More Pictures

Construction Continues

Top of boat showing solar panels(green)

Interior walls and ceiling

white v-board

Sliding windows being installed

UPDATE

Latest design renditions of Spirit Song.

With manufacturing delays the 2017 Great Loop cruise will not happen. Delivery in late June or first of July will make completion of the Loop this year not realistic. Required time and weather would make the Great Lakes portion of the cruise risky.

Production Update

With the production of Spirit Song behind schedule the Loop in 2017 may not be possible due to late fall or winter weather conditions arriving on the Great Lakes before I can complete that portion of the Loop. A little disappointing but will probably be the best. Cruising around Florida, becoming better qualified with the TT35 systems and operating the vessel will better prepare me to complete the Loop in 2018.

Spirit Song will be worth the wait.  

Great Loop 2017 or 2018 ?

UPDATE

Following a trip to Gainesville; there is a good chance the "Great Loop" adventure of 2017 may have to wait for 2018. Original plans were based on TT35 completion first week of May. Current progress indicates delivery could be them end of May. A later start might make completing the Loop in 2017 not possible due to Fall weather on the Great Lakes. Additionally, we will require a few weeks for "shakeout cruise" and system checks. Proficiency "safely" operating the TT35 is of utmost importance.

What if??

The State of Florida is surrounded on three sides by water providing access to the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Hemingway country, Bahama and beyond.    

Many exciting possibilities!

Spirit Song TT35 is nearing completion

Starboard and bow

Looking forward toward the helm

Helm and Dining area (makes into bed)

 Latest renditions of the TT35.

What does one do for 10 months on a boat?

Sunrise or Sunset? Anonymous

  Have had a few questions/concern about what you and Lincoln are going to do for 10-11 months?
Beside having to endure such things as many a sunrise and sunset as in the picture above; each day will be an adventure. Having read numerous articles on what to do and not to do "Loopers" seem to agree on one thing:
  1.  RULE 1: the PRIME DIRECTIVE, here follows: “WHEN TRAVELING BY BOAT, THOU SHALT NOT HAVE A SCHEDULE!”  That is to say: THE MOST DANGEROUS THING EVER CARRIED ABOARD A BOAT IS A SCHEDULE! 
Quote from: Travels of the Monk 36 Trawler, m/v Sanctuary

On the way around the Loop, you will cruise right by: by Capt. John

59 Forts &Fortresses

52 National Parks

48 Lighthouses

46 US Historical Sites

42 Island top listed Vacation spots

40 Famous grave sites

22 U.S. (minimum)

18 Pirate & Civil War Shipwrecks

12 Civil War Battlefields 

1 UFO sighting reported ??

1- The oldest city on U.S.

1- The oldest city in Canada

Statute of Liberty

                                                                     The Erie Canal

9 Reported Big Foot sightings

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. 

(Attributed to Mark Twain)