Port Sanilac

Our worst fears did not happen and we made it through all of the St. Clair River. We followed the advice of several other boaters and stayed to the right when going under the Blue Water Bridge. This is the narrowest and thus fastest part of the river. At pretty much full throttle we made less that two knots. Fortunately we didn't have to go far at that speed.

Approaching the Blue Water Bridge from the south.

Under the Blue Water Bridge looking at the U.S. side.

Under the Blue Water Bridge looking at the Canadian side.

Looking back at the Blue Water Bridge from Lake Huron.

It started out foggy/smoky but not as bad as yesterday. When we got into the lake, smoke conditions improved even more. We did not smell smoke and didn't notice a haze from it after leaving the river.

Winds had been predicted to be bad, out of the north, the direction we were headed, and also light. We motored for a short time beyond the mouth of the river into Lake Huron when we decided we could at least motor sail. The winds picked up and the direction, though not initially optimal was good enough to sail. We made a few tacks and all of the sudden the direction of one of our tacks pointed directly to the destination. We held that for several hours without having to tack before the winds died about an hour from our destination. All in all a very pleasant sail and made very good time.

Panorama of the harbor. We entered from the left. We are in the first row of boats that you see but from the distance, the resolution is too poor to pick our Rovinj.

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