After a late afternoon departure from Detroit we resumed the journey north through Lake St Clair where we were passed by many large ships carrying goods up and down the waterway. We gave the freighters lots of room and stayed just outside the channel markers until we entered the St Clair river. We found a quiet anchorage on the Bassett Channel where we spent the night anchored in 12ft of water with a very weedy bottom.
The next morning we hauled anchor and headed upriver to Port Huron at the mouth of the river across from Sarnia. We stayed at the Port Huron Yacht Club where we initally docked on the outside wall until a couple of huge trimarans participating in the Mackinac race came in looking for refuge. One had the traveller ripped from the deck and the other had broken a daggerboard this put an end to the race for both boats.
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| This boat is 64' wide and has a 100' mast and takes up a good portion of the channel |
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| This boat broke the carbon fiber daggerboard |
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| Broken daggerboard |
On Sunday we enjoyed a bike ride along the river walk where we observed the strong current we would encounter before entering Lake Huron. With a north wind expected for the next couple of days we had to decide if we would stay put or head out.
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| one of the reclaimed metal sculptures found along the riverwalk |
Monday we took a walk, then jumped on a ten cent trolley tour around town. The driver shared information about the history of the city and we saw many beautiful old homes and other sights. After that we climbed on our bikes to pick up some fresh produce at the grocery store.
It looks like there will be a 24 hour weather window if we leave today late morning and head up the west side of Lake Huron. If we are lucky, and the winds reasonable, we may make it as far as False Presque Isle anchorage which we have been told is lovely. So we filled up the water tanks and topped up with diesel and are heading out. We may not have Internet for a couple of days but will post again once we do.
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| Diesel $2.68 US/gallon |
