Brief Time off Boat / Now or Never in Iuka, Mississippi We are back on the boat at Aqua Yacht and gearing up to cruise. After 25 days with our boat in NE Mississippi it is time to move on. The 25 days consisted of a trip home for the […]

The adventures of Now or Never has slowed to a crawl, we are actually off the boat (for a week or so) getting some planned maintanance done. Upon our return, we will spend our remaining summer and fall on the Tennessee River, meeting up with other loopers in mid-October at

Shiloh, Tennessee Place of Peace. The Shiloh Church, built in 1851 was site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. We left Kentucky Lake and continued our way up the Tennessee River. Seems weird to say up, when we are traveling south but the river starts in

wan·der /ˈwändər/ walk or move in a leisurely, casual, or aimless way Wander Indiana is our home state slogan, we Hoosiers are getting skilled at wandering the rivers. By the time we hit Mobile, AL in late fall, we will have been on the rivers (Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee & Tenn-Tom)

Locks. In our first month of looping, we have encountered nine locks. Over the course of our trip that number will grow to more than 170! Most of our lock encounters will happen throughout the western rivers (those tributaries and inland rivers that flow to the Mississippi) and the New

    July 2 – 9 We landed at Cherokee Marina on Old Hickory Lake just prior to the holiday weekend. Cherokee is located 239 miles up the Cumberland. It would be the farthest we would travel on the Cumberland as we needed to head back through the Cheatham Lock that

14 Years! Happy, Happy Birthday sweet Remy! July 1, 2007, was a great day! We are so blessed and happy she is traveling with us on the loop. She has slowed with age, but still is that fun, sassy, sweet girl. She is adjusting to the full time extended cruising

With one week under our keel, we are now loopers! The first few days were long . . . and we mean long. We traveled 359 miles in four days (we cruise about 10 miles per hour plus lock and wait time and other various reasons to go slow), and locked

As we headed out early morning on this exciting adventure, reality set in on of all we were leaving behind. Our family, friends, known places and routines, time we would never get back to be in the moment with those we love. It was bittersweet. We left the marina with

Welcome to the Mann Aboard blog! We are glad you found us. We are David and Tasha Mann and will be cruising on our 440 Carver, Now or Never, with our spunky, senior, golden retriever, Remy. We are embarking on America’s Great Loop, a 6,000+ mile boat trip circumnavigating the