USS Niagara
The weather couldn't be better. Quite different than your typically Memorial Day weekend on Lake Erie. Connie and I arrived early on Friday to spend the day getting the boat ready for the holiday weekend voyage. We left Herl's Harbor in route to Middle Bass Island when we came across this....the USS Niagara. This is an incredible replica of the flagship of the US fleet captained by Commodore Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. We managed to catch up and sail around this page out of history before it sailed off toward Toledo.
We, instead, continued on to Middle Bass Island where we dropped anchor for the first time this year. With temperatures in the mid-80's and not much wind, the new dodger and bimini helped to keep the relentless sun off of us. This wasn't enough however as the sunset, so Connie improvised by clothes pinning beach towels to the bimini. It worked great!
We, instead, continued on to Middle Bass Island where we dropped anchor for the first time this year. With temperatures in the mid-80's and not much wind, the new dodger and bimini helped to keep the relentless sun off of us. This wasn't enough however as the sunset, so Connie improvised by clothes pinning beach towels to the bimini. It worked great!
New cockpit table.
It was during this week that I installed the new cockpit table. What a convenience this is and what an idiot the prior owner was for removing the original table.
We spent an enjoyable afternoon with Greg and Sandy Millat at their home on Middle Bass before sailing over to the north side of Kelley's Island Sunday evening. The wind freshened out of the east to about 8 knots which made for a nice sail to the south-east as we rounded East Point. The boat handled great as we made 5.5 to 6.0 knots all the way to Kelley's. At Kelley's, about 25 other sailboats had the same idea and the twinkling anchor lights on the surrounding boats were like stars in the night time sky... only closer.
We spent an enjoyable afternoon with Greg and Sandy Millat at their home on Middle Bass before sailing over to the north side of Kelley's Island Sunday evening. The wind freshened out of the east to about 8 knots which made for a nice sail to the south-east as we rounded East Point. The boat handled great as we made 5.5 to 6.0 knots all the way to Kelley's. At Kelley's, about 25 other sailboats had the same idea and the twinkling anchor lights on the surrounding boats were like stars in the night time sky... only closer.