Day 14, August 16th
Well we pulled the anchor up at 0800 and surprise, surprise, the wind was in our favor. We had the most fantastic sail all day on the same tack all 8 hours to Beaver Island. Did put the motor on briefly while we went under the Mackinaw Bridge, but that was all. It was absolutely gorgeous. Between 5 and 6 knots all the way!!!
Arriving in St.James Bay, Beaver Island, was a little tricky. A sudden gust came up, must have been about 30 knots, just as we were arriving. Decided to take the sails in, but the furler drum jammed when we tried to roll up the jib. It was a little hairy for a few minutes. Dropped the main, couldn't get the drum unjammed so motored into the bay while dropping the jib completely. Anchored safely and then John had quite a job to unjam the drum. Finally managed it and then we got the jib back up and furled again!!!! The wind didn't seem to ease up at all throughout all this. Set the anchor with 120ft of rode, but hung on!!! It was quite the night with the wind howling and the boat shaking and rolling with the wind but the anchor held tight and we woke up to a beautiful calm morning.
Day 15, August 17th
Have spent a really pleasant day in this nice little town on Beaver Island. Got the laundry done this morning. This afternoon as visited a couple of their little museums. Quite thehistory here!
Apparently a James Jesse Strang set up a community of Mormons here back in the 1840s. Unfortunately he got too big for his boots, and set up himself as King. Things seemed to get a little out of hand apparently and 2 disgruntled members gunned him down. He didn't die right away but that was the end of his reign and then the Irish came and threw out all the Mormons!!!
Anyway, we've had a lovely day looking around. We've restocked, got a pump out at the little marina and are all ready to leave early in the morning for Leland, on the east coast of Michigan, we hope.
Well we pulled the anchor up at 0800 and surprise, surprise, the wind was in our favor. We had the most fantastic sail all day on the same tack all 8 hours to Beaver Island. Did put the motor on briefly while we went under the Mackinaw Bridge, but that was all. It was absolutely gorgeous. Between 5 and 6 knots all the way!!!
Arriving in St.James Bay, Beaver Island, was a little tricky. A sudden gust came up, must have been about 30 knots, just as we were arriving. Decided to take the sails in, but the furler drum jammed when we tried to roll up the jib. It was a little hairy for a few minutes. Dropped the main, couldn't get the drum unjammed so motored into the bay while dropping the jib completely. Anchored safely and then John had quite a job to unjam the drum. Finally managed it and then we got the jib back up and furled again!!!! The wind didn't seem to ease up at all throughout all this. Set the anchor with 120ft of rode, but hung on!!! It was quite the night with the wind howling and the boat shaking and rolling with the wind but the anchor held tight and we woke up to a beautiful calm morning.
Day 15, August 17th
Have spent a really pleasant day in this nice little town on Beaver Island. Got the laundry done this morning. This afternoon as visited a couple of their little museums. Quite thehistory here!
Apparently a James Jesse Strang set up a community of Mormons here back in the 1840s. Unfortunately he got too big for his boots, and set up himself as King. Things seemed to get a little out of hand apparently and 2 disgruntled members gunned him down. He didn't die right away but that was the end of his reign and then the Irish came and threw out all the Mormons!!!
Anyway, we've had a lovely day looking around. We've restocked, got a pump out at the little marina and are all ready to leave early in the morning for Leland, on the east coast of Michigan, we hope.
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