by bliss_sailor » July 27, 2011, 1:59 pm
MN Guest wrote:Bliss-sailor, great pictures. I see you're on a nice starboard tack there. Do you mind if I ask what make your boat is?
I've been sailing a 1991 Catalina 22 wing keel (fixed keel) sloop for the past 5 seasons. I average about 800 nautical miles a year on the Straits of Mackinac and N. Lake Michigan and N. Lake Huron. That makes about 4,000 nm so far.
I see plenty of ships and other interesting sights out on the water! Whenever leaving Mackinaw City harbor, a boater needs to look in 3 directions: west of the bridge, down the South Channel and towards Round Island Passage. It's wise to listen to Ch. 16, especially for ships that suddenly appear at Round Island Passage.
Yesterday, the Speer and Sykes actually passed one another, "2 whistles", in Round Island Passage.
Some day I might get an AIS receiver ;-)
[quote="MN Guest"]Bliss-sailor, great pictures. I see you're on a nice starboard tack there. Do you mind if I ask what make your boat is?[/quote]
I've been sailing a 1991 Catalina 22 wing keel (fixed keel) sloop for the past 5 seasons. I average about 800 nautical miles a year on the Straits of Mackinac and N. Lake Michigan and N. Lake Huron. That makes about 4,000 nm so far.
I see plenty of ships and other interesting sights out on the water! Whenever leaving Mackinaw City harbor, a boater needs to look in 3 directions: west of the bridge, down the South Channel and towards Round Island Passage. It's wise to listen to Ch. 16, especially for ships that suddenly appear at Round Island Passage.
Yesterday, the Speer and Sykes actually passed one another, "2 whistles", in Round Island Passage.
Some day I might get an AIS receiver ;-)