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.























Saturday, May 5, 2012

Waterford, New York

Lighthouse at our anchorage

Lighthouse in Hudson

Albany the state Capital

We are through the Troy Lock and are tied up in Waterford which is the beginning of the Erie Barge Canal. We are at the visitor center which offers showers, power and water for $10.00 afor 48 hour's stay.  We may stay here for 2-3 days. We are the first cruisers to arrive, they just opened today.  We need to be out of the US by the 15th so we are  little rushed.
Troy Federal Lock
We have decided to take the Champlain Canal and Lake Champlain route home.  We will be going through around 70 locks including some on the St Lawrence Seaway but it is preferable to crossing Lake Ontario so early in the season.
We are going out for dinner to night and have found a nice breakfast place.  It feels good to be out of tidal waters and big water.
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Location: Waterford, NY, USA

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