This is the 2020 revised, edited & updated edition of our 3-time Best Selling Great Loop author, Capt. John. "The Looper's Companion Guide" is a huge 8.5 x 11 x 300-pages with full-color Maps & photo's. It is now the Best Selling Great Loop Guide Book on the market. Just read the reviews Even previous Loopers are raving about this guide This is the ultimate Great Loop planning & cruising guide as it helps you plan and prepare your self, your boat, and your budget for this epic adventure. It takes the 'guess work' out of planning it, and the 'stress work' out of cruising it. You will be cruising America's Great Loop safely with comfort & confidence. Includes planning, preparing, budgeting, boat buying, equipping, and provisioning your boat. But, the revolutionary game changer is Capt. John's 140-travel day iternary and destinations. Cruising the Loop doesn't get any safer or easier than this. Just follow in Capt. John's wake to over 100 Looper favorite destinations, and from one incredible destination to the next, you will know exactly what to expect, including your fuel range, overhead clearances, where the free docks & walls are, safe anchorages, as well as the most people and pet friendly marinas that you can reach every evening before dark. One reader called it "Confidence in a can " Another reader said, "It's like having your own personal Looping Instructor at the helm." This 140-travel day route guide gives a priority to marinas that are the most people & pet friendly, offer a courtesy car or free shuttle, onsite or nearby restaurants. It gives you each and every travel day's distance, fuel range, bridge heights, controlled depths and known depth issues. It includes each day's way-points, free dock & wall locations, safest anchorages and best marinas (with Mile markers & phone numbers). For those new to cruising long-distance, you get a complete run down on actual cruising costs with cost comparisons on the most popular types & size vessels suitable for cruising the Great Loop. From the most frugal and fuel-efficient boats to the most flamboyant and accommodating vessels, from sail to power, one engine or two, large and small - Capt. John and his team of Super-Loopers give you a real heads up on what you can expect your cruising expenses will be both on & off the water. He makes it easy to determine a much better Looping budget based on our own lifestyle, boat type, size, and speed. If you have a reluctant spouse in the house, this will change t