Chuck Baier is our guest. He will be talking about what you need to know if you are cruising from Florida to the Bahamas as part of your Great Loop cruise.

Season's Greetings!  Listen as your fellow Looper call in to share their favorite memories of holidays aboard!

This week's episode will feature Harbor Host Kitty Nicolai and Coast Guard Auxiliary Coxswain Carol Irvin telling what to expect while cruising in and around Fort Myers. 

Planning to leave your boat and head for land for the holidays?  This week's guest, Jim Healy, will share his checklist for leaving your boat.  Get the information you need to prepare your boat before you leave it.

Happy Thanksgiving!  While our staff enjoys some time with their families, we're replaying an episode from this time last year on what to see and do while cruising Florida's panhandle.  We thought this might be helpful to Loopers out there who are waiting in that area for a suitable weather window to cross the Gulf.  Enjoy!

America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association will transition to a new platform for our website and Members' Discussion Forum on Monday, November 23, 2015.  Listen for important information for Members on accessing the new site and how to use its features.

As Loopers finish their Gulf Crossing, they're landing in Tarpon springs.  Listen as Harbor Host Herb Seaton tells us what to see and do when visiting Tarpon Springs by boat.  Join us as we learn more about this unique town along the Great Loop.

Join us as Bob Schwarz of Dog River Marina guides us from the end of the Tenn-Tom waterway at Demopolis to Mobile Bay.  Bob shares suggestions on marinas where Loopers can tie up for the night or have repairs made and what there is to see and do in Mobile.

Join us as Eddy Johnsen shares details of his daily Weather Wag reports that help Loopers choose a suitable weather window for crossing the Gulf of Mexico.  He'll give information on why, and how, he analyzes weather sources each morning and determines whether his recommendation for the day is to "go" or "stay put".

This week's guest is Phil Werndli of the Concerned Cruisers Committee of the Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA).  We'll be discussing the new "Boaters Heritage Freedom Political Action Committee" recently formed by SSCA, AGLCA, and the Marine Trawler Owners' Association to help with advocacy efforts undertaken on behalf of our Members.  Listen now to learn more, or contribute to the PAC by mailing a check to:

Boaters Heritage Freedom PAC

c/o PAC Financial Management

8489 Cabin Hill Road

Tallahassee, FL  32311