Waiting for the perfect weather window has paid off. In the distance of this picture you can see 5 boats ahead of us. There were three in...

Atlantic City, here we come! We decided to take the off-shore route in the Atlantic to go to Atlantic City. We looked for a perfect...

We started the day with fantastic weather and decided to make the long trip through the Delaware Bay in calm conditions. With constant...

We made our last stop on the Chesepeake in Chesapeake City, Maryland at Schaefers Marina. We were instructed that the direction that we...

We had a beautiful calm day of travel to our next stop in Havre de Grace. We traveled early on Mother's Day and had the bay to ourselves....

This was a very brief stop at Pleasure Cove Marina on our way up the Chesapeake. The best weather window was a Saturday, so we passed...

With so much to do along the way, we decided to spend a few more days planning out our trip up the Chesapeake and through to New York...

Our travel day to Solomons Island from Colonial Beach was calm and beautiful. We saw the Stiletto M80 on our Navionics as a "military...

Our first stop was always going to be the Boathouse Marina in Colonial Beach. This marina has been our home away from home for the past...

We have had the most amazing support from the staff and boat friends at Prince William Marina who took us from newbies to feeling...

We have been able to meet up with a fraction of people we wanted to before we left. Luckily, we were able to see so many friends at our...

Watch our Great Loop Launch video (without sound) that we shared at our Great Loop Launch party to learn more about our story.

Thank you to our dear friends and family who were ankle to join us for fun and friendship at our Great Loop Launch Party. We look forward...

In 2023, the Sparkling Star crew completed preparation tasks for the 2024 Great Loop. Some of the to do actions we completed were...

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The Sparkling Star returns to friends at Colonial Beach, Virginia

We got new propellers with a different pitch to help rebalance the weight load with the dinghy.

4th of July at CB

We took several journeys to DC in 2021.

The Shooting Star (Gala 330 HL) has been joined with the Sparkling Star through our Sea Wise Electric Davit system.