Date	Location	Description	Nearby Events	Web Connections
9/10 – 9/20	Traverse City – Chicago	Sailing Lake Michigan	Windy City Wine Festival Chicago , September Morton Pumpkin Festival Morton,IL Sept. Murphysboro Apple Festival Murphysboro,IL Sept Naperville Wine Festival Naperville,IL Sept. Festival of the Vine Geneva, IL Sept	www.choosechicago.com www.windycitywinefestival.com www.pumpkincapital.com www.Murphysboro.com www.napervillewinefestival.com www.genevachamber.com www.Festivalofthevine.com www.longgroveonline.com
9/20 – 10/20	Illinois Barge Canal/ DesPlaines River/Mississippi	Leisure filled days spent cruising these Midwest inland waterways leading to the Tenn-Tom canal that connects the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Fall colors and grape harvesting will be at their peak during this portion of the journey, and since the Captain and First Mate own a vineyard themselves, they will give a special perspective as you taste local wines.	Annual Apple Festival Long Grove, IL Sept. National Norton Grape Festival St Louis Mo Sept. Grape & Harvest Celebration St.Genevieve,MO Chili Cookoffs late Sept Wine Stomp Seymour MO 1st Oct Hannibal Wine & Food Mo	www.chicagotribune.com www.canalcor.org www.nps.gov/ilmi www.tenntom.org www.nortonfestival.com www.cavevineyard.com www.hermannmissouri.com www.whisperingoakswinery.com www.foodreference.com
10/20	Pickwick, Tenn	Departure south on the Scenic Tenn-Tom Canal - a series of rivers and canals connecting the Tennessee River and inland Mississippi and Alabama with the Gulf of Mexico.	Gautier Mullet Fest Miss. Late Oct. Southern Breeze Coastal Wine Tour NW Florida 10/24-26 Rosemary Beach FL National Shrimp Festival Gulf Shores,AL Oct Gulf Coast Antique Food & Wine Festival Mobile,AL Oct Alabama Gourd Show Cullman,AL Oct Peanut Butter Festival & National Peanut Festival AL October & Nov	www.gautiermulletfest.com www.coastalwinetour.com www.nationalshrimpfestival.com
11/7	Mobile, Alabama			www.mobile.org/vis_home www.gcafw.com www.alabamagourdsociety.org www.800alabama.com
11/8 – 11/14	Florida Panhandle	Emerald Coast Beaches Destin, Pensacola, Panama City, Appalachicola	Chili Today – Hot Tamale Corinth Miss. Nov
11/14 – 11/21	Gulf Coast Florida	Appalachicola to Tarpon Springs, St. Petersburg, to Ft. Myers
11/21 – 11/28	Ft. Myers area	Sanibel Island, Captiva	Cape Coral CoConNut Festival 11/7 - 9	www.fortmyers-sanibel.com
11/28 – 12/15	Ft. Myers to Miami Florida Keys	Our route depending on weather and water depth will take us either through Okeechobee Waterway or around Florida through the spectacular Keys.	Florida Keys Seafood festival January	www.floridakeys.com www.saj.usace.army.mil/sfoo www.fkcfa.org/events
12/15-20	Florida Atlantic ports	Ft Lauderdale and others	Port Salerno Seafood Festival Stuart Jan. Kumquat Festival Dade City, FL Jan Int’l Chocolate Festival Coral Gable, FL Jan	www.portsalernoseafoodfestival.com www.dadecitychamber.org www.fairchildgarden.org
12/20	Ft.Lauderdale to West End Bahamas			www.grand-bahama.com/westend
12/20 -12/30	Abacos Islands, Bahamas
1/1/2009	Elbow Cay, Bahamas	We plan to moor in the beautiful harbor at Hopetown for two months with a few side trips to various islands as requested by charterers Nassau, Freeport.		www.bahamas.com/bahamas/island
Thru 2/20			Taste of the Grove Coconut G. FL Jan Florida Citrus Festival Polk County, Jan Boca Bacchanal Boca Raton, Feb	www.coconutgrove.com www.citrusfestival.com www.bocabacchanal.com
2/20 -28	Abacos Islands to St. Augustine Florida		South Beach Wine & Food late Feb International Olive Oil Festival Fort Lauderdale, Late Feb Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention Miami Beach, March Marathon Seafood Festival Marathon, March	www.sobewineandfoodfest.com www.oliveoilexpo.com www.cruiseshipping.net www.floridakeysmarathon.com
3/1 -7	St. Augustine Jacksonvile areas	Visit Historic St. Augustine with side trips up the St. Johns River
3/8 - 12	Fernando Beach to Hilton Head SC	Take time off the boat for golf or visit historic Beaufort	Charleston Food & Wine Festival Charleston, SC March Int’l Cherry Blossom Festival Macon, GA late March	www.charlestonfoodandwine.com www.cherryblossom.com
3/13 – 3/20	Hilton Head area
3/21 – 3/30	Beaufort SC to Southport NC	See the beauty of the barrier islands along several states as we cruise the Intracoastal Waterway.	Outer Banks Taste of the Beach Outer Banks, NC March Annual Pig Cooking Contest Newport,NC April	www.Obxtasteofthebeach.com www.newportpigcooking.com
4/1 – 10	Southport, NC	Take side trips to the lighthouse at Bald Head Island, or several others within a days drive. Dine on fresh seafood at some of the most fantastic waterfront restaurants in the country. A 22 ft Catalina sailboat can also be chartered out of Southport.	Beaufort Wine & Food Weekend Beaufort,NC April Shine to Wine Wilkesboro,NC May Charlotte Wine & Food Charlotte NC, May	www.baldheadisland.com www.beaufortwineandfood.com www.downtownnorthwilkesboro.com www.charlottewineandfood.com
4/11 -21	Southport to Norfolk, VA	Historic coast cruising along the ICW.
4/21 – 5/1	Chesapeake Bay	We’ll spend 2 weeks Exploring the rivers & tidewaters of Chesapeake Bay including historic maritime Annapolis & Baltimore.	St. Michaels Wine & Food Festival St. Michaels, MD Late April Food & Wine Festival National Harbor MD, May	www.foodandwinenh.com
5/1 -15	East Coast	Up the coast to New York and into the Hudson River bringing into sight millionaire Estates such as Rockefeller’s Kykuit and Eleanor Roosevelt’s Val-Kill.	D’Artagnan Duckathlon New York, NY May	www.dartagnan.com
5/15 -30	Erie Canal	Barging the Erie Canal
5/30 – 6/15	Trent –Severin Great Lakes	We’ll cross Lake Ontario thru Canada’s waterway, the Trent-Severin And into the Islands of the North Channel to Mackinaw Beaver Island and back to Traverse City.