We are camping at the Grand Marais Municipal Marina for a week. We are very intrigued with an endeavor called North House Folk School. They hold classes for locals and tourists alike in many different cultural genres. The have a working blacksmith shop, a timber building (post and beam) exhibition and many others. Info can be found at www.northhouse.org. They also have a resident schooner that sails a few times every day for a small fee. We opted for the evening sail and had a superb and relaxing time with 4 other guests, 1 hired crew and one volunteer crew.
When not busy with sailing chores Captain Andrew told the story of the missing submersible that was launched from the Hjordis a few months ago. He explained the University of Minnesota at Duluth has a very large marine research vessel that is trying to find this rogue submersible. He pointed to the large research vessel off the port side of the schooner and tried to contact it.
We had an evening of calm but steady winds and we were grateful for that. Many nights we sit on the beach and wonder what would happen if we were sailing when the lake was really angry like on the fateful day of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
This adventure reminds me of my time sailing while in the Navy. Some scary crossing the Atlantic and some smooth and relaxing in the Caribbean.
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