We used up all the available daylight today. We covered 319 miles today on the water. Traveled from Mentor, OH on Lake Erie to Harrisville, MI on Lake Huron. The winds and seas were favorable so we departed at 5:45am this morning and ran until 8:00pm tonight. A very long day, but you have to take what you can get and make the most out of days that give you good sea conditions to run. Seas were mostly 2 feet today. We left Ohio with temps in the 70's this morning and got on Lake Huron this afternoon with water temps of 35 degrees F. The air temp was in the 40's on the water. I'm not complaining, but it was a big temperature swing during the day.
A big thank you to Ray Batt for providing some very helpful information this morning as we were running up through the Detroit area.
We will depart early again tomorrow, but may end up battling some ice on Lake Michigan around Travers City. Seas are not as favorable tomorrow with west wind guesting to 25kts. No pictures again today as we ran in open water most of the day. I'll try and post a few pictures tomorrow. Thanks for everyone who is following along and all the well wishes for our safe trip.
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