616 Miles Traveled
257 Sailing
359 Motoring
We had to motor quite a bit to get up the St Mary's River, and Lake Superior had very light winds in July. We sailed as much as we could but only about 42% of the miles traveled. We expect the Great Lakes to be pretty heavy on motoring with it's inconsistent winds
24 Nights on Anchor
2 Nights At Marina
In the 26 nights since we've left the dock at Harbour Towne Marina, we've only spent two nights at marinas: St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie. Our worst night on anchor was at Beaver Island, when we saw 48.8 knots of wind and dragged in the weedy clay bottom.
50 kWh of Solar Generated
In the month of July, we generated 50 kWh of solar power. The lowest our batteries got were 65% state of charge due to getting rained out for a day and a half. Overall our solar has topped our batteries off by mid-day when sunny
$1,372 Total Spent
$44.25 Average Per Day
Boat repairs and upgrades were higher than expected due to issues with our dinghy's outboard carburetor, and some final trips to West Marine and Home Depot for the water system before departing. Fuel was higher than we expect on average, but we knew the first few months of our voyage would have higher fuel costs. Starlink was less than it will normally be due to an account credit we had. It will normally be $150/month. We did have to get a phone plan (Mint Mobile) to be able to make phone calls over WiFi Calling as we weren't able to figure out how to do it with Google Voice.
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