Great Loop Radio Podcast

Jim Favors will talk about his favorite anchorages in the Florida Keys

Our guest this week is Brad Pickel, Executive Director of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association. Brad will be filling us on on the Association's Annual Meeting, recently held in Charleston, SC, as well as updating us on issues surrounding the Waterway.

Jim Stark, Executive Director of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association, will be our co-host on the AGLCA Blog Talk Radio show this coming Friday, November 22, 2013. If you're interested in an update on this important waterway, please listen to our show at 10:00 AM Eastern Time.  

Member Barbara Wolf will join us to discuss the ups and downs of traveling with your favorite furry friend. AGLCA's blog talkl radio show is a weekly broadcast aimed at providing inspiration and information for all those dreaming of, planning, or in the midst of, the Great loop cruise.

This coming Friday, November 8, 2013, we will replay the popular blog radio segment with Vickie and Bob Riggs talking about the beautiful city of Mobile, AL and the great cruising grounds of Mobile Bay. Listen in at 10:00 AM Eastern Time to hear this informative discussion. To listen: Go to the tab for Free For Everyone at http://www.greatloop.org (http://www.greatloop.org), scroll down and click...

Those of our cruisers with masts on their boats won't want to miss the coming Friday's radio show. Member Nathan Kramer, who has studied the subject, will tell us about his decisions regarding stepping and unstepping his mast. Roger Turner of Turner Marine will also be a co-host. Turner Marine offers a stepping and unstepping service in Mobile, AL. Tune in on November 1 at 10:00 Eastern Time!

This Friday, October 25, our Guest Host will be Cary R. Wiener of Pantaenius American Yacht Insurance. Cary will discuss: · Implication of secret implied warranties. You probably won’t find these in your policy, but you’re still bound to them!   · Review of clauses found in most yacht insurance policies. What do these mean, and what property or liability risks do they cover?   · How to negotiate w...

Our Gues Host once again will be Gold Looper Joe Pica. This time he will tell us about cruising the Lower Mississippi River.

This week we will be replaying a show with Tom and Patsy Conrad on side trips along the Tennessee River.

Joe Pica  will be our co-host of Friday's Blog Radio Show. The subject will be "Lesser Travelled Side Trips" and Joe will be talking about the beautiful cities and rivers of the Ohio River.

Captains Chris and Alyse Caldwell will join us to talk about the upcoming TrawlerFest in Baltimore, Md.

Our guest this week is Jerry Nessenson of ValvTect.. He will fill us in on the steps to take to prepapre your boat for the winter and avoid headaches in the spring.

On Friday morning, September 13, we will welcome Patty and Robert Mitchell as our co-host for the Blog Radio show. Gold Loopers and Harbor Hosts, the Mitchells will talk about the cruising waters from St. Louis to Kentucky Lake.

As a follow-up to last week's show, Admiral Sponsor, Curtis Stokes of Curtis Stokes & Associates, will return to talk to us about selling your Looper Boat.

Curtis Stokes of Curtis Stokes Associates will guide us through the process of buying the perfect boat for the Loop

This is a replay of our show from January featuring Jim and Lisa Favors. They discuss the pros and cons of trailerable boats for the Loop.

Our guest hosts this week will be Woody and Ellen Sutton. They will guide us through the ins and outs of cruising around  the beautiful city of Chicago.

Our Guest Host this week is Gene Schnagl. Gene will be guiding us through the ups and downs, ins and outs, and all else concerning cruising Lake Michigan.

AGLCA Sponsor, Mark Coles of Boating Georgian Bay, will tell  us about the cruising waters of upper Georgian Bay and The North Channel

AGLCA Sponsor, Mark Coles of Boating Georgian Bay, will tell us about the cruising waters of upper Georgian Ba and The North Channel.

Our Guest Host this week is George McNeir, designer and builder of the MOG Solar Powered Electric Boat.  George will tell us about the history, specifications and other facts about this innovative cruising vessel.  

Our Guest Host this week is AGLCA member Don Bennett. Now that the Erie Canal is finally open again and everyone will be headed to Canada, we will discuss cruising the Trent-Severn and Georgian Bay.

Our guest host this week is Brad Pickel, Executive Director of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association.  Brad will talk about this status of this  waterway which is intregal to America’s Great Loop.

Our guest hosts this week are Ron and Eva Stob, founders of AGLCA. They will discuss the history of the organization and their own Loop adventure!

This is a continuation of last week's discussion with Tom Hale of Waterway Guides. We will talk more about the Chesapeake area, where to go, cruising information, marinas, etc.