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Harbor JournalAug 3 2026
America's inland and coastal waterways are filled with side trips to rival the main route. From the Big Easy to Boston Harbor, these are the best extensions of the great loop route you've been looking to plan next season around.
Harbor JournalAug 1 2026
Lake Okeechobee or round the bend through the Keys? If your boat allows a decision at all - two very different routes carry their own set of challenges.
Harbor JournalAug 3 2026"Two-hour wait at Pickwick this morning — one chamber down for maintenance. Tows have priority; recreational locking through in pairs."
Reports from captains underway publish here within hours of Harbormaster review. None are live this morning — the intake is always open.
A narrow-beam, trailerable pocket trawler built around range, simplicity, and low operating cost. On the Loop, the SeaPiper 37 is less a miniature yacht than a small expedition platform: slow, efficient, towable, and unusually serious about turning modest size into geographic reach.
Why this vessel: a trailerable pocket cruiser in the same spirit as the lead's Ranger Tug 27 — small-boat range and shallow-water freedom on the sound-country stretch of the route.
A Gold Looper turned buyer-broker at Admiralty Yacht Sales — researched for trawler, catamaran, and Loop-minded buyers.
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Wormsloe Historic Site, located just outside downtown Savannah, is the former colonial estate of Noble Jones, one of Georgia’s original 1733 settlers. It features Savannah's oldest standing structure—a 1745 fortified tabby house—and is famous for its breathtaking 1.5-mile avenue of over 400 live oak trees
No new route-affecting developments to report this morning.
U.S. Maritime Administrator Stephen Carmel on Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks by honoring the merchant mariners who answered an extraordinary call for help and helped...
AIS networks are a mighty addition to any onboard suite of electronics. They have significant value, but also limitations.
End ties, T-heads and wide-lift yards: the infrastructure gap that every cruising cat owner eventually has to plan around. The post Why Marinas Still Haven’t Caught Up to Catamarans appeared first on Cruising World.
A traveling boat’s toolbox is never full. Try to equip yours to handle any issues that might arise.
A small crew finds the adventure they wanted on a bucket-list journey to Greenland aboard a custom aluminum yacht.
Feeling queasy on the water happens to all of us. Here’s how to identify the early signs and counter them.
The Canadian Coast Guard has officially welcomed the CCGS Judy LaMarsh into its fleet, marking the first addition of a large vessel to its Great Lakes operations in more than three decades....
If you give your engine and generators regular love and attention, they won’t let you down.
Cannes, Newport and Annapolis anchor autumn's sailing boat show circuit as one global stage for bluewater sailing. The post Fall 2026 Boat Show Preview appeared first on Cruising World.
Windlass and ground tackle maintenance can make all the difference in an emergency.
Good seamanship means using every available tool, but never relying on any one alone.
Powered by 600 hp Caterpillar C18s, the Nordhavn 100 carries 7,000 gallons of fuel and can tow a 35-foot tender anywhere. The post The Nordhavn 100 Is Built for Serious Exploration appeared first on Yachting.
The newest boat in the builder’s popular line lets buyers choose sedan or flybridge style.
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