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- I read the article about your 84-day adventure in Boating Magazine. How wonderful that you as two young ladies took on such an adventure in a small boat and completed the journey. I have talked about it for years but as yet have not done it. You two are a inspiration to any boaters who have thought about taken this journey.
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Two for Two
Visiting the same places we saw on The Loop is always exciting because lets us relive a part of our amazing summer on the water. This time, I got to revisit Sebastian, FL. The first time, Katie, Sammy and I … Continue reading
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Bienvenidos a Miami
Fortunate enough to escape the mild but cold temperatures of Tennessee; I had a fun-filled weekend of sun and boats at the annual Miami Boat Show. While I don’t have any pictures of the beautiful multimillion dollar yachts –I assure … Continue reading
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Sealander
Wow, here’s a new way to travel. Check out Sealander, a German made amphibious camping trailer that functions as both a mobile home and a boat.
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English pensioners do American Great Loop
Two English pensioners from Whitby, a seaside port town in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire England are in the midst of a 4 year great loop tour of the United States waterways. Traveling on ‘The Spirit of Whitby II’ … Continue reading
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John Guider’s Great Loop Pictures
Photographer John Guider has spent two months a year, for the last three years, following the Great Loop in a small boat he built back in 2009. Guider photographs our American waterways and capture images of the the scenery and … Continue reading
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Closing Time
October marks the end of boating season on the Trent-Severn Waterway. During the summer, this Canadian waterway offers boaters a picturesque and fun 240 miles of pristine water –making the thought of 45 snow covered locks hard to swallow. Lockmasters … Continue reading
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Low Stress Boating
Boats and Hammocks – both amazing inventions. On a warm summer afternoon this might present a conundrum; take the boat for slow scenic cruise or recline and enjoy the gentle sway of the rocking hammock? Awe, not enough time to … Continue reading
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Beaufort Welcome Committee
We love this picture. Found on the Cruising with Stevedore blog just yesterday. If you’re looking for a great Great Loop blog, follow along with these experienced Loopers as they travel the East-coast. Along several stretches of the Great Loop, … Continue reading
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Nina and Pinta do the Great Loop
Happy Columbus Day ya’ll! Replicas of two of the three ships used by explorer Christopher Columbus to sail across the Atlantic in his voyage to discover new land, the Nina and the Pinta, are in the midst of a year … Continue reading
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Let’s talk trailers
If you are serious about travel boating you should be serious about your trailer. Thinking trailer is not as much fun as thinking about big fish, your next slalom run, or a coming next weekend raft-up, but it may be … Continue reading
Positive Floatation? Yes we do. We’ve got foam, how about you?
We get asked a lot of question about the Great Loop. Somewhere on the list of top ten is, “Weren’t you scared?” This question usually leads to a discussion of the many safety precautions we took in preparation for the … Continue reading
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The New Lake in Carroll Country Tennessee
Travel boaters in West Tennessee are getting close to having a brand new boating destination. The 20 year project of building a new lake In Carroll County Tennessee is close to complete. Just outside Huntingdon Tennesssee a 1000 acre Lake … Continue reading
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My neighbor has a Duroboat
One of my favorite things to spot, on the road, in a garage, or of course, on the water, is a Duroboat. It’s my personal version of the slug-bug game. There aren’t rules, and I don’t punch anybody, but a … Continue reading
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Crescent Bar Sandbar
From the passenger side of the back seat, too far aft to benefit from the protection of the windscreen, my earlobes flapped against my neck, barely outpacing my racing pulse. Tears streamed from the corners of my eyes as the … Continue reading
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Epic bachelorette party on Old Hickory Lake
Two weekends ago, Elizabeth hosted an epic day of bachelorette boat festivities. The destination? “Two-Foot” – a boaters paradise! This shallow sandbar right in the middle of Old Hickory Lake, just twenty minutes outside of Nashville is named after the … Continue reading
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Social Boating
Every boater’s time on the water serves a different purpose. For some it’s about relaxation, for others it’s about exploration, and for us, is about being with other boaters. A few weeks ago, we found ourselves at mile 153.5 on … Continue reading
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Paddling the Waupaca Chain O’ Lakes
Waupaca Wisconsin’s Chain O’ Lakes has been our family’s vacation hub for nearly four generations. The crystal clear water and twisting shoreline of its 22 conjoined lakes make the the Waupaca Chain O’ Lakes a boater’s vacation paradise. The diversity … Continue reading
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Visit Chattanooga
This past weekend Katie and I relived a bit of our Great Loop Trip –complete with sunburns, thunder storms, and our yellow Duroboat. The weekend began with an 11pm pick up at the Nashville airport. We traileredthe boat to Hales Bar Marina for an … Continue reading
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Matt Rutherford, around the Americas
Check out this guy! Yesterday, Matt Rutherford set sail from Annapolis, MD in a 27-foot sailboat, on a solo voyage around the Americas – through the Northwest Passage, around Alaska, around South America’s southern tip at Cape Horn, and then … Continue reading
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Where’s the best boating?
The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) announced the top ten states for boating based on annual sales. Here they are, along with some recommended hot spots from Discover Boating, (and some pictures from us!) 1. Florida ($1.1 billion) Hot Spot: Cedar … Continue reading
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