Weekend Cruising Destinations: Beaver Island
The following is a reprint of an article I authored for SAIL Magazine's March, 2012 issue. The pictures in the blog post are my own and differ from those that appeared in the magazine. You can read our logs from this cruise by clicking here . Favorite Weekend Cruise: Beaver Island - An old Mormon kingdom off the coast of Michigan We left the hustle and bustle of Charlevoix, Michigan just in time to make the second drawbridge opening of the morning as we pointed the bow towards Beaver Island, an isolated destination about 32 miles offshore in the middle of northern Lake Michigan. There was a thick fog on the inland seas as a light drizzle fell from the gloomy sky. Thanks to our chartplotter, I knew our position and the proper heading to make landfall on the island, but I was weary of the fog without radar. I also knew we were following the approximate route of the Beaver Island passenger ferry, so I raised the ferry captain on the VHF. He confirmed he had us on radar and wo