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, November 23, 2011

Gulfport Florida

We are anchored near the Gulfport Municipal Marina with some permanent residents because our guide indicated that there was a laundromat close by. We loaded all the laundry in the dinghy, went to the dinghy dock but the laundromat is closed. The dinghy dock is close to interesting shops and restaurants and you are allowed 8 hours free. We wandered around for an hour or so and went back to the boat with our dirty laundry.  Oh well, we will try again in Sarasota.
Jerry fished and caught a catfish and a bonefish so the anchorage was not all bad.

It was a bouncy noisy night as the wind came up on Boca Ciega Bay during the night. We had good holding so all is good.  We are getting ready to make our way to Sarasota.

Gulfport dinghy dock

Sunset on Boca Ciega Bay

The Captain is having fun
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  1. MikeNovember 30, 2011 at 4:24 AM

    We lived in the marina on the opposite side of the bay from where you were in these pictures for 4 years. Isla Del Sol Yacht club

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