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 22, 2011

Leaving Demopolis Yacht Basin

We had a very enjoyable evening with the Loopers and the locals last night.  There is a deck over looking the marina where everyone gathers for happy hour. Lots of boating stories were exchanged. We had dinner at the on site restaurant with our American friends on D.E Schwein and our Canadian friend on Black Tickle.  I am enjoying the southern food and have even got the Captain trying some new things.  You can teach an old dog new tricks!
We are waiting out the fog this morning before we call the lock to request a Lock through and then we are southbound on the Black Warrior River.  The anchorages are not as plentiful on this river but still we have found three possibilities. We are trying to get past mile 13 before they shut the river down on the 29th of October.  They will be replacing a railroad bridge which will take 4 days.
I hope to have Internet access in this section but one never knows.
Large jack pines and Cypres line the shores and Recreation areas

We will miss the peaceful Ten-Tom Waterway

Waiting fror the sun to burn off the fog

Happy hour deck at Demopolis Yacht Basin
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