Maggie Tate
Riding on a Tow Boat
We had an unexpected adventure on a tow boat this weekend! Our neighborhood is right across from a tow company in Chattanooga. The owners...
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9 months in 2022 cruising America's Great Loop in a 2014 Ranger Tug R29s
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Maggie Tate
Feb 62 min read
Art Show and Printed Books!
I know many of our friends are anxiously waiting for printed books. Great news! After some things beyond our control - the books will be...
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Maggie Tate
Dec 14, 20231 min read
The book is here!!
Available at The Pragmatic Bookshelf We are so excited to share this with you!! Thank you to everyone who has helped along the way!
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Maggie Tate
Sep 21, 20222 min read
Chicago
Once we finally left Holland, we shorted our stay on the Eastern side of Lake Michigan. We traveled from Holland to St. Joseph, spent the...
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Maggie Tate
Sep 18, 20223 min read
A Boat is a Hole in the Water....
Finding a place to do the 1000 service on the boat was a little tricky to coordinate. We had to find a Volvo mechanic, close to an...
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Maggie Tate
Sep 2, 20222 min read
Expansion
I love the wide open space of the coastal plain in Texas. Every time we'd travel there from the hill country in Austin I could feel...
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Maggie Tate
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Oh Canada!
Entry into Canada was easy. We left Burlington, VT and headed toward the border with much excitement. The wind was picking up and the...
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Bruce Tate
Aug 20, 20223 min read
Revolution
New York was about the midway point of our loop. While it was natural to wonder what the second half would bring, we didn't have to wait...
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Bruce Tate
Aug 18, 20223 min read
Fleet
One night, we shared "docktails" with our buddy boats. One of the captains was Kim, the director of the American Great Loop Cruisers...
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Bruce Tate
Aug 17, 20224 min read
Mike
As we were cruising through Canada in the middle of June, we got word that my brother Mike had passed. Since he was wearing a monitor at...
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Maggie Tate
Jul 14, 20222 min read
Currently Quarantine
Well that virus finally got us. 2 years, 8 vaccinations (4 each) and 4000 miles into our trip, Bruce tested positive for Covid a few days...
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Maggie Tate
Jul 14, 20224 min read
Emmy
Emmy was 6 months old when we found her on PetFinder. She had been loved by a local country western singer whose career was about to pick...
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Bruce Tate
Jul 12, 20224 min read
Inlet
Nautical terms have mysterious origins. Ropes are lines, kitchens are galleys, and bedrooms are berths. Sporting is the nautical term for...
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Bruce Tate
Jul 10, 20223 min read
Dismal
Dismal Swamp is a provocatively dreary title that provokes unsavory images twice. As a son of an artist, dismal hints at a melancholy...
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Bruce Tate
Jul 8, 20224 min read
Tension
Sudden tension comes on like a rogue wave, a depth sounder suddenly wailing out a warning, or a buoy on the wrong side of the boat in...
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Bruce Tate
Jul 7, 20223 min read
Love
As the loop has gone on, we're settling into a rhythm. Some of what's happening is unexpected, like delightful stops for lunch in...
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Maggie Tate
May 30, 20222 min read
Memorial Day
This Memorial Day we went with Looper friends, Kip and Insel, to tour West Point. West Point is spectacular: the grounds, the view, the...
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Maggie Tate
May 19, 20222 min read
Delaware Bay
Tomorrow, if the weather holds, we'll head into Delaware Bay. As a friend described it today, Delaware Bay can be a "biatch." So, having...
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Maggie Tate
May 16, 20223 min read
Route Planning
Crossing these larger bodies of water like the Albemarle Sound, Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay take what feels like a lot of planning...
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Maggie Tate
May 7, 20223 min read
Verdant
Spring is my favorite time of the year. It's a yawning stretch out of a cold winter. A growing of pea green after dying barren brown. One...
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