Webinar Hosts Jessica Grimm, Sailing Specialist with Navionics, has been sailing and boating for most of her life. She and her husband spent a year in the Bahamas and Caribbean living on their sailboat and are currently planning their next big trip with their 1 year old son. Ed Tillett, GM / Editor-in-Chief of Waterway Guide Media. Sailor, fisherman, author and multimedia producer, his career spans 40 years of broadcast, instructional design and publishing. Owner of a classic 1947 yacht, he and his wife Anne live in eastern Virginia along the Rappahannock River. Kim Russo, Executive Director of America s Great Loop Cruisers Association. As the driving force behind AGLCA, Kim maintains and directs the planning and events associated with keeping "loopers" informed and up to date.
Agenda What is America s Great Loop? Who should consider traveling the Loop? What to expect? How to prepare? Possible routes?
What is America s Great Loop? Intracoastal Waterway
What is America s Great Loop?
Who Should Undertake the Great Loop?
Who Should Undertake the Great Loop?
What to Expect
How to Prepare
How to Prepare
How to Prepare
Navigation and Seamanship
Navigation and Seamanship
Electronics
Information Resources
Information Resources
Information Resources
Miscellaneous Equipment
Safety and Health
In the Galley and On Board
In the Galley and On Board
Pets
Communications
Communications
Clothing and Gear
Boat Maintenance and Repairs
Boat Maintenance and Repairs
Boat Maintenance and Repairs
FAQs
FAQs your
FAQs
FAQs
The Route(s) & Side Trips
Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure...
Patience is not a virtue - it's a necessity...
If the Admiral ain't happy, ain't nobody happy...
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the tradewinds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Thank You for Attending! More Questions? Reach us at: Jessica Grimm: jgrimm@navionics.com Ed Tillett: Waterway Guide Media Kim Russo: AGLCA
The Route(s) & Side Trips
! TennTom Great Loop Waterways
! TennTom! Gulf ICW Great Loop Waterways
! TennTom! Gulf ICW! Atlantic ICW Great Loop Waterways
Great Loop Waterways! TennTom! Gulf ICW! Atlantic ICW! Chesapeake, NJ, Hudson River
Great Loop Waterways! Erie Canal! If staying in U.S.! 15-foot clearance! Lake Erie! Lake Huron
Great Loop Waterways! Entering Canada! Erie Canal to Oswego Canal to Kingston! 19 foot clearance
Great Loop Waterways! Entering Canada! Erie Canal to Oswego Canal to Kingston! 19 foot clearance! Triangle! Lake Champlain, Richelieu, St. Lawrence, Rideau! 17 foot clearance
Great Loop Waterways! Trent Severn Waterway! Georgian Bay! North Channel! Lake Huron
Great Loop Waterways! Trent Severn Waterway! Georgian Bay! North Channel! Lake Huron! Lake Michigan
Great Loop Waterways! Trent Severn Waterway! Georgian Bay! North Channel! Lake Huron! Lake Michigan! Illinois River
Great Loop Waterways! Trent Severn Waterway! Georgian Bay! North Channel! Lake Huron! Lake Michigan! Illinois River! Mississippi River
Great Loop Waterways! Trent Severn Waterway! Georgian Bay! North Channel! Lake Huron! Lake Michigan! Illinois River! Mississippi River! Ohio River
Great Loop Waterways! Trent Severn Waterway! Georgian Bay! North Channel! Lake Huron! Lake Michigan! Illinois River! Mississippi River! Ohio River! Tennessee River
Questions Submitted Feedback/ Questions to Ask: How much will it cost? What is the maximum draft and bridge clearance? My question is what is the record for the fastest loop? Good places to dock - (conversely ) places to avoid. Hazards ("This bay is notorious for XYZ".) Places to spend extra time. Challenges. Resources...(aka https://www.greatloop.org/) Will A Tampa Girl go on a Great Loop? Places of interest, ie museums, cultural and historical attractions, costs involved, places and areas to re-provision, etc How many fishing license and their cost? I would focus on resources (i.e. the above websites) and etiquette (i.e. passing large ships, barges, other pleasure craft, etc) What side trips (such as Lake Superior) would you do? Which route did you take (number of options)? If you did it again, what stops would you do again versus avoid? Where would you spend more time, why? What was your percentage of anchoring versus marinas? Docks and good stops Max boat height and max draw