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Author:  Beer-garita [ Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:08 pm ]
Post subject:  South Haven harborfest
We're on our way to harborfest in South Haven. Left the slip at 7:30. Should be there by 8:30. Lake Michigan is like glass with plenty of hazy sun. With the humidity up, we should see a perfect sunset. Gotta keep my eyes on the heading. Autopilot is next fall's mod. Alreadyhave the heading sensor installed. More later. Maybe we'll see some of u locals there!
Author:  Beer-garita [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: South Haven harborfest
Trip down was awesome! Boat steered itself b/c water was so flat. Major storm blew thru Thurs.pm late. Trees down at the marina across the river from us. Friday spotty rain in the am. Then cleared out to pleasantly muggy. Walked thru town & ate at Clementines. Had their world famous onion rings & perch. Listened to some great outdoor music, wandered thru the municipal marina & saw friends, drank their poison punch. Got back to boat & watched an amazing lightening show ahead of the storm front. Then a sailboat about 100 yards away from us got hit!! Glowing shrapnel floated down from the masthead. Incredible!!

Sky is crystal clear today and all the people are out.
Author:  Beer-garita [ Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: South Haven harborfest
OK, Here are some photos....

The ride down Smoooooth as glass

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Note the Beer-Garita on the dash!

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Saw this guy downtown. His name is Batman and he'll be at the Westminster show in February

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Our WeiserBud at the dock

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Marina across the river where the sailboat got hit by lightening last night

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Some of our friends coming upstream to visit

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Author:  KSJ08 [ Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: South Haven harborfest
Looks like a nice trip/place! Your friends ride looks like it's a little over grossed :shock: !?!?!
Author:  Beer-garita [ Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: South Haven harborfest
And a little underinflated! We ran that calculation over a round of beer-garitas when they arrived and estimated they were within 5 pounds. If they were approached by USCG they said they were ready to float the cooler on a tow line. They also said they would have to deny them permission to board. "Sorry, no more room!"
Author:  97_245_sd [ Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: South Haven harborfest
We arrived in Holland about 1:00 pm on Saturday to find lots of trees down and roads flooded. Our boat was ok but the marina was flooded. Lake Macatawa was completely brown from all the runoff. We across to the north side of the lake to get some parts and saw lots of downed trees and more flooded roads.
Author:  Beer-garita [ Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: South Haven harborfest
Terry, did you notice that the boat hoist over at Parkside Marina blew over right into the lake? When we got back from South Haven Sunday we had to dodge floating debris like crazy. We headed to our marina up the lake to offload some stuff & resupply before heading out to Port Sheldon and having a spotter on deck was the order of the day. I never saw so many boats being towed in and I'm sure most had hit debris.

On the way up from S.H. when we got to Saugatuck we had to stay offshore 2-3 miles to be in blue water all the way to Holland. If you got inside that the water looked like coffee with cream in it.
Author:  97_245_sd [ Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: South Haven harborfest
We didn't get out on the water :cry: I was trying to fix our bimini. I'm almost glad that we didn't get out, I'm a new boater and don't want to hit something. I hope it gets better by next week, we'll be there all week and I hope to get in some good boating time.
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