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Thanks folks. Not too late at all – we don't plan to leave for another 4 years. 40 feet does sound like a good length. The trick is finding a boat that uses that space efficiently. We're planning to start training this fall by taking the powerboat handling/cruising course offered by Florida...

Thanks for the additional info, please keep it coming. Somebody pointed me to Jay Benford's trawler designs – beautiful boats but looks like they're custom-built (and not currently for sale). However I liked the way they fit more interior space into a shorter package.

Will do, thanks much. If anyone else has thoughts on the overall sanity of this plan, please comment. Also if anyone can suggest boats that have a similar design sensibility to the Pluckebaums, but smaller, I'd be interested. I love the Pluckebaum approach but 50' is their smallest size.

OK, thanks. Should I ask in the Marinas forum? I bought some of the Great Loop books, but they stick closely to a specific itinerary and don't always discuss length limitations.

Thanks everyone, this is exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping for. Seems like the main issue being raised right now is lack of good cellular coverage. I think this is OK for the concept we have in mind, which is that we'd cycle between (a) multi-week stays at marinas (anchored out as...

Hi there, this is my first post on this forum. We are in the early stages of planning a multi-year liveaboard phase with two school-age kids. The idea is to do a "half-Loop," starting in the Great Lakes in the summer and following the conventional Loop down to winter in the Gulf, then turning...