North Star on the Great Loop Journey: Southport North Carolina

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 13, 2012

Southport North Carolina

Nice mansions

We left Osprey Marina early this morning after spending 8 days there. We got lots of boat chores completed so it was well worth it.
We travelled along a narrow part of the ICW today and saw large mansions with lots of new construction going on. We are skirting the ocean with only a small sand barrier separating us.
We crossed into North Carolina around noon and we are in Southport at the Provision Company Restaurant dock. We will be going in for dinner and some drinks to pay for the free dock.