Day #224 (Thursday): 3375.4 total miles (34.4 miles)Port #78: Hall of Fame Marina; Ft. Lauderdale, FLThe crews on N II Wishin and OB were up at sunrise. Our long journey the day before made for a shorter day as we headed to our final destina…
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Great Loop Date: 3.24.2011 – Racing into Miami Marine Stadium…
Day #223 (Wednesday): 3341.0 total miles (71 miles)Port #77: Miami Marine Stadium; Virginia Key,FL(Today’s route is the dark blue line…yes, the chart makers are trying to confuse you again!)Dawn over Lignumvitae Key was absolutel…
Great Loop Date 03.22.2011: Lignumvitae is A Mouthful…
Day #222 (Tuesday): 3270.0 total miles (46.9 miles)Port #76: Lignumvitae Key State Park; Shell Key, FL(Our route today is the bright red line…the chart makers added a few extra blue lines to make this confusing!)OB’s anxious crew finally go…
Great Loop Date 03.09.2011: Marathon Again…
Day #209 – 221 (Ash Wednesday): 3223.1 total miles (26.1 miles)Port #75: Sombrero Dockside Marina; Marathon, FL(This trip is the GREEN line on the chart)OB hoisted anchor after one night’s stay in Newfound Harbor as planned. A brisk win…
Great Loop Date 03.08.2011: Found in Newfound Harbor…
Day #208 (Tuesday): 3197.0 total miles (31.7 miles)Port #74: Newfound Harbor; between Little Torch Key and Big Pine Key, FL(Is the chart looking confusing yet? This trip is the Blue Line.)OB began retracing her wake as soon as we left K…
Great Loop Date 02.07.2011: Cayo Hueso…Pueblo Caliente!
Day #179 – 207 (Monday): 3165.3 total miles (50.4 miles)Port #73: Conch Harbor Marina; Key West, FL*Just a reminder: You can click on the pictures to make them bigger…and click on them again to make them even bigger. To go back to the blo…
Great Loop Date 01.24.2011: Doing Marathon…Florida, That Is!
Day #165 – 178: 3115.0 total miles (50.8 miles)Port #72: Sombrero Dockside Marina; Marathon, FL (Vaca Key)OB was more than ready to leave Little Shark River and whatever murder occurred during the dark hours of the night. The…
Great Loop Date 01.19-24.2011: Meandering Through the Florida Mangroves…
Day #160-165: 3064.2 Total MilesOriginally we had planned to go back out into the Gulf and round Cape Romano to get to our next destination. The charts made the inland route past Goodland look a little too shallow for NII Wishin’s draft.&nbs…
Great Loop Date: 1.11-1.19.2011 – Coming to The End of The Mainland…
Days #152-159: 2986.2 total milesPort #67-68: Naples to Marco Island, FLTodd and I were excited about coming to Naples. Our contractor, Nick Petti, has a condo in Naples we had made plans to see him. Also, we had never been to Naples e…
Great Loop Date 12.30.2010: Out With the Old, In With The New…
Days #140-149: 2936.2 total milesPort #64-66: Punta Gorda to Ft. Fort Myers Beach, FLAfter a busy two days in Cape Haze, the time had come to move OB south to visit more friends. We were already halfway down the Gulf side of Florida. I…
