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

[bobfcohen at gmail.com]

Thanks for the presentation, Jesse.  Thank you again for helping us drop our mast.  And happy 40th birthday.

 If anyone on the list takes Chris's suggestion and comes up to Northern Michigan next summer, we will be happy to make them welcome, either in Traverse City or on Portage Lake (about an hour south of Traverse City). 

Bob Cohen and Kathy Abate
Silver Bay


-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of Chris Geankoplis
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 2:01 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] sailing in Grand Traverse Bay in Michigan

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
> >
>