Trip log ·

Put-in-Bay, July 2025

South Bass Island, Lake Erie · 24 photos

Five days at Put-in-Bay, 12 to 16 July. Rain the first afternoon, then flat water and heat for the rest of it, so the pattern set itself: out of the marina after coffee, round to the swimming spot, back in with Perry’s monument on the bow.

Not a regatta week. The boat did the least work of anyone aboard.

Storm clouds over the marina buildings, a golf cart and a pickup parked in front
Wet patio at the marina after rain, blue umbrellas furled, boats in the slips behind
The lawn at the marina, boats on trailers and a house across it under a grey sky
“Dave was here” spelled out on the lawn, the marina office behind
Sunset over the docks, a boat in its slip and a dark cloud bank above the orange sky
Morning at the dock from the cockpit, a mast and the monument on the horizon
A bloody mary with a pickle spear on the bar, the marina out of focus behind
The bar under an orange lamp, people at the counter and the harbour through the windows
The helm console, throttle and gauges, with a big cruiser tied up beyond
The bow pointing at a low wooded island under a clear blue sky
A grey inflatable dinghy tied up at the dock, houses and trees behind
The harbour at night, the monument lit up and the waterfront reflected in the water
Flat water off the port rail, a wooded shore and a sailboat in the distance
A waterfront bar with a flag on its roof, seen from the boat as we come in
An inflatable dinghy motoring past with a flag flying, a sailboat behind it
A red umbrella and a palm at the dock bar, boats in the slips behind
The striped buoy marker outside the bar that calls itself the northernmost in Put-in-Bay
Sunrise haze over the road along the marina, the sun a pale disc above the houses
Looking out from under the bimini at masts and cruisers in the marina
A white house on a wooded point, seen from the water
Six people floating off the stern of the boat, a wooded shore across the bay
Boats at anchor off a wooded point, seen past the flag at the stern
The flag on the stern and the harbour beyond, a sailboat coming in
Perry’s monument through the bimini frame as we head back in