The Great Loop - The Basics

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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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@SteveReitzel-x2o 5 месяцев назад

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.

@carllafky9262 5 месяцев назад

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

@cal82252 5 месяцев назад

As a wannabe sailor, this is my favorite channel. Great info. Thanks!

@MichalBirdsell 4 месяца назад

Wantabe sailors teaching wantabe sailors…classic.

@georgelansing5979 5 месяцев назад

You and Practical Sailor are a winning team. Congrats!

@usdohs 5 месяцев назад

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

@timhart5617 4 месяца назад

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).

@tomcostello2274 5 месяцев назад

The best brief synopsis that I've seen on this adventure. Thanks

@PeterVasak 5 месяцев назад

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.

@jabjab1010 5 месяцев назад

Lived on Lake Champlain for 20 years and always knew the loopers with their masts tied down to the deck. Great channel.

@russellboronow1598 5 месяцев назад

I'm so thankful you started a video channel and great choice on a host. I look forward to each segment. Thank you

@robertcochran3568 5 месяцев назад

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.

@redox600 5 месяцев назад

What a great video. To the point and full of information. Really enjoying the Practical Sailor channel and Tim.

@craignewton5126 5 месяцев назад

Very interesting and informative. Looking forward to future articles.

@reesehuntiii3070 28 дней назад

Excellent video for the basics. Thanks for sharing. Wife and I have 4 years till the kiddos are out of school, then it's loop time.

@earlhunt2815 5 месяцев назад

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!!

@BoBernal 4 месяца назад

Well done. Many lingering questions I've had over the last few years you answered in ONE reasonably lengthed video! Thank you

@spray3716 5 месяцев назад

I enjoy your videos on all 3 RU-vid channels. I hope you get 1000 comments.

@markflight7731 5 месяцев назад

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!

@dreamtoreality9892 3 месяца назад

Well here we go again, A cancer survivor is planning on a 26 day tour of the great loop and for good cause. He knows the hardest part is coming back as storm's are hitting and areas being high and low . I wish him an amazing safe happy trip. I pray that he comes full circle and completes the challenge of the Great loop. My family and I will be cheering him on from the sidelines . Let's go buddy you got this......

@richrich685 4 месяца назад

I’m not sure I could bring myself to start heading north again once I got the south end of Florida. The call of the Caribbean would be too great😂😂😂

@bryonholland5041 21 день назад

That's right, Puerto Rico is only 1200 miles east.

@sailorjim6454 5 месяцев назад

I would LOVE to see a RU-vid video of someone doing the Great Loop from an Amphibious Car. PLEASE DO IT!

@charlescox3523 5 месяцев назад

Love this segment on the Great Loop!

@ce7621 5 месяцев назад

I, for sure, would like to see the editor on the crazy car!!! They did make a good choice with Lady K!

@PatriciaDion-vy2mc 5 месяцев назад

Great video on the Great Loop! We are considering it with our Catalina 310. Your video pushed closer to a yes 😊

@johncampbell1710 5 месяцев назад

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.

@jefflloyd394 24 дня назад

Always good, thanks. Hope to do it one day in my Pearson 35.

@billrecords1402 5 месяцев назад

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

@eliasgordon4321 5 месяцев назад

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.

@roydesignedthat Месяц назад

I enjoyed your encouraging video! Thanks!

@gregorygarrison3131 5 месяцев назад

I'm from the west coast and never new about the Tennessee River route. Excellent channel!

@YvesDemontigny-r7w 5 месяцев назад

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.

@ileneberg6735 Месяц назад

We have done a small section of the Loop on our 34' Motor Yacht. We brought our dog and plan to do the full loop in a few years!

@sempertalis1230 5 месяцев назад

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.

@davidhowell7901 5 месяцев назад

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.

@wollekemper8317 5 месяцев назад

@@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.

@jrumlow 4 месяца назад

Great video. Excellent quick summary of the loop. Subscribing!

@julioerodriguez6097 5 месяцев назад

It is in my "bucket list" to do the Great Loop. Thanks Tim, great video with lots of information!

@newfiescreech7328 5 месяцев назад

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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@mikeriester8798 5 месяцев назад

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!

@erichyney6287 5 месяцев назад

Good video. Thanks for sharing.

@tomsmith9281 5 месяцев назад

Great overview of the Great Loop! It's definitely on my bucket list!

@stevenmoore4078 5 месяцев назад

What a great adventure opportunity. This is certainly within reach of my capability (as opposed to an ocean crossing). Thanks for the info.

@scottdoran-p6n 25 дней назад

🇨🇦On my way,❤, see ya in a couple of years. Currently in Thailand sailing into the Indian Ocean, then the Atlantic and on to the Hudson. Cheers 🇨🇦

@matatooie 5 месяцев назад

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

@Mojo522 5 месяцев назад

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.

@jackwalby6257 5 месяцев назад

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.

@brokerjohn1 5 месяцев назад

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!

@Troy-op6gb 5 месяцев назад

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

@firesoldier221 5 месяцев назад

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you for sharing this video!

