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.























Friday, July 15, 2011

Sans Souci - anchorage at N45 09.307 and W080 08.115'

We are anchored off Copperhead which is a marked anchorage near the Island of Sans Souci. We had a very calm sail on Georgian Bay yesterday with very light winds.  We stopped for lunch at Frying Pan Island which is home to the famous Henry's fish restaurant. One can only get to the restaurant by boat.  The staff come out and help you dock and you can stay for the night if you wish.  I am not sure of the rate. The place was packed at 1:00 when we arrived for lunch so I would imagine that it would be especially busy on the week ends.  They are open from June until Labour day week end. Folks even come in by float plane to eat here.  It is well worth it, the food is good with a good size portion and it is a wonderful atmosphere and view.
There sure is a lot of rock and as a fellow boater from Florida pointed out, if there is a rock they will build a house on it. Jerry and I feel we are back on the Rock!
We are off to Parry Sound today where we will stay for the week end unless we change our plans and as you know that does happen from time to time.
Georgian Bay, no grass to cut

Henry's Fish Restaurant


Calm on Georgian Bay apparently unusual

Our Anchorage at Copperhead
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