Beaver Island has a permanent resident population of about 550 people. Certainly in the summer the population grows considerably. Of course, being an island, everything must be brought over from the...

We left Petoskey on July 2nd heading for Beaver Island. We will spend the 4th of July at Beaver Island and we are told they have a parade as well. First...

Once we left Lake Charlevoix it was a quick 3 hour motor to Petoskey. There was little to no wind today hence the need to motor. When the wind is calm,...

We really have no idea anymore what day it is, so we gave up and now call everyday Blursday. After we left the Charlevoix marina we headed east into Lake Charlevoix...

Charlevoix was one of our favorite stops last year as we made our way around Lake Michigan, so it was high on the list for a repeat visit this time around....

The day started well enough…We got up at about 5 am to make the passage from Frankfort, MI to Charlevoix, MI which is about 64 nautical miles. This is a long...

Portage Lake was our little refuge from the weather for about 3 days. I really didn’t feel like 3 days however, since the first day we arrived was after our long...

We left Manitowoc at around 8:20 pm on Wednesday June 16th. Our plan is to cross Lake Michigan and anchor for a few days in Portage Lake which is near the...

I am sure you all know what a mast is right? It’s that big stick that goes up in the air that holds our sails. In our case, we have a...