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| 720.1 | | 3D::GINGER | | Mon Jan 04 1988 22:23 | 28 |
| I sailed the Great Lakes for 12 years, in boats from 12' Tech dinghys
to an 84' gaff topsail yawl. Raced a 40' Concordia to Mackinaw many
years. Then DEC thought I should be in Maynard so I moved here in
1972 and have now had about 14 years on salt.
When you are 30-40 miles off shore, with a fetch of 100 or more
miles to the north (like the lower end of Lake Huron) it doesnt
matter whether the water is Salt or Fresh, waves and wind can be
the same. I often find New Englanders dont realize the State of
Massachusetts could be an ISLAND in some of the lakes.
Most of my sailing was out of Detroit, so I learned about river
current early. (and even there I hated outboards on my sailboats,
but thats another note...) On th eOceam there is a new variable
in current direction that takes a bit of getting used to. Also of
course the idea that a lot of water goes away evey 6 hours- that
would have saved me a LOT of yard bills on the Lakes for the quick
haul out for minor repairs.
The northern reaches of Georgian Bay are almost exactly like the
coast of Maine, except you can drink the water over the side in
Georgian Bay.
Id like to sail again on the Lakes, they hold lots of wonderful memories
for me, but you couldnt drag me out fo New England to return to
Detroit!
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| 720.2 | Time Warp | DELNI::FACHON | | Tue Jan 05 1988 11:04 | 19 |
| I had the pleasure of cruising for a long weekend last summer
on Lake Ontario -- out of Sodus. I guess Ontario was fairly
polluted not too many years ago, but it seems very clean now.
You can see the bottom through a good two fathoms, and they catch
tremendous -- big -- trout!
At any rate, that weekend was like stepping back in
time about 15 years. Many of the little harbors are sleepy and quaint.
We also had reciprocal yacht club privaleges, so we could tie
up at several small clubs and use their facilities for free.
I'm not sure, but I expect a small fee would get the same for non-members.
On shore we found pleasant, "home-style" resaurants and pubs, not
to mention rolling farm land and quiet country lanes to stroll.
I look forward to cruising there again -- for at least 2 weeks.
I'd like to sail to Toronto, and visit a few of the "Thousand
Islands." I've heard they're magnificent. Anyone have any tips
or suggested reading on cruising the Lakes?
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| 720.3 | "Old salt" on Fresh water... | FHOOA::SCHESKY | | Thu Jan 07 1988 11:21 | 18 |
| There is a relatively new (2 years) magazine out exclusively dedicated
to Great Lakes sailing. It is apprpriately named " GREAT LAKES
SAILOR". It has many good article about cruising the Lakes (with
color photos most of the time) as well as info on racing, tech reports
etc. It costs about $14 for 12 mo/ issues and can be subscribed
to by writing or calling:
GREAT LAKES SAILOR
5615 W. Cermak Rd.
Cicero, IL 60650
Phone: 216-762-2300
It's as good or better than any other monthly mags I have seen on the
subject and is dedicated to this subject only.
CS
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| 720.4 | long time gt lakes sailor. | HYEND::RSCHLESS | | Fri Feb 19 1988 15:25 | 20 |
| I've just moved here from Lake Ontario (Rochester). The cruiising
from Roch east and north to the throusand Islands is great. Many
quaint towns ..the Canadian gov't owns many of the 1000 islands
as camp grounds. You can either anchor in or tie up. The fee is
$3. per night and sometimes includes showers, etc. In the morning
the govt comes around to collect the $3.00 and sell donuts.
Sometimes it gets pretty busy and you have to raft. I would
suggest you find out when the Canadian holidays are and work around
them. There are lots of good restaurants onthe Canadian shore
but we never found any that were great...
Toronto, on the other hand, is fantastic. You can either tie up
at the Hilton, or at the Royal; Can Yacht Club (RCYC). You have
to be a member of another club, however.. It might be a good idea
to write ahead.
Good luck!
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