OK, well I better start by explaining today's title. Yes, today John was getting ready to put out the genoa/jib (which is the head sail) and I heard him scream BAT! I was down below cleaning and ran up to check it out. Yep, another bat, 2 weeks after we had the last bat episode!! It flew around and landed back on the boat again. I ran down and got John's sailing gloves. He put them on and he literally picked the bat up off the main sail cover and threw it off the boat. Enough of bats, we hope that is the last encounter we have.
We left Sheboygan at 6:45. We thought we'd make it as far as we could today and considered going to Milwaukee as the weather is supposed to turn ugly tomorrow. As we neared the little town of Port Washington, it looked so inviting that we it gave us pause. We really had wanted to stop there anyhow and with the wind and our position, we could sail right in. After motoring so much some sailing sounded good so in to port we went.
Docked about noon which would leave us the whole day to play. Thought maybe some play time would be good. This is supposed to be fun after all!
We have bikes that fold in half and they are really a great ride. Took a great ride on the Ozaukee Interurban Trail which stretches 30 miles between Sheboygan and Milwaukee.
I need to take a minute and answer a couple of questions that Ms. Noonan's 4th grade class had for us. Ms. Noonan is otherwise known as my niece Susie and her class will be following our trip. I am still trying to figure out if I can just reply to your comments but have to spend some time to figure that out so here are the answers to your questions.
1. We did go through the Sturgeon Bay ship canal and right out out into Lake Michigan. Our marina was in that canal. We sailed right by our house which is south of the canal.
2. When we motor, we can go faster but we usually run about 6 knots in order to conserve fuel and keep our engine happy.
3. When we sail we can go anywhere from 3 to 8 knots depending on how much wind there is, what direction the wind is coming from and what direction we want the boat to go.
FYI - A knot is equal to 1.151 miles. For a neat explanation of what a knot is and where the term comes from, check out this link below.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/faq_07.htm
Time for docktails which means it is time for me to sign off. We have paid for 2 nights here so we will share more of Port Washington with you tomorrow! MIKE AND KATHY, would love to have lunch with you tomorrow on your way through!
And for those of you wondering what our boat looks like, here's 3 pics of our boat. It was a cleaning morning for me so I took a pic of our salon (living room), our cabin (bedroom)and our navigation station/tv. I will continue to post pics of the boat so you can get a feel for where we are living.
Hi. It seems strange not seeing Freebird tied next to us. Sounds like a great start to your journey, but for the Bat. Port Washington is a fun place to hold up for a day. Have fun. We will anxiously await more news.
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