Chrysler Sailors Forum

Hi !
I had an O'Day Mariner and sailed a lot in Grand Traverse Bay(West Bay). I hadn't sailed since I was a child, with Roy Bacon, and was terrified of capsizing. I think it was part of a drill of seeing the handling of a boat.

My girlfriend assured me that it would be terrifically difficult to ...

In the mid seventies, my mother worked for Roy Bacon at Chrysler Marine and it looks like Labor Day of 1975 my parents, along with Roy and a few others sailed the Trent Severn waterway. I am sure they were on the '22 for this trip. What follows is one of the particpants account of the weekend. I don ...

I am in Traverse City, Michigan, but will probably move downstate,and so sail on the river or Lake St. Claire or whatever is available.

I'd like to introduce myself, as I bought a 75 Pirateer and am getting it fit for sail. I am thankful for this site, because finding Chrysler boat information is a little challenging.

My intro to sailing was through Roy Bacon. In 1975 or so, my family and childhood friends went for a sail on a C22 ...