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

[Jesse Shumaker]

Jeanneau 379.  Definitely bigger than what we need, and a couple of steps
up from the Jeanneau 33 that we chartered in Apostle Islands, but that is
what is available on short notice.  We'll have some family on board, one of
which is a sailor out of Traverse City so that will be helpful.  I'm
curious to try the IMF on a larger boat.  Our itinerary will depend on
weather conditions.

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 2:41 PM Tom Van Heule <
tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:

> What are you chartering?
>
> I spent 20+ years in west michigan.  Beautiful.
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2020, 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
> >
>