The Greats are on of the places where you can slip a reasonable size (25-35') boat for less than the proverbial arm and a leg.
I have an Ericson 32 in Wilson NY for about 1k per season...sail to Toronto on occasion.
New (old) boat - Lake Michigan, here we come!
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gyroplanes
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Re: New (old) boat - Lake Michigan, here we come!
Sorry it took me so long to respond.
I am based at the Hammond Marina (on the B dock if you decide and are looking for company) Next week I have to make my second installment, the fee for the smallest of slips is around $2200.
I was previously slipped at Pastrick MArina in EC. I was told they had only "cans" available, but I saw the first slip on many docks was open. When I enquired about the "first slips" I was told they were too shallow for most boats. My South Coast 22 fit in without a problem, so I got off the can.
Sadly, the Pastrick Marina is located right next to a functioning steel mill. When the wind is from any western vector (and it usually in in the Midwest), you could count on bad smells and a coating of black graphite dust (a product of steelmaking).
The dust, if stepped on, became a smear that you had to wash away. Rinsing off the boat before sailing became the norm.
To the East of Pastrick are casino "boats" and then a cement factory(?) that used to be the Marble Head Lime Co. followed by a few sand beaches and then more steel mills, but still closer to the dunes than Hammond Marina.
Hammond marina has great facilities, but is located north of two stink providers. The Lever Brothers plant emits a scented, perfumey soap smell your guests will love (at first), after many years odf smelling it, it gags me.
Also located south of the marina is a corn products plant. If you like the smell of hot corn, you will like this place for a little while as well. Under the right conditions, you get a blend of both that hits you with a perfumey, soapy hot corn smell.
Count on killing 20-40 spiders anytime you visit your boat in the Hammond Marina. This fact is probably true in most marinas. The spiders take a great deal of pleasure away from MY sailing experience and make sleepovers a mind-over-matter experience. I''ll start a new thread on the spiders.
I hope to join you on the lake this year. The first day you can occupy a slip at Hammond is only 4 weeks away (April 1)
Tom
I am based at the Hammond Marina (on the B dock if you decide and are looking for company) Next week I have to make my second installment, the fee for the smallest of slips is around $2200.
I was previously slipped at Pastrick MArina in EC. I was told they had only "cans" available, but I saw the first slip on many docks was open. When I enquired about the "first slips" I was told they were too shallow for most boats. My South Coast 22 fit in without a problem, so I got off the can.
Sadly, the Pastrick Marina is located right next to a functioning steel mill. When the wind is from any western vector (and it usually in in the Midwest), you could count on bad smells and a coating of black graphite dust (a product of steelmaking).
The dust, if stepped on, became a smear that you had to wash away. Rinsing off the boat before sailing became the norm.
To the East of Pastrick are casino "boats" and then a cement factory(?) that used to be the Marble Head Lime Co. followed by a few sand beaches and then more steel mills, but still closer to the dunes than Hammond Marina.
Hammond marina has great facilities, but is located north of two stink providers. The Lever Brothers plant emits a scented, perfumey soap smell your guests will love (at first), after many years odf smelling it, it gags me.
Also located south of the marina is a corn products plant. If you like the smell of hot corn, you will like this place for a little while as well. Under the right conditions, you get a blend of both that hits you with a perfumey, soapy hot corn smell.
Count on killing 20-40 spiders anytime you visit your boat in the Hammond Marina. This fact is probably true in most marinas. The spiders take a great deal of pleasure away from MY sailing experience and make sleepovers a mind-over-matter experience. I''ll start a new thread on the spiders.
I hope to join you on the lake this year. The first day you can occupy a slip at Hammond is only 4 weeks away (April 1)
Tom
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dlandersson
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Re: New (old) boat - Lake Michigan, here we come!
Thank you for the information - Bismarck once reputedly said "Only fools says they learn from their experience - I prefer to learn from others experience." 
gyroplanes wrote:Sorry it took me so long to respond.
I am based at the Hammond Marina (on the B dock if you decide and are looking for company) Next week I have to make my second installment, the fee for the smallest of slips is around $2200.
I was previously slipped at Pastrick MArina in EC. I was told they had only "cans" available, but I saw the first slip on many docks was open. When I enquired about the "first slips" I was told they were too shallow for most boats. My South Coast 22 fit in without a problem, so I got off the can.
Sadly, the Pastrick Marina is located right next to a functioning steel mill. When the wind is from any western vector (and it usually in in the Midwest), you could count on bad smells and a coating of black graphite dust (a product of steelmaking).
The dust, if stepped on, became a smear that you had to wash away. Rinsing off the boat before sailing became the norm.
To the East of Pastrick are casino "boats" and then a cement factory(?) that used to be the Marble Head Lime Co. followed by a few sand beaches and then more steel mills, but still closer to the dunes than Hammond Marina.
Hammond marina has great facilities, but is located north of two stink providers. The Lever Brothers plant emits a scented, perfumey soap smell your guests will love (at first), after many years odf smelling it, it gags me.
Also located south of the marina is a corn products plant. If you like the smell of hot corn, you will like this place for a little while as well. Under the right conditions, you get a blend of both that hits you with a perfumey, soapy hot corn smell.
Count on killing 20-40 spiders anytime you visit your boat in the Hammond Marina. This fact is probably true in most marinas. The spiders take a great deal of pleasure away from MY sailing experience and make sleepovers a mind-over-matter experience. I''ll start a new thread on the spiders.
I hope to join you on the lake this year. The first day you can occupy a slip at Hammond is only 4 weeks away (April 1)
Tom
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Divecoz
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Re: New (old) boat - Lake Michigan, here we come!
32' for 5 to 7 months for $1000??
IMHO....That's a steal.. I pay $1950 for a 30' for 7 months ( hahaha... Jesters....: ) like who in their right mind, is on the water in Chicago in APRIL! 80+ % of us or more , are out by the 2nd week of Oct..( think Gordon Lightfoot Edmund Fitzgerald )Though I feel we have a lot of amenities.. Unlimited Electrical Water and Cable TV and Private Parking and dock box and use of dock carts blablablabla.... It is I feel a very nice Marina but its still almost $390 a month ( for the actual usable months of the season..)
IMHO....That's a steal.. I pay $1950 for a 30' for 7 months ( hahaha... Jesters....: ) like who in their right mind, is on the water in Chicago in APRIL! 80+ % of us or more , are out by the 2nd week of Oct..( think Gordon Lightfoot Edmund Fitzgerald )Though I feel we have a lot of amenities.. Unlimited Electrical Water and Cable TV and Private Parking and dock box and use of dock carts blablablabla.... It is I feel a very nice Marina but its still almost $390 a month ( for the actual usable months of the season..)
Catigale wrote:The Greats are on of the places where you can slip a reasonable size (25-35') boat for less than the proverbial arm and a leg.
I have an Ericson 32 in Wilson NY for about 1k per season...sail to Toronto on occasion.