Hi all.
I live about as far from one of the Great Lakes as you can in Michigan. While I’m within 4 or 5 hours of quite a few really nice sailing grounds, I’m 2 hours away from the closest one.
My solution as of last year was to have an 11 ft sailing and rowing dinghy that is perfectly well suited to the many 400 -1000acre lakes near my house, and a Capri 18 that I can tow to bays and protected water on the big lakes.
It works out pretty well, except one thing. I only sail my “big”boat a couple times per year. It’s usually for a weekend or longer, but somehow I imagined getting it out more often.
The small boat has the advantages that there are several really nice sailing lakes within 10 miles of my house, and it takes 10 minutes to rig and launch.
But I do love that week long vacation on the big lake.
Do any of you employ similar solutions to get out on the water more often?
I live about as far from one of the Great Lakes as you can in Michigan. While I’m within 4 or 5 hours of quite a few really nice sailing grounds, I’m 2 hours away from the closest one.
My solution as of last year was to have an 11 ft sailing and rowing dinghy that is perfectly well suited to the many 400 -1000acre lakes near my house, and a Capri 18 that I can tow to bays and protected water on the big lakes.
It works out pretty well, except one thing. I only sail my “big”boat a couple times per year. It’s usually for a weekend or longer, but somehow I imagined getting it out more often.
The small boat has the advantages that there are several really nice sailing lakes within 10 miles of my house, and it takes 10 minutes to rig and launch.
But I do love that week long vacation on the big lake.
Do any of you employ similar solutions to get out on the water more often?