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, August 17, 2011

Whitney Bay

The Customs and Border Patrol Agent delivered our cruising permit to us early yesterday so we got under way and cruised down the St Mary's River with the big ships.  We were following a large 1000 foot laker, we passed him at one point but he soon overtook us again.  It was a pleasant sail to Whitney Bay a a protected little anchorage.  We did not have internet access so here we are at Machinac Island Marina. More on this town tomorrow.
Travelling with the big boys

Whitney Bay Anchorage...across from a marina
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