Voyage Itinerary

Aboard Kismet:

The Favors’ 2008 Loop itinerary began in the fall of 2007, when they placed an order for their new Fathom 40 trawler. Jim and Lisa decided to spend the winter in Seattle, Washington, while their new boat was being built, allowing them to visit the Fathom plant every week or so to follow construction progress.

After Kismet was completed, launched, and sea trialed, the Favors took delivery in Anacortes, Washington, and spent two months cruising Lake Union, Lake Washington, Puget Sound, and the surrounding islands, as well as the San Juans, before they had the boat transported by truck 2,000 miles overland to Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Over the summer of 2008 the Favors are preparing to depart on their second Great American Loop, a 6,000-mile circumnavigation starting, for them, from Charlevoix, Michigan, then continuing south to Chicago, Illinois, and onward. After a stay in Chicago they’ll follow the Illinois River down to the muddy waters of the Mississippi then head south past St. Louis, Missouri, and down to the Ohio River. Here they’ll make a hard left to head east against the strong current of the Ohio until they get to the waters that lead them through the southwest corner of Kentucky and onto the Tennessee River

Continuing south through the state of Tennessee they’ll reach the beginning of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in northern Mississippi where the route goes almost straight south until it crosses over to Alabama, 200 miles north of Mobile. There are endless opportunities for side trips on these rivers, but two side trips that are definitely on the Favors’ list are a run to Nashville, Tennessee, and another to Chattanooga via the Tennessee River.

From Mobile, Kismet will head east on the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) into the panhandle of Florida, and once the ICW runs out they’ll head out into the Gulf of Mexico for a 175-mile crossing to Tarpon Springs, Florida, pick up the ICW again and head south, making several stops along the way as they work their way down to the Florida Keys. There they plan to stay for a month or so before crossing the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas.

In early spring they’ll start moving north, working their way up Florida’s East Coast where they plan to stop at two of their favorite places -- Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina. In the early summer of 2009 they’ll take their time exploring Chesapeake Bay, then head south down the ICW to Florida and the Bahamas for the winter. In the spring of 2010 they’ll again head north and possibly traverse the Lake Champlain route and other Canadian ports they didn’t visit in 2006. Time and inspiration will help them make decisions on those final destinations. They’ll close their two-year loop in Charlevoix, Michigan.

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