46° 43.035 N
092° 03.452’ W
Superior, Wisconsin
Today started out fairly typical. We were up early had breakfast then logged on to the computer and checked the weather - there was nothing of any importance going to happen, until later this evening. We departed the harbor (pic on left) in Cornucopia at 8am and entered the flat calm water that we expected. About two hours out we noticed the weather was starting to build. An hour later it was getting uncomfortable and a little ugly. At that point we were past the point of no return as there is no place to hide. The fourth hour was just ugly and the last hour took forever to get through. It started with a small chop and built to solid 3 to 4 foot rollers that were breaking in the opposite direction to the direction of the roll. The last two hours we had a following sea which pushed us into the harbor. (Picture below left is entering the harbor basin - on the right we are in the Superior Harbor Basin)
The harbor is well protected and we got into a slip without any problem. We have now doubled up all of our lines and are anticipating a major storm later tonight that is going to last for another day or so! The wind has started to blow and the boat is rocking and rolling at the dock.Depending on the severity of the weather, tomorrow it appears there’s much to do here, either inside or out.
