Michigan?

Are we on Lake Michigan or in some far away country?  We have sailed in the Caribean and not seen waters this clear. We anchored in 35' of water last night at Harbor Springs, Michigan, an upscale boating community.  Lots of large plastic boats but also an amazing number of old wooden boats.  We saw a 1942 Chris Craft that looked like new.  It was for sale but the price was not listed on the sign. Another one looked like a presidental yacht of the same era. Not having anchored in water that deep before I ask a fellow boater how much rode he used.  That's sailor talk for the amount of chain between the boat and the anchor. He said, "150 feet".   Now this gets real techincal, but in order for a boat to be in the same place in the morning as where you left in before you went to bed you must have an anchor and rode to fit the boat. If that is fitted properly then you can start with a 7-1 ratio.  7 times the depth of the water plus the distance from the boat to the water.  So,,, 7(35+5) (water depth and distance of boat to water) = 280'  But if you have chain and a heavy anchor you can drop the ratio down to 5-1 which equals 200'.  Since I don't have but about 150' of chain I did the third option.  I dropped it all in the water and said a short prayer.  Well, when I got up this morning we were in the same place.  IT WORKED!!  The only problem was the fog was so think we couldn't see to leave.  We waited around for a while and the fog lifted and we were on our way. The weather was super.  The water was so clear you could easlily see 20' down. We were at times in over 300 feet of water just a couple miles off shore.  This is a wounderful place.  The Caribean is a great place to visit in the winter and this is a great place to visit in the summer.  Tonight we are in the small town of Northport, MI.  We have found the local bakery and tasted the donuts.   Maybe we could write a book on the best donut ports.