Day 64 - 68 St Ignace - Mackinaw City Start 8:50AM End 9:25AM Underway .75 Hours Distance 6.6 miles Total Miles on Trip 1384 Av Speed 15 knots Weather Sunny The trip from St Ignace to Mackinaw City was a quick easy run. We traveled a whole 6.6 miles. Our original plan was to go directly to Mackinaw City, but they did not have a slip available for us until Friday. Normally the slips are not available until 1pm, but we had friends watching our assigned...

Day 60 - 63 Rogers City -St Ignace Start 6:45AM End 11:51AM Underway 5:05 Hours Distance 47 miles Total Miles on Trip 1378 Av Speed 9.3 knots Weather Sunny 75 Winds 10+ North building as the day went on Compared to our recent runs, we slept in and left late this morning. Something is wrong when you are retired and you call starting your day at 6:45am sleeping in. But it is nice getting into port and still having the day to do things. St ...

Day 59 Alpena MI - Rogers City Start 5:39AM End 11:30AM Underway 5:50 Hours Distance 49 miles Total Miles on Trip 1331Av Speed 8.5 knotsWeather Sunny 75 Winds 8-10 We had planned to leave at 6AM, but at 4:50 someone left the marina way to fast and rocked our boat enough to wake us up. As we were getting the boat ready to leave, I noticed a lot of fishing boats ready to leave. Know the fishing tournament was still going on, I asked one of them, what ...

Day 57-58 East Tawas - Alpena MI Start 5:50AM End 12:10PM Underway 6:17 Hours Distance 56 miles Total Miles on Trip 1282 Av Speed 9 knots Weather Sunny Light Winds Early, With Winds Building as we went.We were underway at 5:50AM, and as we rounded Tawas Bay and turned into Lake Huron the sunrise was incredible! I took some pictures but they do not do the sunrise justice. Once again the forecast was 100% right. When we left the lake was smooth, and as ...

Day 56 Harbor Beach MI - East Tawas Start 6:41AM End 12:20PM Underway 5:37 Hours Distance 48 miles Total Miles on Trip 1226 Av Speed 8.6 knots Weather Sunny Light Winds After spending two days in Harbor Beach we headed out for East Tawas. As much as we do not like leaving early we set the alarm for 6:30 for a 7AM departure. Once again this was because of the forecast. The morning forecast was light winds out of the west, with the winds building and s...