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The South Bay Marina in Green Bay is really nice. The docks are excellent & the marina has lots of amenities including a great little bar & restaurant, swimming pool, showers, laundry etc.

The marina is also already set up for St Patrick’s Day (see photo below). There’s a significant green algae bloom happening so no need to post a “No Swimming Off The Docks” sign here. Thankfully the bloom does not smell (yet)

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Several days ago the engine alternator stopped working. Not sure what caused this to happen but I suspect that it might have been damaged when we were working on the cooling system a few weeks & some antifreeze was spilled on it.

I called around Sturgeon Bay to try & find a replacement but had no luck locally. Fortunately I found a shop in Green Bay City that rebuilds alternators & also sells new & reconditioned units. This particular alternator for the boat is not widely used so the shop ordered one in for me. Their shop is only a short distance from the marina so I’ll take a cab over there this morning & pick it up. At the same time I’ll have them take a quick look at my original unit to see if it’s worth rebuilding.

I removed the alternator yesterday after the engine had cooled down. Even so, it was hot, sweaty work in very tight quarters. My “reward” for this effort was a nice cool shower followed by an icy Margarita.

Cheers!

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There are quite a few commercial fishermen on Green Bay. When we entered the bay last Thursday we began seeing lots of fishing net markers floating on the water & had to pay close attention to our course to make sure that we did not run over top of any of them. From a distance it’s often hard to tell if you are looking at markers or at seagulls.

Not long after our first marker sightings I saw a unusually large white one & as we got closer I realized that it was a pelican. I pointed it out to Chris & he commented that maybe I had been out in the sun a bit too long :). However, it wasn’t too much longer before we saw several more & we were able to confirm that we were not imagining things.

Bo told me that white pelicans are common on Green Bay. When we arrived at our marina there were lots of them resting on small islands near the shore.

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We left Little Sturgeon Bay at 8:00am Sunday morning & arrived at the South Bay Marina at 12:30 noon. Total distance traveled was about 26 nautical miles.

The south end of Green Bay (bay) is very shallow & the last 7 n.m. of our trip was via a narrow channel that is maintained to a depth of about 28+ feet. The channel is very well marked., so as long as you follow the buoys you will be ok but if you have a boat with 5 feet of draft or greater and you stray outside of the channel you risk running aground very quickly.

The lighthouse in the photo below (at 44°39′8″ N 87°53′60″ W) is several miles from shore and marks the beginning of the channel. You can see it from a long distance away. It appears that locals like to come out on warm summer days & have some fun jumping off it.

Cheers!

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Saturday was our last day visiting with Bo & Molly. Bo drove Chris & I into the town of Sturgeon Bay in the morning & we picked up supplies for the next phase of our trip.

In the afternoon we helped Bo set up a wall rack in the boathouse that they can use to store their canoe & kayaks.

The past few days have been wonderful. It was great to visit with friends & to see some more of the area. Eating a cherry pie made from locally grown cherries and topped with homemade ice cream was a fitting way to conclude our time with Bo & Molly.