Crossing Their Wake
March 15, 2024
We’d like to recognize and congratulate those boaters who have completed the Great Loop in 2023.
We’d like to recognize and congratulate those boaters who have completed the Great Loop in 2023.
From air draft to shore-power cords, here’s what you really need in a boat to complete America’s Great Loop.
While having a general plan for the Loop is always important, for us, the ability to be flexible along the way was key to making great memories.
Here are the 2020 Gold Burgee recipients, as recognized by the America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association.
Completing the Loop in a larger boat brought special challenges, but also more space and comfort in which to handle them.
As the Bowlin crew aboard the Cruisers 4450 “Light & Salty” found, there’s no shortage of grand moments on the Loop.
AGLCA’s Kim Russo shares her own “local knowledge” about the Great Loop and how to make this bucket-list item a reality.
These Loopers all completed the journey, but
each one did so a bit differently—and wouldn’t
have it any other way.
A couple outfits a Fountaine Pajot Maryland 37 for their second cruise around the Great Loop.
Also known as the Smuggler’s Run, the Florida Mini-Loop has more to offer than its rich history of scofflaws.
Island time is great, except in an emergency. This medevac service is for boaters who need help fast.
Black streaks, yellow mustaches and rust all require different solutions to keep a boat looking clean.
A Down East icon provides inspiration for this gentlemanly cruiser.
We follow the path of explorers who ran the Northwest Passage over a century ago, but our journey is a lot more fun
We can spend years planning for a bucket-list trip and then life gets in the way. Go now.
Splashing later this year.
Karly and Evan Nietzel—aka YouTube’s @Navigating Nietzels—tailored their careers for remote work after buying a trawler, moving onboard and completing the Great Loop. Along with their pup, Ripley, they’re just getting started.
This aluminum vessel’s throwback design belies its modern systems, all installed for a Great Loop cruise.
The three-stateroom, semidisplacement model has a range of power options and a low air draft.
A solar-power system on our classic trawler lets us spend time moored or anchored with more than enough juice to meet our energy needs.
