It’s Friday night and we are in Sturgeon Bay, having arrived about 5:30 yesterday. From the outset, we planned to stay here two nights due to unfavourable winds (an excellent call).
We watched 2 club races last night – courtesy of the Sturgeon Bay Thursday night sailing club – from a great vantage point at anchor.
As might be expected, I took lots of photos, and made a point during one race to capture each of the 7 boats as they rounded the second mark.
One of the boats was a gorgeous wooden Dragon whose lines appealed to me. It turns out this particular boat was built in 1958 in Norway. How do I know this? While Jeff and I were out earlier today, the Dragon racers left a note asking us to share our photos of them. They even provided freshly made ‘Door County’ scones. I had already sent 25 photos to the yacht club’s FB page, but sent them 4 shots of them racing as requested.
The windlass failed as we were leaving Manitowoc. Jeff manually retrieved the anchor and subsequently took the windlass apart. He successfully diagnosed the problem and fortunately a local machine shop was able to provide the new part today.
The weather looks good for our departure tomorrow as planned. We head for Bailey’s Bay, although we may go further if inclined.
Here’s some pics from the last 2 days. Lots and lots of amazing low lying clouds…
Susan
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