Getting to know the new boat

The boat spent the 2013-2014 winter indoors on Lake Michigan, in a heated shed. We spent our first season getting to know our hosting lake.

We moved aboard in Holland, Michigan (shown in the southeast corner of the lake). Our first trip took us south to Saugatuck, and then we ventured southwest to Chicago.

After that, we made our way north along the coast of Wisconsin, and crossed back to Michigan at Ludington just in time for Independence Day festivities.

We continued northward along Michigan's western coast, and left the boat for the season at Charlevoix, where Northern Exposure would spend the next two winters.

   

Calendar

We didn't need to make definite plans for our first season, and we wanted to keep it flexible. When we started our powerboating adventure, this is all we had set up.

Late March		Spend a week aboard in the shed to move in our belongings, and return to Florida to await summer.
Mid-May		Launch the boat and start living aboard.
Late May until September		Cruise Lake Michigan.
September		Prepare for winter storage on Lake Michigan.
Sometime between September and early October		Return to Florida.