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12-17-2003, 09:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Burt Mi--Between Flint & Saginaw
Mileage: 1900
Primary Sled: 05 Renegade-X 600SDI w/1.75 track
Where I sled: I like to find the fun spots were nobody else would go
Posts: 3,413
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I was coming back from the U.P. last Sunday and got the bright idea of trying to cross the Straights of Mackinaw on the sled. :hallo1: Its only about 5 miles and if you picked a calm day it should be possible. But then I noticed the large ice shelfs forming along the shore lines and got a even better idea. In the middle of summer while everyone is swimming on the shores of Lake Michigan, I pull up with the trailer and unload the sled, then proceed to attempt the crossing, wouldn't this get some strange looks w00t . Maybe even some news coverage, how about it, think the Mxz 700 will pull it off?
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12-17-2003, 11:14 PM
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#2
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Flushing, Michigan
Mileage: o miles
Primary Sled: 05 f6 efi r
Where I sled: Upper peninsula/ michigan
Posts: 955
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Being as windy as the straits are is the water there ever really calm? Well if you didn't make it you'd have a long hard swim back in :dazed:  :christmas:
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12-17-2003, 11:20 PM
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#3
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Traverse City MI
Mileage: not enough
Primary Sled: 1998 Mxz 583
Where I sled: Traverse City MI
Posts: 252
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Quote:
Originally posted by b349@Dec 17 2003, 11:14 PM
Being as windy as the straits are is the water there ever really calm? Well if you didn't make it you'd have a long hard swim back in :dazed: :christmas:
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I don't think i have ever seen it calm either. Might want to dodge the freighters too.
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12-17-2003, 11:23 PM
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#4
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Apsley, Ontario
Mileage: 4406 Miles
Primary Sled: 2007 Ski-doo MXZ 600SDI Black/Yellow
Where I sled: Paudash, TATA & Northern Corridor
Posts: 8,771
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Henry Bieda rode a 'doo across Lake Ontario in the late 80s. Around 30 odd miles.
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12-18-2003, 01:08 AM
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#5
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Galien, Mi local trails rock
Primary Sled: 440mxzx w/700
Where I sled: lower and upper michigan
Posts: 329
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sounds pretty cool to me. some calm water and you be acrross before you knew it. I think someone should make a race out of it. I do think with the right condition your seven hundred would do it no problem. they love the water.
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12-18-2003, 01:20 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northwest Ohio
Mileage: 1500++++
Primary Sled: 2003 firecat f7
Where I sled: Newberry, Grayling, Home, anywhere there is snow
Posts: 10,043
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believe it or not, I have done it a few times,,,,,buy my crossing are generally across the bridge some 6 stories above the water,,,,and thats a white knuckle crossing for me,,,,,
sounds like fun, go for it and let us know when you do it!!!!
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12-18-2003, 07:41 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Oxford, MI
Mileage: 0 miles
Primary Sled: 2003 REV 600
Where I sled: From Grayling north
Posts: 204
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I've ridden a stand up jetski kaw 550 under the bridge several times. The water on the straits is like a big mixer of several currents. Good Luck
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12-18-2003, 09:35 AM
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#8
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Primary Sled: '03 SKS 700
Where I sled: Western MI, U.P., & Ont.
Posts: 316
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Rvrnd,
Is that true about Lake Ontario?
That is amazing.
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12-18-2003, 09:49 AM
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#9
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada
Mileage: 200
Primary Sled: '00 MXZ Millenium with 136 X 1.25 track
Where I sled: Wasaga, Midland, Collingwood, Barrie, Muskoka, Near-North, etc.
Posts: 645
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It's totaly do-able, but I think that waves and the boat wakes from freighters would be the biggest problem - if you see them coming, you could probably hit them at an angle and ride right over them!
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12-18-2003, 09:57 AM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Lowell, WI
Primary Sled: 2006 Polaris 600 H.O.
Where I sled: WI and UP
Posts: 767
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ummmm? I wouldn't mind your 700, instead of just letting it sink. Why don't you just give it too me first?
I don't think you will make it across. It would be a site to see though.
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