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, November 26, 2011

Caloosahatchee River

After a rocky bouncy night at anchor on San Carlos Bay near Fort Myers, it is a pleasure to be on the Caloosahatchee River which is part of the Okeechobee Waterway. We are back to swing bridges and locks and fresh water for a while. We will not miss the tidal currents and the crab pots.
After a nine hour sail, we arrived at Glades Boat Yard to check on our other boat. It feels like home. All appears to be well, we will stay and visit with old friends and go back to LaBelle and the Fort Myers area until the middle of January and then who knows where we are going. The possibilities are endless.
Low tide leaves a very narrow channel

Fort Myers
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