I am originally from St. Joseph Michigan. Learned to Ski at Carousel Mountain there in Holland. I have sailed most of the races in Lake Michigan from the Tri-City regatta every Labor day weekend to the Chicago Mackinac. I then made my way to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico then to Washington DC for a few years and Chesapeake Bay... and on to Seattle and down to Portland. My boat that I have here in Portland a Cascade 29 I purchased from a couple in the San Juan Islands and OMG you talk about a sailing paradise. I intend to sail the GS-50 up there as soon as possible but I only have s.o much vacation time. Retirement is still a couple years away