July 1, 2011
Left Mackinac City Municipal Marina this morning @ 0730. The winds were out of the SE @ 5-10 knots - just the direction we were going. We tried tacking back and forth across the track line but so little progress was made that we decided to motor sail and wait for a more favorable wind shift - it never happened. Our goal is to make miles and get out of the Great Lakes and the Canadian Maritimes buy September so we'll do whatever it takes to accomplish it. Once we know that we are below the "freeze line", we won't be concerned with speed and time.
When the wind is blowing across the water it's chilly. On the beach it's warm. Out on the Lakes one runs into hoards of hatching mayflies and the regular black flies. The boat has been so covered with them that we have to wash it down after docking. Never have we seen such a mass of insects out on the water and several miles offshore - short breeding season so they have to make the most of it!!
We were all fast at Rogers City Marina @ 1800 hrs. took on 15 gal. diesel.
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