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 5, 2011

Fort Walton Beach

We are tied up to a free dock in Fort Walton Beach. The three of us went to Fish Lipz for dinner and sat in the adjacent park to watch ET on a large screen.

We stayed today to explore the town. We spent the day going to Flea Markets and antique shops. Nice city with lots of activity at the dock.  There are now five boats here and the docks can accommodate several more depending on the draft. The face dock can hold 2 boats but all the finger docks have 3-4 foot depth. There is no power but there is water and a free pump out.

We may stay one more day, we will decide tomorrow.

Randy and i watching ET
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