Great loop map & location

Phase 1 starting the Greatloop with AGLCA

• 9/13/15 Late start from P99 but heading to Louisville!
• 9/18/15-11/2015 (missing adventure stops) Arrive KY Dam Marina 450 miles later.
• 11/20/15 Pebble isle marina
• 11/21/15 Clifton Marina
• 11/22/15 Aqua Harbour Marina (Head waters Tim-Tom waterway/ canal
• 11/23/15 Midway Marina
• 11/24/15 Columbus Marina
• 11/25-6/15 Thanksgiving at Pirates Cove Marina
• 11/27/15 12/6/15 Kingfisher Marina Demopolis Al.
• 12/6/15 Bobby’s Fish camp Somewhere, Al.
• 12/7/15 Anchor out in the Alabama R.
• 12/8-25/15 Now in Fairhope, Al . stop for repairs and rest.
• 12/12/15 tornado passes near Paraiso in Al.
• Moving to 12/26-28 Orange beach /Pensacola, Fl. area.
• Arrived at The Wharf, 12/26 somewhere between Orange beach and Pensacola (near Ft. Walton)
• 12/30/15 Port St. Joe for New Years celebrations  12/30/2015 On the CST/EST line party for two! (near Apalachacola, Fl.)
• 1/4-11/2016 to Carrabell, Fl.
• 1/11/16 Overnight crossing of the gulf to Tarpon Springs, Turtle Cove Marina
• 1/12/16 Arrived Tarpon Springs 11 AM
• 1/19-21/16 Moving 35 miles south to City Marina, Gulfport, Fl.
• 1/21-26-16 moved 30 mi south Longboat Key Resort, Fl. the vaca from the vacation!
• 1/26/30 Royal Palm Marina Engelwood, Fl., 3 night
•  1/30 -2/2/16 Arrive FT. Myer Sat. stayed til kicked out for townie Art show.
• 2/3/16 Arrived River forest Marina west on the Caloosahatchee River. This is a river/canal/lake system that connects West coast to East cost Florida. one of the very few black water rivers in N.A.
• 2/4/16 Moved on to Moore Haven, Fl. to layup for a few days.
• 2/8-19 Moved to Roland Martin Marina (fish camp). Lake Okeechobee Fl.
• 2/10-11 Moved to River Forest Marina East, no where St. Lucie River.
• 2/11-20/16 Moved to Stuart Fl. East Coast FL! great place to hang.
• 2/20/16 Moving north 44 miles to Vero beach one day
• 2/21/16 Moving north 72 miles to Titusville, space coast area.
• 2/22-26/16 Third straight day of travel 48 miles to DAYTONA Beach!
• 2/26-2/28/16 St Augustine an aggressive push to the north to Charleston.
• 2/29 move to Fernnandina Beach, fl last port in Florida, must find area
• 3/1/16 out of Fl. into Ga. Brunswick Hidden Harbor Marina no kidden hidden.
• 3/2/16 Moved to Kilkenny, Ga. ok back water marina.
• 3/3,4 moved through hells gate to Thunderbolt Marina Savanna, Ga,
• 3/5/16 motored to Beaufort, Sc.. very nice
• 3/6/16 Charleston, SC. Stop end of Phase one.
• 10/3/16 Paraiso hit by hurricane Mathew (Daryl and Chris onsite)

Phase two back to Fl is underway

• 11/16/16 – 12/16/16 Ross Marina the boat painted/ Mathews repairs
• 1/7/17 Paraiso has been on the water for 3 weeks SC to Fl.
• 1/8/17 we are leaving the Cocoa Beach area
• 2/4/17 After several marinas along ICW we are now at Hollywood.
• 3/13/16 Loggerhead lantana
• 3/14-16/16 Loggerhead Stuart
• 3/17/16 River Forest Stuart/Indiantown
• 3/20/16 on the hard River Forest
• 9/12/16 Irma hits Paraiso at River Forest.

