St. Johns River Side Trip

9am – 10am EST, 30 January 2025 ‐ 1 hour

Route Briefing Track

Many Loopers on their way north each spring make their way out of Florida quite quickly to keep up with the group.  But are they missing one of the Loop's gems? Tim and Diane Vandersall along with their 5-year-old Australian Shepherd, Maggie, ventured up and down the St. Johns in Spring of 2023 and found it to be one of the most memorable sections of their Loop.  They will review their stops and highlights along the way and provide additional anchorages and marinas available to make your journey into the St. Johns River also one to remember.

Location:  Hibiscus Hall C

Speakers

Tim & Diane Vandersall

Gold Loopers

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Tim & Diane Vandersall

Gold Loopers

Tim and Diane Vandersall hale from Northeast Ohio where they lived most of their lives and raised their eight children.  Discovering the Great Loop in 2014, they slowly began to turn the dream into reality.  They bought their Loop boat, Wilma May, in Alabama in 2020, retired, sold nearly everything they owned including their home, cars and possessions in 2022, and moved their remaining things to Wilma May in August of that year. They set sail on the Great Loop on the Tennessee River on November 1, 2022 and finished 366 days later.  They currently live aboard while cruising the east coast and beyond.