An Ankeny couple found a new way to scoop the loop ... the white flag on their boat's bow for a gold one, symbolizing their accomplishment. "It was just a fabulous trip where we met so many ...

You might recall the retired Duluth-area couple the News Tribune wrote about in March who were starting the second leg of a two-summer trip around ... the U.S. by boat. It’s called the ...

SHEBOYGAN - Sue and Rick Rosenwald left Sheboygan headed south on their boat, "Fire Escape," in October ... extended the Rosenwalds’ trip, the loop was still the trip of a lifetime, they said.

Whatever you call it, the five-month nautical journey that St. Bernard residents Tracy and Stacie Alfonso recently completed was the trip ... Loop since he heard about it. Called the greatest ...

then-California residents who’d taken the long trip in 1994 and documented their travels in a book, “Honey Let’s Get a Boat … A Cruising Adventure of the American Great Loop.” ...

Together, they dreamed for 30 years about attempting the Great Loop. Their longtime ... "Any reason to get on a boat," he said. Only about 150 yachts a year complete this trip, which is far ...

Those who manage it are part of a select few called Loopers ... competent handling your boat, this trip is for you,” Kim Russo, director of America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association ...