The yacht Balia will be sailing south from Traverse City in the fall of 2008 and is offering chartered passenger accommodations through the Great Lakes, the Illinois Barge Canal, the Mississippi and the Tenn-Tom, along coastal Florida and the Bahamas. The boat will be moored in the Bahamas then return in the Spring north along the Intracoastal Waterway , the Hudson River and Erie Canal, connecting to the Trent-Severin and back to Lake Michigan.

Specific dates will vary somewhat depending on the bookings of charterers, and for updates starting on September 10th please view our seagoing blog– all events can be accessed at www.foodreference.com