North Channel Cruise (Finally)

[skylark]

Those pictures bring back fond memories of my trip from Milwaukee to the North Channel in my Commander in 1982.  I spent about two weeks up there and poked into a few coves that looked unaproachable.  What great fun.  The North Channel surely has to be one of the world's greatest cruising grounds.  Thanks for posting the photos.

[Theis]

Enjoyed your travelogue.  I wish I had known you tucked in a Whitney Bay.  On our return trip through the North Channel in 2001, we had abit of extra time and did the tour of the harbor (being surpirsed that in my bag of tricks, I did not have the Great Lakes Crusing Club Port Pilot - so we winged it.  The NC is a great place.  We too had problems and ducked into Blind River.  Next time you should try to get East of Spanish, and if time permits, even go into Georgian Bay.  The NC really starts east of Spanish and Gore Bay.  Thanks for sharing your travels with us.

[SailorLiz]

I'm glad that everyone enjoyed our short trip into the North Channel.  Last spring was the first year that we actually made Whitney Bay our "home port". We use to sail out of the Cheboygan River in the Straits of Mackinac.  We already reserved our seasonal dock at Ft. Drummond Marina for next season. We want to sail the N. Channel next season for three to four weeks for our cruising vacation and then every other weekend, we have a 4 day weekend.  We hope to sail up the river to Sault Ste. Marie and visit other islands in the river on those long weekends next season.  If you or anyone else for that matter are ever back up this way, give us a shout on the VHF or email me.