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, March 31, 2012

Beaufort South Carolina

Sunset Daufuskie Island Dock
We had a short day on the water yesterday to travel to historic Beaufort, South Carolina. It was a very calm day on the water, perfect for crossing the big sounds. Sounds are very close to being on the Atlantic ocean. We are tied up to a sea wall on the very beautiful waterfront. It is free and close to all the action.
Beaufort waterfront
We had lunch at Luthers Pharmacy which is a waterfront restaurant. We rode our bicycles about 2 miles to a Publix for provisions. We will go back today for more if it doesn't rain. The Downtown Marina is close so I will go over to do some laundry.



North Star tied to the Seawall in Beaufort

Port Royal Sound on a calm day
We went to the smallest pub we have ever been to for drinks last night and met some folks who bought everyone a fireball shot. We went back to Luthers for happy hour and a snack then moved on to Nippy's for live entertainment.  We then went back to that cute small pub,Hemingway. The inside looked a lot like Sloppy Joe's in Key West. This is a very nice clean city with eclectic shops and galleries and large beautiful houses.
Good thing we had our bicycles tied to the railing or we would not have found the boat after the evening libations. At low tide even the roof is lower than the sea wall. It is challenging to get on and off.
Thundershowers are predicted so we will stay put today and carry on tomorrow.
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Location: Beaufort, SC, USA

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