Help me decide where to go for a week of great boating!
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The places Brian listed are great if your staying at their condo but unfortunately most marina's are not setup well for transient visitors staying on their boat versus their condos.
http://www.crazyhorsemarina.com I think they offer transient power, etc. and the bath/showers are hit or miss. It's where we are, and the wife is satisfied with that aspect 50% of the time
I don't know about the others offering power,
http://www.baysidemarinasml.com/ Clean facilities and nicely run place run by a good guy named Dale. They might offer transient shore power hookups.
http://www.crystalshoresmarinaresort.com/ decent bar/rest on premises as well as clean bathroom facilities
http://www.halesfordharbour.com/ I think under reno with new docks completed and a new restaurant now open. A buddy just moved his 50 ft houseboat there this week.
The places Brian listed are great if your staying at their condo but unfortunately most marina's are not setup well for transient visitors staying on their boat versus their condos.
http://www.crazyhorsemarina.com I think they offer transient power, etc. and the bath/showers are hit or miss. It's where we are, and the wife is satisfied with that aspect 50% of the time
I don't know about the others offering power,
http://www.baysidemarinasml.com/ Clean facilities and nicely run place run by a good guy named Dale. They might offer transient shore power hookups.
http://www.crystalshoresmarinaresort.com/ decent bar/rest on premises as well as clean bathroom facilities
http://www.halesfordharbour.com/ I think under reno with new docks completed and a new restaurant now open. A buddy just moved his 50 ft houseboat there this week.
Andre, what about Shoreline? Or whatever it may be named now? Transient friendly?
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All great choices. NW Michigan is fantastic with lots of places to see and things to do. Traverse City, Charlevoix and Mackinaw Island all have very nice public marinas, plus you can do Torch Lake, Lake Charleviox, Burt Lake, or Mullet Lake if you want. Higgins Lake is a beautiful lake to see if you have time and is on the way. You could do Jobbie on your way back through, LSC run is a lot of fun. Thousand Islands sounds awesome as well, have always wanted to be able to make a trip there.
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at some point we are going to boat northern Mich, the pics I see guys post make it look well worth, 1000 is sposed to be great, lots a rocks, stay in the channel, I too would like to boat Sandusky/PIB, should you come to Buffalo let me know, I promise to make sure you enjoy! however i strongly recommend coming for our Poker run in Aug, then you can show me the boat
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My wife and I are trying to decide where to spend our vacation the last week in June. We will be spending the week on the boat and want to go somewhere we have never been, but also somewhere where there are plenty of things to do and see on the water. A marina / marinas with clean bathrooms / showers is also important to her
I'm not afraid to put miles on the boat, so we are thinking about traveling around wherever we do go. Trying to stay within an 8-9 hour tow max from Columbus, OH.
We would also love to meet some other like minded boaters along the way.
Some of my ideas:
1.) Launch in Sandusky, head up the Detroit river to LSC, maybe even continue all the way to Lake Huron. The islands are our home territory, but I have never ventured to Detroit.
2.) Lake Norman
3.) Lake Charlevoix with a run up to Mackinac Island.
4.) Georgian Bay
5.) Buffalo / Niagara Falls / Lake Ontario / Toronto
6.) Upper Chesapeake Bay
So what do you guys think? Open to any and all suggestions
I'm not afraid to put miles on the boat, so we are thinking about traveling around wherever we do go. Trying to stay within an 8-9 hour tow max from Columbus, OH.
We would also love to meet some other like minded boaters along the way.
Some of my ideas:
1.) Launch in Sandusky, head up the Detroit river to LSC, maybe even continue all the way to Lake Huron. The islands are our home territory, but I have never ventured to Detroit.
2.) Lake Norman
3.) Lake Charlevoix with a run up to Mackinac Island.
4.) Georgian Bay
5.) Buffalo / Niagara Falls / Lake Ontario / Toronto
6.) Upper Chesapeake Bay
So what do you guys think? Open to any and all suggestions
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Turbo , have you ever thought about a trip to Raystown Lake in central Pa. ?? The mountains drop straight into the lake on all sides and our shores are uninhabited because the dam is a government owned flood control project . It is very common to see all manner of wildlife including deer , turkey , bear and the occasional uninhibited tipsy female on the weekends . We have a couple transient friendly marina's with great food and clean showers . Please bring it up on the web and have a look . A couple of us here on OSO boat there and would love to see a fellow performance boater on the water as we are in the minority here . Lake Raystown Resort marina is very close to me and i would be more than happy to show you around . As a matter of fact i would like to make a personal invitation to all you nutcases here .....calling all HOTBOATS....
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The used boat shopping is exceptionally good as well.
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Turbo , have you ever thought about a trip to Raystown Lake in central Pa. ?? The mountains drop straight into the lake on all sides and our shores are uninhabited because the dam is a government owned flood control project . It is very common to see all manner of wildlife including deer , turkey , bear and the occasional uninhibited tipsy female on the weekends . We have a couple transient friendly marina's with great food and clean showers . Please bring it up on the web and have a look . A couple of us here on OSO boat there and would love to see a fellow performance boater on the water as we are in the minority here . Lake Raystown Resort marina is very close to me and i would be more than happy to show you around . As a matter of fact i would like to make a personal invitation to all you nutcases here .....calling all HOTBOATS....
I'm gonna take you up on that that is on one of my hitlist, just because of the scenery, we have a lake like that nearbye, Allegheny reservoir awesome! nothing but you and what mother nature offers