For These Intrepid Boaters, Life Is but a Great Loop

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For These Intrepid Boaters, Life Is but a Great Loop
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Sure, you can navigate the Great Loop in a kayak. But some cruisers are hitting the waterway in boats with 1,000 square feet of living space.

Retirement has taken Larry and April Smith in circles—with no end in sight. Twice these avid boaters have completed the Great Loop, a roughly 6,000-mile journey by water that circumnavigates the eastern half of the U.S. and part of Canada. Now, they are planning their third go-round of the Great Loop.

Their only home is a 2018 Aquila 44 Power Catamaran named One Eye Dog, on which they travel with their one-eyed dog, Abby. “Never in a million years did I think we’d buy a boat or end up living on a boat,” says Ms. Smith, 62,...

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