Greek's Folly on the Great Loop: Cockburn Island to Harbor Island.

Sept 4-6, Tues, Wed, Thurs - Cockburn Island to Harbor Island.

Drizzled rain as we pulled up anchor with overcast skies. Rained harder as the following seas pushed us along, surfing down the waves at almost 10 mph. The ride was more comfortable than yesterday as Tom did his best steering to keep the boat from rocking too much. It was a reassuring sight of another trawler heading our same direction so we were not the only ones out in this wet weather. As we turned west at the top of Drummond Island, the waves calmed some as the wind had less effect on our route. We pull into Harbor Island and anchored as a southwest wind blew into the bay. As the day progressed, the wind calmed, the sun came out, canoe paddlers stopped by to say 'Hi" and we shared our anchorage with fishermen and pontoon boats. A big change from last night and earlier today. Tom checked us in through customs using the ROAM app. (Reporting Offsite Arrival - Mobile) for Customs and Border Protection. We are officially allowed back in the United States.

After a calm night, the winds kicked up again with 35 mph gusts predicted. We are staying right here in this anchorage. We have plenty of time to wait for a good day to cross the Mackinac Straits so we will enjoy the day. We do some cleaning and purging of boat files and some general maintenance and are very comfortable . By 2 o'clock. the winds have shifted and are out of the NE and we slowly spin around again. Things are comfortable and we are secure.

On Thursday, the winds began to subside some so we enjoyed our anchorage another day. This is a popular fishing spot for the locals and there are between 2 and 8 boats always fishing here, us looking at them and they looking at us. They fish a lot but we do not see them catch a lot. Many seem to be just enjoying being out on the water and relaxing. This island is a nature preserve and we also see a few heron, a couple of eagles and the friendly 5 or 6 seagulls. In the afternoon we take the dinghy 2 miles into Drummond Island Marina to look around and check things out. A nice little marina for future reference.