Captain Needed

Hi,

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I am not a Captain but am sure there will be one or two who reply to this ad.

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Hi,

Capt Ken (as I see you call yourself elsewhere on the net).

What exactly is the Great Loop you are referring to near the end of your post?

Antiquato,
It's not my place to tell anyone how to post so I was hoping that my heading to you would give you the hint. Otherwise I would have PM'd you to keep it private. BTW, Annapolis, "MS" ?
If you're home ported in Annapolis, bought the boat in Portland and are trying to get it transported home you might want to forget the scenic trip and put it into the hands of a captain for transport. You've got several very good ones in your home port, and competition there may have their prices lower than elsewhere.

The trip from Portland is just long, and not what that boat is designed for. No fun or even great scene there. Just water. He'd do well to have it brought down to Newport and meet it there. From that point there will be scenes and learning of things relevant to it's future use. He'll get enough "open ocean" experience on his run down Jersey, but with the advantage of being able to hop inside if need be. This is PLEASURE boating. Sometimes when you jump in with both feet you just drown. On the other hand, when they are ready to circumnavigate the east coast I'll surely discount my rate for that as that's been a dream for a long time (I'm sure they'll do that alone though). For them or anyone else contemplating doing the loop I heartily recommend watching the PBS series "On the Waterfront" I think it was called.
BTW, Pascal makes a very good point about running the coast. I consider it a college education in boating. Every boater should do it once. However certain experiences you can do without. Of my 2 dozen plus runs up & down the coast one was completely outside. Since I lived through it I'm glad I did it, but going around Hattaras in a gale is not an experience everyone needs. Likewise the run from Portland to the CC Canal in a little boat.

K1W1
It is a trip through the Hudson River, Erie (NY State) Barge Canal, Great Lakes into Chicago, Illinois River, Mississippi River, Ohio River, the Tennessee-Tom Bigbee Waterway down to Mobile Alabama, and then the ICW back up to where you started.
A very interesting trip (once )

Like the way you ended that Ken. "Once " Just how I feel about the ICW. The funny thing is that I always manage to learn or see something new along the way; it is beautiful and for most of us it's done on different boats and with different people. So why do we bore so easily? Must be the wonderlust that got us into this business in the first place. I know people who go to the same vacation place week after week, year after year and love it. They go to the same office day after day. I often envy them doing their 20 or 25 safely and having a pension waiting, but when I think of going back to an office I think I'd go nuts. Sorry guys. I digress. Didn't mean to hijack. Maybe there's a different thread in there.

Hi,

NYCAP has turned me on to an interesting looking DVD about some guys who spent 4 yrs doing that and filmed it all. I have ordered it this morning from a place in Miami via Amazon and hope to have the 4 disk set in about a week or so.

Most of the Great loop is a little over-exaggerated. I just did Ft. Laud to NY, up the hudson, Troy to Oswego, Welland canal, Lake ontario, Erie, Huron, and Lake Michigan to Chicago. Troy to Oswego was a very nice part of the trip as was the Detroit river. The Hudson was over-rated and the great lakes were well just large lakes. All in all it was nice, but not awe-inspiring. I am going to do the chicago south to Ft. laud in a few months.

Ah, we do become jaded. Actually, timing is everything. Last October I did eastern Long Island, up the Hudson to Troy and back in 5 days (liesurely). Even met up with the Clearwater along the way. It was gorgous.....Fall Foliage season. I also don't recommend the Great Lakes and Chicago in January (real cold and stormy) or Georgia in mosquito season. On the same note I usually get my coastal runs after hurricane season (no bikinis and lots of winter storms). This may also account for why I seldom want to do the same trip twice. Turn a pleasurable hobby into a job and it becomes a job.

How could I have EVER forgotten about that? I've only hit Georgia 4 times I believe and only once with the flies. I avoid it like the plague. Lovely state, lovely people,but those flies Plus it's just faster to run across from St. Augustine or Mayport to Hilton Head or Charleston.

Hi,

I doubt declining of the thread would stop all traffic to your e mail addy as you seem to be readily identifiably owing to the number of other posts you have elsewhere online.

The forums are as far as I am aware are not a Classified Advert cover, bearing this in mind and as a newbie poster you should maybe ask the admin to close it not delete it so other searchers can use your e mail as an indication of your bogus inquiry's