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MONTHLY EXPENSES ON AMERICA’S GREAT LOOP – AUGUST 2022
Budgeting for America’s Great Loop comes with challenges. Some areas of the loop have abundant anchoring options while others have very few options. Some regions have higher fuel prices while…
MONTHLY EXPENSES ON AMERICA’S GREAT LOOP – JULY 2022
You don’t have to be retired or be a millionaire to travel around America’s Great Loop. As a young couple who are working as we cruise around the Great Loop,…
DISMAL SWAMP vs VIRGINIA CUT (pro-conning which route to take when the ICW splits)
Choosing your path on the ICW between Norfolk, VA, and Beaufort, NC can be daunting. Now that we’ve officially done both the Virginia Cut (x1) and the Dismal Swamp (x2)…
A morning of non-stop DOCKING and a night out at the Portsmouth Commodore Theatre!
Our 48 hours are up and it’s time for our final leg until arriving at the Great Loop Rendezvous! We kick off from the Great Bridge Free Dock just prior…
FREE DOCKS on the Virginia Cut in our Trawler (and Learning about the Battle at Great Bridge)
We had an early start to leave the Pungo Ferry anchorage and continue our journey north. We have some strong wind as we’re cruising through the rivers into the Virginia…
MONTHLY EXPENSES ON AMERICA’S GREAT LOOP – JUNE 2022
We’ve been traveling around America’s Great Loop for four months this year and one of the first things people comment on when they meet us is our age. We are…
The DAY AFTER (crossing the Albermarle Sound to the VIRGINIA CUT)
After getting hit by a huge swell and subsequently having our high water alarm go off, it is the following morning and we need to cruise again. Our nerves are…
We COULD HAVE SUNK (A day full of LOWS sprinkled with some HIGHS, Boat Life)
After a fantastic cruise to the Outer Banks to visit Ocracoke, we had planned to head up the Pamlico Sound to Manteo and continue exploring. Mother Nature had a different…
Cruising to the outer banks (and how we leave docks on our Single Engine Trawler with a Bow Thruster)
We are going to a NEW DESTINATION on the Loop this year – the outer banks of North Carolina to Silver Lake Harbor in Ocracoke Island! But first, we need…
Boat Projects, a Sailing Race, and Drinks with Loopers, A day in our FAVORITE TOWN (Oriental NC)
We’re back baby! Back to one of our favorite stops on the Loop, Oriental, North Carolina. Oriental is a small town, proclaimed as the sailing capital of North Carolina and…
