Jeanne and Steve's Sailing Adventure - Sailing around Lake Michigan

7/8/24 Northport to Traverse City (Duncan Clinch)

We are underway and once again the wind is on our nose. So we are just on the motor. Change of plans. We are going all the way into Traverse City because a slip came open and that is where are planning to stay for most of July. Pretty uneventful. We just missed Cherry festival […]

7/7/24 Northport (Leland to Northport)

I haven’t posted in awhile, since we stayed in Leland for 3 days. The 3 day stay was planned and it is a good thing as the winds were really blowing up here from the north and that was the direction we were going. Leland is a very nice Marina located very close to town. […]

7/3/24 Frankfort to Leland

Well what a lot can change in a couple of hours. The sun came out and we decided to depart Frankfort for Leland. The winds are out of the south 20 knots. So they are on our stern. We are on a Nantucket Sleigh ride. I.E. the waves are pushing us. Going 7.5 to 8 […]

7/3/24 Frankfort

We have been enjoying a couple of days at Jacobson’s Marina in Frankfort. Luckily we weren’t going to move to Leland yesterday. The wind was 10-20 out of the Southwest and waves were 2-4 feet, maybe 3-5. So you’re asking yourself, so what, winds out of the Southwest, that’s not so bad. I was

7/1/24 Ludington to Frankfort

We stayed three days in Ludington, due to wind and weather conditions. Yesterday 6 foot waves so no one up here was moving. Ludington is a great Marina. Nice showers, facilities, people and staff. We met Sue and Bob, a nice couple from the area that took us to the grocery store. Went to a […]

2024 is underway

Jeanne and I have left on the journey. The winds have been really strong, so we have been hopping between ports when our window is clear (or as clear as possible). So Waukegan to Milwaukee to Port Washington to Sheboygan. We crossed from Sheboygan to Ludington, 9 hours, waves 3 – 5 feet and wi

2024 Trip

we are going to be going on another trip. This time Traverse City.

Jeanne and Steve’s Sailing Adventure all done.

On June 23rd three of us (Jeanne, Alan and me) left Waukegan for a 52 day adventure for Jeanne and me. We saw a lot of things, met a lot of people, saw a lot of boats, especially Catalina sail boats. We went up the Wisconsin coast into Green Bay across the lake to Michigan, […]

Day 52 – Home Sweet Home Port

We are back in our home slip. The weather prediction was for increasingly nasty weather as the day and week progressed. After sharing dinner with Jill, Jay and Mary (Jeanne wasn’t feeling well) at La Josie (quite good), Jeanne and I decided to wake up at 2:00 am and head north to avoid the lousy [

Day 52 – It’s Not Supposed To End Like This

It’s our last day! It was supposed to be a remembrance stay in Burnham. This was to celebrate when Jeanne and I first started sailing together. That didn’t happen. Then a glorious August day with sun and wind as we sailed along the shore by Touhy Beach and the old hood. Instead the weather is [&