Haff. I haven't seen Larry for two years and he related this gem about how Lake Sebago, NY got it's name.

Lake Sebago is one of two American Canoe Camps (Sugar Island is the other one) and sits about 30 miles out from New York City. It is a great paddling lake and top notch paddlers come out to train on this lake. For sailboat racing; it's the pits, literally, as Lake Sebago sits in a bowl where the wind seemingly never shows up. Over the years, Larry has been driven bonkers by sailing too many ACA open sailing canoe events at Lake Sebago .

Upon doing some reasearch? Larry Haff told me with a straight face that "Sebago" is the Native American word for "where the wind goes to die".

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2 comments:

  1. TillermanOctober 29, 2010 at 7:29 PM

    Oh. I always thought Sebago was a Native American word for "shoe worn by brave who wants to look like sailor."

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  2. TweezermanOctober 31, 2010 at 3:40 PM

    Tillerman,

    Good one. If we submit these to the Urban Dictionary do you want the first or second definition listed for Sebago?

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