Live de Life on the Great Loop

Grahamu

I will try and post our monthly summaries on this thread starting with August 2023. Our first planned day on the Loop turned into a weather day due to strong winds on Lake Simcoe so our journey started on Monday August 14/23 from Lefroy Resort and Marina and on August 31/23 were anchored in The Pool which is at the end of Baie Fine the longest fresh water fjord in the world. We are now in The North Channel for a few days.



Above is our track for the month. There is a small gap of 20 miles due the transponder accidently being turned off.
Summary for August.
317 miles, 47 engine hours, 17 genset hours, 130 galls of diesel approx.
8 nights on a paid dock, 2 nights on a free dock, 8 nights at anchor, 5 weather days (unable to travel)
I filled the fuel tanks in Honey Harbour and so will have a better readings of fuel usage on the next fill some where in Michigan.. There are no sight gauges on the tanks just a gauge at the engine panel.
The admiral has opened a Facebook thread under "Live de Life" and is posting to it regularly, this our only social media sight. You can also see our real time locations and cruises on the app Nebo Global, free app,
That's it for the first post, we are presently in Little Current and another weather day.

YYZRC

I thought maybe you were portaging for a bit there! Glad things are going well for you so far and I hope you keep updating here as Facebook is awful. 

mattie

Very cool. Enviable life experience.

LaRea

Graham is that screen shot from Nebo?

Grahamu

Yes, Nebo, I get daily and monthly summaries .

LaRea

I just watched some drone video of The Pool and Baie Fine.  It looks spectacular!

Willhound

That area is consistently named one of the most spectacular boating spots.

Grahamu

The north east Anchorage on South Benjamin Island is probably the highlight of the North Channel, spent 2 nights on anchor just amazing 

Grahamu

Today we leave Burnt River, ON in the North Channel which marks the furthest North we will travel on the Loop. Lat 46.10.69. We will be crossing the border into the US and clearing at Drummond Island, about a 5 hour cruise.

Grahamu

Filled the fuel tanks in Petoskey, MI. 180 gallons for 476 miles and 165 engine hours. I had estimated 0.4 GPM for budgeting the trip so am very close in GPM but I had estimated CDN$8.25/Gallon and it was $6.64/Gallon, a 20% savings. If prices stay the same that is a $3,500 under estimate. We are in Charlevoix,  MI for a couple of days. The Michigan marinas are top notch and after September 11 are half price, paid $35.00 for the night including 50 Amp service,  thought we might be anchoring some nights but will take advantage of the price. Weather is a problem on Lake Michigan and will be sitting out more weather days than I would like but we will not be leaving Chicago until October 16 due to lock closures so will pick our days.

LaRea

Do you run the genny underway? 

Grahamu

@LaRea, very rarely underway, I have a single burner camping butane stove that we use to boil the kettle or heat up a saucepan. If we are on anchor usually half hour in the morning and evening. 

LaRea

So you are getting a legit 2.6 mpg ... nice!