The Great Loop

Follow along as Dick and crew embark on the last leg of the Great Loop. They'll be on "Whatever It Takes IV", a 53' 1967 Matthews. The Great Loop is the continuous waterway that encompasses the eastern portion of North America including the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, the Great Lakes, the Canadian Heritage Canals, and the inland rivers of America's heartland.

Friday, May 30, 2014

One last bit of excitement...

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The trip across the Erie Canal was a lot of fun without any real anxious moments. We did have a terrible hail storm, and lost the starboard...
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Call your family doctor...

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        We are travelling on the western section of the Erie Canal now. This canal way is almost entirely in its original location. Of co...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

It was a ball...

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      Since we were stranded in Cape May two weeks ago I have wondered why the Canals were closed. The emails from the New York Canal Syste...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Buffalo, here we come...

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          It was a risk to travel from the full service ESS-KAY marina to the east side of lock 24 in Baldwinsville. The travel book desc...
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Monday, May 26, 2014

The mechanic said "I dont know the first thing about these engines"...

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         I was really hoping to have the starboard engine repaired before the new crew showed up. Kim, the marina owner, told me that the...
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Sunday, May 25, 2014

calm, very calm

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  The distance down from the bow to a dock on "Whatever It Takes" is about six feet, unless one is jumping from the bow to a do...
Saturday, May 24, 2014

One very well known boat

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          Lock 23 is still closed (supposed to open in 2 days) so we couldn't travel any further than the western shore of Oneida Lak...
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