Preparing for the trip

Captain Jerry has been making the final preparations to North Star, our 32 foot Cape Island down east trawler. We are anxious to leave our landlubber lives behind and begin our long awaited journey around the Great Circle. Join us as we travel 10, 000 kilometers: through the historic Trent Severn Waterway; the pristine waters of Georgian Bay; the North Channel of lake Huron; and hop from beach to beach on lake Michigan. We will visit Chicago and begin our trek along the rivers: Illinois; upper Mississippi; Ohio; Cumberland: Tennessee; Tenn-Tom Waterway and the Black Warrior. We will have transited through 68 locks at this juncture. We have chosen the inner route from Mobile Alabama to Tarpon Springs Florida and the shorter Ocheechobee Waterway to reach the East coast of Florida. We will skip over to the Bahamas to wait out the winter before heading North on the Atlantic Inter Coastal Waterway.
The 10 years of researching and planning are finally at an end and we invite you to come along on our adventure.























Monday, June 13, 2011

Meyers Pier Belleville

Meyer's Peer Marina
We are docked on the outside wall at Meyers Pier and continuing with boat repairs and other preparations. The list is really shrinking. It is raining but warm and the bay of Quinte is calm. We have been visiting with family and friends and getting reacquainted with North Star after a two year storage on the hard.
We are anxious to be off but still have some family commitments to attend to before we can continue our journey.


Big Bay from Baycrest Marina where we began the journey
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  1. edonovan15June 19, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    I'm so excited for you to start your big journey. I hope you have the time of your life. :)

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  2. AnonymousJune 22, 2011 at 10:02 PM

    I have tried to post this message three times so if all of a sudden you see it alot it is because I am really trying to make this comment go thru. Rick and I will really miss you guys. We will be watching your every move. Thanks for taking us along with you thru this site... Be safe and keep it between the navigational beacons

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