2023 Boat Shows
Large or small, whatever type or size of boat you’re interested in, go to a boat show and be amazed at what you find. JANUARY January 5-8 Nashville Boat Show Music City Center, Nashville,...
Category: Boating
Boating across Florida on the Okeechobee Waterway to Chesapeake Bay
Cruising the Intracoastal Waterway north from Florida to Maryland We left friends in Fort Myers, FL and went across the Okeechobee—despite its low water levels— because we were ready to go home and return...
Boating the Panhandle and Gulf Coast from Mobile AL to Fort Myers FL
Cruising the Big Bend with stops at Gulf Shores, Pensacola, Destin, Panama City, Apalachicola, Carabelle, Crystal River, Tarpon Springs and Punta Gorda One of our favorite sounds is the chain rumbling over the bow...
Boating the Inland Rivers Chicago to Mobile
Cruising the Chicago River, Illinois Waterway, Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Rivers to the Kentucky Lakes and Tenn-Tom Waterway It was a warm and rainy September Monday when we left DuSable Harbor for the Chicago...
Boating on Lake Michigan
Cruising Mackinaw City MI to Chicago IL With so many adventures already under our keel, we found it easy to believe that we had logged so many mile—all the way from Chesapeake Bay, up...
Boating the Small Craft Route of Georgian Bay to the North Channel
Cruising to Killarney, Little Current, Manitoulin Island and Drummond Island MI At Port Severn, on the eastern end of Georgian Bay, some Loopers turned off to attend a Loopers rendezvous at Beacon Bay Marina...
Boating Ontario’s Big Lifts, Locks and Rocks
Traversing the Big Lift and Big Chute to Georgian Bay We were headed to Ontario’s Big Lift and Big Chute Locks en route to Georgian Bay from Peterborough. Most of us Loopers were concerned...
Lake Ontario to Trent Severn Waterway
Doing the Great Loop Cruise across Ontario Before we departed upstate New York we enjoyed a few days in the lakefront town of Oswego. It was a welcome respite from long hours of locks...
Great Loop Cruise Primer
Circumnavigating the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada For many of us boaters the ultimate cruise is doing the Great Loop Cruise circumnavigating the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada at the...
Boating the Hudson River and the Erie Canal
Cruising from Manhattan to West Point with NJ Palisades as a backdrop Rested and ready for the next leg of our Great Loop Cruise, we left the calm waters of Sandy Hook Bay to...
