We departed Bucks Marina and out the Michipicoten River around 10. The seas were calm and the opening at the mouth was quite calm compared to yesterday. Today's weather was warm, t-shirts. The water temperatures have warmed up considerably since June, in the 50's now.
Around 2 the winds and weather picked up and we were on a run with Genoa out. Too much trouble bringing out the main for just an hour or so. We arrived in Gargantua Harbor around 3:30 and have a good anchor hold in the sand. There is a long sandy beach here. An old road from the highway comes down, so there are a few locals on shore swimming and camping out on the beach. In the early 1900's this was port was a sizable fishing station, but today there is not much left except the remnants of an old building and a sunken 130 Foot tug that sunk in 1910. We use Bonnie Dahl's book, "Superior Way" ,to find good anchorages and learn about the ports on Superior. An excellent resource, with an amazing amount of details on everything. . She has sailed up here for 30 years and every place we go the locals tell us Bonnie was here last whatever…
We dinged to shore, explored an old building, and went on a short hike up to the top of a knoll overlooking Superior….
Gargantua Harbor
8/7/2008
