We passed the Frankfort Lighthouse just after 9 a.m. and headed south to find warm tropical waters. The wind was light as we motored out into Lake Michigan. After a few hours we raised the main and jib and chugged along at 5 to 6 miles a hour. Many patches of sand dunes appeared along the shore line. The sky was robin's egg blue. The waves were almost nonexistent.
Since the wind was from the northwest and over our shoulders, we decided to raise the spinnaker. Up it went and immediately became an hour glass shape. Then it wrapped around the jib. The ropes on the cover wrapped around the bright yellow, purple and blue silk. It was a mess. We stowed all sails but the spinnaker. Many minutes later we had it untangled. This one piece of material is not going to win! We put it up again and this time it flew like a big balloon in front of our ship! The third try was magic - at last.
For many hours and 43 miles we sailed south along the Shore passed Arcadia, Portage, Manistee and finally arrived at Ludington with only the bight purple, blue and yellow sail leading the way. About dinner time we put the spinnaker back in the bag and motored in to the harbor.
We decided to stay at the Ludington Municipal Marina so that Debbie's friend Mary Jo could easily find us. After a tour of Catrina, the trio hiked over to the House of Flavors and had a tasty pot pie, fajita salad and ceasar salad. We deserved some sweet after such a testing day so we both had dessert - ice cream! Hopefully, tomorrow will be a less exciting day!
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