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.























Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Louisa Island

Louisa Island

The Beach at Louisa Island

Louisa Island Anchorage
The winds did not subside in the afternoon as predicted but instead they increased.  We had to leave Bell Cove because it got too uncomfortable.  We crossed the Bay of Islands and anchored at Louisa Island (N46 04.778' and W082 00.401') which is a more protected spot. There are 11 boats here and many stopped to chat.  We even had an invitation to come for drinks on Step Aside, a 30 foot Hunter sailboat. It is the Newfoundland flag that attracts new friends.
Louisa anchorage comes complete with a sandy beach, a place to build a campfire and nice smooth rocks to walk around the island.  We met a nice French lady who was out picking blueberries. You can walk across the point and get a view of the Bay of Islands on the other side of Louisa.
Today we are going to Crocker Island which the first Island in the Benjamin Islands chain.  It is a mere 10 miles away.
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