8-20-18 8-22-18 Manitowoc Municipal

We had a rough but short trip from Two Rivers to Manitowoc.

This was the first time we ran into other Loopers. Francesca, Selah, and Sea Tiger. We went to the Maritime Museum in Manitowoc with Kay and Keith from Sea Tiger. It is supposed to be the best around. We rank it in our top 3 but not hands down the best. What they did have, was the Cobia submarine. Manitowoc built submarines during WWII. The Cobia is unique because she is in her original state. The tour was well done by an informative docent.

Us on the deck of the Cobia. Fun fact all surfaces that face up are painted black so they can’t be seen from the air.

Lots of dials and switches all over this boat

Torpedo Tubes. Someone is working hard on keeping the brass polished

look closely, yes that is a broom held high. Subs would do that to indicate they just had a clean sweep in battle.

This is a model of the Coast Guard boat Scott served on.

Each submarine has their own mascot. I really liked this one.

Although it was all interesting, I think I am “Maritime Museumed Out”

Being in the marina, I should have caught up on my blog, but I was unmotivated. I am regretting that now as I try to get caught up.

Of course, where there are Loopers, there are Docktails. We love getting to know other boaters. We even had a few local boaters join us for a while. One guy was interested in doing The Loop so he paid particular attention to our conversations. We also took advantage of his local knowledge. We all were leaving in the morning because of the prediction of calmer seas. We were all heading to Port Washington. He made a call to a friend who lives there to ask about possible anchorages. She stated there is no safe anchorage, plan on the marina.

We all headed in that direction at different times. There were many boats traveling, which caused slight concern about room in the marina, but we were also still thinking we could anchor only because the winds were out of the west. We pulled in, anchored in the harbor and had a great night in the harbor that has no safe anchorage. We rock at anchoring!