The Great Loop Experience - From Concept to Completion: A Practical Guide for Planning, Preparing and Executing Your Great Loop Adventure

by George Hospodar, Patricia Hospodar

"After almost 40 years of marriage and boating together, Captain George and Pat Hospodar completed a yearlongGreat Loop odyssey aboard their boat, “Reflection”.This trip resulted in their first book, Reflection on America’s Great Loop, a personal, light-hearted, real-life account of the couple’s travels while circumnavigating the waters of the United States and Canada.Their newest book, The Great Loop Experience – from Concept to Completion, is a comprehensive guide written to help others plan, prepare, and successfully execute their own Great Loop adventures. It also addresses the questions that these authors/lecturers are most frequently asked by future “Loopers”.Some of the many topics covered selecting and equipping your boat, choosing your route, financial considerations and trip costs, managing your onboard life, vessel security, Customs and border crossings, boating protocol, locking procedures, safely negotiating the waterways, open-water crossings, and great stops along the way.This how-to guide not only informs and educates you, but also hopes to inspire those who want to one day make this wonderful journey! The Great Loop Experience has the information you need so that you can confidently and knowledge- ably cast off your lines for your own exhilarating Great Loop adventure!"

461 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 25, 2014

Reviews

[Ben · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought this book would give me much greater knowledge and confidence when it came to planning a Great Loop adventure. The key takeaway I got from this book is that most people do the look in a counterclockwise direction (to take advantage of river currents) and that you need to be in or leave NY about May.

[Steven · Rating 1 out of 5]

Save your money ..pass it by

[Cam Benedict · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bucket list trip for me and hopefully within the next 3 years.

[Erin Schreur · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not very useful

No new information that isn’t readily available elsewhere (and for free), occasional political statements that make me wish I hadn’t put any money in the author’s pocket, and poorly written and edited.