Click on any of the markers on the 2016 map to get further information about each location.
– indicates where we stayed in marinas
– indicates where we anchored
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| Title | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | 1. Pikes Bay Marina - The Start | Our slip at Pikes Bay Marina, departed on Tuesday June 21 at 4:36am. |
 | 2. Keweenaw Waterway | An alternative anchorage to Lilly Pond - beautiful after a long day sailing. |
| 3. Houghton-Hancock Michigan | June 22-27 Headed into Houghton-Hancock for a few days of exploring the Keweenaw Peninsula |
| 4. Marquette | June 28-July 1 Retrieved vehicle from Houghton-Hancock and moved it to the Soo. Enjoyed bike riding around the town and their Saturday morning Farmer's Market. |
| 5. Munising | July 2-4 Celebrating the 4th in wonderful Munising |
| 6. Grand Marais | July 5-6 Beautiful sunny, calm day for viewing the Pictured Rocks on the way to Grand Marais |
| 7. Batchawana Bay - Dick's Island | July 7 A 70NM trek from Grand Marais to Batchawana Bay. |
| 8. Gitche Gumee Marina | July 8-10 Tiny, tiny marina with the friendliest people! |
| 9. Quebec Harbour | July 11 80nm trek with Steele'n Time to Michipicoten Island |
| 10. Old Daves Harbour | July 12-15 Our return to Old Daves as GLCC Port Captains |
 | 11. Brief visit in Otter Cove | July 16 Debated about stopping here but weather mandated moving on. |
| 12. Quebec Harbour | July 16-17 Return to Michipicoten in search of more Caribou |
| 13. Cozens Cove | July 18 A perfect, private bay with a sauna! |
| 14. Indian Harbour | July 19-21 A wonderful couple of days in Indian Harbour - all to ourselves! |
| 15. Batchawana Bay v2 | July 22 A glorious sail from Indian Harbour to Batchawana Bay |
| 16. Batchawana Bay v3 | July 23 The beach at Batchawana Bay |
| 17. Sault Ste Marie-Kemps Marina | July 24-27 Time for provisions, laundry (lots of it!) |
| 18. Harbor Island | July 28, July 30-31, August 2-7 Wonderful protected anchorage and location for the Great Lakes Cruising Club Wilderness Rally |
| 19. Drummond Island Yacht Harbor | July 29-July 30, August 1, August 7 Meeting point with Mark and Jeanne and pre/post provisioning for GLCC Wilderness Rally |
| 20. Burnt Island | July 31 Day stop at Burnt Island |
| 21. Tolsmaville, Cockburn Island | August 8 Clearing customs into Canada in Tolsmaville |
| 22. Meldrum Bay | August 9 Meldrum Bay - A must stop for a trip to the Meldrum Bay Inn for dinner or lunch |
| 23. Blind River | August 10-12 Awesome sail across the bay to Blind River for provisioning and foul weather avoidance! |
| 24. Turnbull Island | August 13 Wonderful anchorage shared with 12 other boats including 4 small catamarans |
| 25. Beardrop Harbour | August 14 Sailed part of the way to Beardrop with Genoa only - 5kn with no engine. |
| 26. Eagle Island | August 15 Met up with Gozzard 44 "Minnehaha" for a mini-reunion. |
| 27. Ray's Bay | August 16-17 One of favorite spots in the North Channel, always interesting people hanging out in Ray's Bay. |
| 28. Perch Bay | August 18 Thought we would have this tiny anchorage to ourselves until the owners of the cabin on shore arrived. |
| 29. Fox Harbour | August 19-21 Heavy weather (40 knot winds) had us hunkered down in Fox Harbour. Found a perfect spot hiding behind some huge boulders. |
| 30. Little Current | August 22-24 Arrived in time for the end of the season Cruiser's Net potluck and multiple loads of dirty clothes! |
| 31. Heywood Island | August 25-26 Tucked into the East Bay at Heywood where we could see out onto the main lake but were still completely protected. |
| 32. Marianne Cove | August 27-30 A perfect anchorage! Liked it so much we stay for several days. |
| 33. Baie Fine-The Pool | August 31 A popular anchorage but there were only two other boats. Did the hike up to Topaz Lake-very pretty. |
| 34. Snug Harbour | September 1 We anchored here in 2005 on our Rhodes 22. It's still deep. |
| 35. Killarney | September 2-4 Mooring at the Killarney Mountain Lodge |
| 36. Covered Portage | September 6-7 Covered Portage is one of those amazing anchorages with high cliffs all around |
| 37. Killarney | September 8 Sportsman Inn at Killarney |
| 38. Wingfield Basin | September 9 Our first stop on the Bruce Peninsula |
| 39. Tobermory | September 10-11 While usually crowded, we had the main dock in Tobermory all to ourselves |
| 40. Lion's Head | September 12 A quick run up the eastern side of the Bruce Peninsula |
| 41. Tobermory Big Tub Harbour | September 13 An overnight at Tobermory's other marina |
| 42. Cove Island | September 14-15 Our last anchorage for the season |
| 43. Port Elgin | September 16-17 Port Elgin - a charming little town on the Bruce |
| 44. Kincardine | September 18-19 A late night arrival under tow when our engine stopped |
| 45. Goderich | September 20 We arrived in Goderich at 3:00pm - 1186.9 Nautical Miles for the season |