[Rhodes22-list] High Adventure Pictured Rocks Sea Kayaking Trip

Sun Sep 13 18:12:15 EDT 2020

You know Roger,
                        When Greek Enosis is sold we will have to do
something each summer with the other stateside Rhodes. Your area sounds
Like a delightful Cruising area. Thanks!
Chris G
Enosis

On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 15:07, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> What is IR?
>
> In July, 2010, I did a long weekend cruise with my 2 sons and their wives
> in Door County, WI aboard S/V Dynamic Equilibrium.  On Friday afternoon, we
> launched from Gill’s Rock on the tip of the Door Peninsula.  We sailed out
> to Detroit Harbor on Washington Island.  We took a slip for the night at
> Cap’s Marina, arriving just ahead of a thunderstorm.  In fact, the rain
> started falling and lightening flashed just as we finished tying up the
> boat in its slip.  We grabbed our foul weather gear and ran into the
> marina’s restaurant.  Fortunately, by the time we’d finished dinner, the
> rain had let up.  We gave Gary & Marie the privacy of the cabin that night
> and the rest of us camped at Washington Island Campground.  The campground
> picked us up at the marina, drove the 3 of us to the campground, and drove
> us back to the boat the next morning.  On Saturday, there were small craft
> warnings, 15-20 knots out of the northwest and 4-6 ft waves.  Never the
> less, we suited up in our foul weather gear, PFD’s and safety harnesses and
> slogged up the west side of Washington Island.  We stayed about ¾ mile
> offshore as the west side of Washington Island is all shear cliffs, which
> would have made a very unforgiving lee shore.  Even from ¾ mile away, the
> waves breaking against the cliffs were an impressive and somewhat scary
> sight!  We were all pretty wet and tired by the time we cleared Boyer Bluff
> on the north end of the island.  In order for everyone to have a break and
> have a civilized lunch, we ducked into Washington Harbor in the wind shadow
> of Boyer Bluff, and hove to.  After lunch and about an hour’s rest, we
> continued east along the north shore of Washington Island to Jackson Harbor
> in the northeast corner.  We would have actually preferred to take a slip
> in a little marina on Rock Island which is run by the Rock Island State
> Park.  But, late on a Saturday afternoon in July, they were full up.  Sigh,
> that’s the reality of small sailboat cruising.  You often arrive late in
> the day and the powerboats have taken all the slips.  So, we took a slip in
> the public marina in Jackson Harbor.  Saturday night, we gave Daniel &
> Heather the boat cabin while Gary, Marie, and I again camped at Washington
> Island Campground.  Again, the campground offered us pickup and delivery
> service.  On Sunday morning, the wind had not let up and no boats had left
> the Rock Island Marina.  I could stand on the breakwater at Jackson Harbor
> and count boats and slips in Rock Island Marina about 7/8 mile away thru my
> binoculars.  So, we took the ferry from Jackson Harbor to Rock Island on
> Sunday morning.  We hiked over to the Pottwatomie light house, toured the
> restored guest and boat house at the state park marina, and went hiking in
> Rock Island State Park.  The wind was letting up by the time we took the
> ferry back to Jackson Harbor.  We decided we would sail back to Gill’s Rock
> that night.  We motor sailed all the way west along the north shore of
> Washington Island just to enable S/V Dynamic Equilibrium to sail a little
> closer to the dying breeze and punch into the left over chop from the
> morning.  As we rounded Boyer Bluff and headed southwest toward Gill’s
> Rock, we decided to try flying the triradial spinnaker and mainsail.  After
> a couple of frustrating miles of trying to keep the spinnaker inflated, we
> dropped the triradial spinnaker and flew the 150% genoa on a whisker pole
> and the mainsail.  At least this stopped the collapsing chute. But, after a
> few more miles we fired up the motor just to get the boat speed up.  I
> didn’t want to be putting the boat on the trailer and unrigging in the
> dark.  I left the sails up and maybe they added an extra knot of boat
> speed.  By the time we reached Gill’s Rock, the wind had gone almost dead
> calm, which made recovery onto the trailer nice and easy.  In Gill’s Rock,
> we recovered and unrigged the boat, finishing up just after sunset.  Then,
> we had a nice fish dinner at the Shoreline Restaurant in Gill’s Rock.
