We travel to the North Channel! We sail through Whalesback Channel, Little Detroit, McBean Channel, and have an amazing time at our anchorage by Croker Islan...

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last week on sailing tipsy gypsy we take

you on a tour around Lake Michigan to

share with you our summer of sailing

adventures before officially leaving

West Michigan we give you a sneak peek

at attending events such as America's

Cup an electric forest festival then we

head back up the coast to make our way

to drum an island to prepare for our

travels to the North Channel

you

drummond island was the beginning of our

North China visits but also a refuge to

take care of our alternator which had

started acting up throughout multiple

parts of our summer travels it was nice

to have a replace but would not be the

last of our alternator troubles although

it was raining most the time leaving

drummond island was difficult because we

enjoyed our time there and allowed us to

meet some very nice acquaintances at the

surrounding docks they all gave us their

input on the North Channel and provided

us some well needed maps along the way

that red line is going into Canada right

now our United States

just that little line makes us

going across into another country for

the first time with tipsy gypsy

sarens working over here he's still

getting internet all the way out here to

face death internet along our travels

some days would not be possible without

there and working under way our first

stop would be to Blind River to clear

customs and explore the town we stayed

at their marina for the night but the

town was quite vacant we had wanted to

go to a place called Riverside tavern

but it was only open from 3pm until 7pm

the day we arrived I hear it's a very

very old english pub so I'm excited to

see that in action apparently if you're

not coming in as a couple you have to

stay clear away from the guys side if

you're a girl but if a girl calls you

over to the guy or a girl coils you over

to the girls side then

able to come over there but for

absolutely no reason is a girl able to

go on the guys side sounded interesting

but instead the next morning we pushed

off after an amazing breakfast at the

marina café after Blind River was sealed

by hundreds of small islands along the

way eventually making away through the

whales my channel we were officially in

the North Channel now if you're not

familiar with the norc Channel it's the

body of water along the north shore of

Lake Huron within the Canadian province

of Ontario and stretches approximately

160 nautical miles it is known to be one

of the best freshwater cruising grounds

within all the world it's gorgeous it

was a light day of sailing but provided

warm sunny weather on the way to Crooker

Island everything was almost perfect but

decided to voter sail to keep a decent

seat just after celebrating our

excitement of officially entering these

magical sealing grounds there notice the

alternator was not working properly

while under way he got everything back

up and running properly but still would

keep an eye on things for the next

couple days this passage connects the

wheels back channel to the mcbean

channel within the North Channel there

is 80 feet of water in this passage but

is quite narrow it's crucial to Radio

ahead to let others know that you're

passing through it's pretty neat

and the throne not much longer and we

arrived to our destination as we pulled

around the bend we were pleasantly

surprised to find only one other boat in

the Anchorage we are planning on another

Nonsuch 36 when an on such meets an on

such the sort of happy magic happens

they're not such is named runcible and

we befriended each other almost

immediately

haha

fine on such you're getting em the same

Ginny against the bow hello the dogs are

so ready to go here

after that we took the Chihuahuas on the

island to let them run around it was so

entertaining to watch them climb up and

down all around the island they had such

a fun time here's the Anchorage where at

oh my gosh you did

good never directing me an amazing

scenery the mountainous views were

windier than it had been all day but

gave up my incredible start to our trip

with the clear skies and the safe trip

over man climbing a mountain right now

look at the wild chihuahua away c'mere

it was such a great start to our North

Channel trip looking back at these clips

now it was arguably the best day of our

trip we had almost our entire trip to go

yet but this day brought so much joy to

both us first witnessing the beauty of

North Channel us meeting another Nonsuch

and running around with the dogs until

our hearts were content this will be

something I'll never forget

take a shortcut you're still coming down

here the air the dogs are whupped at the

end of the day they didn't ever stop

running around for Island to see them go

from sleepy lazy dogs to this was quite

the scene for us after the dog fun we

went to dinghy explore and figure out

the best area to have a bonfire we found

the perfect spot almost immediately on

the other side of the Anchorage there

was a pit already made with a pile of

wood close by at sundown we would go

back for a relaxing fire on the beach

Croker island is a natural wonder and

our dogs would agree if you're ever up

in the North channel make sure to anchor

there for a secluded beautiful stay it's

worth every minute of your trip and you

might even see a non-slip there next

time on sailing sexy gypsy we take you

to the benjamin islands only a short

sale from prefer island with far more

boat traffic but with even more secluded

chill spots to explore

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