Sunday, July 15:
So far we have probably motored more that we have sailed. When I was researching this trip the wind rosettes for Lake Michigan showed July and August winds mostly from the south southwest or west with and average speed of 10 knots. Well it hasn’t turned out that way. First the heat wave has made many days with almost no wind. I’ve flown my Code 0 more times already than in the past two years. Second the winds have been from the north northwest and northeast so we have been tacking a fair amount. We did have one day with 20+ knots that we had to push into. This lake gets bigger waves more quickly than Lake Ontario. The good thing is that we have had very calm, and long, evenings to explore by dingy.
We have had two good thunderstorms: One on our way to the Columbia Yacht Club where we were going into Burnham harbour to get fuel and could wait for it to pass; the second today (July15) when we were anchored in Round Lake at Charlevoix. Both times it bucketed down with rain. Today it occurred overnight and the early morning so we only delayed our departure for Beaver Island by an hour.
Its been a bit frustrating that the wind has been very light so consistently and mostly from the wrong direction. But that has meant that we have been having the most gorgeous weather for visiting all the places along the lake. Mike
Also on the plus side, there are no worries while we are travelling, reading, watching the passing scene, snoozing - and we can swim off the boat anytime for instant refreshment.
Today was almost calm when we started out from Charlevoix but we had at least half time sailing on flat seas about 5 knots under sunny skies. who could ask for more - no need for crashing waves! Louisa
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