Greetings all,
My wife and I are very interested in doing the Great Loop. We're still several years away but found ourselves talking about how to get started. The obvious question for us was, "Can we try it out first?"
We're boaters, but only to the extent of bowriders and pontoons on a lake. We're reasonable and intelligent people with the ability to learn but realized that the Loop is a much different animal than what we're use to, so we should probably get some more info.
With that in mind, we would like to have someone take us out on the ICW (or other river system) for a few days so we can actually get a feel for whether this is something that we would actually enjoy..... or not. The issue is, I'm not sure where to start looking. Are there reputable charter services that would take us out for a weekend on a trawler that would be compatible with a boat that we may eventually use? Are there options other than a charter?
We're in Southern Illinois about two hours East of the Mississippi and about two hours North of the Ohio river. We're willing to travel pretty much anywhere for an experience that would give us insight into what it would take for us to eventually strike out on our own.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks for any info you can muster.
Kes
My wife and I are very interested in doing the Great Loop. We're still several years away but found ourselves talking about how to get started. The obvious question for us was, "Can we try it out first?"
We're boaters, but only to the extent of bowriders and pontoons on a lake. We're reasonable and intelligent people with the ability to learn but realized that the Loop is a much different animal than what we're use to, so we should probably get some more info.
With that in mind, we would like to have someone take us out on the ICW (or other river system) for a few days so we can actually get a feel for whether this is something that we would actually enjoy..... or not. The issue is, I'm not sure where to start looking. Are there reputable charter services that would take us out for a weekend on a trawler that would be compatible with a boat that we may eventually use? Are there options other than a charter?
We're in Southern Illinois about two hours East of the Mississippi and about two hours North of the Ohio river. We're willing to travel pretty much anywhere for an experience that would give us insight into what it would take for us to eventually strike out on our own.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks for any info you can muster.
Kes