
Crossing Their Wake
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.

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.

America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association has been helping boaters complete the ultimate voyage for a quarter century.

The steel-hull Nightfall, designed by William Garden, connects generations of this family through a love of cruising.

Larry Graf, the founder, designer and lead engineer of Aspen Power Catamarans, talks about Aspen’s proa hull designs and adventure cruising on his own creations from the Arctic to the Sea of Cortez.

With her vertical bow, reverse raked windshield and indoor-outdoor living space, the Galeon 430 EXP defies categorization.

It is called a razor because it shaves away unnecessary complexities, providing a simple solution to complicated questions.

Remembering Lifelong Marine Journalist Chris Caswell

A Master of Quiet Cruising

This imposing 55-footer is a comfortable, well-appointed coastal cruiser primed to take on more ambitious journeys.