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

[bobfcohen at gmail.com]

Hi Jesse -
I am new to the Rhodes list.  My wife and I spend summers in a house in Arcadia, MI, an hour (driving time) from Traverse City.  Last fall we bought a Rhodes ("Silver Bay") which we keep at a marina in Onekama on Portage Lake.  It is our first sailboat, and we have been proceeding very gingerly.  Unfortunately, a few weeks ago, the mainsail furling mechanism got jammed while sailing.  We are in the process of trying to get it unjammed. 

I saw that you will be sailing out of Traverse City later this month and again next summer.   It is possible that we will still be in the area when you are here this year and we will certainly be around next summer.   It would be nice to meet you some time when you are Up North.

Bob Cohen



-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of Jesse Shumaker
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 4:23 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] sailing in Grand Traverse Bay in Michigan

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
> >
>