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.























Monday, February 27, 2012

New Smyrna Beach

We stayed at New Smyrna Beach last night at a free dock.  The boardwalk is under construction and a sign said "Keep Out".  There is also a sign that says no overnight docking but that never stops us.  The Active Captain claims that these signs are seldom enforced. We had a very peaceful night's sleep but left early to make sure we would not interfere with the construction work.
There was an art festival going on in town but we arrived when the vendors were packing up.  It was a rainy evening so we went back to the boat for dinner and a movie.
This is the 3rd overcast day in a row but the weather is due to improve Wednesday. It is nice and warm at least and much less windy.
Today we hope to reach St. Augustine and find the Salt Run anchor and lighthouse.  If it is a nice as the ratings, we will stop for a couple of days and maybe visit St. Augustine.
Tagged dolphin

ICW can be big water

Free dock at New Smyrna
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