@artsmith103 5 месяцев назад

Really appreciate the water/air draft and fuel specific info

@josephsanchez1853 5 месяцев назад

Your awesome Tim love this new blog of yours.

@wendysimpson134 5 месяцев назад

Great video! Also, it’s pronounced (pa dew’ kuh) Paducah.

@mikevoltamp6146 5 месяцев назад

The Loop is on my bucket list.

@charles.neuman18 5 месяцев назад

Great video. Nice to know this dream is actually doable. Would love to see more on the Great Loop at some point.

@curtischambers5652 4 месяца назад

Planning my loop trip for a couple years now. thanks!

@roadboat9216 5 месяцев назад

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.

@freemansmith1 5 месяцев назад

What a fabulous idea. Another great video Tim!

@navymt2005 5 месяцев назад

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.

@practical-sailor 5 месяцев назад

Excellent!

@david.seholm 5 месяцев назад

Great video. Looking forward to seeing the car do the loop!

@deanjacobs1766 5 месяцев назад

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.

@paulnormandin5267 5 месяцев назад

I had never heard of this... might be a good trip when I break in my next boat.

@timothyeasley1832 Месяц назад

Adding my vote for the amphibious car loop

@michiganengineer8621 29 дней назад

One additional point to make with beamy boats, especially trimarans and cats (power or sail) is at inland marinas. There will be many marinas where you won't fit into a slip and will need to tieup at the end of the pier(s) or the fuel dock. Note, this is not from experience just a LOT of research, since the Loop is a bucket list item I want to check off while I'm still physically able.

@dontatarelli3602 4 месяца назад

Very informative video. Good site≥

@gormci 5 месяцев назад

Great video Tim, Loop is on my bucket list!

@kenlinnington4771 5 месяцев назад

great loop in water car. sounds Great!

@garywinslow2973 4 месяца назад

amphibious Car? That would be good to watch! Nice job Tim.

@StHubert1 2 месяца назад

I can’t wait to get started sailing

@murphyrp01 5 месяцев назад

Great video. Like others I didn’t know about the loop. I knew you would do well setting up this channel.

@practical-sailor 5 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@jimeyster5902 3 месяца назад

Love this!

@paulyaron2410 5 месяцев назад

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.

@hectorsarraga2475 5 месяцев назад

Never thought about this route before, sounds very interesting

@gdiup9241 5 месяцев назад

The great loop is one of our goals after we get done sailing.

@joshuacook3069 5 месяцев назад

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!

@crypto7162 5 месяцев назад

great summary!

@TsterMr63 Месяц назад

Nice channel...good luck!

@robertpait1916 5 месяцев назад

I hope this channel is good. I enjoyed this one on the loop

@jhalupa 5 месяцев назад

Just added to our bucket list!!

@cliffhamilton1065 5 месяцев назад

Tim, Another great video. Thanks. I do want to see that car make the loop.

@normanplotkin8105 5 месяцев назад

A sailboat with a lifting keel and tabernacle mast. A 32’ Hake Seaward RK32 might be perfect.

@clintontaylor8904 5 месяцев назад

I know a guy that keeps a seaward 32 at dubuque harbor on the Mississippi river.

@ChristopherPaine-tm7ob 3 месяца назад

Thank you for such an informative video!

@CaptWinky 3 месяца назад

I really want to try this someday.

@spikes1529 5 месяцев назад

Aweomse this is what i have a million questions on!

@AEFisch 5 месяцев назад

Great opportunity to buy a boat anywhere and start from there. Although adding to the challenge, the boat will be all repaired and upgraded by the time you are done

@jefflloyd394 5 месяцев назад

great, thank you, one of my dreams for my Pearson 35, Valkyrie III

@alexawolf1030 5 месяцев назад

Planning on doing part of the loop this summer!

@stephenpolos1689 5 месяцев назад

Good video 😊 I'm on the west coast California also I used it get the magazine years a go

@robnee3313 3 месяца назад

Great informative video. Thank you.

@chriswaters926 4 месяца назад

We first heard about the loop from a couple of Georgians we meet in the locks at Ottawa. One year , one year

@danielrobinson5870 4 месяца назад

I'm planning my own great loop trip soon.

@jonnyu18 26 дней назад

Great video

@ALKerns-im8jk 4 месяца назад

Bring on the amphibious car!!! 😁 Be great to see a video series dedicated to the amphibious car making the trip!!!

@dalewhitehouse7383 5 месяцев назад

Yes! Do this loop. So cool

@BradleyHansen-gu6er 5 месяцев назад

Sounds like a great adventure

@bobmurphy7491 5 месяцев назад

Great video, thanks for posting!

@Dynarick 5 месяцев назад

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.

@vivburke4382 4 месяца назад

Great video 👌

@kirenireves 5 месяцев назад

Great video! How does someone do this trip solo? Can you use auto-pilot on rivers? Where can you stop if you need to make lunch - just anchor on a sand bar? So different from open ocean sailing. Glad to see you hosting the "Practical Sailor" channel.

@practical-sailor 5 месяцев назад

When I run alone I always make meals ahead of time. Have the day ready before you get underway. Autopilot doesn’t work In skinny rivers.