North Star on the Great Loop Journey: Leaving the boat yard

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.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Leaving the boat yard

The bottom is painted and North Star is ready to resume her journey. The crew is anxious to get out there as well.
We had a fine time with our fellow boaters, Gregg and Dotty of Mint Julep and LS and Kay from Texas. We ladies took turns getting munchies for the crowd at happy hour. There are a lot of single guys working on their boats and they sure appreciated the snacks.
We went out for a short boat ride with Gregg and Dotty yesterday afternoon to make sure his motor and all systems were running right. It looks like they will be able to push off shortly as well.
We will miss you folks but onto the next adventure.
We are most likely going as far as Clewiston today. I found a free town dock. Does this sound familiar?