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.























Sunday, April 15, 2012

Black Creek North carolina

Sunset last night at Sloop Creek
We travelled for 9 hours today and covered 80 miles on the ICW. We meant to stop at a tavern with a free dock in Morehead City but there was no room so we kept going.  The anchorages were too exposed for the windy day we are having so we came further up until we found a protected anchorage. We are in Black Creek, (N34 54.3656 and W76 39.004). We are 7 miles south of Orienal, North Carolina and about 100 miles south of the Virginia border.
Although the anchorage was exposed to wake and wind, once the sun went down, it got peaceful and quiet.  We had a good night's rest.
Kite sailing on Bogue Sound
We travelled through some big water today with lots of wind and currents and boat traffic but all in all, it was a good day. We went through long stretches where there was little habitation and we were skirting the ocean.


Passing the big boys at Morehead City

Black Creek anchorage
We will carry on tomorrow to we don't know where.

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