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The Straining of Miles, Part 3

The Trans-Superior Race is held every two years.  Beginning at Gros Cap light just outside Sault Ste. Marie. Ontario, and ending 338 nautical miles west at the suspension bridge in Duluth, Minnesota, it is the longest fresh-water race in the world.  It usually takes about three days to complete; obviously faster if you’re a bigger […]

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The Straining of Miles, Part 2

We left Houghton in the early afternoon of August 3rd, the day after finishing the International.  The intention was to deliver through the evening and night to Munising, on Lake Superior’s south shore, then overnight again to Whitefish Point for a break, then continuing on to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, arriving Wednesday evening or Thursday […]

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The Straining of Miles, Part 1

I have just recently returned from something of a self-broadening event: roughly 800 nautical miles of traversing Lake Superior, first one way, then another, then yet one more.  It sounds lovely, sailing for two weeks with friends, but ‘lovely’ is not a word that I can honestly apply to this series of trips, of experiences.  […]

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Follow the Yellow Line

The one on the water… That’s what I did this weekend.  320 nautical miles, about 58 total hours of sailing.  Leaving Thursday evening, we sailed 12 hours to Grand Marais, Minnesota to clear customs Friday morning, then immediately sailed another 12 hours south to Bayfield, Wisconsin.  Then we slept.  On Saturday, we raced for 11 hours […]

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