Phase Three Going to the Keys

• 11/13/17 Back in water moving from Steward to Ft Myer across Lake O.
• 11/17/17 Moore haven city docks.
• 11/18/17 Legacy Harbour Marina
• 11/30/17 Were moving south to Marco I.
• 12/1/17 1/1/18 South er Marathon Key
• 1/1/18 South er er Stock Is. (Key west)
• 1/29/18 Return to Faro Blanco two noghts
• 2/1/18 anchor out sunset cove
• 2/2/18 Dania canal Harbour town Marina
• 3/1/18 Anchor out Peck Lake
• 3/2/18 River Forest for summer on the hard

Phase 4 Completing the Loop

• 11/9/18 re splash off at River Forest
• 11/13/18 Big O crossing (Hit Rock) and Moore haven City Dock
• 11/14/18 Legacy Harbour Marina
• 12/12/18 Moore Haven
• 12/13/18 River Forest rock repair and new chart plotter
• 12/23/18 Harborage Yacht Club and Marina
• 1/18/19/ Ft. Pierce City Marina
• 2/15 19 Anchor out Blue fish point
• 2/16/19 Titusville City Marina
• 2/23/19 Halifax Harbor Marina
• 3/23/19 Charleston SC St John’s Yacht Harbour
• 5/08/19 Georgetown, SC Harborwalk Marina
• 5/09/19 Ocean isle beach NC
• 5/10/19 Hampstead, NC Harbour village marina
• 5/11/19 Morehead City Yacht Basin, NC
• 5/13/19 Riverforest, Belhaven NC
• 5/14/19 Albermarle Plantation, NC
• 5/15/19 Coinjock Marina, NC
• 5/16/19 Ocean Yacht Marin, Portsmouth, Va.
• 5/18/19 York River Yacht Haven, Gloucester Point, Va.
• 7/10/19 push north Virginia Delaware and NJ smooth trip
• 7/19/19 NYC north of NYC by 30 mile half moon bay
• 7/20/19 Hudson north Rondout Yacht club nice
• 7/21/19 Hudson north Albany Yacht club nice

About the Great Loop Route                                                  

Most AGLCA Great Loop cruisers travel the loop counterclockwise, taking advantage of the downstream currents on the Illinois, Mississippi, Tombigbee and Black Warrior rivers to Mobile, Alabama. To avoid summer hurricanes and winter ice, most Loopers head north in the spring, spend the summer in the Great Lakes region, and head south on the rivers in the fall, arriving in Florida after the beginning of November.

Starting on the east coast of Florida at Stuart the route heads north on the Intracoastal Waterway along the coasts of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Chesapeake Bay offers many different locations to visit and some loopers go 95 miles (153 km) up the Potomac River to Washington, DC. At the north end of Chesapeake Bay the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal connects to Delaware Bay. The Intracoastal Waterway resumes at Cape May and ends at Manasquan, New Jersey.

There is a 30-mile (48 km) stretch of open Atlantic Ocean to New York Harbor. From this point a few loopers continue up the coast, around the Gaspé Peninsula and up the St Lawrence River to Lake Ontario. This adds about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) to the loop. Most loopers go up the Hudson River to Waterford, New York, and then take the Erie Canal to Lake Ontario or Lake Erie or the Champlain Canal to the St. Lawrence. Canada’s Rideau Canal, built in 1832 from Ottawa to Kingston, is frequently chosen. Most loopers will take the Trent Canal from Trenton, Ontario, to Port Severn on Georgian Bay. The North Channel is one of the highlights of the loop. This is the most northerly point on the loop and has the shortest season, just eight weeks of good warm weather from July 1 to August 30.

Lake Michigan is next with most loopers taking the east side of the lake to Chicago. From here it is down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, up the Ohio and Tennessee rivers, then down the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to Mobile. The route then joins the Intracoastal Waterway going east to Carrabelle, Florida. The waterway now extends to Fort Myers where loopers can cruise the Okeechobee Waterway to Stuart on the east coast of Florida or turn south to the Florida Keys rounding the southern tip of Florida, returning north to Stuart.