7/16/15 Departure day

Around 9am, we prepared for departure.  A large boat getting ready to pull out of their slip, was caught in the wind and nearly ran in to an adjacent boat.  Several people on the dock ran to help them and we believe no damage was done to either vessel.

We started our engine (or tried to) but the electronic starter had an error message.  Ron tried several things and then put in a phone call to a marine business in a nearby town to troubleshoot the problem.  After waiting about a half hour , the engine started without a problem.  Ron believes it may have been operator error. 

Wind and waves conditions were predicted to be good today, so we charted for an 80 mile day.  We realized after 20 miles that the conditions were much worse than predicted.  Not that they were dangerous, but they were certainly getting uncomfortable, so we turned in to Presque Isle for the night.

 By evening the wind was howling and we were really happy that we tucked in here.  We wondered how the boats did that were crossing Lake Huron today.  Water conditions in the middle were certainly worse than what we encountered. 

Dinner was on the boat, chicken and stuffing.