Detroit Harbor – Pedersens Bay July 7, 2026
We are anchored in Detroit Harbor on Washington Island. Washington Island is the northernmost point of the Door Peninsula and is accessed by a 30 minute ferry ride from Northport. Unless you are sailing in! We arrived yesterday afternoon from Sister Bay. It was a pleasant motor/sail under sunny skies and light wind "on the nose" which means it's not great for where we wanted to head - thus the motor sail. At one point yesterday, we both heard a metallic ping and couldn't figure out what had happened. We looked around and hadn't lost anything overboard. and didn't find anything amiss. After dropping anchor, we usually lower the dinghy for a better view out the back and Harold noticed a bolt in the dinghy - along with a washer and a nut. Apparently it worked it's way out of the davit support.…