We left our anchorage in the North Channel at 6:00 this morning and have been sailing all day on a direct tack to Presque Isle, Michigan, our next anchorage. It has been glorious! We were going to spend two or three nights in the North Channel, but last night I suddenly felt like it was time to move on. Good thing we did or we would have been motoring and these lovely winds would have been wasted.
After so many years of sailing the Apostle Islands, it's really different to be sharing the waters with huge freighters, up close and personal. We passed four yesterday, saw many others, and this morning one passed us up and cut across in front of us. Those ships leave a powerful wake.
A couple days ago I suggested people ask us questions, either by email or in the "comments" portion of each day's blog. Here is today's Question of the Day:
Q: How far apart are these places? (Like, if you run into bad weather, how far is it to the next "rest stop"?)
A: That varies tremendously. We plan ahead and look at the weather every day. We have state-of-the-art Sirius marine weather service, which tells us winds, waves, barometric pressure, and so on. It has sophisticated weather maps and gives us weather reports and storm warning alerts; I noticed there were tornado warnings in northern Florida a couple days ago. If the weather looks ominous, we batten down the hatches (literally!) and stay put.
Hi Wayne & Michelle, I sure enjoy reading your blog, even when I'm travelling(I'm in Chicago this week visiting friends & relatives)Praise God, Bob Rudin
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks for your comment and for visiting our blog, Bob.
ReplyDeleteHi Shelley, Wayne,
ReplyDeleteYou might have heard about the 35W bridge collapse over the river..The Williams/Sandusky family is all safe. Haven't heard news of anyone, praying that friends and relatives weren't caught on that bridge. We have been enjoying your travels. God Bless you both.
Love, Denise