GL: How many loopers?

[Bill Donovan]

Randy and List:

I, too, often hear that question asked.  And my curiosity got the 
best of me, so I asked Janice Kromer, Executive Director of America's 
Great Loop Cruisers Association (AGLCA).

While there are folks who do the Loop and don't join AGLCA or don't 
notify Janice of their accomplishment, Janice estimates some 75 boats 
complete the Loop each year.  Like CCRider, some take a long time to 
do it.  The AGLCA has around 2000 active memberships, with most 
membership comprising a couple, so about 4000 Loopers.  Since the 
AGLCA was formed, there have been about 7000 total memberships.

So there you have an educated estimate from someone who deals in the 
numbers daily.

Bill


At 07:50 AM 5/25/2009, Randy Pickelmann wrote:
>My wife posed an interesting question over cocktails the other 
>night. Does anyone know how many boats do the Loop in a given 
>year?  Of course allowances have to be made for folks like Charles 
>and Pat, who take it at a snails pace.
>Regards,
>Randy Pickelmann
>MORNINGSTAR
>
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