Middle Bass Island Yacht Club hold events on weekends and this past weekend was the Raingutter Regatta and Cardboard Boat Race. We decided last year to participate this year and build a cardboard boat. When we told my father about this, he decided that he wanted in on the project. Dad is/was a Professional Engineer. He ran the natural gas utility back home in NY and he was the PE on staff. So in typical PE fashion, anything worth doing right is worth overdoing! So it beg

We are on the move again this summer. We are heading up to Mackinaw but we are stopping at some new places. The idea is to have stopped at every marina along the Michigan coast of Lake Huron. Our trip is from Friday July 24 to Friday August 7th. Day 0 - Load in We left the house around 4:30 which allowed us to get to the marina, get everything out of the truck and into the boat. I made dinner and then attended a Yacht Club Board of Directors meeting on Zoom. Once that wa

We got the call yesterday afternoon that the boat is launched and commissioned. So we discussed things quickly and decided to run out to move the boat from the storage facility dock over to our slip at the Marina. Everything went without a hitch. I was worried about it being a bit windy so I had everything planned out in my head. When we shoved off and started going, the wind started to let up. The wind was from the southwest so there really weren't any waves out on the

Over the past 8 years my wife and I have been cruising around the Great Lakes on our boat. We have learned a few things along the way. I figured sharing that knowledge might be useful for those who might want to start stretching their legs and cruising to destinations both close by and far away. We start with planning. Where would you like to go? There are quite a few places to go visit and experience the fun things that are on offer. Places as close as

Welcome to our first post of 2026. It's Groundhog Day! I am anticipating 6 more weeks of winter. It has been a COLD ONE! BTW....... Back in college I ran projectors at a local movie theater. The movie Groundhog Day was one of them that I ran. Good memories We are midway through the winter layup. We have quite a bit going on boatwise. We are having the bottom paint redone. And when we say "redone" we mean "REDONE". Sand it down to the fiberglass, repair the blisteri

As the weekend approaches I am thinking of next year. This always happens......... As I am getting older, I find that I wish that I...

As I am drinking my morning coffee today, I realized that this weekend will be the 1 year Anniversary of the Delivery Cruise from Kenosha...

The heat has broken here in Ohio. We spent the long weekend out at Middle Bass Island and we were able to enjoy activities and spend...

We took our first long trip this season. We cruised from Marblehead to Geneva. At trawler speed that takes 11 hours or so. we learned...

It has been a while since we last posted our activities. Mother Nature has certainly changed the thermostat! We went from cool weather...

This weekend was a working weekend. We flew our friends Jonathan and Malinda in from Maine to help with a couple big project items. ...

On the drive home from the marina we were listening to XMSirius chnl27 which is The Bridge. Yes I am getting old........ The song...

Quick site update. The picture of Just Us II is finally updated with a pic of us with our name. This picture was taken at MBIYC and we...

We had a nice weekend at Middle Bass Island Yacht Club. We got going faster than I thought we would on Friday after work which was nice....

This past weekend we put a lot of time and effort into getting the final items checked off the list before we get going on the season. ...

The Admiral and I decided that even though the weather was not going to be nice we would "Load In" this weekend. We loaded the truck...

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong......... We got a call on Saturday April 26 that the boat had been launched. The service tech...

Chris and I are hard at work getting Just Us II ready for launch. we bought the KK44 late last year and we need to change out the name...

It is St. Patrick's Day and we are getting Just Us II ready for launch. We anticipate a late April launch assuming the service work gets...

Hello sports fans. It is Friday September 13th. Yes Friday the 13th! I am making final preparations for our trip to get the Kadey...