Love Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron. I have sailed my O'day 222, Niagara, in those waters. My family has a place in the "Thumb." To me, it is close to heaven. It has some of the best beaches with the purest fine sand in the world. It is so pure, Henry Ford use to mine the sand at what is now Port Crescent State Park to make the windshields for the Model T. Because you are on peninsula there are places you can see the sun rise and sunset from the same spot. The sunsets, especially at Caseville are incredible. The water turns beautiful pink as the sun disappears. As always, be careful. Just because they call Saginaw Bay a bay doesn't mean its small and protected . Its huge and as wild and rough as any other part of the Great Lakes. We always launched Niagara at either the Caseville or Port Austin Marinas. I prefer Port Austin since it is larger and been updated, but Caseville is fine and it has more dockage and has several private marinas with many sailboats, which may direct you to someone to assist you. If you are above the Thumb on the Huron side, you might contact the Coast Guard Station at Tawas. They probably have a Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla there that can guide you for assistance. There is also the Tawas Bay Yacht Club in east Tawas (989)362-3137 which may very well have someone to sail with you to mentor you.
