{"id":328,"date":"2026-06-09T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upon-reflection.com\/?p=328"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:37:08","slug":"monday-june-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upon-reflection.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/monday-june-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday, June 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sailed from Holland to Muskegon. First part, wind was perfect. Waves could be measured in inches. We went fast for almost an hour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then we slowed as the wind dropped. The black flies found us, even three miles off shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smooth sail, only saw three boats in thirty miles from Holland, and two came out of the channel with us. Such a smooth sail, Marcia went down to the V-berth and had a nap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timed it perfectly, arriving two miles behind the Lake Express – the cross-lake ferry from Milwaukee that makes the almost seventy mile crossing in two and a half hours. It\u2019s a big catamaran, over 190\u2019 feet (58.4 meters) long and nearly 60 feet wide (17.6 meters). The channel narrows to about 200 feet, so it\u2019ll take up about half of the channel if you allow some safe distance. Add in the fisherfolk on the sides of the channel and it feels tight. Being overtaken in the channel by the Lake Express is not ideal and we avoid it like the plague. Ideally, you come in behind, sail across to the green can (#3) in deep water but outside of the channel so when the Lake Express makes its s\u00e9curit\u00e9 call before leaving the dock, you are well out of its way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ordinarily, we would have anchored near the state park in Snug Harbor. It\u2019s well protected from north and west winds, but open to the southeast. Also, it\u2019s right next to the state park boat launch so there\u2019s a lot of traffic in the morning and evenings, and without a no-wake zone, the boats come in hot. Today, we\u2019re sailing further in.  Hartshorn Marina has a field of mooring balls \u2018out front\u2019.  Our plan was to drop anchor closer to shore than the mooring field, and stay put for Tuesday. The forecast for Monday night had been for heavy showers and wind from every direction but North. The forecast for Tuesday is showers and fog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anchoring. Seems simple. Lower the anchor to the bottom of the lake, pay out the anchor chain (water depth plus freeboard to the anchor roller (that is the distance to the water from the roller) and multiply by 5 minimum but 7 is better.) 13 feet of water + 4 feet of freeboard = 85 feet of chain. Put the boat in reverse at about 2500 RPM to set the anchor. Attach the bridle to keep the chain away from the bow. Job done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wind from all directions, right? Our boat will point into the wind and be downwind from the anchor. The bow will draw a circle with about a 70\u2019 radius. The helm position is over 30 feet from the bow. The discussion goes like this: \u201cWe were over there when we dropped anchor, and now we\u2019re here, do you think we dragged?\u201d \u201cI think were okay, because the wind shifted\u201d \u201cYeah, but we are nearly to the moored boats, at least even with them\u201d \u201cRight, but we moved a lot, and look how far offshore we are\u201d \u201cIs this how I set the anchor alarm?\u201d \u201cWe\u2019d never hear that from the V-berth\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ll use the boat computer in the saloon\u201d \u201cAnd we have to leave the stereo on because that\u2019s where we can hear the alarm\u201d \u201cAnd the AIS, too\u201d \u201cWe should leave the monitor on so we can just take a peek\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we try to sleep. We \u2018think\u2019 we are set, the anchor alarm is set to 50 meters from the anchor, so we should be fine without a false alarm. Sleep. Wake up at 1am, looks right on the monitor. Looks different outside as it\u2019s dark. Sleep again after being awake for a half hour or more. Two hours later, it starts to rain. Close the ports and hatches. Anchor watch, looks fine on the monitor but I need to see. Take the spotlight out to the cockpit, and now it\u2019s really raining. Try to find any landmarks but all the light shows is grey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I guess we\u2019re okay. Trust the chart program. Get back to sleep. Wake up. It\u2019s grey, in all directions. For all I can tell we could be floating in the middle of the lake. Check the monitor, we went east, north and west – the track is a blob. The anchor held just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plug the coffee grinder into the inverter, and grind coffee. Fill the kettle, switch on the LPG solenoid, light the burner, start the kettle on the stove. It begins to whistle. Fill the French press with water. Pour a cup. \u201cOh, you\u2019re up. Coffee\u2019s ready\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sailed from Holland to Muskegon. First part, wind was perfect. Waves could be measured in inches. We went fast for almost an hour. And then we slowed as the wind dropped. The black flies found us, even three miles off shore. 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