M/V Hot 'n Dirty
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Where We Are

She's in Jupiter, Florida today. Home port is the Tidewater area of Virginia. Position updates are delayed 48 hours.

Map of our planned Great Loop route: from Tidewater, Virginia north to New York, the Hudson and Erie Canal, Canada and the Great Lakes, Chicago, the inland rivers with a side trip to Nashville, the Gulf, around the Florida Keys, and home up the Intracoastal Waterway, with the Bahamas as a later trip.123456Home port: TidewaterHome portChicago, 19′6″ bridgeOswegoTrent-SevernBahamasNashvilleToday: Jupiter

The interactive map, with each stop linked to its episode, goes live before we push off.

The plan: America's Great Loop

Subject to weather, repairs and whim. We never post a passage before we make it.

LegWatersWhen
1 · North from TidewaterThe Chesapeake and the New Jersey coast to New YorkMay to mid-June 2027
2 · The NortheastHudson River and the Erie Canal to OswegoMid-June to mid-July 2027
3 · Canada and the Great LakesTrent-Severn, Georgian Bay, the North Channel, Lake MichiganMid-July to September 2027
4 · The riversChicago to the Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee rivers, with a side trip to Nashville; then winter in Nashville and summer on Kentucky and Barkley lakes, out of hurricane seasonOctober 2027 to September 2028
5 · South againTenn-Tom Waterway to the Gulf, then around the Florida KeysOctober 2028 to March 2029
6 · HomeUp the ICW to Tidewater. The Bahamas come later, as a trip of their ownMarch to May 2029