Leaving Muskegon was like working your way through a maze - of fisherman! Both in the Lake Muskegon, along the Channel and out in Lake Michigan little boats with fishing poles were everywhere!
Up went the Main and shortly thereafter, the spinnaker. Then down they came because we were making very little forward progress. Light wind again. On went the trusty motors and we cruised along all the way to South Haven. Along the way we worked our way through sailboat races at Macatawa (Holland) and Saugatuck. There must have been at least 50 sails in Lake Michigan sprinkled all around us. We covered 58 miles in about 10 hours.
We kept busy as we cruised. First the secretary of our corporation, Tom, did lots of official paperwork. The treasurer was on vacation from office work. Then we rested up on the front foredeck seat for a couple hours and enjoyed the view. Tom brought the autopilot remote control forward and ran Catrina from there.
After lunch about 3 p.m. Tom got out his drill and put a 12 volt outlet in the bedroom. On the left are all the circuits for our navagation panel. He hooked a white wire on the circuit box and ran it under Debbie's clothes cabinets which are removed and you can see sitting on the bed behind him. Debbie assisted by getting tools, supplies and cleaning up all the fiberglass powder! When it was completed, it look very professional!
We reached South Haven about 7 p.m. and found people everywhere from the lighthouse to the Municipal Marina. Actually South Haven has three Municipal Marinas. Debbie had googled the city and found the business district was on the southside so we picked the Marina on that side. We found a gas pump with an employee that hadn't gone home for the day and then took one of three remaining slots at the Marina. This town is full!
A couple left a restaurant overlooking our riverside dockage to find out if we were on the Great Loop. No, on the Half Loop. They were celebrating Octoberfest. What month is this?
At the marina fellow sailers told us where to shop and eat and the combination for the showers. We strolled around town and found an eating place to our satisfaction and then sat for a long time because it was very busy. It appears the Michiganders like to party! Go Blue!
