Destination:
Sailing Lake Michigan
Guests Onboard:
Kyle & Kara
Departure
Port:
The Moorings in New Buffalo, MI
Date/Time:
07/22/23 @ 9:15 AM CT
Arrival
Port:
The Moorings in New Buffalo, MI
Date/Time:
07/22/23 @ 12:35 pm CT
Length:
15 nm
Duration:
3:25 (engine 0.9 hours)
Weather Conditions:
Great weather; mostly clear skies, but it got a little hazy toward the end of the day and onshore. It looked like there were storms in Chicago (the day the Mac Race started)
Temperature
73
Wind (speed + Direction)
7 – 10 knots from SW
Wave Height
1 – 1.5’
Notable Places, Experiences & Events
We decided to push ourselves and take SV Zeke E Boy out on a beautiful Saturday! Surprisingly there wasn’t too much boat traffic leaving the harbor – only a few fishermen and several rental boats. We saw a disabled sailboat in the harbor, but they looked like they knew what they were doing so we didn’t offer to help … not that there’s much we could do. (Turns out the boat got working again and was part of the Saturday morning races with the New Buffalo Yacht Club. We did not join in)
There wasn’t anything too memorable for the day – other than it was beautiful and not too lumpy. We made it back into the harbor and the channel with no issues. Of course, there was a lot of boat traffic, but it seemed that everyone was patient and waiting their turn to exit very civilized and in a line. Woo-hoo!
