The Great Loop

AGLCA map used with their permission Click here for more information about the Great Loop and the America's Great Loop Cruisers Association.

The grey line on the map on the left illustrates the "Great Loop" showing a few of the side routes commonly taken by cruisers who wish to add to the basic adventure of the 5,000 plus mile basic loop. We have chosen not to cruise the entire Great Loop as a circular experience; rather, we are traveling on the loop to experience areas that we wish to visit, some of which just happen to be part of the Great Loop! The red line indicates where Sanderling has travelled since 2001, including the Dry Tortugas, Florida's St. Johns River, New England, New Brunswick (Canada), and inland Canada as of October 2011. See Adventures on and off the loop, below.

2007 Bought DeFever 41 aft cabin trawler and renamed her Sanderling

2008 Cruise from Florida to the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada, via the Bay of Fundy Read more at Sanderling Log 2008

2009 Cruise from Florida to Chesapeake Bay and spend the summer in Baltimore with short side trips in the middle and upper Chesapeake Bay Read more at Sanderling Log 2009

2010 Cruise the navigable waters of Florida's St. Johns River from it's mouth near Mayport, Florida, to Sanford (approximately 180 miles) Read more at Sanderling Log 2010

2011 Cruise from Florida to the Hudson River, then north to Waterford, New York and start the "mini-loop"; west on the Erie Canal to the Oswego Canal and into Lake Ontario; the Thousand Islands of both the US and Canada in the mouth of the St. Lawrence River; west along the northern coast of Lake Ontario to Kingston and then through the Rideau Canal to Ottawa; the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence Seaway to Montreal; the St. Lawrence River to Sorel-Tracy, Quebec; the Richeleau River and Chambly Canal to Lake Champlain; the Champlain Canal back to the Hudson River at Waterford Read more at Sanderling Log 2011