Newport resident Joe Rooney calls it "the experience of a lifetime" – a 6,800-mile boat trip around the Great Loop, which took him from Florida up the Intracoastal Waterway through New York ...

Together, they dreamed for 30 years about attempting the Great Loop. Their longtime ... "Any reason to get on a boat," he said. Only about 150 yachts a year complete this trip, which is far ...

Their trip started in Rockport ... such as how to fix a particular part on a boat. Around 150 boats complete the Great Loop each year. The journey was not without challenges: They once woke ...

then-California residents who’d taken the long trip in 1994 and documented their travels in a book, “Honey Let’s Get a Boat … A Cruising Adventure of the American Great Loop.” ...

SHEBOYGAN - Sue and Rick Rosenwald left Sheboygan headed south on their boat ... 150 boats complete the Great Loop each year, meaning fewer people complete the trip than climb Mount Everest ...

Founder of the Makin’ Wake movement, Darren Hayes, embarked on his third journey to raise support for Ronald McDonald House ...

America's Great Loop is a series of connected waterways ... Some travelers break the trip into segments, leaving the boat in a secure marina while they travel home or visit family.

He also said, "We like side trips," as will be seen ... wasn't necessarily the perfect boat to use on a journey like the Great Loop. An Eastbay 54X can have a top speed of 25 to 30 knots (28 ...

Plenty of travelers make the trip from ... multi-city boat and trailer theft spree Frank's Treasure Coast stop came as part of his 6,000-mile trek down the East Coast from the Great White North.

They recommend the trip to others with suitable boats ... "Belle," a 1976 36-foot Grand Banks Classic power boat. The America's Great Loop Cruisers Association is an organization that helps ...

One Friendsville couple, Debbie and Avalon Hawkins, and their navigator Tres Thompson, are back at home in Tennessee after spending the better part of two years completing America's Great Loop ...