Mr. Bill, you know how to pronounce Ho Pat Cong!!!!
Thats pretty good ... there are a lot of people in NJ who still have problems with that. Lots of people that I run into when I'm in Hoboken or Jersey City often give me blank looks and ask where is that? I often can't find the name of a town out in our direction that they recognize so I get more blank looks (even though it's just an hour drive in rush hour traffic). Some have a vague awareness of Morristown or Dover, but we may as well be in the middle of Pennsylvania for all they know.
Power boats on Lake Hopatcong? Not that I've noticed ... :Liar: There are just a few (30 or so) ... with dual or triple 250 HP engines ... and open exhaust pipes. Not really a bother ... :Liar: One actually has a jet engine!
Mr. Bill, I give you props for "Let me Google this for you" and your message. I had to laugh and that's always a good thing! I have a small confession to make. Last summer, we ran across a guy who brought his Catalina 25 over to the lake and spent a week hanging out . He told us he had it over on the Hudson earlier and was taking it down to the Chesapeake later in the summer. I was more than just a little envious. I've been pretty restless for more space to sail and explore, but totalling the cost for moving our boat is going to be about $1,400 all said & done. I've been ready for a long time, but Sue hates to give up the convenience because she doesn't want to commit entire weekends to the boat. We're kind of at a stand-off on this issue, and it is too easy to just stay put. We now have a slip at Lee's County Park, just a couple minutes down the road from our house.
I've been on a friends Mac over on Lake Wallenpaupack in Pa. Plus there are plenty of nice folks that enjoy their's on our lake. I have no problem with people enjoying their boat ... that's basically what we all do regardless of what we have. I think if you really understand my posts, you will see that I am basically commenting on the paradox of purchasing a boat that is designed for ease of trailering when logic dictates that the owners will most likely be keeping their boat on a can or a slip, and a boat with fixed keel is better suited to Lake Michigan conditions. I think that the later posts pretty much confirmed my statements regarding the scarcity of ramps. Even dlandersson unwittingly demonstrated that the trailer sailer boats that are in the harbors, are on cans or slips and maybe use their trailers just twice per year. Did you know that the ramp that ualpow mentions in Winthrop Harbor is basically on the Wisconsin border? He's basically saying that the only somewhat convenient ramp between the Wisconsin border and Hammond, Indiana (about 100 miles of shoreline) is the ramp at Burnham Harbor, downtown. Do you know what it's like driving into the city on a summer weekend, particularly a Friday night, when the city comes alive with people driving in from basically the entire midwest for the spectacular summer living that Chicago offers? As they say in NJ ... fahgetabowdit!
But decisions are theirs to make and there are plenty of reasons to own a Mac as well, so God Bless as they also say in the Garden State!
Thats pretty good ... there are a lot of people in NJ who still have problems with that. Lots of people that I run into when I'm in Hoboken or Jersey City often give me blank looks and ask where is that? I often can't find the name of a town out in our direction that they recognize so I get more blank looks (even though it's just an hour drive in rush hour traffic). Some have a vague awareness of Morristown or Dover, but we may as well be in the middle of Pennsylvania for all they know.
Power boats on Lake Hopatcong? Not that I've noticed ... :Liar: There are just a few (30 or so) ... with dual or triple 250 HP engines ... and open exhaust pipes. Not really a bother ... :Liar: One actually has a jet engine!
Mr. Bill, I give you props for "Let me Google this for you" and your message. I had to laugh and that's always a good thing! I have a small confession to make. Last summer, we ran across a guy who brought his Catalina 25 over to the lake and spent a week hanging out . He told us he had it over on the Hudson earlier and was taking it down to the Chesapeake later in the summer. I was more than just a little envious. I've been pretty restless for more space to sail and explore, but totalling the cost for moving our boat is going to be about $1,400 all said & done. I've been ready for a long time, but Sue hates to give up the convenience because she doesn't want to commit entire weekends to the boat. We're kind of at a stand-off on this issue, and it is too easy to just stay put. We now have a slip at Lee's County Park, just a couple minutes down the road from our house.
I've been on a friends Mac over on Lake Wallenpaupack in Pa. Plus there are plenty of nice folks that enjoy their's on our lake. I have no problem with people enjoying their boat ... that's basically what we all do regardless of what we have. I think if you really understand my posts, you will see that I am basically commenting on the paradox of purchasing a boat that is designed for ease of trailering when logic dictates that the owners will most likely be keeping their boat on a can or a slip, and a boat with fixed keel is better suited to Lake Michigan conditions. I think that the later posts pretty much confirmed my statements regarding the scarcity of ramps. Even dlandersson unwittingly demonstrated that the trailer sailer boats that are in the harbors, are on cans or slips and maybe use their trailers just twice per year. Did you know that the ramp that ualpow mentions in Winthrop Harbor is basically on the Wisconsin border? He's basically saying that the only somewhat convenient ramp between the Wisconsin border and Hammond, Indiana (about 100 miles of shoreline) is the ramp at Burnham Harbor, downtown. Do you know what it's like driving into the city on a summer weekend, particularly a Friday night, when the city comes alive with people driving in from basically the entire midwest for the spectacular summer living that Chicago offers? As they say in NJ ... fahgetabowdit!
But decisions are theirs to make and there are plenty of reasons to own a Mac as well, so God Bless as they also say in the Garden State!
). dlandersson knows quite a few Mac owners that use the ramps in Whiting or Hammond - because he has homes in both places.