> After dinner, we said our goodbyes and all went our separate ways.  I got
> home early Monday morning and took Monday off work to unpack and recover.
>
> So, that’s my one experience with sailing in Door County and braving the
> Porte Des Morts Passage (Death’s Door Passage)!
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> Windows 10
>
> From: Tom Van Heule<mailto:tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2020 4:51 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] High Adventure Pictured Rocks Sea Kayaking
> Trip
>
> It will be an amazing trip if you get up there.
> I did a week of backpacking for my arrow of light on IR.
>
> Ill need more practice on our Rhodes in lake Michigan before I am conifient
> try Superior.
>
> Maybe we can do a door county run next year.
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2020, 9:18 AM Stephen Staum <snstaum at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Great Pictures Roger.  Thanks for sharing.
> >
> >
> > *Stephen Staum*
> > *s/v Carol Lee 2*
> > *1983 Rhodes 22*
> > *Needham, MA*
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 10:05 AM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Tom,
> > >
> > > Originally, the kayak towing harness for S/V Dynamic Equilibrium was to
> > > facilitate a Sailing/Kayaking High Adventure Trip wherein we were going
> > > circumnavigate Isle Royale in western Lake Superior.  This trip was
> going
> > > to be in the summer of 2002 using S/V Dynamic Equilibrium as a mother
> > > ship.  Unfortunately, 9/11 happened and the US economy went into a deep
> > > recession.  I got laid off in the spring of 2002 and the trip had to be
> > > postponed.  Between going back to school to get another degree in
> > > mechanical engineering, searching for a new job, and the boys going off
> > to
> > > college and starting their own careers; the Isle Royale trip never
> > > happened.  Since then, we have started including my brother-in-law,
> Ken,
> > in
> > > our High Adventure trips.  There is a story in the R-22 archives about
> a
> > > voyage to Garden Island in northern Lake Michigan aboard S/V Dynamic
> > > Equilibrium.  It was Ken’s 1st blue water sailing experience and we
> kind
> > of
> > > scared him on the return trip.  I haven’t suggested any sailing High
> > > Adventure Trips since then.
> > >
> > > The word around the campfire on the Pictured Rocks High Adventure Trip
> > was
> > > everyone was interested in going back to the Apostle Islands in western
> > > Lake Superior by sea kayak in the summer of 2021.  We only visited 4
> > > islands out of 22 in the archipelago the last time we were there.  I
> may
> > > explore how Ken would feel about using S/V Dynamic Equilibrium as a
> > mother
> > > ship for the kayaks.  We would definitely be able to cover more water.
> > >
> > > Roger Pihlaja
> > > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > > On Sep 11, 2020, at 8:12 PM, Tom Van Heule <
> > > tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > We're in northwest Waukesha county.
> > > > Probably an hour or so from you son.
> > > > Absolutely on your way via 94, maybe 10 minutes off course.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > IMG_20200730_204146.jpg
> > > > <
> > >
> >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/19_hhNDm1YrRJA14JZsWkxeDbks_khaZh/view?usp=drivesdk
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 7:04 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >> Hi Tom,
> > > >> My younger son, Gary & family, live in Wyocena, WI, which is a
> > northern
> > > >> suburb of Madison, WI.  Gary is a police detective on the Madison
> > Police
> > > >> Dept.  Driving around Chicago, IL, it’s about a 500 mile drive from
> my
> > > >> house.  Where in Wisconsin do you live?
> > > >> Roger Pihlaja
> > > >> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> > > >> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> > > >> Windows 10
> > > >> From: Tom Van Heule<mailto:tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com>
> > > >> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 7:58 PM
> > > >> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] High Adventure Pictured Rocks Sea
> > Kayaking
> > > >> Trip
> > > >> Superb Roger.
