We chased the lee shores on Pelee Island to keep Sea Star in calm water as we spent a couple of days exploring the island.
One location we dropped anchor in was beside the Government ferry dock, offshore from the LCBO store and the legion. The island offered no wi-fi, convenience or grocery stores......just a LCBO store and a winery (!?)
We thoroughly enjoyed dinner and a tour of the beautiful winery grounds and happily stowed 6 bottles of "special reserve" wine on board to be shared with friends upon our return.
A forecast of inclement weather 1 day off saw us undersail heading to the Detroit River. We experienced perfect light conditions to run down-wind, "wing on wing"; averaging 6 knots with the swell running with us.
During a summer of more than enough nasty weather we really lucked out in Lake Erie with 3 great sailing passages:
Buffalo to Port Maitland, Port Maitland to Pelee Island and Pelee Island to the Detroit River. We will remember them fondly as we motor against the 2.5 - 3 knot opposing current in the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers to make our way north to Lake Huron.
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