Prologue

As many of you may know, we first had this idea of doing the Loop back in 2008.  You can look up our blog for that adventure at:  http://durango-snowbird.blogspot.com






Here are pictures of Snow Bird, our 37 ft power catamaran:

The short version is that we tried twice to do the loop with Snow Bird, but ran out of time each attempt.  Several issues contributed to our failure to complete:
1.  The boat we chose was a brand new design and had many issues that required fixes.
2.  Weather is the controlling factor when on the water, so time schedules fell apart.
3.  We had work and family responsibilities that pulled us home and off the water.
4.  It takes a long time to go anywhere at only 8 mph!

But we had a wonderful time, learned a lot about boating, and saw some beautiful country.  We spent weeks in the Florida Keys and the Bahamas, visited many historic cities on the east coast, cruised past the statue of liberty, around Manhattan and up to Connecticut.

SO STAY TUNED, WE ARE GOING TO TRY AGAIN !