[Rhodes22-list] Charlevoix Michigan

[Leland]

Mark,

Great pictures--we don't have boat houses like that around here!

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
Kent Island, MD


mdozone wrote:
> 
> 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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