[quote=pbegle]Sorry, Kevin, but the protocol for a trip like that is two phone calls. In 1975, CRAM had a regatta in St Joesph, Mi near bottom of lake. Don Sapikowski called & said "let's sail it home". I lived in St Clair Shores on Lake St Clair. I said "Don, that's too far, but if you find someone to bring a trailer to Mackinaw Island, I'll go". 2nd phone call "Donahue will bring trailer". OK, you bring this, I'll bring that, etc. We left St Jo at 6:00 pm after regatta on Sunday & sailed until 3:00 am into Ludington harbor. Had Bob Dylan blasting on tape deck on boom of Prindle 16 (there were no 18's those days except Sol 18's). Ferry whistle at 8:00 am shook us up off tramp & after breakfast in a place called "Hardware Store", we headed up lake with SW wind behind us. Worried about loosing the rig in a jibe (blowing 20 now), we jibed when we saw a Coho Salmon fleet congregated near river mouths. Around Point Betsie with big seas, we broke a rudder casting (the old kind that Hobie put a sieze & desist order on). Surfing into shore & running 100' up a dune we borrowed a tool to replace the only spare part we carried. Late afternoon we made Platte River & walked a mile to a restaurant for a chicken dinner. Walking back to beach, a tourist coming to see sunset said "did you guys sail past Frankfort today ?" Yes, we said. "You were going 100 mph & we never did see the boat, only yellow sails". Made our day. Next day slow sail to Charlevoix, but we cooked a steak on little stove on tramp. Walked into a bar in town in our wet suits & ordered two hamburgers each, then found a room in old Victorian house on the lake. Last day slow sail to the Island, but impressive going under the bridge. And Donahue was waiting with trailer in Mac City. Pete[/quote]
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