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, August 22, 2011

White Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan was gentle today so we took advantage of the favourable conditions and travelled 84 miles in ten hours. We are now anchored in White Lake for potentially 3 nights.  The winds are supposed to stir up the lake for the next two days so we will stay put.  We have extra provisions as we were expecting to be at the mercy of the wind. The wind decides our course until we get off this lake which is hopefully before the end of this coming week end.
The Eastern shore of the lake is the prettiest apparently with huge sand dunes and sandy beaches.  There are many places to stop with well marked entrances into small lakes and harbours but we are anxious to put this lake behind us so we are not visiting many places.
Luckily we have internet access.
Michigan on a good day

Entrance to White Lake
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