ITHAKA Crosses Her Wake (Technically)

Since the work we had done on ITHAKA at the River Forest Yacht Center (RFYC) in Stuart was complete, we pulled out of there for our last 43 mile run back to Ft. Pierce and our actual starting point for the Great Loop. When we stored the boat at RFYC, in June 2013, we had Chris Caldwell accompany us down the ICW to the Center because we were really inexperienced and thought it would be beneficial for one last training session, before striking out on our own. However, when Sara and I retrieved ITHAKA from her six month storage in November 2013, we brought her back to Ft. Pierce by ourselves. So, "technically" we have crossed our wake and closed our loop at the RFYC, even though the actual end to our trip will be our arrival at Ft. Pierce.

Just so we could have the Gold Looper Flag flying while underway, we took our white flag down and proudly replaced it with the Gold flag, signifying we were now members of a small, elite group of boaters that had completed The Great Loop.

The Gold AGLCA Flag looks great flying in the breeze as ITHAKA starts for Ft Pierce and her last day of the trip.