Month: December 2025
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Goin’ with the Flow (a rising tide)
After the excitement getting into the slip at Tarpon Springs Yacht Club, we had too much adrenaline to properly rest, so we took hot showers and went for a long walk to explore Tarpon Springs. The Yacht Club, like almost every yacht club we have visited over the years, is set in the heart of
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We Crossed Over (but in a good way)
On Friday, December 19th, we motored east 27 miles from Apalachicola to Carrabelle Beach to stage for “the Crossing,” the leg from the panhandle of Florida across the Gulf to Florida’s west coast. For many loopers, traversing the 160+ miles of Gulf open waters, for the most part in the dark, and beginning and ending
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It’s a Looper Miracle!
The cardinal rule on a boat is that if something is going to break, it is going to break at the most inopportune time. The downpour of rain started early, but cozy in our boat, George woke early looking forward to a hot cup of coffee. Alas, our trusty coffee maker picked Day Two of