Pure Michigan
15-Jun-2021 Tuesday Cheyboygan County Marina, Cheyboygan MI to Petosky City Marina, Petoskey MI (60.1 nautical miles 69.2 statute miles)
45°22’38.2″N 84°57’37.1″W
45.377284, -84.960293
Elevation: 579 feet Elevation change: =3 feet
States (1): Michigan
Along the Way
It seems like every time we head towards this bridge it take for ever to get there. This is our third time.
Mackinac Bridge about 19 miles away 
Mackinac Island Grand Hotel 
It’s 61 degrees today. Imagine how cold the parasail ride must be. 
Mackinac Straights dead on 
dead on 
right 
right 
up
Lake Washing Machine (aka Lake Michigan) is not too bad today. Northern Michigan is real pretty.
passing Waugoshance Point 
Pure Michigan. The water is clear and crisp.
All commercial vessels passing under the Mackinac Bridge, through the Mackinac Straits, issue sécurité warnings about 60 minutes so that traffic is kept to a minimal when they cross under the bridge. We heard sécurité warnings all day. Commercial ship traffic was heavy.
Commercial fishing on Lake Michigan is not as prevalent as years ago.
commercial fishing trap
https://www.michiganseagrant.org/topics/coastal-hazards-and-safety/commercial-fishing-net-safety/
There are 4 big light houses between Waugoshance Point/Island and Hog Island to make sure no one makes a mistake. We ran rogue and didn’t follow the shipping lanes. Less miles and we have a shallower draft.
abandoned light house and one of the big 4 
abandoned light house Waugoshance Island 
The channel is west of this lighthouse 
northern lighthouse, not one of the big four 
Ile Aux Galets “Isle of Pebbles” – Skillagalee Lighthouse
Little Traverse Bay
Petoskey
Bay Front Park
Walk about
Bear River 
yes dear… at the end 
artesian water fountains 
downtown
We stopped to watch a baseball game at Bay Shore Park. I rooted for the Racers because I liked their shirts. I also like the players names on the shirts. Each was a funny nick name. They lost.
How can you watch baseball without seeds????? 
Big Fella at bat 
Game over
Tonight we are at the tip of the ring finger of the left had Michigan mitten.
Floccinaucinihilipilification
Lake Huron and Lake Michigan really are one lake.
Lake Huron and Lake Michigan are culturally known as two lakes despite being connected. The splitting point is the Straights of Mackinac.
Nauti Words
Sécurité is a procedure word used in the Maritime radio service that warns the crew that the following message is important safety information. The most common use of this is by coast radio stations before the broadcast of navigational warnings and meteorological information.