Day 78 Nicolet Bay - Egg Harbor Start 9:50 AM End 11:30 AM Underway 1:27 Hours Distance 9 miles Total Miles on Trip 1536 Av Speed 6.4 knots Weather Clear Sunny 70 Degrees winds WNW 8MPH We tried to get a slip at Egg Harbor, but there were none available. Steve & Jane (Sabbatical) had a slip, and we were on a waitlist. My backup plan was to anchor in the bay right outside of the marina. Again the bottom was a sandy clay mixture that hel...

Days 76, 77 Sister Bay WI - Nicolet Bay Start 9:50 AM End 11:10 AM Underway 1:20 Hours Distance 9 miles Total Miles on Trip 1527 Av Speed 7 knots Weather Clear Sunny winds NW 8MPH Nicolet Bay is a small bay near Ephraim WI, there are not any marina's in Nicolet, just a very nice anchorage right in front of Peninsula State Park. Nicolet Bay is surrounded by bluffs with caves on one side, and low lying forest on the other. The bottom is a mix o...

Day 73-75 Washington Island - Sister Bay WI Start 9:35 AM End 11:30AM Underway 1:55 Hours Distance 16 miles Total Miles on Trip 1521 Av Speed 8.8 knots Weather Clear Sunny winds South 20+ Today's challenge was getting out of the marina. The marina was too narrow for me to turn around in, and the forecast was 20+ MPH winds all day. I needed to back out 300 yards down a narrow fairway with a cross wind to get out of the marina. Watching the ...

Day 72 Manistique MI - Washington Island Start 7:09 AM End 1:00PM Underway 6:20 Hours Distance 54 miles Total Miles on Trip 1505 Av Speed 8.8 knots Weather Windy Rainy The weather on this trip has not been our friend at all. On Lake Michigan the wind predominately comes out of the west, and makes the sea conditions on the Wisconsin side the better choice. Today's wind and the next several days has the wind coming out of the south. This will...

Day 69- 71 Mackinaw City MI -Manistique MI Start 5:45AM End 1:20PM Underway 7"40 Hours Distance 67 miles Total Miles on Trip 1452 Av Speed 8.8 knots Weather Foggy 70 The run from Mackinaw City to Manistique was an adventure to say the least. Because it was going to be a long trip we left at 5:45am. Going under the Mackinaw Straits Bridge was incredible. We were under the bridge before daybreak and the bridge all lit up was breathtakin...