Harrisville to Presque Isle, MI

We passed several light houses

The storm front moved through the area last night with only a little rain and it was fairly calm with a slight breeze from the northeast when we departed at 8:00 this morning. We expected the wind and waves to build through the day but needed to make progress towards Mackinac City. Quartering sea for the first half of the trip off the port bow, a bit of rock and roll until Thunder Bay. Once around the corner, then head on into the wind and waves. The autopilot worked very well and held our course throughout the day. But the sundeck furniture said they had enough and started toward the door. We corralled them back to the sundeck once the waves subsided a bit.

Scotts boating endorsement: Driving the boat is better than sitting on the couch!

Great, I think???

Manuvering to shore

We saw two freighters on the way one some distance off and a second behind us but close to shore as were we. The freighter passed us and then seemed to be crossing our path, at Stoneport the freighter headed for shore directly in front of us, I guess he had an appointment with a bunch of stone. Really nice to see this large boat maneuver toward the loading area.

Our stone freighter

We stopped short of our planned destination due to the building seas and wind and stopped at Presque Isle Harbor a Michigan DNR sponsored marina. Fairly new and well managed and kept nice dock house and deli across the street.





Safe behind the rock wall

Hoping for better winds and seas tomorrow.