[Rhodes22-list] Charlevoix Michigan

[Mark Osterbrock]

Attached are a few photos of Charlervoix marina, Round Lake, and Lake
Charlevoix.
  Happy Sails,
  Mark




On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Mark Osterbrock
<mark.osterbrock at gmail.com>wrote:

> Chris,
>     Always enjoy your sketches very much keep the Charlevoix sketches
> coming. My wife and I spent a week on our Rhodes 22 at Lake Charlevoix in
> July. It is about a 9 hour drive from our home in southern Ohio but was well
> worth the drive.If anyone is still looking for a vacation destination we
> fell in love with the area and would recommend it as a great destination for
> a Rhodes 22.
> We spent 5 nights at the Charlevoix marina on Round Lake which is a
> beautiful natural harbor between Lake Michigan and Lake Charlevoix. From the
> marina you can head west 1/2 mile under the drawbridge into Lake Michigan or
> head east 1/2 mile through the canal into Lake Charlevoix. Lake
> Charlevoix is about 15 miles long and about 2 miles wide and spans from
> Charlevoix to Boyne City. The water is cool, deep and crystal clear.Another
> arm of the lake stretches 8 miles to East Jordan and is an interesting sail
> when the wind pipes up on the main lake.
>      You can make reservations online for the Charlevoix City Marina by
> going to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources website. There is also
> a smaller  marina at Boyne City on the other end of the lake. Of the 5
> nights we spent at the Charlevoix Marina there was live music 3 nights at
> the pavilion which we were able to enjoy while lounging in the cockpit.You
> can easily walk to the grocery, pizza parlor, and several restaurants. We
> enjoyed the Weathervane restaurant near the drawbridge.( expensive but great
> food great view). I would recommend spending a few nights at Charlevoix
> then sailing down to Boyne City to spend a night or two. Head back to
> Charlevoix in the morning before the waves build. Usually this would be a 15
> mile beat so you may want to do some motoring.
>     There is a great launch ramp about 1 1/2 miles from Charlevoix Marina
> next to Irish Boat Works. I will try to send some photos later once I find
> out how . Oh, and the best part of all, we spent 6 days on the boat and my
> wife loved it and wants to go back!
>
> Happy sails,
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:32 PM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I had a chance to get out on the Chesapeake Bay last Saturday before
>> starting
>> my Sunday 13 hour drive from Washington DC to Charlevoix Michigan for our
>> annual summer vacation up North.  I have been making this trip for about
>> 25
>> years and will need to bring my Rhodes one of these years.  While without
>> sailboat I am enjoying the cool weather and water views around Lake
>> Charlevoix and Lake Michigan.  The following is a link to some of the
>> sketches I have completed so far along with some music and audio sound
>> effects.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uLxfrTNEyE
>>
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