After a night on the hook in White Lake we rose early for a short run to Grand Haven, MI. The trip would only be 28 NM which would take 3 hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Haven,_Michigan Grand Haven is nicknamed Coast Guard City USA, he Coast Guard City program was established by the Continue Reading
Travel day 77 White Lake
After a great stay in Ludington we decide to make the trip south to Muskegon but the weather was iffy so our plans changed along the way. We left the Harbor with a 15 knot wind out of the south with predicted two to three foot waves that would be Continue Reading
Travel Day 76 Ludington
After a couple days in Frankfort it was time to move south towards Ludington, MI. The weather was overcast with 10 knot winds out of the south with a chance of rain. We were running with Beachside as a few others stayed behind for another day. The trip south of Continue Reading
Travel Day 75 Frankfort
It was an extremely early run to Frankfort, MI. We had approximately 64 NM to navigate along with our buddy boat “Beachside” . Our original plan was to head to Traverse City but the future forecast was not good with predicted 30 knot winds which would have us trapped in Continue Reading
Travel Day 74 Charlevoix
After a short day in Petoskey, MI it was an early start for our short run to Charlevoix, MI City MArina located in Round Lake. Tab and Yvonne were still with us and this will be their last run with us as they will have to go back to the Continue Reading
Travel Day 73 Petoskey
After a great stay in Mackinac it was time to venture into Lake Michigan taking the Eastern shore south to our first stop, Petoskey, MI. We were joined by Tab and Yvonne for the 48 NM trip. The weather was clear with strong winds out of the south. We went Continue Reading
Travel Day 72 Mackinac Island
After a short stay In De Tour, MI we got up at 0630 and were met with a beautiful sunrise and headed out with Jagger for our 34 NM run to MacKinac Island. The weather was clear with strong winds out of the south. After clearing the De Tour Passage Continue Reading
Travel Day 71 De Tour Village
We were up at sunrise with a long run to De Tour Village for a total run of 68 NM. We ran with Jagger for the long trip that would take us north out of Gore Bay, around Barrie Island into the North Channel passing Manitoulin Island then south between Continue Reading
Travel Day 70 Gore Bay
we were up early knowing we would have to make up some time after stopping early yesterday for repairs. This is one problem with making future reservation on the Loop. We have reservations in Mackinac Island for Labor Day and my brother will be meeting us so we are trying Continue Reading
Travel Day 69 Little Current
After a quiet night on the hook with great friends it was time to cut lines and head towards and anchorage near Clapperton Island which was only about 55 NM. We retraced our cookie tral out of Baie Fine along the rock walls and through the tight channel into Frazer Continue Reading