June, 2023 - Jeanne and Steve's Sailing Adventure

Day 8

There won’t be much to report today. We are going to stay over in Egg Harbor for Friday, depart on Saturday for Sister Bay, then Menominee, Cedar River, Washington Island and then cross to Leland Michigan (more on that later). Today Jeanne wants to do a deep cleaning then we will go into town and

End of Day 7

Well this was a short day and there were some high points and some low points. So we went through the bridges, that was a leaning experience on how to get them opened and to keep the boat in one place. We went through the rest of the Sturgeon Bay Canal / Bay. That was […]

Day 7

The measure of a good vacation is whether you have lost track of what day it is. Had to count on my fingers. It’s Thursday 7/29/23 right? We are in Cross Point Marina in Sturgeon Bay. Very high end, lots of people from the Chicago area, few sailboats lots of motor yachts. I do mean […]

End of day 6

Well we have landed at Cross Point Marina around 3:30. Started out trying to fix our main, ended with our new main being delivered and it fits. In between we finally had both sails up, making a really good Speed Over Ground of 6.9 knots. We took down the main sail on the water which […]

Heading for “The Cut”

6/28/23 – We departed Kewaunee. We intended to get going early which translated to 11:00. We have developed a slight issue with our furling main. It was difficult to let out this morning. After we got the sail out. The bottom is all the way out, but the top is not. It is close, but […]

End of day five

6/27/23 – landed in Kewaunee. Cute little town, population 2800. We asked the Marina Manager how do we get the keys after they close at 4:00. His answer “everything is open”. We met Carl and Kathy from Spooner Wisconsin 300 miles away that spend the summer here in a camper and they have a

6/27/23 Manitowoc to Kewaunee

Well yesterday was an interesting day, there was a low (I think) located around Green Bay where storms just kept circling counter clockwise over us. So we put up all the canvas and hid from the rain. Wind out of the north-northwest 15 knots gusts to 24 knots. So we motored the whole way. Took [&hell

6/24/23 – Leaving Sheboygan for Manitowoc

What happened to the sun and the drought? We are leaving Sheboygan to Manitowoc, 8:55, winds 15-20 knots, waves 2-4, luraining. So nasty! Manitowoc is bearing 006 degrees, and our ETA is 1:52. Motoring no sails and guess what no other boats out here. Yesterday we saw fishing nets that we came very c

We are safely tied up in harbor

6/25/23 – For all of you following from home, we made it safely into Sheboygan Harbor (Center Pointe Marina) at 12:05 before the weather came/ comes in. Going to watch “The River Runs Through it”.

Day 3 on to Sheboygan

6/25/23 – We are getting ready to leave Port Washington. Luckily, a storm came through last night so we don’t have to avoid it today. Weather is looking good so far though the forecast is calling for storms. Don’t see it on the radar. Wanted to leave at 7:00, getting close maybe 8:00. Sheb