‘Plans are useless but Planning is essential.’ – Eisenhower
As we enter the final month of prep for starting the Great Loop, our plans have changed. The thought was to take Aisling to Burlington, VT and leave her for the Winter picking up the Loop next Spring from there. Well that’s not going to work given Caty has planned a wedding for next June. So the new plan is to make our way to Waterford, NY, where the Erie Canal begins and then turnaround and head back to Warwick. This will gives us the opportunity to continue to maintain and upgrade Aisling while she is an hour away from our home versus 5 hours to Burlington.
This month we will test everything and fix all those things we find are not quite right. Provisioning for a month should be easy as this voyage will largely use Marinas in populated areas. We are tuned into the LNM (Local Notice to Mariners) for the areas we will be traveling to and through, following weather patterns and any named storms that develop. Studying currents approaching NY Harbor and in the Hudson River…
We have been prepping for this for 2 years and will soon be on our way!
Aisling goes Looping 