Places

This page represents our shared cruising knowledge and favorite cruising locations and includes SailFarLiveFree's cruising guide for the Great Lakes, until we publish our eBook version.

Uninhabited but not Unnoticed: Five Uninhabited Islands for Sailors

Favorites from an Armchair Navigator: Top 3 Nautical Features in Google Earth

Bermuda Bound on the Duchess of Devonshire (Guest post by Ted Brewer)

Escape to the Sea: How to get from the Great Lakes to the Caribbean

Door County Cruisin' (Cruising Door County, Wisconsin)

From Dream to Reality - The BEST Sailing Locations

Back in the Sunshine Again (Florida Keys)

Lake Michigan Places, Guides and Logs
Homeport, Sweet Homeport - A Look at Muskegon's History
A Summer Sail to Grand Traverse Bay
Sailing North - A Cruise Summary from Muskegon to Leland
A Mid-Summer Mini-Cruise (Muskegon to Saugatuck)
Beaver Island (Lake Michigan)
South Manitou Island (Lake Michigan)
Holland, Michigan (Lake Michigan)
Port Sheldon - Pigeon Lake (Lake Michigan)
Lake Charlevoix to Grand Traverse Bay (Michigan)
Harbor Springs to Charlevoix (Michigan)
Mackinac City to Harbor Springs (Lake Michigan)
Beaver Island to Mackinac Island (Lake Michigan)
Charlevoix to Beaver Island (Lake Michigan)
South Manitou Island to Charlevoix (Lake Michigan)
South Manitou Island (Lake Michigan)
Frankfort to South Manitou Island (L. Michigan)
Ludington to Frankfort (Solo sailing - Lake Michigan)
Grand Haven to Ludington (Lake Michigan)

A Cruising Sailor's Best of the North Channel (Lake Huron, Ontario)
North Channel Cruising Guide - Part 1
North Channel Cruising Guide - Part 2
North Channel Cruising Guide - Part 3
North Channel Cruising Guide - Part 4
North Channel Cruising Guide - Part 5
Movie: Journey to the North Channel
Movie Trailer: Journey to the North Channel

North Channel (Lake Huron) Places, Guides and Logs
Turnbull Island to Drummond Island (North Channel - Lake Huron)
Long Point Cove to Turnbull Island (North Channel - Lake Huron)
Beardrop Harbor to Long Point Cove (North Channel - L. Huron)
Spanish to Beardrop Harbor (North Channel - Lake Huron)
South Benjamin Island to Spanish (North Channel - L. Huron)
South Benjamin Island (North Channel - Lake Huron)
Croker Island to S. Benjamin Island (North Channel - L. Huron)
Kagawong to Croker Island (North Channel - L. Huron)
Matheson Island to Kagawong (North Channel - L. Huron)
Louisa Island to Matheson Island (North Channel - L. Huron)
Sturgeon Cove to Louisa Island (North Channel - L. Huron)
Little Current to Sturgeon Cove (North Channel - L. Huron)
Baie Fine to Little Current (North Channel - L. Huron)
Snug Harbor to Baie Fine (North Channel - L. Huron)
Covered Portage Cove to Snug Harbor (North Channel - L. Huron)
Killarney to Covered Portage Cove (North Channel - L. Huron)
Heywood Island to Killarney (North Channel - L. Huron)
Little Current to Heywood Island (North Channel - L. Huron)
S. Benjamin Island to Little Current (North Channel - L. Huron)
Gore Bay to S. Benjamin Island (North Channel - L. Huron)
Meldrum Bay to Gore Bay (North Channel - L. Huron)
Pilot Cove (Drummond Island) to Meldrum Bay (North Channel)
Harbor Island to Pilot Cove (Drummond Island)

Lake Huron Places, Guides and Logs
Drummond Island to Mackinac City (Lake Huron)
Les Chenneaux Islands to Harbor Island (Lake Huron)
Mackinac Island to Les Chenneaux Islands (Lake Huron)
Mackinac Island (Lake Huron)


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