| Wayfarer
1321's
Tip of the Mitt
Adventure
2011 Monday 20 June pics - 1 photos by Gary Hirsch, Uncle Al and Ben Algera ... |
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| View from our Rogers
City
room at the Driftwood
Motel ... |
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| A walk to the very
prettily
laid out point confirmed our preliminary diagnosis: no
wind - and light
rain. ... |
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| After a last look
around
the deserted marina, we decided to go back to the Driftwood so that Al could supplement his sleep while Gary would read and watch for wind. ... |
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W1321 track
on the
20th: A light,
five-knot easterly
filled in about 1030 and slowly built to about 15
knots, gusting higher
as it funnelled between Bois Blanc Island and the
mainland. As we
neared The Mill Creek Campground in Mackinaw City
under spinnaker, we
achieved our max speed for the week - 9.9. knots.
Amazingly, despite
our late 1100 hrs departure from Rogers City in very
light winds, we
reached Mill Creek by 2000 hrs - click here
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| Meanwhile, early in
the
morning, Team Gabagouache had gotten underway in
earnest from
Mackinaw City. ... |
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