71-year-old Robert Youens lands in Pensacola beating Great Loop record in Jon boat

Robert Youens, a 71-year-old adventurer from Texas, landed in Pensacola Thursday night after becoming the fastest person to navigate through a roughly 6,000-mile boating route known as the Great Loop.

And he did it all in his 16-foot Jon boat, the Ageless Wanderer.

Youens’ Garmin tracker last reported him entering Bayou Grande, a saline estuary that is part of Pensacola Bay, at approximately 9:36 p.m. on Thursday…

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