Bayfield to Mackinaw City delivery, part 1
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityToday Shanti is leaving Bayfield, WI on western Lake Superior for a 400-mile delivery to Mackinaw City on northern Lake Huron for winter haulout. I...
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View ArticleBayfield to Mackinaw City delivery, part 2
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityShanti arrived safely in Mackinaw City yesterday morning around 9 am. Tom has a commitment in Chicago on Tuesday, so we made only two stops for a...
View ArticleBayfield to Mackinaw City delivery, part 3
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View ArticleBayfield to Mackinaw City delivery, part 4
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityThe home stretch: Whitefish Bay, locking through at Sault St. Marie, St. Mary’s River at night, De Tour Reef Light, Mackinaw City: 120 miles in 20...
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View ArticleHaulout Day - Blog
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityBecause I live on my boat during the summer, haulout day is always hard on me. I feel like I've been evicted from my home. I packed up my...
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Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityNow that the cruising season on the Great Lakes is over, it's time to head south. I'm leaving later today to help deliver Joy For All from...
View ArticleAtlantic Storm
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating Community“Pan-Pan, Pan-Pan, Pan-Pan. Hello all stations. US Coast Guard Atlantic City has just received a report of an EPIRB signal located 100 miles east...
View ArticleLaunch day and shakedown delivery
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityFriday evening I had my head under the port settee tracing a water leak when the phone rang. It was Scott, touching base before we met in Port Huron...
View ArticlePort Huron to Mackinac Solo
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityI have now attained 3/5th of my goal to sail singlehanded the length of each of the five Great Lakes. I started my quest in 2007 on Lake Superior,...
View ArticleOn being female in a male-dominated sport
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityI was the only woman to participate in the solo Mac challenges sponsored by the Great Lakes Singlehanded Society this year. (Race results are posted...
View ArticleLake Erie solo delivery
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating Community"Be careful around those well heads," my friend Lauren warned me last week as I prepared for my delivery of Shanti from Mentor Harbor Yacht Club to...
View ArticleSqualls and waterspouts
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityI stayed in Port Colborne an extra day to wait out a cold front that brought rain off and on all day. Then I had to bail a good four inches of water...
View ArticleWeather windows
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityWhat a difference a day makes. After two days of beating into the wind and waves, I had a beautiful sail from Port Dover, Ontario to Erie, PA. Lake...
View ArticleThree Great Lakes in three days
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityAfter teaching a bareboat charter class in the Apostle lslands of Lake Superior over the weekend, I drove home to Grand Haven, taking a short cut...
View ArticleRecord breaking Erie Solo Challenge
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityShanti has now successfully completed a solo challenge on four of the five Great Lakes. Next year I'm setting my sights on Lake Ontario to complete...
View ArticleJoy for All
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityAfter a few hours of light wind yesterday, Joy For All is back under sail broad-reaching at hull- speed in 20 to 25 knots. We are well over half way...
View ArticleJoy For All arrives BVI in record time
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityJoy For All finished the Caribbean 1500 rally just after 8 am this morning with an average speed of 7.7 knots. We only used the engine for 8 hours,...
View ArticleBVI cruising
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityIt's amazing how quickly time passes on a sailboat. After boarding Gaiamar on Friday night, we finally left the marina on Sunday afternoon with Gene...
View ArticleI'd rather be floating
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating CommunityAs 2010 is coming to a close, I reflect back on some wonderful sailing adventures and accomplishments, and I realize I have not blogged on any of...
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