Big Trip and Big Nerves All moved onto the boat in June 2022. When we first cut our lines in Georgian Bay  and pointed Sea Clef...

Fenelon Falls to Orillia, ON Misty Maiden running beside us on still waters After a peaceful night’s rest, we cast off at 8:30 AM, with...

Hastings to Peterborough, ON We pulled away from the dock and slowly made our way toward Misty Maiden . They were having trouble starting...

Belleville to Trenton, ON @ Trent Port Marina It was a peaceful morning at the marina, with the docks unusually lacking in activity. It...

Little Falls to Sylvan Beach, NY Catching up to Misty Maiden and others It was a rainy morning, and Heather, our First Mate, decided to...

New Baltimore to Scotia, NY Leaving New Baltimore (Photo by Kathie Tardie) We had planned an early start, aiming to be underway from New...

Montrose, NY to Kingston, NY We waited for the tide to rise a bit before leaving Courtlandt Yacht Club, as the water in the marina was...

Atlantic City, NJ to Staten Island, New York   Our 16th and LAST State! We were up at 5:00 AM, checked the weather, and decided it was...

Annapolis, MD to Chesapeak City, MD @ Chesapeake Inn, Restaurant & Marina We arrived at the fuel dock right before it opened at 8:00 AM...

Norfolk, VA to Dyer Creek We started our day at the pump out dock just before opening and the dock hand showed up right away. While we...

Elizabeth City, NC to Dismal Swamp Canal Visitors Center We were excited to see the Dismal Swamp but the radar showed rain in the area,...

Sneads Ferry, NC to Oriental, NC After our earlier false start today due to shredding our impeller, we were away by 11:40 AM. You can...

We have gotten a kick out of some of the place names on our Great Loop. The first was one of Heather’s favourite stops at Paducah,...

Kilkenny to Savannah, GA There are a lot of songs written about these areas where we were privileged to travel. Our last blog borrowed...

St Augustine, FL to Fernandina Beach, FL We were away from St Augustine around 7:00 AM as we were expecting a long day on the water. We...

Titusville, FL to Hammock Beach Marina We were really looking forward to leaving our last marina in Titusville, with two sunken boats,...

Stuart to Fort Pierce, Florida We took our time before leaving in the morning from Stuart. We were waiting for the tides to be in our...

A Posse from Nassau It was a one nautical mile ride today, officially our shortest travel day yet on our Great Loop! Our time at Atlantis...

Nassau Our last blog ended in a rocky-rolly anchorage in Highbourne Cay. We were trying to decide if we could go deeper into the...

Norman's Cay We had been in Shroud Cay for a couple of days in two different anchorages, the first of which had been quite rough. We had...