BRAINERD — Purchasing a boat only three weeks prior and attempting to follow the warm weather as the Brainerd lakes area started to chill, Craig Lida headed down the Mississippi river on a 360 day, ...

Jib and Teresa Davidson navigate their way out of Port 32 Marina in Jacksonville during a trip in April. The couple are among the hundreds of boaters who have completed the Great Loop in recent years.

WHICH IS ALSO FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY -- ONCE OWNED THE CHAIN -- BUT SPUN IT OFF IN 20-20. THIS IS A MAP OF THE GREAT LOOP... A FIVE TO SIX MILE ADVENTURE, AND ONLY ABOUT 200 BOATS COMPLETE IT EACH YEAR ...