Day 18 – Landed in Leland
We finished our first crossing. As usual the wind shifted and we had to go back to motor sailing. We landed at 6:00 Eastern time. So 10 hour crossing. To quote our neighbor “the seas were quite lumpy.” It was pretty cool to go by the South and North Manitou Islands and through the Manitou [&hell
Read moreDay 18 – Got signal
We covered 48 nautical miles, two hours under sail. The seas were very confused (out of two or more directions) . We just passed North Manitou Island and are 14 nm from Leland. The waves are much smaller, maybe one foot. Along with that do us the wind, Came within 3 miles of a freighter. […]
Read moreDay 18 – the crossing
We are making our crossing to Leland. Favorable winds out of the Northwest. 10 – 15 knots. 1 – 3 foot waves. Got the main up, jib soon. It was a rocking evening literally. we have both sails up, engine off. Speed 6.2 knots, suns out, wind out of the Northwest. Winds 11-15 knots. Leland [
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