Days like this are why people own sailboats

 June 15, 2021

Presque Isle to Harrisville

59 miles

Thunder Bay National Marine Preserve


We actually left the Nordmeer under sail in a moderate to fresh breeze (according to the Beaufort scale (winds of 15-20 mph) with a nice following sea.  We got to surf a little bit on the waves building behind us.  I thought I did a very good job getting the sail up in the wind and waves.  I'm learning.  We even put the Genny up with the Main for a few minutes, but Chuck thought he could feel the Mast step moving (we knew there was an issue when we bought the boat), so it was decreed that we'd have to take it easy for the rest of the trip.  


We passed the Thunder Bay Island Light to starboard.


I think the Captain was grateful for conditions in which he could just let the autopilot do its thing.  (That obnoxious squeaky noise at the end of the video above is the autopilot.) We actually got to do 4 hours under sail!

Next, we passed Sturgeon Point. By now we were motoring again, not because there was no wind, but because it was not in the direction we needed to travel.  


I did not have everything ship-shape when we left the Nordmeer, so there was a little bit of a mess to clean up in the cabin.  Feather was unimpressed. 

I straightened up while cooking underway, which turned out to be a good thing as we chugged our way into Harrisville, where the town had set up a welcome party for us with live music!






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