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.























Monday, May 14, 2012

Oswego New York

Nice large home on the Erie Canal
We left Sylvan Beach at first light this morning to cross Oneida Lake and still get through 8 locks. The lake was like a sheet of glass, my kind of boating. We are fueled up for the last time and are tied up to the Lock wall in Oswego ready to make the first lock in the morning and then cross Lake Ontario.  It speaks for favourable conditions.
We had happy hour aboard a 44 foot viking with Huguette and Ed.  We met these folks in Waterford and wanted to know how their trip went.  They left on a really windy day with the river flowing fast after the flood.  They had their fair share of tribulation in the locks as with the other 6 boats who left.  We were wise to wait for the following day.
Nice calm day on the water
Our journey is coming to an end.  I am glad to be getting back home but it is sad to be putting the boat away and returning to the landlubber life.  We learned that life on the water is the life for us.  We like the variety, the challenges and all the fun. Oh well, on to the next adventure!

North Star in Oswego
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Location: Oswego, NY, USA

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