A good night's sleep works wonders. Today we can sail, not motor. But, of course, we had to cover the rest of the route out of Thunder Bay directly north into the wind by motor at 3-4 mph before we could raise both sails and head northwest on a broad reach. Although it was cloudy, we felt so fortunate to find such a wonderful boat that even the rain that arrived halfway through the afternoon did not dampen our spirits.
As the afternoon wore on, the waves increased, some as high as our boat (5 to 6 feet)! Catrina reached right along. Debbie felt nautically competent with the help of her two assistants, GPS and Autopilot! Tom frequently praised the PDQ over his previous Gemini.
Nine hours and 44 miles later we sailed into Rogers City Marina, ate dinner at the Lighthouse
Restaurant, finished stowing our gear, check the forward storage areas and found them dry and caught up on our computer correspondence while listening to the outside wind roar and the raindrops fall on the bimini. Tom is a quick learner and after having to pump water out of the storage areas yesterday, we definitely closed them securely today. We also coiled and tied down our shore electric line. Yesterday as the waves increased, it appeared in front of our cabin windows like a long yellow snake!
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