Anybody boat all of the "Great Loop"?

I did it in 2016. Started in Sarasota and ended there about 4 months later. We went clockwise which is against the norm. It was fun, but I don’t think I would do it again. Screw days on end looking for bouys.

I personally haven’t and probably never will but I do follow quite a few YouTube channels with people currently doing it. It looks like a ton of work and planning. Besides the money for the fuel and marinas. Most of the people I follow try to find anchorage’s to stay the night instead of paying marina fees.

Are most of the groups that pass by sailboats?

We were on a 48 ft Cantius Sp?? Ran on diesel. Had to change routes a few times to find marinas on the way.

There were only 2 of us most of the time with the exception of picking up people in Chicago,Detroit and NY. We wanted to go through the Niagra Falls area,but the big lock there requires 3 people minimum to go through it, so we went the Erie Canal. We barely cleared the first bridge on the canal near Buffalo. 5 long days of slow moving and 35 locks.

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I haven't, but we have a cabin on our land on the Tombigbee in Boligee, AL, and I'll see nice boats from all over the country come by

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We have had a place on the Tennessee-Tombigbee since 1989 on the Aliceville Pool. I have seen a lot of big boats going by. Most are going or coming from the Great Lakes area. I did see a tug boat pushing barges with about 20 RVs parked on the barges. I guess the RV owners paid to go on some kind of river tour sight seeing trip. Don't know where it started or ended. Some kids were playing basketball next to their RV camp set up on a barge

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we have a cabin on our land on the Tombigbee in Boligee, AL, and I'll see nice boats from all over the country come by that we assume are Loopers.

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These are all snow birds from up north. My FIL had the service dept and fuel dock at Pickwick. In the fall you'd have so many big boats stopping to refuel and stay the night.

There was one, that stopped once. It was huge 130ish feet if I remember right.

they needed to fuel and asked me if I would come in at 6 the next morning and get them fueled. I show up a little before 6:00 and the guy was almost Irate. Said I was an hour late. He didn't realize we were central. He was thinking eastern.

We had two high hoses to fill the boat. Took 2500 gallons.

Also, we had a huge trimaran sailboat come through once. It was like 60'. They were traveling from Australia and had been on the boat for a year.