July, 2023 - Jeanne and Steve's Sailing Adventure

Day 18 – Layover in Washington Island

Well Washington Island has clearly the nicest people, so far. Weather is a bit iffy so we are going to harbor here for Monday and leave for Leland on Tuesday. Could be a bit windy, but that’s what sailboats like (as well as Jeanne and I). So forecast varies from 10 – 20 knots to […]

Day 17 – Tied up in Washington Island

We are safely tied up in Washington Island. The day started out with some actual sailing for at least 2 hours. Then the wind started to shift and we had to motor sail again. As we got close to Porte de Morte, the wind was on our nose 17-19 knots and that Green Bay (Go […]

Day 17 – Heading to Washington Island

On day 16, which I couldn’t fill in yesterday because we were without (gasp) Internet access. We dodged an ominous thunderstorm by heading back towards Menominee until it passed and then turning back towards Cedar River when it hit Menominee. Going into Cedar River was quite exciting as it is shal

Day 16 – Underway

Well we had to wait for 45 minutes for a 50 foot motor boat to put 200 gallons ($800) of fuel in his boat, he could have shared the dock and given us 15 minutes, but noooo! What a ______! We are under way making 6.3 knots. Yes motor sailing but both sails up. It’s […]

Day 16 – Going to Cedar River Michigan

Menominee has been a great stop. We got to know our neighbors Roger and Ruth at Menominee who invited us to a happy hour on their boat. There we met two more sailing couples, Dave and Marilyn, Murray and Patty. Friendliest port yet. Even invited use along for patty melts at Pirates Cove. Definitely

Day 15 – Staying over in Menominee

We are going be staying for an extra day before heading to Cedar River Michigan and then crossing Green Bay to Washington Island and “Porte de Morte” (look it up). Menominee is a really nice harbor. Lots of sailboats. The shower / boater facilities are really new and super nice. They have a TV i

Day 14 – Landed in Menominee

We landed in Menominee after crossing Green Bay around 2:00. After a three hour tour. Harbor is quite nice. They converted a water works building into a harbor house. The Touhy (Leone) beach field house was a converted water works building (most of you are saying duh!). Here is some background on Me

Day 14 – Heading to Menominee

Today we leave for Menominee, looks like we finally have some sailing winds. Maybe some strong winds. 12 – 24 out of the WNW. Along with winds will come some short duration chop with I’m sure whitecaps. Temperature looks a little chilly as well. So some good sailing weather (Maybe). After pa

Sister Bay – Day 13

Last day in Sister Bay. Started out pretty slow. Coffee, newspaper, Jeanne doing laundry. We took a walk down to YachtWorks, Sister Bay to buy a clock and a barometer as a birthday present for me. Pretty nice. I’ll post a picture later. We took a walk into town to go to Sister Bay Bowl […]

Sister Bay Day 12

After I took a 15 minute walk to the Yacht Works boat yard and marina, which is a lot better the Sister Bay Marina, to get an o-ring for my water cap, we decided to go for a day sail. (That is quite the run-on sentence). The winds seemed good but as soon as we […]