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Skills & Courses
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Anchoring Made Simple
Free for Premium members, or pay a one-time access fee.
A step-by-step process for anchoring with confidence. Includes 3 downloadable reference cards.
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Cruising Notes
Free for all members in our community.
Real, first-hand guides to the ports and anchorages along the Great Loop route: what to expect when you arrive, where to go, and the local details you won't find in a chart book.
New destinations are added regularly as we cruise.
Gear & Products
The Loop is better with people who get it.
Two presentations, one rendezvous, and a course dropping on May 5. Here's what I'm sharing at the AGLCA Spring Rendezvous in Norfolk — and why it matters whether you're there or not.
Not every board game survives boat life. After years of cruising with kids, here's what actually got played, what got stowed permanently after one session, and what we'd bring again without hesitation.
We didn't plan to become birders. Somewhere between the rivers and the Gulf coast, it just happened… and the Merlin app is a big part of why. Here's how we use it underway and why it adds something unexpected to life on the Loop.
You've planned, prepped, and finally cast off. And then, somewhere in the first 48 hours, it hits you. Not the adventure you imagined. Something rawer, stranger, and ultimately more real than that.
I was so sure I'd remember all of it. The names, the faces, the feeling of that one anchorage at sunset. Some of it has faded. Here's what I'd go back and write down, and what I'd tell every Looper to capture before they lose it.
You've tied off, cooked dinner, and your brain is done. The last thing you want to do is write. But five minutes tonight is worth a hundred regrets later. Here's how to make it easy.