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Alison Major is an experienced sailor and the founder of Loop Life Academy, dedicated to helping families navigate the adventures of America's Great Loop. With over a decade of remote work experience leading international technology and software engineering teams, Alison brings her expertise to the nautical world. Living full-time aboard a 2005 Beneteau 423 with her husband, Chris, and their two children, she has sailed over 6,000 nautical miles. An educator and lifelong learner, Alison teaches Software Architecture to graduate students and passionately shares practical cruising insights and homeschooling resources for nomadic families exploring the waterways of the Eastern United States.
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The crew at Hop-O-Nose Marina in Catskill, NY helped us remove our mast. They also helped us build cradles on the deck so that we could carry our mast and rigging on deck as we traveled the Erie Canal. (Photo/ Alison Major)
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Un-Stepping the Mast for America’s Great Loop

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