Jib and Teresa Davidson navigate their way out of Port 32 Marina in Jacksonville during a trip in April. The couple are among the hundreds of boaters who have completed the Great Loop in recent years.

SISTER BAY - Amy and Scott Heidler have enjoyed taking their boat out on the water for cruises for pretty much all of the 35 years they've been married. But while they've taken their boat on what some ...

MANITOWOC - Back on Sept. 2, 2021, Jill and James Iverson locked up their home, walked down the street to the Manitowoc Marina, climbed into their sailboat and careened away for more than a year. The ...

Opportunities to go on the adventure of a lifetime may be few and far between, but for Costa Mesa residents and boating enthusiasts Dan Salazar and Ann Johnson, an epic journey is just a boat ride ...

DULUTH — Buying a big boat and taking a 6,000-mile trip over two years wasn’t the kind of adventure that Kay Libby initially had in mind for retirement, at least not until COVID-19 hit. “Then I ...

Kay and Greg Libby spent two summers circling the eastern half of the U.S. on their boat, Superior Passage. Kay and Greg Libby on the aft deck of their trawler, Superior Passage, docked at Drummond ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — After what seemed like being dealt a bad deck of cards of life, Susan Pellett had one thing she wanted to complete from her bucket list – start and finish the Great Loop. Pellett, ...

MANITOWOC – When you complete a feat rarer than climbing the summit of Mount Everest, you really oughta write a book about it. So that's what one Manitowoc couple did. Back on Sept. 2, 2021, Jill and ...

This past summer, boater Preston Midgett fulfilled a longtime dream of traversing the Great Loop, a 4,300-mile boating voyage that took him around the eastern United States. He has a simple ...

KNIFE RIVER, Minn. — Cross one adventure off Kay and Greg Libby’s bucket list. They are officially “Loopers” now. You might recall the retired Duluth-area couple the News Tribune wrote about in March ...

Arnold residents Bob and Laurie Pasieka sailed up the Severn River June 2 on their 15-year-old Rinker Cruiser where they were greeted by boater friends with horns blowing and water guns blazing. After ...