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Lake Michigan was Wonderful today.
We had 2 to 4 foot rollers, 60 or more feet apart.
The wind was out of the S.E.
Myself,My Wife, and our oldest Grand-daughter.
You would have been proud of us Bill
Its sad to say, but it won't be much longer and we who live up around this neck of the woods, will have these boat's all sitting somewhere for a LOT of Months
So how far south, must one live to keep your boat in the water, all year round ?

We're welcoming the cooler weather here in PNS and the associated crisp breezes to go sailing.

You guys will be all covered with snow. Being from Jersey, I do recall but didn't consider it related to sailing as I've been sailing here in FL since the late '70s. That's so sad.

Even here, it's so cold on the water in Feb, that you are dying out there in the spray! Of course, it's not twenty below.

I'd say Virgina or lower.

We're welcoming the cooler weather again soon too - - - going to get down into the 50's on the Ocean

Rick

my x26 slips all year long into the sea, Cilento National Park, close to Salerno, Italy.
If anybody comes to this area, my 26x 01 , '50 Merc BF, could be there for you.

We spent all day on the HUdson yesterday, to beautiful crisp blue skies and fall colours - ran into MIke Ford in Albany too..Hello Mike!!

Check out the Half Moon here

We watched the NOAA forecast and decided last minute to run with it,and spent 2 wonderful days sailing in Casco Bay ME. 5 foot swells with a beam reach that ran for miles with about 10kts of wind. Anchored in behind Little Snow and enjoyed a brilliant full moon.
The Admiral took us out into Quahog Bay the next morning and we went into a 10k SW,with our boat and another big cruiser in an unplanned choreaography of tacking. We tack across his bow,he tacks across ours,and we travelled the length of the bay this way. Perfect sailing,perfect weather.
Our sailing season is over,and it was a splendid finish!

Marsanden,

If you come out to the Puget sound/Straits of Georgia area...................of Northwest Washington/British columbia............

We might be able to trade some time...........

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Thank you anyway, but,........
where is puget sound?

Puget Sound is in the Pacific Northwest, up in the Top Left hand corner of the US of A.

On staying in for winter - there are about 2 dozen people who leave boats in Boston harbor year round, and even farther North there are a group of year rounders in Toronto - that group uses the effluent from a power plant that keeps their bay ice free all season. Must be mean sailing on Ontario in winter though - too cold for even this polar bear...

oh....some years ago i was been in vancouver island, it was august. i cecked the see water temp with my feet...it was like ice for me....lol

No offense Marsanden, but when I put my feet into the Ionian Sea in August, it feels very cold to me being that water in West Florida is like bathwater temperature during the summer. So, I guess it is all relative.

No offense?????
i agree with you, Dimitri.
In winter we have lots of russians on holidays round here, taking bath while we are dressed with cloth and glovers.
I was thinkin about sailing in a ( for me) cold water like ice and all the problems it can generate .
Anyway i was wondering if i could sail in Puget sound.

It is just an English phrase, in other words, do not get insulted by the fact that I do not think your region is all that warm either. Also in Florida, we get the Northern tourists who are swimming in February and March when Floridians have their winter jackets on and wouldn't dare go in the water. Of course, it is all relative since I've been to the Virgin Islands in January and the Carribean water is in the low 80's (warm). I guess you better live near the equator if you want warm/hot all year round.

As for Virginia, I've lived there for many years as well and I wouldn't exactly say that is an all year sailing spot. It all depends on your tolerance, but even half way down the Florida penisula in the Tampa area, it can be pretty uncomfortable sailing in January with a stiff North wind, but you can still do it if you dress properly....ie, warm clothes under your foulies. We do get our strongest prevailing winds from November to April, so if you are a high wind sailor, then winter is the time.

I thing it could be great making a network of mac gregor 26 all around the word.

Give to the Mac owners the chance of finding a mac to sail, to find the boat we love while away for holidays or for business trips.

It could be for free, but it could be great renting it too ( owning a boat is expencive anyway – give a look to “ what are your slip cost”....).

I fund a couple of sites where they talk about renting a Mac.

The first in France : 2000,00 € for 1 week............
The second in US : 200,00 $ for 2 hours...........

well, hope our network could offer it for cheaper price..... i hope...

Mac credits ....you rent your boat for a day, and you get a day rental with a willing party

No cash, no tax,

Ill start a thread to see how many IPs (interested parties) we get