Pilot Cove, Drummond Island (Back in the U.S.!)

This blog will chronicle our (Pat and Patty Anderson's)

cruising adventures on the Great Loop!

DAY 118 - July 27, 2017

Just as nasty as the weather was yesterday, it was beautiful today! SailFlow told us the winds would be light for our crossing from Turnbull Island to Drummond Island. Drummond Island is the end of the North Channel. After leaving Drummond Island, we will be cruising on Lake Huron! It was an easy crossing. We cleared U.S. customs by phone with the NEXUS Pleasure Boat Reporting System when we got in U.S. waters.

Screenshot of Turnbull Island to Pilot Cove, Drummond Island Track

We found Pilot Cove on the northeastern corner of Drummond Island, cruised in, and anchored up! The entrance is very narrow, shallow and kind of hidden. The water is so clear that you can see the rocks on the bottom, and they look like they are about a foot below the surface, but the depth was never less than about four feet. I stood bow watch and Patty drove Daydream in very slowly. Once inside, there was plenty of depth, and a great spot to land Baxter without having to do acrobatics on rock ledges! This anchorage is very protected, and we thought isolated, but four ATVs later came cruising in to the clearing above my landing spot. There is no road that I could see, and they came the last little way running their rigs though the shallow water along the shore! Here is our track for the day!

Our Pilot Cove anchorage

In the afternoon, I went swimming and cleaned the waterline scum off the port side of the boat. I had cleaned the starboard side at Frying Pan Bay on Georgian Bay, but not the port side. The hull still has some stains, but at least the waterline scum is gone now! We had a nice marinated beef and vegetable kebob dinner grilled to perfection on the Magma.

The plan for tomorrow is to go to to Marquette Island (only 15 miles from Mackinac Island) for two days, and then on Sunday go to the Mackinac Island State Marina, where we will stay two nights. We are looking forward to touring Mackinac Island and especially the world famous fudge!