Today is a day of rest

Check out the water coming over
the bow.

After two 8 hour slogs - Cleveland to Geneva on the Lake, and Geneva to Presque Isle, we are taking a day off and hanging out at the Erie Yacht Club. When we left Cleveland, the weather forecast was for partly cloudy with winds of 5-10 knots out of the east. About an hour into our journey the sky was dark and sullen, winds were on our nose at about 20 knots and the seas were 5' and above. The sun did come out but that was for the last 3 hours of our trip and the winds and seas got worse. So much for weather forecasting. We finally arrived in Geneva at 1500 hours, 8 hours after we left. Boy were we tired. Of course, the slip we were supposed to be in was occupied and we had to squeeze into one that had no electric. We met a nice couple from Sandusky on their way south, Keith and Brenda. That made the stay in Geneva a little bit better.

What a difference a day makes

We got off the dock the next morning at 0700. Keith and Brenda had already left. What a difference a day makes. We were a motor boat once again but it was bright sunshine, comfortable temperatures and dead flat seas. Off we went to Presque Isle, about 50 nm from Geneva. Cruising along at about 7 knots, we arrived at Presque Isle about 1430 and to our suprise, Keith and Brenda were about a 1/2 mile to our north on their way into the same place. We motored into Preque Isle Bay and were amazed how similar it is to Sandusky Bay, only the water is much deeper. We pulled into the Erie Yacht Club, and were amazed at how beautiful a place this is. The finest docks I've ever seen, a club house sporting a fantastic restaurant (note: dinner for two with drinks was $55), a pump out that was so powerful you don't want to be sitting on the pot when it is sucking out the holding tank, and a sunset view that could rival the wall at Dock of the Bay.
So we are taking a day off and doing some cleaning. By the way, Keith and Brenda are docked next to us. Tomorrow we are sailing, I hope, to Dunkirk Yacht Club in Dunkirk, NY. After that, it gets a little more exciting. Our next stop will be Buffalo where we will take the mast down and become a motor boat for the next two or three weeks on the Erie Canal. At the rate we are going we may have been better off with a trawler. Hey Fred, isn't your trawler for sale?

See you later with all the news that's fit to post.