We survived crossing Lake Michigan!

Leaving our home port to start our adventure of sailing the world.
From crossing Lake Michigan and gorgeous sunsets to a broken alternator and falling into the lake!
Special thanks to Bob Sima and Jacob Slade for their amazing music.
"Do you wander" Bob Sima
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"Soft Spoken" Jacob Slade
"Fallen Leaves" Jacob Slade
"Storm" Jacob Slade
"Slightly worn" Jacob Slade
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[@windjammersail]

Excellent video!!! Thank you for sharing this!!!! Very well done!!

[@SailingOnward]

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@degarmo187]

Lake Michigan is NO JOKE. I live in a small town off the Lake Michigan and I'm friends with the Coast Guard Captain... I hear horror stories. Be safe.

[@SailingOnward]

@@degarmo187 so true! It can be crazy out there.

[@chriscook6483]

Thanks for the ride

[@SailingOnward]

Glad you are joining us.

[@myself248]

I'm glad this popped up in my feed, as a Michigander myself it's great to see you embarking on this adventure from a start on the lakes!

[@SailingOnward]

So glad to have you along on our journey. We are so enjoying exploring the lakes. We are almost to Lake Erie.

[@SailingTeamTallyHo]

I love Lake Michigan, so many places to explore. As a Lake Superior sailor…Lake Michigan has quite a bit more habitation and is significantly warmer than Superior. They are two closeby but quite different places

[@SailingOnward]

We are so sad we are not going to have time to explore Lake Superior. We tried to fit it in June but the weather did not cooperate.

[@SailingTeamTallyHo]

@@SailingOnward Hopefully you can get up there another season! I would suggest however July and August. June can still be in the mid 40's temp wise well into June, especially east of the Keewenaw. However once you're there, you'll be glad you made the trip!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooeqnZ5mhtx2oqMsi=V_NJvshOCdAjxp9e

[@patrickandmichaela]

Y'all! This video was fantastic! Congrats on taking off! When people ask us what is the biggest thing in actually getting out there our answer is always just getting up the courage to truly do it, and you absolutely did it! Can't wait to see you on the water one day!

[@SailingOnward]

@@patrickandmichaela Awe, Eric is star struck that you watched one of our videos. We watch all of yours. We will be heading down the East coast and would love to meet up sometime. We just made it across Lake Erie and are heading into Lake Ontario on Tuesday.

[@RestlessMule]

Wow, I’m so glad this popped up in my feed. This video is great and the music paired so well. I love what y’all are doing with this adventure. I can’t wait to see more.

[@SailingOnward]

Thank you so much. It makes us feel so good to hear this. So happy to have you joining us on our journey.

[@danielcarroll5667]

Best of luck to you on your journey , very nice video...

[@SailingOnward]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@toddjesse4460]

Not gonna lie im a little bit jealous! Awesome video. Be safe out there and most importantly have fun!!!

[@SailingOnward]

Thanks Todd Glad someone is enjoying the videos We’re having a blast!

[@colettebroadway3598]

So excited to watch the rest of your journey!

[@SailingOnward]

We are so excited to have you with us.

[@danagray383]

I loved this video! ❤

[@SailingOnward]

I'm so glad!

[@SailingOnward]

Thank you for watching!

[@jwascher]

Enjoyed your trip. We did a similar trip on a Tartan 27 in 1972 with another couple, going from our anchorage in Little Sturgeon, just north of Green Bay and spending the first night on Beaver island and then on to Mackinac Island. Many problems over the week that we had solve for the one week vacation, and we still tell stories about that trip today with our friends. No GPS, only radio direction finder and dead reconning with our compass. Increasing wind and waves on the trip over and lots of fog on the return trip. Brings back many memories.

[@SailingOnward]

Thank you for watching. The sailing life is definitely one of story making. Lots of unexpected twists and turns.

[@jparks4815]

Great video. Thank you for sharing your adventures.

[@SailingOnward]

Glad you liked it and thank you for joining us.

[@katecombest3602]

Live in Michigan ❤ Ludington has the best beach, in my opinion. Saugatuck was voting the best beach in travel magazines. Love the mitten ❤❤❤

[@SailingOnward]

We were so busy we didn’t even get to check out the beach. Wish we would have.

[@angelacummings4644]

I am so excited for your journey!! Hi Anna!!!

[@SailingOnward]

Thank you! Excited for you to be following along. Can’t wait to hear about your next adventure.

[@katja8321]

❤

[@ChrisBroadwater]

Welcome to Lake MI's sunset shore line

[@annacloud3081]

Thank you. Glad to have been there. So amazing. We are on the other side of Michigan now.

[@SailingOnward]

Watch our latest video for some footage of those incredible sunsets.

[@pontoonrob7948]

I guess ill be your 189th subscriber. I am about to do the same as you except a different starting point... I'd wish you good luck, but I prefer to encourage you to make your own luck!

[@SailingOnward]

@@pontoonrob7948 Thank you! Where are you starting from?

[@daneulekowski929]

Proof that Algorithms are real, your channel just popped up on my suggested videos. Looking forward to following your adventure from my boat at Reefpoint. Have fun guys

[@SailingOnward]

@@daneulekowski929 Too cool! Happy to have an old neighbor watching our adventure. Thank you!

[@scottdynek2728]

Queens cup race every year South Shore yacht club been there done that! Fair sky's and following seas.

[@SailingOnward]

You raced in the Queens cup! That is super cool.

[@lanerothsailing2293]

see you on Lake Erie some day soon

[@SailingOnward]

We are here. We stayed at Geneva State Park last night. Where are you?

[@LucyCanaday]

Always chase ground when having charging issues....if altenator and regulator is ruled out it is almost always ground connections

[@SailingOnward]

Thank you for the tip. Alternator is fixed now but in the future that information could be very helpful.

[@brucegarrison4999]

Thank you for a great video, but I can't believe you dragged your dingy all that way

[@captainjimolchs]

Why not?

[@SailingOnward]

We have to take the dog to shore twice a day and we anchor out most of the time so we need it accessible. Our dinghy is named Idaho and she is a tough old survivor.

[@johnbeck2797]

I heve not figured out your anchor rode arrangement. Clearly you’re using a rope rode, yet there’s chain on the anchor, and chain on deck. So it’s not just a long snubber. How can you have chain on the anchor, as evidenced by when the anchor comes aboard, and yet have chain on deck while the anchor is down?

[@SailingOnward]

@@johnbeck2797 we have about 20’ of chain attached to the anchor and 150’ of rope attached to the chain. There is never chain on the deck when the anchor is down only rope. I wish we had more chain then we wouldn’t have to put out so much rope when we anchor. Hope that helps.

[@johnbeck2797]

@@SailingOnward Thanks! That explains it My eyes deceived me; it looked to me like there was chain on board when the anchor was down,.

[@johnfetzer9637]

how long is your boat ??

[@SailingOnward]

36’ Catalina

[@johnfetzer9637]

@@SailingOnward beauitful

[@SailingOnward]

@@johnfetzer9637 thank you!

[@andyblanzy2693]

Hey flat earthers! Why couldn’t they just see the land all the time?

[@SailingOnward]

@@andyblanzy2693 Lake Michigan is huge!