C-Dory for Great Loop article

CPlay · Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 10:15 am Post subject: C-Dory for Great Loop article

Enjoyable article about doing the Great Loop in C-Dorys.
https://powerandmotoryacht.com/voyaging/small-boats-big-loop/
This article is also in this months Soundings magazine but I do not see it on the Soundings magazine website yet.
-Jeff-

thataway · Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 12:11 pm Post subject:

Jeff, thanks for posting the link. I had missed it in the February issue for some reason. I often skim Power and Motor Yacht instead of reading all of the articles.

BigSwede · Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 1:52 pm Post subject:

Thanks for posting.

I was hoping he would get into the day-to-day logistics of doing the Great Loop in a small boat, especially with a dog (and no dinghy), but enjoyed the article nonetheless.

thataway · Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 5:08 pm Post subject:

second post in error.

CPlay · Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 4:45 pm Post subject:

https://soundingsonline.com/features/destinations/small-boats-on-the-great-loop/

Similar article in Soundings magazine with some different pictures.

-Jeff-

thataway · Posted: Sat May 31, 2025 3:45 pm Post subject:

It is a little hard for me to understand why in 2009 he did not buy a proper chart plotter instead of using a Garmin automobile GPS. He made it sound like anchoring was a extraordinary event. I prefer the way Salty with Jonathan Arthur and Rosie have done the Loop multiple times with different routes all in a C Dory 22.

Apparently he outfitted at Tom Cat with 140 Suzukis, and shorter shafts so he did not have to raise the motors when in shallow water. That seems as if it would negate the advantages of speed in rougher waters of the Tom Cat.