I just saw this article in the New York Times online, regarding a landlubber reporter who spends several days on board a 52-ft Bluewater doing the Lake Okeechobee section of the Great Loop.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/...it_ma_20170324&nl=magazine&nlid=77532684&te=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/...it_ma_20170324&nl=magazine&nlid=77532684&te=1