Tom, we had been sailing on a hard beat for two days, we had sailed from garden island over to the garden peninsula and down it's shore as far as kregg bay where anchored for the night, wind was 25 out of the north west. the next day, while still stiff out of the nw we sailed south of the peninsula and up to fayette. we had 5 on board and plenty of sails. the boom is swung over the side to open up the cockpit. the yellow spinnaker bag can be seen on deck too. in port we will throw sails on deck to clear out the cabins for sleeping. we carried 3 jibs and 2 spinnakers on that trip as well as the 2 staysails. we had gone to fayette for protection. that night the wind clocked north and went to 35 as anticipated. first thing after breakfast we raised sail in the harbor, tacked out to clear water and swung to s by sw. we throw up "big blue" our 1 1/2 oz spinnaker and rolled out of big bay de noc , past rock island passage, wasington island, death's door, and rolled the door peninsula shore line back to sturge. 86 miles, 10 hours, dock to dock. rain clouds all around screaming down from lake superior across the U.P.. we never felt a drop.
P.M., fayette has been all rebuilt and is in great shape.