Boating couple has visited 49 countries
by Bernie Delinski on 11 Oct 2017
Sue and Ed Kelly have traveled the world in their boat. They are at Florence Harbor now as they participate in the Great American Loop voyage. Jim Hannon / TimesDaily
On July 4, 2007, newly retired Ed and Sue Kelly declared their independence from land-bound living. 'We decided back in 2007 that we wanted to just live aboard a boat,' Ed Kelly said. 'I had been a lawyer and Sue had been a nurse practitioner, and we decided we were going to embrace our retirements. We decided we wanted to cruise and be explorers.'
Since that time, they have traveled to 49 countries and five continents aboard their Tom Lack-manufactured Catalac catamaran. These days, the Kellys are docked in the Shoals for a while, taking a well-earned breather and participating in America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association's Fall 2017 Rendezvous and Reunion at Joe Wheeler State Park in Rogersville.
The Great Loop is a 7,500-mile journey that encircles the eastern United States. The Tennessee River and the Shoals are among locations within the loop. For the Kellys, it is the latest adventure aboard their 40-foot-long, 17 foot, three inch-wide boat they call home. Their journeys included crossing the Atlantic Ocean, traveling through 74 European locks, and navigating the tallest canal system in the world -- 1,337 feet above sea level -- near Nuremberg, Germany.
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