My dad and Kevin headed home making way for this weeks crew. Jan and Tony arrived Saturday afternoon with a truck load of gear and 2 coolers of food. That's the nice thing about opening this run up to girlfriends, they love to pack food! A guy shows up with a Slim Jim , Fritos, a can of Cheese Wiz and four cases of beer.

The weather is looking rough this week with lots of storms coming through the first half of the week. Although the plan was to keep plunking north our first port o call turned out to be South to Port Austin. The ride across the bay was another rough one with a steady 15 knot wind pushing 6 and 10 foot rollers across the beam. We reefed the jib in about half way and held the knot meter in the mid eight's all the way while rockin and rollin and spraying water across the bow. It was a gut churning ride but a huge order of lasagna at Joe's Pizzeria made it all worth while.

After a great time in Pt. Austin we headed North on Friday back across the Saginaw Bay to East Tawas where J&T left their truck all week. Tony sailed the Peregrine across the 30 miles of water that spans the bay in about 4 hours while Jan caught up on her sleep down below.

Even though we were pinned down by the weather all week we still had a blast. Lots and lots of good food including some kick ass ribs and baked potato on the grill. The Bloody Mary's every morning was a good start also. Wake n bake baby!!!

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