Busy place
12 August 2007 | Port Huron, MI
Mike and Kathy
Sunday, August 12, 2007 Port Sanilac to Port Huron
We motored once again on calm seas to Port Huron. All the marinas here are in the Black River., off the St. Claire. The Black River is fairly narrow and has drawbridges that open on the hour and half hour. Luckily, one is being repaired and is always open, so we only had to wait for one bridge. We took a dinghy ride up the river for about 3 miles which was interesting. There is a huge marina up about 2miles with very few boats and lots of seagulls and ducks seem to have taken over the docks. It was pretty sad. Most sailboats couldn't get there because of power lines across the river limiting mast height.
We came back and walked to a decent boat store downtown and picked up a few things. We also found a hardware store for some other things we needed. We haven't seen a grocery store, but we didn't ask about one either.
Day two in Port Huron... It's not that we like this place so much but the forecast was for rain and I wasn't comfortable with our destination and or bailouts. I worked in the basement replacing a check valve on our bilge pump hose and repairing an air leak in our manual pump. I also spent a hour or so down there trying to re-engineer the position of the hydraulic arm of our auto pilot to decrease our turning radius. I have it figured out but need some material to reposition things.