Great Loop Question

dave · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:14 am Post subject:

Best of luck, Greg. My wife and I along with 2 small dogs will be starting the Loop this March. I've done a lot of boating, but this is the largest boat I have ever owned. We bought the boat with extended cruising in mind. We didn't want anything larger, because I will be basically singlehanding the boat. The shallow draft will allow us to explore places other boats can't.

DaveS · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:26 am Post subject:

Every time that I attend the SBS I'm drawn to the West Wight Potters (The vessel Greg references in a previous posting) and enjoy crawling inside them. I've always felt that it would be fun to own one of those to cruise around in. (They are definitely a "niche" boat not unlike C-Dorys in that respect). Several years ago, I encountered a flotilla of them at Friday Harbor. The majority of them in the flotilla were registered in California and they had been towed up for a well planned out cruise of the San Juan Islands.

thataway · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:02 pm Post subject:

Its been over 6 months since GregW posted on the list--so is he going to do the loop--this thread started several years ago....It would be nice to know how plans progress and what his boating experiences have been since.

Bill Uffelman · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:53 pm Post subject: West Wight Potter

That WW Potter is a tough little boat and beats doing the loop in an open row boat!

http://councill.home.mindspring.com/sbjournal/potter/potter1.html

There used to be a publication called Small Boat Journal. The editor/publisher was an advocate of gunkholing the Maine coast in an 18 or 20 foot open boat with a canvas dodger/boom tent for overnighting.

http://councill.home.mindspring.com/sbjournal/sbjindex.htm

Ranger 20 sailboat built by ancestor of Ranger Tug company fit the SBJ "style".

Bill Uffelman
Las Vegas NV

El and Bill · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:29 pm Post subject:

We're also curious whether Greg did the Loop. We completed it back in '92 in a 20' Flicka sailboat and have re-cruised favorite portions in the 22' C-Dory. A great experience. We'd encourage anyone to do the trip in a C-Dory - you need time (patience), and the dollars (we had sold our house, and lived on both the sailboat and the C-Dory during our cruises) freeing us from the responsibility of house upkeep and expense.