St. Bernard couple's shrimp boat takes them on a 5-month, 6,000-mile journey around Great Loop The Great Loop is a system of waterways through the eastern United States and part of Canada.

Want to support local? Copacetic Sailing is family owned in Fort Myers Beach. It offers daytime, sunset and private tours.

However, its outriggers were 10 feet longer than the average shrimp boat on Fort Myers Beach beach, so they ran into some trouble Monday trying to go under the Matanzas Pass Bridge.

The shrimp had to be thrown back to sea before the 25-foot fiberglass boat could sail onward. Toomer had just pushed the last of the haul off the side when a large rogue wave hit and overtook the ...