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Restarting the Loop on Sea Major II

2020, what a year it has become. I had stated months ago that I did not have a plan of what to do after the loop and as most people responded, there w
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Bahamas, just a taste.

We made reservations in the southern part of the Berry Islands at Chub Cay for one month since we couldn’t go to Marsh harbor in the Abaco’s due to Hu
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Key Largo and Bahamas

Key Largo is a fishing community and was a nice place to be for a couple weeks. Marina Del Mar had good ratings and it was ok but not as nice as Marli
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Heading North from the Keys.

On Friday January 31,2020, we made a big U-turn under the 7 Mile Bridge from the Gulf of Mexico and started traveling in the Atlantic Hawk Channel bac
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Nashville

   Nashville is one great city.  I lost count after 100 cranes rebuilding this town to accommodate all the people moving here from all over the countr
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CHICAGO

  Chicago, what a town.  On Friday Aug. 30th, we were scheduled to go to Portage Indiana but we decided to make an 81 mile run straight to DuSable Har
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Marooned in South Haven

  South Haven is a great little town but it is not a good place to stay in the marina if there is a westerly wind.  We had to extend our three day sta
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Saugatuck and South Haven

  Tuesday the 20th, we pulled into Singapore Yacht Club for 5 nights in Saugatuck and it was a lot of fun for us . The first day we settled in and too
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24 day Trip Recap

  Since we started on July 27, 2019, I checked our stats to see how we are doing.  These stats will be very different when we get into the river syste
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Traverse City

Ah, Traverse City, where I once shook President Gerald Fords hand at the annual Cherry Festival parade as a kid.  If I was commissioned to build a mar
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Charlevoix and Harbor Springs, MI

  On Sunday, August 4, we went to a 9:30 mass at the local Catholic church on Beaver Island and at 10:58 AM, we made way to Charlevoix . It was a sunn
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First Left Turn and Beaver Island

  We made our first major Left turn into lake Michigan on a beautiful calm day Thursday August 1st, to Beaver Island.  The loop is a counter clockwise
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Mackinaw

   We pulled into Mackinaw City Municipal Marina on Sunday the 28th for 4 nights, one day early.  We got to relax and catch up  Monday and on Tuesday
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7/28/2019 Sunday day 2

   We left the port of Port Austin at 7:54 AM and headed straight north towards Alpena and Thunder Bay on calm seas. We did not see one construction b
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First Day on the Loop 7/27/2019

   We left port from MacRay Harbor on Lk. St. Clair, MI at 7:56 AM, destination is East Tawas. Beautiful weather to leave in and ran at an average spe
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We start on Saturday July 27, 2019

Well today is Friday night the 26th. We had a lot of boating friends and family come out and help us celebrate our last night before we leave. It was
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About Cruisers Dave and Val Mamo

We started to plan for the Loop in 2015 after we decided that we enjoyed living aboard and vacationing on the water. We started our first cruise in 20
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The Great American Loop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97YH18DC9mQ&feature=youtu.beWhat is the Great Loop?The Great Loop is the continuous waterway that encompasses the east
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