Information On Cruising The Great Loop

Our show this week will feature member Dave Fuller, Vessel Safety Check Officer for the United States Power Squadron and the Coast Guard Auxiliary. He is the District Captain-North for the Coast Guard Auxiliary 7th District. We will discuss PERBs, EPIRBs, and AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators). Be safe, not sorry, listen top this show!

We will be giving an update on the effects of Super Storm Sandy on the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway and the status of many of the marinas in the area. The information will be offered by Waterway Guide News Editor, Michael Ahart. Listen on Friday, February 22, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time.

Captains Chris and Alyse Caldwell will join us live from the Miami Boat Show. They will fill us in on what's new at the show and also talk a little about taking your bicycle on the Loop with you.

Gues Host barbara Benjamin will join us to discuss cruising with her golden retriever, Lily, and cruising with pets in general. This should be an entertaining and educational show for all you Loopers thinking of bring Fido along for the ride!

Guest hosts Frederick Clarkson and Gerry Etzold will join us to discuss the financial aspects of doing the Loop.

The topic for our Blog Talk Radio Segment this Friday, January 25, 2013, will be "Advantages and Disadvantages or Cruising on a Trailerable Boat vs. a Larger Motor Yacht". Editors, Gold Loopers and Harbor Hosts, Jim and Lisa Favors will share their opinions and experiences with our listeners.

This is a rebroadcast with our Guest Hosts, the ever-popular, Capt Sterling and Judy Kennedy.  The subject this week will be cruising the upper Keys in Florida, Key Largo to Marathon via the Inside Route.

Our Guest Hosts this week are Gold Loopers Jerry and Jenny Reves. They will take us through their Loop journey and tell us what made it unique while sharing some of the highs and lows they experienced on the journey. It should be great fun for newbies and veterans alike!

Today's show is a repeat of the conversation with AGLCA's founders, Ron and Eva Stob.

This Friday December 28th at 10 am we will have a discussion on Dinghy Dynamics with Captains Chris & Alyse Caldwell. Many of you are still searching for the perfect looping boat but don't forget to include your dinghy in the planning. Why would a cruiser even need a dinghy? What do you plan to do with it? Do you have a need for speed? Where do you store a dinghy? Did you know there is such a thing as dinghy etiquette? Tune in to learn about all this and more!

This is a rerun of our show originally taped in January. Our Guest Host is Chuck Baier and he will talk about where to go and what to see once you have cruised to the Bahamas.

Our guest host this week will be Chuck Baier, former Editor of Waterway Guide. He will be discussing cruising to, from and around the Bahamas

Bruce and Susan Armstrong will be our Guest Hosts to talk about cruising the waters around South Florida, Naples and the Flroida Keys.

Our Guest host will be Ron Matuska, Harbor Host from Dunedin, Fla. We will be discussing cruising, touring and provisioning in Tarpon Springs, Dunedin and Clearwater - the West Coast of  Florida.

Harbor Hosts Bob and Vickie Riggs will join us to talk about their home waters of Mobile Bay and places to go, things to do, marinas to check out, in the surrounding area.

Our Guest Host this week will be Brad Pickel of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association. He will give us a recap of the Conference held in Charleston, SC, Nov. 13-14, and tell us where they will go from here.

This coming Friday, November 9, 2012, we will have an open discussion among the AGLCA Team, Larry Grafas of Hoffman Marina in Brielle, NJ, and Mark Allen from South Jersey Marina in Cape May, NJ. Joe Apicella, who is currently on the waterway cruising south from Maryland, will try to join us, too. Don't forget to tune in at 10:00 Eastern Time on Friday morning.

Advice on appropriate weather conditions to cross the Gulf of Mexico by boat

THIS IS A REBROADCAST   Our Guest Host this week is Curtis Stokes of Curtis Stokes & Associates. Curtis will be giving us some helpful tips on what to look for when buying a boat.

Our Guest Hosts this week are Captains Chris and Alyse Caldwell of Captain Chris Yacht Services. They will be talking about taking a side trip from Mobile to New Orleans and various marinas, anchorages and things to see along the way.