Going Home – Saturday, July 24, 2010

We got up early and threw lines off at about 7:15am to start making our way home. We had several contingency plans on how to navigate our way based on conditions – basically, all this means, is that we had “bail out” locations in mind that would get us off treacherous waters.

Once we passed the Macinac Bridge, the water picked up a bit and we were struggling to find a good cruising speed that was comfortable. It seems the seas were confused and were trying to shift. We persevered and once we got close to Beaver Island, the seas completely flattened out. We were feeling so lucky about this, that we re-charted our course directly for Sturgeon Bay. Not only had we made it through the North Channel with no boat damage (liver damage, maybe), we were also experiencing calm seas on Lake Michigan.

We set our course and we pulled in safely to Sturgeon Bay ship canal doing high fives! We were at our slip at noon local time! It was about a 5.5 hour ride from St. Ignace to Sturgeon Bay. We were tired, but thankful we made the trip with nothing to report but good stories!