Two friends. One small sailboat. One late-season crossing of Lake Michigan.
In September 2001, Stephen J. Falvo and a friend point the bow of The Write Stuff toward the Manitou Passage, chasing the kind of trip that feels a little bigger than their boat. What follows is a sailor's narrative of open-water decisions, quiet anchorages, and an island that still knows how to slow a person down.
On South Manitou Island they trade the cockpit for the trail, through old farm fields and cedar groves, past a lonely lighthouse, across perched dunes and wide beaches, and into the hush of history that refuses to disappear.
Revised and expanded for the 25th anniversary, South Manitou Delight returns with a sharper voice, deeper reflection, and a fuller sense of the islands that made the voyage unforgettable.