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

[Jesse Shumaker]

Thanks Chris!  My trips are still relatively mild but reading travelogues
like yours gives me so many ideas for big adventures down the road!

On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 1:00 PM Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> > >
> >
>