[Rhodes22-list] sailing in Grand Traverse Bay in Michigan

[Chris Geankoplis]

Oh Jesse,
             That was a great presentation!  Love the story and the
format.  The pictures were excellent and speak volume about sailing in the
area.  Could be it could be a summer destination for us and others on the
list.  Thanks!

Chris G
Enosis

On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 10:49 AM Jesse Shumaker <
jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> I put together a recap and some highlight photos of our sailing trip in
> Grand Traverse Bay at the link below.
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-XPDLxAJcuzvKa_3MJ7rwJ9JBhtzb8L_/view
>
> I included links in that document to resources for anyone that might want
> to plan a trip in the area.  After reading the accounts of the adventures
> of others on this list, it inspired me to capture and share my trips.  Even
> if it's just me who looks at this in the future, I'll have something to
> look back on later and relive the trip on cold winter days :)
>
> This trip was on a charter boat, but this area can be sailed by a R22 as
> well.  If you make it to the end of the document, a R22 does make an
> appearance.
>
> <
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-XPDLxAJcuzvKa_3MJ7rwJ9JBhtzb8L_/view?usp=sharing
> >
> Jesse Shumaker
> S/V Zephyr
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 6:05 PM Jesse Shumaker <
> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My wife and I had sailing plans out west, but that has been rescheduled
> > due to the wildfires and resulting air quality.  I really feel bad for
> > everyone affected by that on top of everything else delivered by this
> crazy
> > year of 2020.
> >
> > We swiftly changed plans and will be chartering a sailboat out of
> Traverse
> > City, Michigan
> > later this month.  We're actually going to be up there again in the
> middle
> > of next summer.  We have some family nearby that will be joining us on
> > board for part of the trip.  For this round we plan on spending most of
> the
> > time within Grand Traverse Bay and going as far North as Charlevoix or
> > possibly Harbor Point in Little Traverse Bay.  Next summer we would like
> to
> > make it over to Beaver Island if weather permits.
> >
> > For the first day, we're going to hire a captain and practice docking and
> > other boat handling since this will be a bigger boat for us.  We had to
> go
> > with what was available on short notice but end of season discounts help.
> > It has IMF so it will be interesting to try that on a bigger boat.
> >
> > Tentative plan:
> > Thursday  9/24 1 Captain - spend the night at Elmwood Marina in Traverse
> > City
> > Friday    9/25 2 Power Island & Sutton's Bay
> > Saturday  9/26 3 Northport / Old Mission Bay
> > Sunday    9/27 4 Charleviox / Harbor Point in Little Traverse Bay
> > Monday    9/28 5 Omena Bay / Ingalls Bay
> > Tuesday   9/29 6 Elk Rapids / Old Mission
> > Wednesday 9/30 7 Return to Traverse City
> >
> > Would anyone on the list happen to be familiar with the area and have any
> > recommendations?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jesse Shumaker
> > S/V Zephyr
> >
>