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Throughout the preparations and travels making up our great loop so far, one creature stands ut: the pelican. As we prepared for the loop...
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9 months in 2022 cruising America's Great Loop in a 2014 Ranger Tug R29s
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Bruce Tate
Mar 29, 20223 min
Rest
Our loop is slowing down. Part of it is the weather. Indeed, we experienced gale force winds in both Miami and Hillsboro. Both times, we...
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Maggie Tate
Mar 26, 20223 min
Solitude
Sitting on the bow I was alone with my thoughts, the warm summer breeze was wafting through my hair with the salty fresh air mingling...
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Bruce Tate
Mar 24, 20223 min
Ugly
Chroniclers of adventures navigate a tension. People want to reads about exciting or pleasant events, and I'll lean toward that...
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Maggie Tate
Mar 20, 20221 min
Things I've Learned - Week 9
Getting tied up to a fixed dock in Florida can be a real challenge. We should have done some lasso practice when Julia had her steer. If...
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Maggie Tate
Mar 19, 20223 min
Longing for Home
When I was a freshman in college I went home from Austin to Midland, Texas, every six weeks. The dorm was fine, my roommate was great but...
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Bruce Tate
Mar 5, 20224 min
Unscripted
Most of the boats in our class cary a device called a chart plotter, the marine version of the mapping apps many of us have on our mobile...
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Bruce Tate
Mar 4, 20225 min
Burgees
When we left Chattanooga on January 15th, we knew we were behind. All of the looper "bibles" we read including Super Loopers, The...
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Bruce Tate
Mar 3, 20222 min
Charm
Tourist beach towns all through the South have their own personality, but also usually have common themes. Most cater to two major...
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Bruce Tate
Mar 2, 20223 min
Cross
From the time we decided to do the great loop, we watched the trepidatious Gulf of Mexico crossing from Carrabelle to Tarpon Springs. As...
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Bruce Tate
Mar 1, 20222 min
Silent Storm
Today, we were on the boat in a storm, and it didn't even wake us up. We were in a marina. The boat rocked gently, and the gravelly...
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Maggie Tate
Feb 28, 20226 min
A Week on the Loop - Southwest Florida
In one week we've seen incredible variety that makes up Florida's Southwest coast. It's been beautiful. We left 3 days at anchor at...
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Bruce Tate
Feb 27, 20223 min
Hook
We spent our third night on the hook, or at anchor. We were tied up in deep waters with only tiny ripples on the surface, but the current...
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Maggie Tate
Feb 26, 20221 min
Things I've Learned - Week 6
Time flies - fun or not! I've used 1-ply toilet paper for 6 weeks and I automatically now put it in the bucket behind the commode. A $200...
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Bruce Tate
Feb 26, 20223 min
Ground Hog Day
In the blockbuster movie and cult classic Ground Hog Day, Bill Murray relives the same day over and over. It's hard to complain about...
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Bruce Tate
Feb 26, 20223 min
Night Lock
I rose to look in the mirror to see my haggard face. Tne events of the day before and the 6 foot waves had rattled me. We pride ourselves...
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Bruce Tate
Feb 25, 20223 min
Unknown Dangers - Wind on the Tennessee River
After a couple of days of starting our Loop, we locked through the Guntersville lock into Lake Wheeler. Our weather reports told us to...
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Maggie Tate
Feb 18, 20222 min
The Next Buoy
When Bruce and I were newly married we went kayaking on the Guadalupe River with our friend Mike. Not at all adventurous, this was me as...
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Maggie Tate
Feb 14, 20221 min
Things I've Learned - Weeks 3 and 4
I don't know how it's possible that we've been traveling for 4 weeks now....what day is it anyway. Community is where you make it. And I...
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