New Outright Great Loop Record
11 days, 21 hours, 51 minutes
Captain Dustin Kidd and Captain Marc Crutcher left Kentucky Dam at 1:14 in the afternoon on September 6 and crossed their own wake there on September 18 at 11:05 in the morning. They took more than twenty hours off the fastest Great Loop ever run.
Chasing the outright Great Loop record: 12d 18h 10m (Lady Lor, 2025) · Record watch
Updates by satellite every 10 minutes. The finish estimate assumes a 4,700 mile route at their recent pace, so treat it as a guess, not a countdown.
The Crew
The Barrel Head From Last Time
In 2018, friends, family, and fellow Loopers signed this barrel head as Captain Dustin made his way around the Loop aboard Kidd N Around. It's come full circle. Now it's time to add more names for the journey ahead.
Sign the Barrel Head
They rode every one of these around the Loop and into the record book. Add your name to the barrel head and sign the finish.
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The Crew Behind the Voyage
Voyage Sponsors
Nine partners, each playing a part in getting this voyage underway.
The boat itself
The power behind it
NeverSoft™ keeps the tubes topped up
The custom radar mount
Home waters
Sailing lessons & rigging
The send-off lights
Watching from shore
This website & the tracker
Thank you to our incredible partners.
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