Nellie May
  • Nellie May
    • What does the tug look like?
  • The Great Loop
    • June 2017
    • August 2017
    • September 2017
    • October 2017
    • November 2017
    • December 2017
    • January 2018
    • February 2018
    • March 2018
    • April 2018
    • May 2018
    • June 2018
    • July 2018
    • August 2018
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Want to see photos from our trip?  You will find links to each month under The Great Loop link .
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        Just a note...if you want to read the stories in chronological order you need to drop to the bottom of the page and start there.

​Did you miss Tim's presentation at the Madison Public Library?
You can watch it here: (many thanks to Josh Boldt for the video)

​Nellie May on the Erie Canal video-
Many thanks to Elizabeth on the Looper boat called Contentment for this video.  We were cruising together between the Locks and she got creative...

​The Great Loop

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​Our trip will take us away from South Dakota for one year as we travel 5,000 to 6,000 miles on our Ranger25 tugboat.  We will celebrated 40 years of married life May 2017 so we figure we can stand the close quarters as we adventure together. 
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Or as we often say..."What could possibly go wrong?"

Articles about The Great Loop: (or Google   The Great Loop)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2016/04/29/great-loop/83659330/

The Great Loop Cruising Association

What is The Great Loop?

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​What is The Great Loop?  This article explains the Who, What, Where and How of this great adventure on the Intracoastal Waterway.

"Every year around a hundred boats prove this point by completing a circumnavigation of the entire eastern U.S. The path, called the Great Loop, is a continuous waterway connecting lakes, rivers, sounds, canals, the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway."

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The circumnavigation of Eastern North America by water is known as the Great Loop. Also referred to as America's Great Loop and the Great Circle Route,[1][2] the trip varies from 5,000 to 7,500 miles (8,000 to 12,000 km) depending on route options and detours taken. The boats used range from personal watercraft to 60-foot-long (18 m) yachts. Both sailboats and powerboats travel the loop, but the most common boats are 34–45-foot (10–14 m) recreational trawlers. The main factors that govern the size of the boats are the limited draft (5 ft, 1.5 m) in some locations on the loop and the height of one bridge (19 ft, 5.8 m) in Chicago. People traveling the Great Loop are known as "loopers". The number of people attempting this voyage is growing as baby boomers reach retirement age.[3] In 2007, more than 150 boat owners notified America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association (AGLCA) that they planned to attempt the loop in the coming season.

  • Nellie May
    • What does the tug look like?
  • The Great Loop
    • June 2017
    • August 2017
    • September 2017
    • October 2017
    • November 2017
    • December 2017
    • January 2018
    • February 2018
    • March 2018
    • April 2018
    • May 2018
    • June 2018
    • July 2018
    • August 2018
  • Nellie May -The Original
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