Port Huron

We had more concerns about the St. Clair River current than the Detroit River, but there was no issue. We had decent but not optimal wind for the better part of the day and made good time. We actually had time to stop in the village of Saint Clair for lunch with a friend. We were also able to make progress without the sail but it did drop noticeably.

It was quite cool all day. I'm guessing that kept the bugs down. We had some rain early but it was foggy all day. Since it wasn't a wet fog, we figured that it was the Canadian forest fires. The air did smell of burning at times but we passed a lot of industry with smoke stacks of all types. A lot of the industry was on the Canadian side further north. The US side was mostly expensive homes, some of which had to look at the Canadian industry.

We also saw passed or were passed by 10 freighters. They look slow going by but they are faster than we are.

Stopped for lunch


Several pictures of some of freighters and industry that we saw. Industry included salt mines, gravel, power plants and refineries.








Sarnia sky line
Ship unloading gravel

Black River in downtown Port Huron, where our marina dock is.





Video to illustrate the current on the St. Clair river. The channel marker buoys have a bow wave. It looks like they are moving but they are stationary.



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