The ZiggyCam will be live for the month long trip. With the exception of when anchored after dark (i.e. saving battery usage rather than broadcast a cam feed of the dark) or during a rare lack of cellphone signal the cam will be live 24/7 along with the chat room even miles offshore. The soft goal this year is to hit Mackinac Island and round Drummond Island at the top of Lake Huron before heading back home to Detroit.

day 21: East Tawas to Harbor Beach

21) I bid farewell to the girls and sailed south alone. My target was Harbor Beach with a fall back plan of Pt. Austin.

This is a 56 mile run across Saginaw Bay and south to the largest fresh water harbor in the world.

I love anchoring for a day or two there. the harbor is so big that once you are inside the entrance and round the lighthouse it is still a mile to the marina. this means that you can anchor out far enough to be all alone yet within the relative protection of the break walls.

The water was as smooth as glass due to the lack of any real wind. At one point I was surprised to so the seas in front of me filled with large waves and whitecaps rolling every which way while everything else as far as the eye could see was glass smooth.

This worried me wondering what could cause a micro mess of the water a mile ahead of me. I broke out the binoculars and went on water spout watch. By the time I got to the black hole of waves it was all smooth again and what ever whipped it up was long since gone.

After over 9 hours on the water and a beautiful sunset I swung around the lighthouse and picked an anchor spot far enough in to give me protection but far enough out to give me seclusion.

The second drop of the anchor was the charm and I was hooked for the night. After a beer under the stars and full moon I called it a night.

  1. Detroit to Pt Huron
  2. Pt Huron to Pt Sanilac
  3. Pt. Sanilac to E. Tawas
  4. Lounging in East Tawas
  5. Lounging in East Tawas
  6. E. Tawas to Harrisville
  7. Harrisville to Presque Isle
  8. Lounging in Presque Isle
  9. Lounging in Presque Isle
  10. Saturday and Sunday-
  11. -partying in Presque Isle
  12. Presque Isle to Hammond Bay
  13. Hammond Bay to DeTour
  14. De Tour to Harbor Island
  15. Harbor island to Presque Isle
  16. Presque Isle to Alpena
  17. Rain day in Alpena
  18. Alpena to East Tawas
  19. Two days lounging
  20. in East Tawas
  21. East Tawas to Harbor Beach
  22. Anchored in Harbor Beach
  23. Harbor Beach to Pt. Sanilac
  24. Pt. Sanilac to Pt. Huron
  25. Pt. Huron to Lake St. Clair and Home
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