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

[THOMAS POLISE]

Would you mind sharing the name of charter company?

> On Sep 13, 2020, at 7:05 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