AUTUMN

As a family on a sailboat traveling on the Great Loop, our crew of four aboard Fika was a bit out of the ordinary. The first question we’re asked when folks learn about our vessel is, “Don’t you have to take the mast down?” America’s Great Loop is a waterway adventure that will lead you on a circumnavigation of the eastern portion of the United States, and there’s one thing in the way of sailboats: fixed-height bridges.

Come autumn weather, and we'll need to get heading south. We'll route through Chicago, IL, down the river system to Mobile, AL. This segment involves 1300 miles via the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and will take us to the Gulf of Mexico.