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Lee,
Ted Turner did the Chicago to Mackinaw race some years ago. At first he  
wasn't impressed with Lake Michigan. Then the weather turned from bad to worse  
and several boats sank and many never completed the race. After the race he  
retracted his earlier comments about the lake and said the only difference  
between sailing the great lakes and the oceans is the salt.
I also was able to watch the program. It was very well done.

Rummy

In a message dated 11/12/2008 3:13:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
LKUHN at cnmc.org writes:

Bob,

Thanks for the notice.  Was able to watch it last  night and even my teenage
son thought it was interesting.  Now if I  can only get him to go out sailing
instead of just watching it on TV.   Maybe I need to transition him to a
sailing video game first.

I  forget about the size of Lake Michigan.  The race is about 330 miles  long
and most of the footage looked like they were out in an ocean  somewhere.  I
think the winner made it in 26 hours which is pretty  incredible considering
all the moaning the crews were doing about light  winds.  I guess if a sailor
is going to complain it should be about  lack of wind.  Didn't see any boats
the size of our Rhodes or even  close, but it took most of the boats two to
three days to make the  trip.  At three knots an hour I could make it in less
than five  days.  Maybe I'll borrow a trailer and try it next year.

I  complain about mosquitoes on the Chesapeake.  They were complaining  about
flies and bats out in Lake Michigan.  I guess the bats follow  the flies.

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
Kent Island,  MD

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