Boating Guide

Boating Guide

At the hub of the Great Lakes, the north channel of Lake Huron has been described as one of the best boating regions on the planet.

The body of water Hilton Beach overlooks is known as the St. Joseph Channel. It is wide open water, but still sheltered from the large waves. A good, constant sailing wind is common.
With several islands, bays, high rock walls, hidden coves and large cottages along the shore, the Channel is a very scenic boating destination whether you're powered by wind, motor or paddle.
A number of buoys, lighthouses, marks and signal lights make the channel easily navigable for most types of watercraft. Mega-yachts measuring over 250 feet long have anchored at Hilton Beach in the past.

Hilton Beach is about 1.5 miles south of the usual sailing track at the east end of the St. Joseph Channel and the approaches are clear whether coming from northwest, north or northeast. A white obelisk war memorial immediately northwest of the dock is prominent from the channel. The entrance is marked by a flashing red light (List Light 1052) and a port hand black day mark.

The Hilton Beach Marina is a full-service facility, featuring over 180 slips with at least 70 available to transient boaters. An 8 foot minimum depth is maintained at all docks, and yachts up to 75 feet long can be easily accommodated. Thirty amp and twenty amp electrical service and potable water hookups are available at every slip.

The Marina features a clean, modern service building, with shower, washroom and laundry facilities, competitively priced gas and diesel, and the Aqua Genic automatic pump-out service for boats.

It's a secure, park-like environment with a scenic boardwalk following the shore, scattered with picnic tables and flowering crabapple trees. The eastern breakwall features a foot bridge and a scenic fishing/viewing pier from which you can view the entire marina and waterfront.
Marina staff are helpful and courteous, and can provide tourist information and a concierge service to visiting boaters. Staff can also arrange an on-site repair service for boaters in the event of a breakdown.

Bratang Floral Market Tourism and Fauna in Surabaya

Initially, Flower Market Bratang in a piece of farm form, which is the alternative of choice of five-flower merchant that coming from Kayun/Kayoon Flower Market. They must move because their reason is less the farm broadness. Grow since year 1990-an across every alley with floor paving block as wide as less than 1 meter. The typical aroma of some flower is smell by the friendliness smiling of the flower merchants. It is for 2400 m2 farm precise in west side of Bratang Market, the merchants arrange interest ornamental plant and also leaf elegantly, clean and respected. More than 200 stands that owned by 65 merchants of vary size but generally fairish 3x4 meter.
Usually in the weekend, Saturday and Sunday car parking in Bratang market yard which now change its name become Bratang Floral Market Tourism and Fauna has align.
Now that flower market has been regular, its hygiene is still awake. It is really in pleasure just for who reside there, because as far as we look into it’s only seen the leaf green and variegation of flowers. The service and the friendly is the typical of Bratang Flower Market. The comfortable of buyer is a real main thing that paid attention by the merchants. It is expected that the visitors are feel balmy and happy during they stay there.
Bratang Flower Market opens during 24 hours one day, although some merchants something has been closing. This location is very strategic market place because it resides near to the city transport of Bratang terminal. In the north side there is Nursery and Manyar Megah Indah Shops as commercial area. The goods transportation owner like Mitsubishi L-300 pick-up that rented also had resided in this market.

Bangkalan

Madura Island is part of East Java that needs a better access. Madura that consist of four regencies has a lot to offer. It has excellent quality of agriculture outputs and beautiful tourism objects and more. The presence of the bridge had expected to improve smoother flow of people, goods and service from and into this island. Mayor impacts had expected to emerge from this facility, be it socially and economically. The Suramadu Bridge that connects Surabaya and Madura Island has expected to complete in 2007, extending 5.43 km with 28.10 m width.
The sea crossing from East Java to the small island of Madura takes just half an hour. Measuring about 160 km in length and about 40 across at it s widest point, Madura support a population of close to 3 million inhabitants, most of whom are farmers or fisherman.The most famous attraction of this island is the annual bull racing (kerapan sapi), which takes place during the dry season in August – September. These exiting and colourful tournaments consist of a race between two pairs of bulls, each team pulling a rider and sled. Then, the finals are held in Madura’s capital, Pamekasan on October.
The interesting part of this attraction is when a rider stands on the ‘Keleles’, yelling and slamming while his hands hold two sticks and slap the bull’s weight and attached to the bulls. A pair of male cow races each other in 200 m length or known with Kerapan Sapi. Madurese always hold this race yearly from sub district level, district, and finally to get a President Cup.
This tradition has done for so long and it is a symbol to thank to God by cow breeders in Madura. Brown cow, a Madurese cow which is always in the race, tourist also can notice Sapi Kereman, to enjoy how Madurese takes care of their cows. It is the interesting part, begins with how the Madurese graze the cows, take care of the cow’s health with traditional herbs and train the cow about running. In the middle of Kerapan Sapi, there is an additional attraction “Sapi Sono”. It is a female bull contest.
The town of Sumenep of the North Eastern and of the island has some interesting historical, as well as some good nearby. The city’s old palace and museum are worth visiting, as is the large Jami’ Mosque with its green-tiered roof, above the town is the royal mausoleums Asta Tinggi. The two main beaches near Sumenep are Slopeng beach and Lombang beach. The former, which lies on the north coast some 21 km from the town, is a beautiful location with tall palm trees shading the edge of the beach. At Lombang, on Madura’s northeastern point, a long and narrow stretch of white sand is back by dwarf Causarina trees.
A narrow road runs the whole along Madura’s attractive north coast, from Slopeng to Bangkalan. There are many small villages and quite beaches on the way, in particular the fishing communities of Pasongsongan and Pasean, where the estuaries have packed with colourful sailing boats. Near to Bangkalan there is Aermata tomb of Ratu Ibu, which dates back to the mind 17 century. The tomb set on a hill about 4 km inland the town of Arosbaya.Madura has well known for its Batik Textile production and has its own unique style in the performing art; the island is famous for its Topeng Dalang, a mask dance / theatre, which at one time had only seen within the royal palace. Most popular Batik is at Tanjungbumi, Bangkalan.

Bull Racing...

BULL RACING One of attraction icon of Madura culture is Kerapan Sapi. The ox attraction is said come from the Sepudi Island, Sumenep regency. The founder of this bull racing is Katandur Prince at 13 century and round into hereditary tradition up to now. Frequent ox being competition is minimum have been age 2 years with body height 120 cm. Trajectory traveled distance being utilized at diligence of various ox that is:¢ 120 m for bull racing of sub district level ¢ 130 m for bull racing of regency level ¢ 140 m for bull racing of district level The bull-racing organizer has been schedule every year by Bakorwil VI Pamekasan. If the tourist interesting to show the bull racing own, they can order for the bull racing packet in regency tourism service in Bangkalan, Letnan Sunarto street 15.

Kayumas Coffee Plantation

Kayumas Coffee Plantation (Agro Kayumas)


The tourism object of Kayu mas plantation offers you the mountain panorama with fresh and natural air. Located in eastern of Situbondo, with distance about 50 m from center of it. In this coffee plantation, you can see the coffee milk of a Dutch government heritage, and you also can enjoy the view of oranges plants, stinking beans (local vegetable) and avocados.The coffee plantation that spread along the area gives us beautiful nature scenery. The greenness makes our eyes calm and fresh. This Agro Kayumas is one of Situbondo pride and it will give the interesting scenery of coffee plantation to the visitors.