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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.45
Fabric Type: 9780966914030
Fax Number: Revised
Legal Disclaimer: 0966914031
Maximum Color Depth: Raven Cove Publishing
Metal Type: Raven Cove Publishing
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 304
Total External Bays Free: June 01, 2003
Total Firewire Ports: Raven Cove Publishing
Raven Cove Publishing
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
This is the story of a couple's travels on a forty-foot trawler cruising 6300 miles and 145 locks around the eastern part of North America known as America's Great Loop or the Great Circle Cruise. Their nautical ineptitude is evident from the beginning, but pulling from their personal and collective strengths, the authors overcome doubt, a lack of experience, and real and imagined horrors. The odyssey is told the way life hands out its adventures -- sometimes humorously, sometimes tragically, but always memorably. The writing is light and appealing, but there is a serious strain running through the book for those who relish history and descriptions of the landscape. Astute and attentive to detail, they chronicled events and kept an account of expenses, equipment and charting. As a result, the appendix/guidebook is worth the price of the book for anyone interested in planning their cruise. Topics include necessary charts and guidebooks, information on locks, sett! ing an itinerary, resource addresses and websites, details on equipment and the best place to be educated about boating. The book has full-color inserts with black and white photographs interspersed throughout.
Average Rating: 
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I started out really enjoying this book as I too have dreams of completing the Great Loop when I retire. However, the more I read, the more I became annoyed by the authors writing style or storytelling. Some things that really annoyed me, noting the black people he came into contact with - the black students near Savannah State or the black boiled peanut vendor. I don't remember him writing about the white dockmaster or the fellow white boat owners. It seemed odd to me and made him somehow less credible. ... Read More
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I read the book because I wanted to learn more about the Great Loop. I wanted to know why this journey is so popular among so many and why so many boaters tell me that doing the Great Loop is their ultimate goal as boat owners. Well, I am very impressed Mr and Mrs. Stob! Although, I have to say that you had to navigate through some bad weather, the journey really offers the variety that we are looking for in a boating adventure. I am also pretty impressed that Eva and Ron managed to squeeze almost a year ... Read More
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The authors who were new to boating, decide to buy a boat and do the great loop boat trip. They prepared as well as they could by taking courses, etc., but started out with minimal knowledge. They were fast learners, though and the book documents their whole trip in good detail. Descriptions are given of the various marinas/waterways, etc. that they experienced and really gave a sense of what that trip would be like.
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A good read and very helpful for someone unfamiliar with the adventure of sailing/motoring this extensive waterway. Also a very personal account sharing with the reader their thoughts and feelings as boaters. I would certainly recommend it to anyone, like us, who are contemplating undertaking this adventure.
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Very intertaining, as well as being very helpful if one decides to do The Loop. A must read (for any type of boating) for boaters.
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