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    Midwest Scow Sailing

    Success! Finally splashed this weekend. Wind was shifty and light but man this thing takes off in the slightest of puffs. The main is an absolute beast, this thing just wants to go.  That being said it was a perfect day to introduce my wife to sailing and with all controls back at the helm all...
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    Craigslist Finds

    Ha, I picked up a c-scow a couple weeks ago and definitely had to do a home Depot run to support the trailer frame, or at least make myself feel better about trailering it at highway speeds for 150 ish miles. Someone previously attached thin angle iron with electrical tape that seriously...
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    Midwest Scow Sailing

    Update: Bought an early 90's Johnson C.  I was keen on the MC for reasons and discussions posted above but decided to take a second look at the C since the MC for sale market seemed pretty thin. Lo and behold I found a C for sale on the other side of lake Michigan for a good price and decided...
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    Midwest Scow Sailing

    I know! I had a bead on an MC late last year, around when this thread died down, but it fell through over the holidays. I've been checking the class website classifieds regularly, CL, and a couple local clubs but nothing within my budget or a reasonable distance the last few months. Hopefully I...
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    Craigslist - Not mocking

    This popped up in St. Claire Shores MI this week.  https://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/boa/d/harrison-township-tahiti-ketch/7446088370.html
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    Craigslist Finds

    In my situation it's more that I'm trying to get my wife and kid into sailing and we're picking up an MC Scow in the spring so we can for that reason. We just moved to this beautiful lake house in the suburbs (one of my stipulations for moving out of the city) and going off the cuff and buying a...
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    Craigslist Finds

    Ugh, it's sooo close and I'd love to add that to the lake house but my wife would kill me. 
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    Craigslist Finds

    Holy smokes that thing looks terrifying. 
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    Midwest Scow Sailing

    There's a couple within spitting distance of me on the class website, unfortunately I just wrote the biggest check of my life last week and there's plenty to do on the new house over the winter. So I'm going to have to wait until next spring or most likely fall when the selling season comes...
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    Midwest Scow Sailing

    About 100 acres so it's small but no one, and I mean no one uses it to any real extent from what I've gathered. One kite guy and a few retired people on pontoons with electric motors and paddle boats putting around at 5 mph is about all I've seen on the few weekends I've driven by. No wake...
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    Midwest Scow Sailing

    Well I closed on the house, big move tomorrow. So it's official official, I'm getting into scow sailing soon(ish). The MC scow is going to win out, the C would be great if I knew my wife would be into it 100%, but alas that's an unknown at this point. It also accelerates the timeline to...
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    Seasickness? On a Dinghy? How often / why?

    So I've had issues with my inner ear since as far back as I can remember. For me it's called Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo  and can happen when when head is in certain head positions, certain movement, jostling etc. It can create a feeling of vertigo similar to seasickness because...
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    Midwest Scow Sailing

    There's an MC on the class website for sale an hour away from me that looks to be just that. Covered, on a shore station, low number but looks well maintained. Really hard not at least taking a look, but my wife would kill me, too much to do on the new house (that we're literally closing on...
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    Midwest Scow Sailing

    Thanks for all of the advice and spirited debate. I'd just like to let everyone know I'm probably going to go with a used C or MC, probably not this winter as we are moving and the honey-do list is already pages long, so probably next fall. I have a well used but complete Butterfly to tide me...
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    Midwest Scow Sailing

    That really is a shame, the I-20 looks like a great ride but yeah, their association website is really dead compared to other scow fleets. I actually have a Butterfly that was basically gifted to me from another forum member here so that's what got me looking into bigger scows. Over the course...
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    Midwest Scow Sailing

    Had some good times on the J-22's and 24's in my younger years crewing out of college. If I was sticking around the Big Lake I would have grabbed one and joined the fun, great budget one design.  The E scow looks like a trip, but too much for me and the very young family right now. The C ticks...
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    Midwest Scow Sailing

    I kind of figured this might be the case, thanks for the insight. This was one of the reasons that drew me towards them, considering my location. Even if we don't get into the competitive sailing part it's great there's such a breath in class sizes and corresponding budgets available close by. 
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    Midwest Scow Sailing

    Looking to see if anyone here has some insight into the Scows, ILYA, and just the scene in general in the upper Midwest, USA. Pretty much a newbie when it comes to organized sailing. My Background: Sailed dinghys and hobies as a youth non-competitively, was more interested in other competitive...
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    Liteboat xp20

    Looks pretty cool, similar to the 3-in-1 concepts popular in many areas, just more modern (minus the motor option obviously, so I guess a 2-in-1 but I'm sure someone will eventually slap a trolling motor on the back of one). Seems like a fun option for something like the Watertribe EC and other...
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    Beginner middle-aged sailor progression/path

    If sailing cats in Caribbean is one of the main intended goals you're going to want to start getting familiar with that way before year 6. Get into ASA or US sailing keelboat and cruising courses like years 2-5. Go down to the Caribbean a handful of times over the rest of the years on vacation...


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