[Rhodes22-list] South Haven

[Bob Weber]

Paul, lets hope Im in good favor with the weather Gods. It would take 2 
Ideal days for me to think about making for a harbor 20 miles away.  I think 
such a trip would really open my wifes eyes to all the great possibilities a 
coastal cruiser can make available.  Next year I am going to plan a spring 
trip somewhere where she will feel like an adventurer.  I am working her and 
the boat up to doing some cruising in Fla. a couple years down the road.  I 
heard of a story of someone who started in the gulf went through Lake 
Oki_something to the atlantic and around the tip back to the starting place. 
  That sounds pretty cool for a goal.  With any luck I will need the charts 
and be calling you at work.  I take it you are there during regular hours.  
Bob


>From: Paul Grandholm <PAUL@mi.chtechnology.com>
>Reply-To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
>To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
>Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] South Haven
>Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 09:33:00 -0400
>
>Bob,
>
>      The weather is unpredictable very far in advance.  I took last week
>off and it was dead calm with flat water all week until Friday afternoon
>when it kicked up in two hours as I described earlier.  Saturday was one
>of the best sailing days of the year.  Sunday was dead calm again until
>about 4:00.  We went from motoring & swimming to sailing with full sails
>to sailing with reefed sails all in less than an hour.
>      I dug up the Lake Michigan Chart book I mentioned.  It was printed
>in 1987, but it should be good enough.  I also have a Great Lakes
>Cruising Club Port Pilot and Log Book that has aerial photos and
>descriptions.  Both are in my office if you want to buzz down to St. Joe
>early in the week.
>
>Paul
>
> >Paul, Thanks for the info.  I would like borrow a couple charts.  The
> >Sagautuck run sounds like something my wife would really like.  The rest 
>of
> >the family usually goes up there via car for a day trip so mabey I can 
>time
> >it so I can bring one crew up and a more rested crew back down.  My 
>record
> >sail in this boat is 15 miles.  It is workable with good weather.  You 
>don't
> >have to tell me about the weather on lake mich.  I read about the 
>mackinawa
> >race and have heard the ballard of the ella fitzgerald.  Sheltered 
>harbors
> >are so few and far between I will really have to be assured of the 
>weather
> >before I set out on a cruise.  Does the wind drop off in late july / 
>august
> >like it does in MO?  I August sailboats are just funny looking pontoon 
>boats
> >and swim platforms.  See you soon.  Bob
>
>
>========================
>Paul Grandholm
>C&H Technology
>GrandPower Components Div.
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>
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