Lessons From the Great Loop
November 5, 2025
After running the Great Loop with her husband and two children, Alison Major was inspired to help others do it too.
After running the Great Loop with her husband and two children, Alison Major was inspired to help others do it too.
Are you ready to tackle the Great Loop? Here are some tips on identifying the right boat for the job.
After they completed their own America’s Great Loop cruise, a couple volunteered as helpers for other Loopers cruising near their hometown of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
Mary and Chris Kelleher refurbished their Krogen 36 Manatee for their Great Loop adventure
A liveaboard couple discovers that cruising the Great Loop was even more comfortable on their Aquila 44 catamaran.
After years of cruising down the ICW and wintering throughout Florida, these snowbirds keep coming back to Fernandina Beach and the surrounding area of Amelia Island
Kim Russo and Michael Martin take their Silverton 410 Sport Bridge for a second trip on the Great Loop
After logging 5,000-plus miles on the Great Loop in less than four months as part of a marketing promotion, the Beneteau Swift Trawler 34 named
After 5,137 nautical miles and nearly four months circumnavigating the Great Loop, a Swift Trawler 34 that Beneteau named The Greatest Loop returned to its
The Great Loop is a circumnavigation of eastern North America that includes the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, the Hudson River, the Great Lakes, the
The proposed rule would limit most vessels 65 feet and larger to 10 knots along the East Coast during certain times of the year.
What the latest Coast Guard statistics reveal about recreational boating safety.
Presented by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Two guys with boatbuilding in their blood start an electric boat company in South Carolina.
An adventurous couple makes an icy pilgrimage from the Netherlands to North Carolina in their Elling E6.
Alexseal Yacht Coatings has significantly expanded its Color Configurator, adding four new yacht models and three distinctive new color shades.
How the WSIA’s Wake Responsibly initiative is keeping riders on the water — and lawmakers off their backs.
Henry Egan paints a historic J Class racing yacht to create the sensation of being aboard.
A historical portrait of America’s best-known sail training vessel.
A weekend on this river near Narrangassett Bay remind us that good cruising is sometimes just around the corner.
