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.























Saturday, October 8, 2011

Leaving Aqua Yacht Harbor

They certainly have large house boats

The pool is closed
We certainly had a wonderful time at Aqua Yacht Harbor.  We met new friends had some nice dinners and enjoyed perfect weather.  It is time to move on. There are some nice anchorages to explore further along the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway so we will spend this next week anchoring and exploring.  Once we get past the first of  10 locks, the anchorages are few and far between.  We will be back at a Marina. 
We plan to stop at Aberdeen since they have cheap fuel.  We are most likely not going to have Internet access for the next week so I will blog when we get to the next marina.
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  1. Susan HowardOctober 9, 2011 at 8:00 PM

    Happy Thanksgiving from Rick, Sue and the Belleville gang p.s. I love that houeboat

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