We were forced to check out of our hotel at 11:00am because the hotel
was sold out tonight due to the Labor Day demand and we had 6 1/2 hours to burn
until our repositioning flight out of Harbor Springs, MI to Sturgeon
Bay, WI. We took one of the three taxis available to the
airport to drop our bags off in the plane and borrow the crew car to
get some food in town. We ate lunch at a nice place overlooking the
lake and while we where eating, a huge 130 foot yacht named "Unity" pulled in and grabbed the attention of nearly everyone in the restaurant while docking at the pier.
After lunch we decided to walk down the pier and take a look at the yacht. We figured that since we were both in uniform, they may invite us on board and give us a tour. We got to the ship and the only person from the crew on the pier was a deckhand washing the side windows. I asked him how long the yacht was and he told me 130 ft. He seemed busy and not in the mood to chat, so I just left him alone. We quickly realized that because we had pilot uniforms on, many people on the pier thought that we were the crew of this $25+ million yacht and started asking questions about the ship. After explaining to multiple people that we were not the crew of this yacht, we decided to walk to the main part of town less than a block away.
On the way to town, everyone was looking at us like we just pulled in with the huge yacht. We checked out some cool shops and ended up getting some ice cream at the local parlor. While we were eating our ice cream on the bench outside the store, at least ten more people asked us about the yacht! We joked that we could make some money by setting up a table in front of the ice cream shop that read "Unity tours $10 for adults, $5 for kids". I know for a fact that we would have sold a lot of tickets! People really love big yachts.
UPDATE: Upon further research, I came across this article explaining that this yacht belongs to Elena Ford, great-great granddaughter of Henry Ford.
After lunch we decided to walk down the pier and take a look at the yacht. We figured that since we were both in uniform, they may invite us on board and give us a tour. We got to the ship and the only person from the crew on the pier was a deckhand washing the side windows. I asked him how long the yacht was and he told me 130 ft. He seemed busy and not in the mood to chat, so I just left him alone. We quickly realized that because we had pilot uniforms on, many people on the pier thought that we were the crew of this $25+ million yacht and started asking questions about the ship. After explaining to multiple people that we were not the crew of this yacht, we decided to walk to the main part of town less than a block away.
On the way to town, everyone was looking at us like we just pulled in with the huge yacht. We checked out some cool shops and ended up getting some ice cream at the local parlor. While we were eating our ice cream on the bench outside the store, at least ten more people asked us about the yacht! We joked that we could make some money by setting up a table in front of the ice cream shop that read "Unity tours $10 for adults, $5 for kids". I know for a fact that we would have sold a lot of tickets! People really love big yachts.
UPDATE: Upon further research, I came across this article explaining that this yacht belongs to Elena Ford, great-great granddaughter of Henry Ford.
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