The Great Loop - The Basics
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- Опубликовано: 14 апр 2024
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Join us this week as we discuss taking a sailboat around North America's great boating adventure - The Great Loop. We discuss advice from the America's Great Loop Cruising Association and the NOAA. We look at stepping the mast, water draft and air draft requirements, and fuel range considerations. From sailing the Great Lakes, the gulf coast, and the eastern seaboard, to floating down the Mississippi river, The Great Loop is worth doing!
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We transported our Hunter Legend 35.5 from Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay up the Trent Severn system. It was a thoroughly enjoyable trip and a great option if you have to transport your boat. Our winged keel draws 4.5 ft and there are several sections of the system that were only 5 ft deep. Although we never hit bottom, weed growth was an issue in several areas. Weeds would wrap around the keel and actually stop the boat. Most of the time, I could reverse and drop a giant ball of weeds off the keel, but once I had to put my mask on and pull the weeds off the prop in order to continue.
Well done. Many lingering questions I've had over the last few years you answered in ONE reasonably lengthed video! Thank you
As a wannabe sailor, this is my favorite channel. Great info. Thanks!
Wantabe sailors teaching wantabe sailors…classic.
That is "pah-DO-cah" Kentucky. As a fellow sailor, I greatly appreciate your newsletter for the last two years and I'm so glad you are now doing the video channel. We enjoy the "loopers" coming thru our lakes (Kentucky and Barkley).
Okay, I want to see the editor on the Loop in his amphibious car! And, oh, the video is an excellent teaser for the loop, thank you
You and Practical Sailor are a winning team. Congrats!
That map is such a tremendous help!!! The way points describing the locks and t he bridge heights is HUGE! And I love your recommendations on detours
Just a correction.
People with single engine aircraft don't land at KLAX just to get it off the bucket list.
Big airports do not allow your little slow plane to disturb their flight patterns.
I am sometimes even denied to just enter KDFW airspace because they are that busy.
That said and coming back to boats, the big loop is a very nice scenic drive but just one of many.
Crossing France's channels to get to the Mediterranean is also a breath taker.
Renting boat in Ireland and sailing the Shannon up and down is also something I am glad I did( and I can tell you much cheaper than the other two options).
I bet there are many,many more equality worthy trips around the globe which even I have not heard about.
That's odd. My father-in-law has flown into Atlanta's Harts Field (THE busiest airport in America) AND departed; skipping to the front of the line under the wings of all the commercial liners. This was over 20 years ago, though. May have changed.
@@davidhowell7901 its not odd, I did not say it is impossible but it is very unlikely if you are in a slow single engine aircraft.
Look it from their perspective, you fly 150 knots if you are full throttle and about 75 knots when landing, the big airliners make 250 knots when they land.
You delay everyone in the pattern and even taxi on the runway takes you three times as long as a Boing 737 .
I do not know what your Father-in law is flying, maybe a faster twin engine or a small jet , but if he has something like a Chessna 175 I would expect they deny him .
Big Airports are about safety and business, both things the small planes are disrupting :-)
I landed Dallas Love Field (KDAL) with no problem but as said one time I was even denied to enter KDFW airspace because they were too busy.
Lived on Lake Champlain for 20 years and always knew the loopers with their masts tied down to the deck. Great channel.
I'm so thankful you started a video channel and great choice on a host. I look forward to each segment. Thank you
I was introduced to the Great Loop World last summer. Having bought a sailboat I decided to keep it in Parry Sound, Ontario. A majority of the slips were open for transient boats with a great many of the visitors being Loopers. I learned about the loopers associations and tracking apps. Looks like a fun group to be part of and a great experience to be had.
Hi, Tim. I am glad you are doing The Great Loop, I want to do it the summer. Thanks for the info. Love both of your programs, keep up the good work.
The best brief synopsis that I've seen on this adventure. Thanks
I would LOVE to see a RUclips video of someone doing the Great Loop from an Amphibious Car.
PLEASE DO IT!
Planning my loop trip for a couple years now. thanks!
Great video. Excellent quick summary of the loop. Subscribing!
Oh definitely I want to see the amphibious car loop series videos. They could pick a month/ week each year and do it in segments! Loved the video of the loop BTW. Keep 'em coming!
Love to see a video series for the amphibious car doing the great loop!
I was not aware of this loop until this video, and it is now on my bucket list, especially the section from the Great Lakes to the Gulf.
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I, for sure, would like to see the editor on the crazy car!!! They did make a good choice with Lady K!
Thanks Tim , for another great video filled with tons of info .
Loved the video. A few years ago, a dear friend, George Yonge, made the trip in 80 days and wrote a book about it .
Guide and Companion to the Great Circle Waterway. I am seriously considering he voyage.
Bill Records, Austin, Texas
Love this segment on the Great Loop!
What a fabulous idea. Another great video Tim!
such a fun adventure love the video thanks Tim
great summary!
Bring on the amphibious car!!! 😁
Be great to see a video series dedicated to the amphibious car making the trip!!!
Very interesting and informative. Looking forward to future articles.
Great video, thanks for posting!
We first heard about the loop from a couple of Georgians we meet in the locks at Ottawa. One year , one year
amphibious Car? That would be good to watch! Nice job Tim.
Great episode! Thanks...
Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you for sharing this video!
I'm past my open ocean days. But The Great Loop is now on my bucket list since grands and great grands can join me for short trips. Thanks for the great summary!!
Great overview
Planning on doing part of the loop this summer!
Great overview of the Great Loop! It's definitely on my bucket list!
Great video Tim, Loop is on my bucket list!
What a great video. To the point and full of information. Really enjoying the Practical Sailor channel and Tim.
