sailing so far

Saturday August 11, 2012

This morning Bob and I embarked on a great adventure.  Our ultimate goal is to make it to Lake Superior but several events have delayed our departure.  Initially we were just going to be a day later leaving because of Bob’s aunt’s funeral and then the weather made it impossible.  We finally left this morning at about 9:34 along with another sailor from Lake St. Clair.  He was in a slightly smaller boat and he was single handing.  The morning started out lovely; I played music from the Caribbean and then settled into the German music which immediately brought my thoughts to my parents especially my father.  The song “So schon war die Zeit” especially made me think of him and how he always seemed to fall into some luck or maybe it was just a plan and hard work but even a plan needs luck. I wanted to dance so bad but there is just so much room on the boat, my dance floor is limited.  The weather seemed perfect as we passed the windmills near Forrestville.  At 11:30 we were faced with thunderstorms and heavy rain.  This was also about the time we had lunch and decided it was better to eat below than to be assaulted by the rain.  I then became queasy and spent the next three hours below lying down.  The rain did let up for a while but the winds continued to push us back impeding our progress.  Bob made a very captainly decision and we stopped at Harbour Beach.  Unfortunately the marina is too shallow so we were only able to tie up to a wall on the outer wall of the harbor.  I managed to lose a fender in the process of getting ready to tie up giving Bob the opportunity to use his new davit system.  Before he could do that however he helped another sailor with the same idea to tie up in front of us.  The dinghy was very easily lowered and retrieval of the fender was a success.  Now I sit here not an hour later and we have been hit with torrential rains…again.