On this week's episode of the Great Loop Radio podcast, Cherie Ve Ard and Chris Dunphy join us to talk about staying connected in order to work while Looping. Cherie and Chris are Loopers whose site, Mobile Internet Resource Center, includes guides to help you select the gear and services that can help you ensure internet connectivity while you cruise. They'll offer their suggestions and tips during the podcast.

On this week's episode of the Great Loop Radio podcast, Keith Ruse, President of Deltaville Boatyard, talks about preventative maintenance on your Great Loop boat. Keith is an American Boat & Yacht Council Certified Master Technician and on this episode, we cover oil and filter changes.

On this week's episode of the Great Loop Radio podcast, the Home Port Crew fills you in on the details of the upcoming Virtual Fall Rendezvous.  Learn about the seminars, social interactions and fun things on the agenda, what technology will be used to make it all happen, and important registration deadlines.

On this week's episode of the Great Loop Radio podcast, we're doing something a little different!  We're replaying an episode of PassageMaker's new podcast, Trawler Talk. Kim Russo, AGLCA's Director, was invited to discuss the Great Loop on this episode of Trawler Talk.  We hope you enjoy it!

This week's episode of the Great Loop Radio podcast is Part 2 of "Ladies on the Loop".  This week we'll talk to authors of two more chapters of the e-book.  Sarah Bowlin will share why "It's Not All Sunset and Chardonnay" and Reenie Boyer will talk about the importance of your boat's name on the Loop.

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On this week's episode of the Great Loop Radio podcast, Susan Costa, the woman behind the new "Ladies on the Loop" e-book, joins us to talk about how to book came to fruition and what readers can expect.  Also with us is Gold Looper Jodi Symes who shares the details of her chapter titled "There's No Crying on the Flybridge".  Jodi shares the things she put in her "toolbox" to make the Loop more enjoyable.  This is part one of a two-parter.  Next week we'll hear from the authors of two more chapters of "Ladies on the Loop".

On this week's episode of the Great Loop Radio podcast, Gold Looper Jim Lund shares some of the mistakes he and Leslie Poole made on their Great Loop.  Jim hopes that by sharing their missteps, he can help others avoid making those same mistakes.

With the U.S./Canada border still closed and the Oswego Canal opening soon (which will allow Loopers to reach Lake Ontario), some Loop boats will be transiting the Welland Canal to get from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie next week.  On this episode of the Great Loop Radio podcast, we discuss the still-vague Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) requirements to transit the Welland during COVID.  In addition, our guest, Rodger St. Amand, who has transited the Welland hundreds of times, explains how the Welland is different from other canals on the Great Loop route, and what you need to know to safely transit it.

On this week's episode of the Great Loop Radio podcast, Gold Looper Bill Webster joins us to talk about Looping on a small boat.  Jim and his wife, Molly, completed the Great Loop aboard their Rosborough 246.  Bill will share the advantages and disadvantages of Looping on a small boat, as well as some tips for making a smaller boat more usable and comfortable for the Great Loop.

On this week's episode of the Great Loop Radio podcast, Bill Drage, Immediate Past Chair of Canal New York, returns to update us on the status of the Erie Canal and the Save the Erie Initiative.