Gainesville couple finishes 6,000-mile-long boating journey along America's Great Loop - Gainesville Times

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Gainesville couple finishes 6,000-mile-long boating journey along America's Great Loop

Gainesville residents Brian Chapin and Karen Silverhorn recently completed the 6,000-mile Great Loop on their 25-foot boat "Tug Life". The trip is up the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, through New York State Canals, into the Great Lakes, down the inland river system, across the Gulf of Mexico and around the southern tip of Florida. - photo by Scott Rogers

09102021 LOOP 1.jpg — Gainesville residents Brian Chapin and Karen Silverhorn recently completed the 6,000-mile Great Loop on their 25-foot boat "Tug Life". The trip is up the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, through New York State Canals, into the Great Lakes, down the inland river system, across the Gulf of Mexico and around the southern tip of Florida. - photo by Scott Rogers

After 159 days, a Gainesville couple has completed a boating journey that took them through 20 states and more than 6,200 miles across the Eastern United States.