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, April 17, 2012

Still in Oriental

Today is really hot so we are thankful for the wind. A nice couple came over to chat this morning and offered to take us to the laundromat so we are greateful for that.
It was crowded last night at the dock
We had a Canadian neighbour who is doing the loop with his friend yesterday and an American sailor who just came in from the Bahamas. Today we have a couple from Holland who crossed the ocean and wintered in Venezuela.  He is on his way back home. It is nice to meet folks from various walks of life.

We borrowed the bicycles again today to ride around town.  It is really nice and clean with lots of blooming flowers everywhere. There is no shortage of locals to talk to so Jerry is in his glory.

We are ready to start moving again so off we go in the morning...I think.
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