"katysails" wrote in message

John...you cannot get lost on Lake Michigan. For Pete's sake, the ports
are
marked on road maps. From what Max posted, I'm assuming he was coming
home
from Pen****er to his home port...all the channels are clearly marked and
easily seen. The only difficult channels to find are farther north at
Arcadia and Portage Lake, and even then, you always know Portage lake by
the
cloud that hangs over it (it's a weird anomaly).

We were roughly 8nm north of the breakwater, which was clearly visible on a
CAVU day. My guess is that they knew where they were as it was plainly
visible. And Katy's right. Navigation on the sunset coast of Michigan
requires neither an electronic navigation aid (GPS) nor a chart, except in
fog. It's easier than driving through Detroit.

Max