We had a wonderful sail today towards Put In Bay on South Bass Island, 41° 39’.37N 82° 49’.23W. Sailed along the Detroit River and entered Lake Erie, our 3rd Great Lake. Lake Erie is a very different colour than Georgian Bay – a deep olive green. It was very choppy, probably due to its shallowness – it’s the most shallow of all the Great Lakes. Winds were on our beam in the morning and behind us in the afternoon. We recorded our fastest speed yet – 11.4 knots.
We encountered our first mooring buoys in Put In Bay - everywhere else so far has been docks or anchorages. Teresa navigated through the field of buoys and put us expertly on our chosen buoy, while Ron almost messed up picking the thing up.
We dined on the boat and listened to the harbor playing the Star Spangled Banner at sunset accompanied by several boats hooting their horns.
Today’s log: 50.4 nm, season total: 974.4
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