Day 44 – Ludington to Muskegon racing down the Michigan coast
We raced down the Michigan coast to get to Muskegon before some rain and high winds commenced. The total length of the trip was 44 miles. We made it in 7 hours thanks to the East to South East winds. We were sailing close hauled (sails pulled in tight). The winds were strong ranging from […]
Read moreDay 43 – Manistee to Ludington
I’m posting these a little out of order. Oh well. We got up early on Friday. Michael was taking a Cape Air flight from Manistee Airport to Ohare. It was a 9 passenger turbo prop. So we left Manistee around 8:00 o’clock. As we were leaving a fisherman who had already been out there said […
Read moreDay 44 – Leaving Ludington for Muskegon
We are going to go on the longest single leg of our trip as we go to Muskegon to wait out dome predicted storms on Sunday / Monday. The plan is to hunker down in Muskegon until Tuesday. We left Ludington to every Lake Michigan sailors dream, winds out of the East (or West). We […]
Read moreDay 42 – Big Wind and Waves develop
There we were sailing along and the winds and waves picked up again and came out of the wrong direction. After sailing for 3 hours, the wind started blowing “on our nose”. And the waves were big. Peen honin was up to the task and we made it to Manistee around 6:00. However we had […]
Read moreDay 42 – Going from Frankfort to Manistee
Interesting time in Frankfort. We were racing a sailboat into the Frankfort breakwater. They were under sail and we were under motor. Thus they have the right of way. Turns out they were our next door neighbors at the Marina. Matt and Lacy. Super friendly, putting Frankfort near the top of the frien
Read moreDay 40 – Going from Leland to Frankfort
We are down to just Michael, Jeanne and me. Danny has joined the world of land lubbers. This was an interesting adventure (as Michael called it). We were the last transients out of the harbor. I think I know why. So we head out with a course to get around Pyramid Point, Sleeping Bear and […]
Read moreDay 39 – A very mixed day.
We picked up Danny at Northport harbor and he sailed with us from there to Leland. This meant sailing north in Grand Traverse Bay to the confluence of Lake Michigan and Grand Traverse Bay. We had a pretty good wind that allowed us to sail north. Then we had to go West into Lake Michigan […]
Read moreDay 38 – What a SAIL
After leaving Northport with Jeanne, Michael and I we had a sailing day for the ages. we left the harbor and caught wind and headed North East at around 5 knots under sail. We spotted an island named Bellows Island and decided to sail behind it to the leeward side (downwind) of the island. There [&h
Read moreDay 38 – Back on the road (lake) again
7/30/23 – Quite a bit of activity of the past couple of days. I flew to Chicago to golf in the Touhy Invitational. While I was in Chicago Jeanne had a great time with Patty, Eileen and Cindy. Except Jeanne lost her phone in the harbor (blub, blub, blub). So don’t call her for the […]
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