
On the Electric Blue (Podcast)
This couple had the boat of their dreams, a Marlow 62, built for them to take on the Great Loop—which they completed in 2023. And they’re just getting started.

This couple had the boat of their dreams, a Marlow 62, built for them to take on the Great Loop—which they completed in 2023. And they’re just getting started.

We chat with the director of America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association about this uniquely American adventure.

Here are the 2020 Gold Burgee recipients, as recognized by the America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association.

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.

Add these nine best-kept-secrets to your itinerary for the ultimate Great Loop adventure.


A conversation with Kim Russo, the Executive Director of the American Great Loop Cruising Association.

Smarter steering means frequent, but only short, glances at the chartplotter.

In an emergency, a properly maintained, easy-to-launch life raft can make all the difference.

Why we chose to build our dream version of a Selene 60 from the keel up.

Exploring the Utrechtse Vecht on the redesigned Elling E4.

Two decades after their first circumnavigation, Don and Anja Richards are crossing oceans again to help their son, Keith, kickstart his own cruising dream.

We caught up to the liveaboards at their winter roost in Southwest Alaska to chat about following your dreams and living a life less ordinary.

The gig is more workaday than champagne and caviar, and sometimes the harbor patrol saves our bacon.

How I learned to love the solitude and adventure of cruising with my canine companions.

A veteran sailor brings celestial navigation skills to a motoryacht’s transatlantic passage.

Bearings From The Editor’s Desk