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.























Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Working Hard to have fun

We finally completed the scraping of the old antifouling paint yesterday. We both have really sore muscles so it was a blessing to get a visit from Bruce and Anne so we could take a break.  We went out to the Gator Bait Pub for lunch and had a nice catch up session with them.  We may see them in Myrtle Beach on our way home or on the Rideau Canal so it was farewell for now.
The weather is getting hot again so we are back to happy hour with the folks in the yard.  We gathered around with the folks from Fort Worth Texas last night as well as our Nova Scotia friends on Mint Julep.  It was nice to hear about exploits in Belize.
The Captain is doing some grinding and sanding today so I should be able to start painting tomorrow. I will do the brush work and he will use the roller. We should be in the water on Friday.  I hear a lot of that around here.  Boat jobs always take longer than anticipated.
Frosty mugs with Bruce and Anne

Gator Bait Pub
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