Welcome aboard

In May 2027 we set off on America's Great Loop, roughly 6,000 miles by water: up the East Coast, through Canada and the Great Lakes, down the rivers to the Gulf, and over to the Bahamas.

We're Brad and Debra. In November 2026 we bought a 1986 DeFever 57 and renamed her Hot 'n Dirty, after the dirty martini with blue-cheese olives. Riley, our Lakeland Terrier, is crew too, and she's coming along for all of it.

This winter is the refit. Follow along as we get her ready.