After a very informative and pleasant afternoon/evening with Pat and Mark, we spent our first night aboard Catrina and arose early. We took off from East Tawas with lots of sun but barely a breeze. Oh, well, we were in great spirits and the happiest people in the world!
Within a few hours the weather changed as we headed directly into the wind north along the Lake Huron Coast--the sun disappeared, the wind intensified to 15-20 plus knots and 2-3 foot waves rushed by. On went the motors (we have two) and we bobbed along at 2-5 mph. Isn't this great! Waves crashed over the foredeck, up the cabin windows and finally up onto the roof. What an adventure! The boat really handled the weather well.
Finally, after 11 hours and 55 miles we tiredly found a few islands east of Alpina where we could drop an anchor out of the north wind. The anchor would not hold on the rocky bottom. Tom remembered an Anchor Buoy mentioned on the charts. We found it between the two islands. We tied up on a blinking light!
After dark Debbie served a great dinner to a man who was almost too tired to eat and who went to bed shortly afterwards!
Many have inquired about the "nut" which was probably left by someone with a sense of humor or management checking out the maid service. What was missing was the bolt!
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