Summer 2019 Launch
Monday, June 3rd- Monday June 10 Well we finally launched the boat today. We came up to Northport on the Friday before so John could do some work before they put the boat in...
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Sept 19 – Sept 27 Northport
The pictures that follow show a solar array installation of a Defever 44 exactly like ours. John is considering adding adding to Short Vacation. Of course Pam had to break out the wigs...
Sept 18 Charlevoix, MI
Charlevoix, Michigan is home for one of the owners of the 4Winns boat company. John met him on Mackinaw Island. He has a monster home with huge boathouse that is part of the actual...
Sept 15, 16 and 17 Mackinaw City, MI
We pulled out of our slip in the morning and traveled the short distance to the Straits State Harbor. It had a winding entrance with a ton of huge rocks lining the way in....
Thursday Sept. 13 – Sunday Sept. 14 Mackinaw Island
Again, always watching the weather we determined that we could cross to Mackinaw Island on Sunday. We left Drummond Island in the morning. We had to maneuver around a number of islands off of...
Tuesday Sept 11 – Wed. Sept 12
Today, we cruise back into the United States. We had downloaded the ROAM app that allows us to check into immigration via Pam’s Ipad. John put all of the required information into the app...
Friday -Monday September 7-10
We decided to leave Bear Drop and find a marina because there were supposed to be big winds and rain coming and we wanted to be at a slip, instead of on the hook. ...
Wednesday and Thursday, September 5-6 Bear Drop Harbour
Another anchorage that is quite popular is Bear Drop Harbour. Once we got here we realized why. Really pretty anchorage. The weather is getting a lot cooler and the wind is blowing a lot...
Monday- Tuesday Sept 3-4 Moiles Harbour
When we left Norm and Elaine’s anchorage, we cruised around 25 miles and went to an anchorage called Moiles Harbour. After what we had read about this anchorage, we realized that we probably shouldn’t...
Saturday and Sunday September 1-2 Hotham Island
Most people who cruise the North Channel have heard about Norm and Elaine in Hotham Island Anchorage. We decided that we needed to meet them. Norm and Elaine were teachers in Illinois and in...