The previous weekend was the Chicago Scene Boat Party but we aren't much into hanging with a bunch of Douchebags with SeaRays rafted 10 wide feeding drunk girls cocaine and ecstasy. We know it's not all that, but it does have that reputation. So we avoided it. The one thing we never miss is the Chicago Air & Water Show however because 'Merica! Blue Angels rise above. On Saturday we fired up Cygnet and left about 11AM for the 45 minute trip from the marina to the lake. We just missed the lock so we had to wait but once inside you realize how many boaters really have no clue how to drive their boat. Some people are absolutely clueless, including a hired captain we saw piloting a pontoon from our marina. The girls aboard definitely looked scared and the guy was messing it up for everyone else. Eventually we made it out to the lake and found a relatively open area among the sea of boats. We were anchored in the southeastern most area that the other boats wer
Life aboard a boat in Chicago.