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I was going to post this as a response to Glen's comment about associations. Where do you all sail your small boats?? I live in Michigan about as far from any of the Great Lake as possible, about an hour to Lake Erie, 2 hours to Lake Huron and probably close to 3 to lake Michigan. My 170 is perfect for the little lakes around where I live. But . . . . I am drawn to bigger water. I have been to Lake Huron twice, and the Grand Traverse Bay once. Haven't made it to Lake Erie or Lake St. Clair. My experiences on larger bodies of water tend to be of the "HOLY CRAP" variety. Usually too much wind too big waves, and suddenly I am aware of my lack of skills. So when I hear about folks with their 140s or 146s or 170s in the San Fransisco Bay, or Gulf of Mexico I am usually pretty impressed. When Glen asked about associations my first thought was that a trip to the Traverse Bay again with a bunch of folks would be safer than going by myself again . . . and maybe if some of them knew what they were doing that would be a bonus as well (insert self deprecating grin here). Anyway where do you sail? The lake I usually go to is about 1000 acres, Lake Huron is bigger than that, I am sure there are some lakes in between. just curious,John