The Adventure Begins!

 After many years of dreaming of buying a 70s style motor yacht to take around America's Great Loop, I have finally achieved that goal! I closed on the purchase of a 1976 40' Pacemaker power yacht today. She is currently named 'Dorothy Scott', and although I appreciate her history, I am planning on renaming her for this trip. I invite your suggestions, so please post them in the comments.

For those who are not familiar with the Great Loop, it is a trip around the waterways of the Eastern half of the United States and Canada (optional). Here is a link to a map of my planned route. Planned Route You can follow along here on this blog, which I will be posting on Mondays and Thursdays throughout the trip. I also have a website set up on our company site Bridges and Beers where I will also have a podcast where I will be interviewing leaders in the transportation industry on the boat. It will be a relaxed, free flow conversation about transportation, life, and adventure.

Although I wont be starting the Great Loop officially until January 19th, 2022, I will be traveling to Virginia where the boat is located, and will blog about all the preparations, remodeling, and practicing driving the boat. She is currently located on the Potomac River, and I will be cruising the Potomac almost all of July to get in as much practice as possible before I move her to Florida in mid September. I will return to Austin until November 5th at which time I will move onto the boat until the year long trip is complete. 

On the website, I will be posting a tentative schedule and the planned route. I can always use some extra crew, so if you would like to come visit for part of the trip, please email me and hopefully we can coordinate. The boat sleeps 7 comfortably and much more uncomfortably. 

Thanks to everyone who encouraged and supported me in this endeavor and I look forward to sharing this experience with all of you.

#greatloop #IBTTA #bridgesandbeers #adventure #transportation #tollroads 

1976 40' Pacemaker Yacht

Location: Austin, TX, USA

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