Skipper Bob - The Great Circle Route

The Skipper Bob – The Great Circle Route is an experienced and informative guide to the 5,000 plus miles of the Great Circle. If you cruise long enough, someone will ask if you have completed the Great Loop.

The Great Loop is completed almost entirely in protected waters. You can start anywhere on the loop, but many boaters begin the journey in Florida in the spring. This guide is written from that perspective. The Great Loop is an amazing experience, if you do it all at once or do it in smaller segments over several years. The chapters are organized geographically and offers helpful information all along the way.

Skipper Bob and his wife Elaine cruised over 44,000 miles while living aboard both a trawler and a sailboat. They traveled Up and down the Intracoastal Waterway several times, completed the Great Loom Rout, explored the NY Canal Systems, the Trent-Severn, Rideau and Richelieu Canals, Georgian Bay and the North Channel. They cruised up the Ohio River to Pittsburg and visited the National Park in the Dry Tortugas. Now in its 15th edition, this guide and the whole series of guides have helped new and experienced cruisers get the most cruising for themselves.

General Features:

• Skipper Bob's publications are a compilation of information received from a long list of cruisers and the personal experience of the late Skipper Bob and his wife Elaine, and the current editor, Ted Stehle, and his wife Audrey
• The Skipper Bob Guides are not typical "cruising guides", but basic guides on what you find along the waterway
• This guide book includes information about:
  • Mile by mile list of hundreds of marinas
  • Lowest marina and fuel prices
  • Anchorage details with extensive rating system
  • Courtesy Dockage and Yacht Clubs that offer reciprocal privileges
  • Transient and Long Term slip fees
  • Do-it-yourself yards and haul out fees
  • Information on courtesy cars
  • Propane and CNG Sources
  • Shopping and Points of Interest identified by statue mile
  • Post offices, close to harbors, that accept General Delivery
  • Approach Depth and Directions
  • Number of transient slips
  • Best anchorages
  • Free docks
  • Details on Bridge and Lock restrictions with VHF Channels
  • Waterway problem areas
  • Pump out locations
  • "Dog Stops" identifying where you can safely land your dog
  • Internet access locations and availability as well as marinas with WiFi
  • Appendix lists all NOAA charts that cover all areas of the Guide
• Updated annually, they are laid out in an easy to use mile by mile format
• Updates by cruisers are submitted between publication dates are posted in a special section on the Skipper Bob website

Publishing Information:

• Publisher: Skipper Bob Publications
• Edition: 17th
• Publication Date: 2017
• Binding: Spiral Cover Paperback
• Size: 8.5" x 11"
• Pages: 107