Summer Studies 1 Ron Dwelle
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Retro Cruising on the Great Lakes. A sailor looks back on a lifetime of cruising sailboats through the Great Lakes, particularly Lake Michigan and Lake Huron's beautiful North Channel. Many historical sketches of nautical history in the Great Lakes Region, from the earliest French explorers up to the current time.
Summer Studies 1 Ron Dwelle
As a newcomer to cruising in the Great Lakes I was looking for local knowledge, and Summer Studies delivers on this count. Like others, I found the insufferable opinions about religion, politics, other boaters (especially non-sailors) irritating. I would think a college prof would be a bit more open-minded? Anyway, I enjoyed the read. Don't think it merited the $10 asking price, but I guess Prof. Dwelle has a higher opinion of it than I have. Also, I was disappointed the narrative only covers the lower western coast of Michigan to the North Channel.Product details
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Summer Studies 1 Ron Dwelle Reviews
The book is very enjoyable, with a mixture of cruising and commentary by the author. The author is very opinionated about some matters which makes for speculation as your reading. But the sailling material is excellent and well written and most enjoyable. It's rare to find a really good book about sailing on the Great Lakes.
Yesterday UPS delivered my copy of *Summer Studies*. This is a terrific read and I recommend it for your winter reading. You will appreciate Ron's insights into his cruising world and his love of the Great Lakes especially Lake Michigan and his home port of Muskegon. While I'm not as contemptuous of the industrial/military complex as I feel Ron is, nor of the Coast Guard, I am enjoying his book immensely. Unless you are truly cerebral in your command of English, you might also wish to have a dictionary close aboard your reading desk or night table. I love Ron's command of the language.
If you love the Great Lakes as do most of us, you will enjoy *Summer Studies*.
Robert Manning Marquette, MI
I loved the vignettes about Michigan/Ontario history, interspersed with the sailing stories.
Who is wealthy? He who is satisfied with his lot.
Mr. Dwelle, though he takes each summer off in full (wow!) complains frequently about the wealthy, summer homes, power boaters, white men, etc. After a while, I skipped those parts because the rest of the book is quite enjoyable. Though not a cruising guide, it will certainly give you many ideas and places to explore.
I have cruised the Great Lakes for years in most of the same places as Mr. Dwelle, so I was eager to read his book "Summer Studies." And much of the work will be of interest to Great Lake sailors, but this is NOT a cruising guide. Rather it is a rambling retrospective that suffers from a few too many political comments and rants that have nothing to do with cruising, and only serve as an insight into Mr. Dwelle's politics. He even includes a 40 page history on the treatment of the local natives by white settlers, which - however interesting - seemed to belong more in a beginning anthropology textbook than a book on cruising.
If your politics lean towards the Green Party, and you have ever anchored out in the North Channel of Lake Huron, you will certainly enjoy the work. I found it self indulgent.
Each trip has a lesson to learn. It doesn't matter when these stories took place, they are timeless. Great writting by a guy who lives in the real world of samll craft sailors.
I went hot and cold on this book. I enjoyed the discussion of the history of places where he and his family sailed, and I also liked the personal stories. What got old was the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) jabs at those whose politics or religion that he didn't agree with. I suspect if you agree with his perspective, it is more tolerable than if you don't. I personally don't see the logic in making political statements in a book intended for sailing and cruising enthusiasts. Still, if you can overlook the political, it's a decent read.
As a newcomer to cruising in the Great Lakes I was looking for local knowledge, and Summer Studies delivers on this count. Like others, I found the insufferable opinions about religion, politics, other boaters (especially non-sailors) irritating. I would think a college prof would be a bit more open-minded? Anyway, I enjoyed the read. Don't think it merited the $10 asking price, but I guess Prof. Dwelle has a higher opinion of it than I have. Also, I was disappointed the narrative only covers the lower western coast of Michigan to the North Channel.
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