I once read a book called “A Year in a Yawl” it was an account of a voyage ( the great loop) that took place in the late 1890s. The yawl was built in Saint Joseph’s on Lake Michigan and unpowered. The crew were four young men referred to as boys. They had quite a few close calls but in the end it was quite an adventure. The book can still be found.
Great episode,
Great summary!
Good video. Thanks for sharing.
great segment thank you
Your awesome Tim love this new blog of yours.
Thanks for the info!
Sounds like a great adventure
I'm from the west coast and never new about the Tennessee River route. Excellent channel!
Enjoyed the video. Thanks.
Thanks for the useful information
I'm planning my own great loop trip soon.
This is the video on the Loop that I've been looking for, it's got all the dimensions and route data presented concisely. Plus the links sound helpful for all the details.
Great video. Looking forward to seeing the car do the loop!
It is in my "bucket list" to do the Great Loop. Thanks Tim, great video with lots of information!
Really appreciate the water/air draft and fuel specific info
Tim, I love your channel and am a fan in general. Please ask one of your midwestern friends how Paducah is pronounced. I had to rewind that part twice. As a born and raised Kentuckian, I got a good chuckle out of that one. I’m a soon-to-be retired great loop dreamer myself btw.
Yes! Do this loop. So cool
I so want to do this. Love these videos. I never comment so take it as high praise. Keep up the great work.
Thank you! 🙏
Thank you Tim
Can't wait to do it!
As a 8 time veteran of the Chicago Mobile section I would love to add the advice of shipping the mast to Mobile. Makes the boat handling in the locks so much easier!! Having done whole loop I'd say the toughest part is from Chicago to just past Joliet. Commercial traffic is a bear, but still doable.
Just added to our bucket list!!
Very informative video. Good site≥
Never thought about this route before, sounds very interesting
A sailboat with a lifting keel and tabernacle mast. A 32’ Hake Seaward RK32 might be perfect.
I know a guy that keeps a seaward 32 at dubuque harbor on the Mississippi river.
Until last Sunday, I had never heard of the Great Loop. Now, I must do it. It’ll be a year or two before I’m ready, but it’s my goal now.
Excellent!
Great video
What a great adventure opportunity. This is certainly within reach of my capability (as opposed to an ocean crossing). Thanks for the info.
That would be the most uncomfortable loop ever! But if he does it, he needs a youtube channel to document it! Everyone will want to see it
Great video on the Great Loop! We are considering it with our Catalina 310. Your video pushed closer to a yes 😊
this sounds so fun!
This is my dream sail. It would be an outstanding lifetime achievement and a great way to dust out my sailing cobwebs before taking on anything too ambitious.
Great video. Nice to know this dream is actually doable. Would love to see more on the Great Loop at some point.
The Loop is on my bucket list.
Tim, I cannot wait to own a cat boat big enough to use for cruising the Loop. I think I will try the triangle loop first as I live in western Massachusetts. Please keep putting out these great videos!
great loop in water car. sounds Great!
Hey Tim, really enjoy this channel as well as your other channel. I’m a Practical Sailor magazine subscriber and love this new dimension to the magazine.
Great content; having done parts of the Erie Canal and the canals of Ireland (both rented vessels), I'm intrigued about the Loop. Keep up the good work!
great vid
Let's get that car on the loop!
Thank you! I have been considering the great loop as one of my first retirement trips in the near future! Timely...
great, thank you, one of my dreams for my Pearson 35, Valkyrie III
Great video. Like others I didn’t know about the loop. I knew you would do well setting up this channel.
Thanks!
On my bucket list
That will be a go video
Great information about the Great Loop. Nice resource for air draft requirements for different sections of the Loop. Also never really thought of the Triangle Loop you mentioned. I was aware of the two options for coming up from NY but never really thought of doing this triangle loop. Definitely something to consider to get “a taste” of the Great Loop (for those of us along this section).
Looking forward to seeing the amphibious car do the loop! I guess the good part of this is you can just drive up a boat ramp and drive to the gas station to fill up!
Nice presentation. Thanks. I have done the intercostal several times. And open ocean to Caribbean, Panama and beyond. Despite my long rage cruising, I have really enjoyed the intercostal trips. Would be interesting to do the Great Loop. Again thanks.
In 2022, I started the smaller loop in my Sabre 402 from NJ, up the Hudson, Champlain Canal, St Lawrence River, and will depart this year from Gaspe. The trip is about the experiencing life and collecting stories to share. Small loop, or Great Loop, just do it.
Good stuff, and looking forward to entertaining the idea of one day in the future researching and prepping for even just a single leg of this excursion, is an exciting endeavour. Thx for the background information! From Waterloo, ON
Nice video
Tim,
Another great video. Thanks.
I do want to see that car make the loop.
Nice job. First time, long time.
The great loop is one of our goals after we get done sailing.
Hadn't heard of this, but its a neat concept!
I have done the Great Loop. I left Milwaukee in 1974 and arrived back there in 2008, but not in the same boat, of course. Lessons: the lower Mississippi is dangerous with long intervals between suitable places to anchor for the night. Cape Hatteras is known for bad weather. If you are going offshore from Florida to take advantage of the current, stay on the west side of the Gulf Stream so that you can more easily take refuge if the weather turns. I did not do that and was caught out in the middle in a gale for two days. Not fun.
I had never heard of this... might be a good trip when I break in my next boat.
We live (and I sail) in Michigan during the summer. We winter in Florida and spent alot of time talking with loopers on the Okeechobee waterway. I would love to loop. The wife not so much.
An amphibious car during the Great Lakes leg - no bueno.
I hope this channel is good. I enjoyed this one on the loop
This would be so cool.