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, April 27, 2012

Rock Hall Maryland


Chesapeake Bay Bridge 3.7 miles long
We travelled 92 miles on Chesapeake Bay yesterday. It was a little choppy at first but it settled down nicely in the afternoon. We had 3-5 foot waves on the stern. We surfed at 11 miles an hour at times, what a joy ride. It was raining in the morning with some fog afgterwards so I don't have very many pictures.
We saw interesting navigational lights, ships, fishing boats and one bridge.
We arrived in Rock Hall at a free town dock at 5:00 so we did not get to visit the town yet. We are staying today because the bay is stirred up by a 15-20 knot north wind.  We will tackle the bay tomorrow.
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