Racine was good to us and we will be glad to have our new friends, Nancy and Carey, follow our travels via the blog. We look forward to hearing from them when they find their new boat and prepare to leave their home port.
As we left the marina and exited the breakwater, we began to roll and wallow in the seas. The winds were down, but there were swells left over from the rough weather yesterday. There was plenty of bright sunshine and the morning was muggy, but cooler weather is predicted. As we approached Waukegan, with the diminishing seas, there were more sailboats on the water than we have seen since we were in Annapolis; and there we were with our mast in a horizontal position!
The city of Waukegan, IL started as a French trading post and Potawatomi Indian settlement known as “Little Fort”. In 1841, Little Fort became the County seat and was incorporated in 1849 with a population of 2,500. The name changed to Waukegan, the Potawatomi word for “fort” or “trading port”.
Following the map into the marina of 1,100 slips, we literally squeezed into our slip with only inches to spare. The Betty L was next to us—her stern hung out because she was longer than the slip. Fortunately, a dinghy rounded the corner and Jerry, the Harbor Host, instantly said “this won’t do.”
He called the office on his cell phone, secured better slips for both of us and told us he would meet us at the slip to help us tie up. Jerry’s 60’ Sea Ray is just across the dock from us and he offered to be of any assistance during our stay. Another example of loopers helping loopers!
Late afternoon our niece, Julie, arrived by train from Chicago. She will spend the night and sail back to Chicago with us. The five of us had dinner on our boat and made plans to leave tomorrow morning.
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