1968 Cal 34 - Mackinaw City, Michigan

[TheMcpeters]

We are putting our Cal 34 up for sale. The boat has only been in freshwater. We originally bought the boat to learn to sail/experience the sailing lifestyle. Wanted to know if we could do it before buying something larger on the east coast. Has been an incredible boat for us, but we can only have it in the water May 15 - October 15. Too afraid to own 2 boats. Maybe we will find another one when we travel south for the winter.

I've got a long list of projects complete, and a long list of projects to complete. Nothing is stopping you from reversing out of the slip and sailing the Great Lakes! Indoor winter storage is paid for (September 2024- May 2025). Slip is paid for until October 15th.

https://nmi.craigslist.org/boa/d/mackin ... 82359.html

[SailingChris]

Here's a great opportunity to own a boat in wonderful cruising waters. It's centrally located in the upper lakes, with excellent cruising grounds all around. Charming ports on Lake Michigan in MI and WI; the incomparable North Channel in Canadian waters of Lake Huron; Lake Superior to the north. The water is fresh and clean. Equipment doesn't die from salt. You can swim in it without rinsing off. There can be big challenges from wind and waves--look up the famous retraction by Ted Turner after an especially grueling Chicago-Mackinac race. But most of the summer the sailing is glorious.

As a two-boat Great Lakes sailor, I am aware whenever I cast off that I could keep sailing anywhere in the world if I wanted to keep on going.

Chris Campbell
Cal 20 #1220, Martha C

[TheMcpeters]

It has been an awesome area to learn, especially learn how to put a reef in! Luckily we have the Great Lakes Observing System "Seagull" https://seagull.glos.org/landing

So you can check that and see the actual wind speed in your cruising area. It could be 5 knots on the mainland but wind just tunnels through the Mackinac Bridge. Forecasts are hard to trust around here.

No matter what happens with the boat, we are going to come back up here next year. We really want to be loopers....someday! Thanks for the comment Chris, you captured Great Lakes sailing 100%.