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.























Thursday, May 10, 2012

Windy in Waterford


Captain hangs out the window chatting with passers by
They opened the lock at 12:00 today because the water has gone down enough to make for a safe passage. The wind, however, was blowing at 35 miles per hour and with the strong current, we elected to stay put for the day.  There are 6 locks in 3 miles to lock through and with all the traffic, we decided to leave it for an other day.  It appears the free lock walls were damaged by Irene so we have a fair way to go before we can stop somewhere, half a day was not enough for us.  The other large boats that left must be going to marinas.
Urger is an educational tug that is on display this week end
We just went for a walk and read all day.  It is cool with the high wind.  There is just one other boat here, yesterday there were 7. we were invited to come aboard one of the canal barges for a tour.  They are having canalfest this coming weekend so some of the tugs and barges are on display. They make fenders out of rope and it looks really nice on these crafts.
We have decided to take the Erie Canal route to Oswego and cross the lake when it is safe to do so. We just can't see doing all those locks in Canada.
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