We departed Duluth (technically the twin city of Superior, Wisconsin) and headed NE for Knife River. Not much here at Knife River other then the marina, but I wouldn't call it inhospitable. Tom flew off this morning and took the glassy seas with him. We had 15-20 knot winds out of the North as we beat our way NE close hauled into the weather. A bit intimidating for Shirley's first day out of the season. There is a noticeable difference in the air temperatures based on where the winds are coming from. Today was a multilayer, North wind, waves splashing on the deck, heeled over kind of day. We sailed with a reefed Main and Genoa.
The waters around Duluth are very dark colored. Not sure why, could it be iron ore? As we traveled the waters cleared. Once we began getting closer to shore (about 2 miles off) the breeze warmed and it is quite warm at the dock.
