Side Trip...

My daggerboard repairs were interrupted by a last minute, rush order boat delivery from Manitowoc to Beaver Island. The boat was a Moody 46. We made good time (for a monohull) on the way up the lake, about 150 NM in 19 hours.

The weather was ...

...a non-stop 11 hour thunderstorm with wind, rain, fog and more lightning than any of us had seen in our lives.

We (Admiral Cathie and Les Raduenz, also an F-31 owner that did the Abacos with us, and I) got to the island about 7:30 AM to find all outside land and cell phones were put out by the storm. After meeting the owner and him treating us to breakfast, we all took a 2 hour nap about 9:30 am, not knowing when we would get off the island as we couldn't make contact with our pilot...

I woke up at 11:30, stumbled up into the cockpit and what do you know, up walks Jack Culley Sr., the Corporate CEO and part-time pilot. The ride home was quick....but the crew was the best...