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Know anyone who has traveled the Great Loop?
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:17 am
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:17 am
The East coast stops look really nice…not sure about lake and river stops.
Be a fun year if the boat was nice.

Be a fun year if the boat was nice.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:21 am to Gaston
I've been from mobile to Demopolis on the Tombigbee and anchored various places - was a really nice trip up and back to Mobile. Also have been Mobile to Key West by Sailboat along the Intercoastal - crossing from Apalachicola over (bypassing the big bend).
the only areas that would give me great concern is the great lakes - those places can be rough in storms
the only areas that would give me great concern is the great lakes - those places can be rough in storms
This post was edited on 3/17/25 at 9:24 am
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:27 am to Gaston
Every single move I have made in the last 10 years and every move I will make in the next 10 years is to set my wife and I up to do the loop.
In a very nice boat.
From there, we will cruise the Caribbean and hopefully I can convince her to cross the Panama Canal and we head up to BC.
If we can do that for 5 years and stay healthy, should be right about time for us to come home and raise grandkids.
In a very nice boat.
From there, we will cruise the Caribbean and hopefully I can convince her to cross the Panama Canal and we head up to BC.
If we can do that for 5 years and stay healthy, should be right about time for us to come home and raise grandkids.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:27 am to Thracken13
I wonder if that’s why the stops are close up there. Guessing that’s the summer leg of the trip.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:29 am to Gaston
Need to add a side trip north on the upper Mississippi.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:31 am to Gaston
Ive done both Great Loops.. once the Causeway was down so i had to go from Mandeville thru Pontchatoula to get to NOLA… the other time the Bridge was down so i had to go thru Slidell .
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:31 am to Gaston
This is my brother's dream now. He went down some YouTube rabbit hole with this and actually bumped into one of the guys he's following down in Florida.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:32 am to Gaston
After Knoxville its to liberal and faggy.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:32 am to subMOA
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In a very nice boat.
I was thinking a late 80’s early 90’s Grand Banks 40 something feet. Yea, so not very nice.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:48 am to Gaston
I know a couple of people that have done it out of BSL. Said it was an amazing experience. They cut holes in the ceiling on the inside of the boat to hide the guns when they entered the Canada portion.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:52 am to redneck
I’ve met a couple of older fellas at TBT that were heading out on the loop. I love the ‘sold everything’…’frick it I’m gone’ adventure.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:52 am to Gaston
Im not a boater but going from sanibel to port st lucie is near impossible- given the marshes of everglades
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:55 am to Gaston
Thought for sure this was a BR troll thread.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 9:59 am to Gaston
you'd be surprised man - I have been up around Duluth and also on the west coast of MI in Ludington for business and had severe storms roll across the lake - you'd swear it was the Gulf - those lakes can get angry
Posted on 3/17/25 at 10:03 am to Gaston
I 210 in LC was pretty disappointing
Posted on 3/17/25 at 10:21 am to Gaston
Not the great loop but a guy I used to work for in high school went from NOLA to New York for the 1976 USA bi centennial tall ships celebration. He had a Grand Banks type trawler. But he didn’t bring it back to NOLA, he left the boat in NYC and hired a yatch broker to sell it.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 10:29 am to Gaston
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Be a fun year if the boat was nice.
We keep our boat at a marina that gets a lot of Great Loop traffic.
The drop off in traffic has been significant in the most recent years.
Be a fun year if the boat was nice. And your personal finances very, very deep pocketed and replenished magically each time the cost of fuel goes up.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 10:37 am to Gaston
Lot of good YouTube channels of people doing it in various types of boats. I watch Zoffinger on 2nd monitor a lot and he tried but gave up. Made it from
Tampa to North Carolina I think. His boat had a ton of problems.
Tampa to North Carolina I think. His boat had a ton of problems.
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