You've decided.
Now let's get you ready.
Planning the Great Loop is a real project — budgets, routes, timing, boat prep, and about a hundred other things. The good news is that most of the hard questions have already been answered by someone who went before you.
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Courses for Planners
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Remote Work Afloat — Webinar Series
Free for Premium members, or pay a one-time access fee.
Can you actually work a full job from a boat? YES.
Here's how.
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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.
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Planning Your Loop Budget
This course walks through the real cost categories, the things most people forget to budget for, and how to use the Great Loop Budget Planner spreadsheet to build a number that actually reflects your trip — not someone else's.
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Is Your Boat Ready for the Loop?
This course takes an honest look at the threshold questions every Looper should answer before they cast off — not to scare you, but to make sure the adventure you're planning is actually possible with the boat you have.
Planning Tools
The Book
Remote Work Afloat
The guide Alison wished existed when planning her own Loop — covering internet setup, managing work while underway, and the real tradeoffs of living and working aboard.
AGLCA's resources include a cost calculator built on real Looper data, a boat-buying guide, route-planning tools, and a member forum.
Loop Life Academy complements AGLCA. Think of them as the official route guide and us as the smaller, more personal conversation.
Get Personal Help
Planning is better in community.
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.
Six thousand miles sounds impossible until you stop looking at the whole thing and start breaking it into something smaller. Here's how to approach Great Loop route planning like someone who's actually done it.
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.
There's no single "right" boat for the Great Loop. But there are smart ways to think through the decision and a few things that matter a lot more than most people expect.
This isn't a "should I do it?" post. You already know the answer to that. These five questions are about going in clear-eyed, with honest conversations had and real expectations set.
Cruising guides are invaluable — and also, occasionally, a lot. Here's how to read them like an experienced Looper instead of a panicked student cramming for an exam.