GL: New Loopers

[John & Judy Gill]

Fran and Brian,

Please do yourselves a great favor and join the Americas Great Loop
Cruisers Association <www.greatloop.com>.  It is a great association
of members who have done the Loop, those on the Loop and those who
are still in the Dreamers category.  Each year there is a new Email
subscribers list of those members actually on the Loop and a few who
have done the loop.  This list will be a big asset as you cruise on
the Great Loop.

You may also enjoy reading our Great Loop logs, looking at our
digital photo's and reading some of our Long Range Cruising Articles
which will help you prepare your new vessel for the Great Loop Cruise.

John and Judy Gill
Two Js V, a 36 ft. Carver Mariner
Slip E-26, Sassafras Harbor Marina, Georgetown, MD
AGLCA Loopers
Pennsway Power Squadron - USPS Life Members
Orillia Power Squadron CPS-ECP
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On Jan 15, 2007, at 9:11 AM, Jake2124@aol.com wrote:

> Our De Fever 41 is due to arrive in Mobile, AL from San Francisco,
> CA today.
> As soon as we have it put back together off we go on the loop.
> Being from the
> West Coast, we don't know too much about this skinny water we keep
> hearing
> about. Our first leg is from Mobile to the Fort Meyers area, and it
> seems like
> there are either 2 or 3 ways to go. One is Straight across from
> Carrabelle to
> Cedar Keys, another Carrabelle to Tarpon Springs, yet another is
> going around
> the rim areas. From the postings, it seems like the rim route is
> out because the
> rivers are too shallow to enter for the most part, so you cannot
> really stop
> anywhere. One of our guide books (The Great Circle Cruise by G.
> Bickley)
> suggests using the rim route to have calmer waters, but don't stop
> along the way.
> That seems appealing to us, but are we missing something? We have
> sufficient
> fuel range and crew. Basically, the suggested route is buoy to
> buoy. From
> Carrabelle channel buoy number R12 to R2 to R24 to R22, R20, R18,
> R16, R14 etc. Any
> experience or comments going this way.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Fran and Brian
> Endeavor
> De Fever 41
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