> > > >> I spent 20 years north of muskegon, west of 131...
> > > >> Coming " home" twice a year for the steelhead runs.
> > > >> I thought you might be in Wisconsin, but we can surely meet up
> someday
> > > as
> > > >> we're only 100 miles apart?!
> > > >> All the best everyone,
> > > >> TVH
> > > >>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 6:46 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >>> Hi Tom,
> > > >>> OK, me & my boat, let’s see … here’s a picture of me moving
> > > >> hand-over-hand
> > > >>> thru a narrow crack:
> > > >>> [cid:image004.jpg at 01D68871.F0D4FAE0]
> > > >>> Here’s a picture of me paddling along a shear cliff:
> > > >>> [cid:image003.jpg at 01D68874.485C9820]
> > > >>> Here’s a picture of the 4 of us at sunset at Mosquito River
> > > >>> [cid:image007.jpg at 01D68874.485C9820]
> > > >>> If you literally meant you wanted to see a picture of my kayak,
> here
> > it
> > > >> is
> > > >>> by itself on the beach at Hurricane River:
> > > >>> [cid:image010.jpg at 01D68874.485C9820]
> > > >>> The kayak is a 2013 Delta 14.5 Expedition.
> > > >>> The nearest point on Lake Michigan to me is Ludington, which is
> ~117
> > > >> miles
> > > >>> from my house.  If you check the R-22 archives, you will find some
> > > >> pictures
> > > >>> & stories of the towing rig we use to tow the kayaks behind S/V
> > Dynamic
> > > >>> Equilibrium.
> > > >>> Roger Pihlaja
> > > >>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> > > >>> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> > > >>> Windows 10
> > > >>> From: Tom Van Heule<mailto:tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com>
> > > >>> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 6:27 PM
> > > >>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > >>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] High Adventure Pictured Rocks Sea
> > Kayaking
> > > >>> Trip
> > > >>> Rodger, looks like a great time with the family!
> > > >>> Surely you didn't take one picture of your boat on the trip?
> > > >>> We must not be too far apart, lake michigan will be our home waters
> > as
> > > >> soon
> > > >>> as a slip opens up.
> > > >>> At which point I will send the trailer in for a beefier axle and
> > other
> > > >>> work.
> > > >>> Do you tow/stow the kayaks on the r22?
> > > >>> Tvh
> > > >>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 5:22 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com
> >
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>>> Hi All,
> > > >>>> Here are some photos from my Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore sea
> > > >>>> kayaking trip with my brother-in-law, and two sons.  We car camped
> > at
> > > >> Bay
> > > >>>> Furnace Campground in Christmas, MI on the night of August 20th,
> > > >>> shuttled a
> > > >>>> vehicle to our take-out point, and sorted out gear.  The next day,
> > we
> > > >>>> put-in at Sand Point in Munising, MI and paddled to Mosquito River
> > > >>>> Campground, ~8.0 miles.  The 2nd day, we paddled ~8.9 miles to
> > Beaver
> > > >>> Creek
> > > >>>> Campground.  The 3rd day, we paddled ~10.0 miles to Hurricane
> River
> > > >>>> Campground.  We were extremely fortunate with weather as this is a
> > > very
> > > >>>> exposed coastline.  There were some sea caves, waterfalls, and sea
> > > >> stacks
> > > >>>> on day 1; but, the best were on day 2.  By day 3, we had paddled
> > > beyond
> > > >>> the
> > > >>>> cliffs of the Pictured Rocks into the Grand Sable Dunes area.  I
> > have
> > > >>>> included a picture of what the dunes looked like.  These seemingly
> > > >>> endless
> > > >>>> sand dunes have their own unique beauty.  But, if I had the trip
> to
> > > >> plan
> > > >>>> over again, I think I would have moved our take-out
> > > >>>> to Twelvemile Beach Campground, and skipped the last 3 miles of
> > > >>>> paddling.  The sand dunes all start to look the same after a
> while.
> > > >>>> Roger Pihlaja
> > > >>>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
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