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

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 […]

While we are on the topic

Here are the pictures of the super fresh Whitefish we had

What Are We Eating (from Jeanne)

Michael Crofton you asked what we are eating so Jeanne crafted this email that describes that in detail. What we have been eating: Well Michael, since you asked, here is what we have been eating:Suzy made some chicken shawarma. Here is the recipe:CHICKEN SHAWARMA BOWLSERVES 4 INGREDIENTS2 cups Cabba

Day 11 – Sister Bay day 3

Sitting at the dock on the bay listening to XRT and enjoying a cup of coffee and like most of you eating some smoked whitefish. Life is good. Jeanne is enjoying coffee in bed. BTW, the sailing action is a bit slower for the next couple days until Thursday 7/6 when we cross Green […]