While we have not done the loop,,, yet ,, We have taken several 2 week cruises in our 22' Bayliner Ceira cabin cruiser. Our boat lives two people comfortably, good on gas, and trailers nicely. The biggest thing , when living aboard a small boat is organization. Keeping gear stowed so it doesn't end up under foot. We change the cabin over, first thing in the morning from a sleeping cabin, to a day cabin. We try to give each other a little privacy. It all works out well. We just spent a rainy weekend aboard, put up all our camper canvas, and stayed dry and comfortable. There are times I wish I had a bigger boat, there are lots of times I am glad I don't -----Original Message----- From: great-loop-bounces@lists.samurai.com [mailto:great-loop-bounces@lists.samurai.com]On Behalf Of LRZeitlin@aol.com Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 12:03 AM To: great-loop@lists.samurai.com Subject: Re: GL: Boat size In a message dated 7/29/06 12:00:15 AM, Skipper Bob writes: > As to the size of the boat for a trip from Minneapolis to New Orleans, > that is really a personal decision. No boat is too small in good > weather. No boat is large enough if you choose to go out in bad > weather. Simply put, buy the smallest boat you can be comfortable on. > If you plan to sleep at night along the way in tents, the boat can be > even smaller. > I heartily agree with Skipper Bob on this one. My wife and I did most of the Great Loop in a 22 ft. Westerly Nomad sailboat 20 years ago before we even knew it was called the Great Loop. The boat had standing headroom if you were short, a head, adequate hard berths and a two burner Coleman camp stove. No amenities, refrigerator or TV. We anchored out and slept on the boat most nights, sponge bathed or went swimming to keep clean. Once in a while we treated ourselves to a meal in a decent restaurant using AAA handbooks as a guide. We enjoyed the trip immensely. The fact that we still spoke to each other after a couple of months of close confinement in a space about half the size of a jail cell is proof that it can be done. Larry Z _______________________________________________ http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/great-loop -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 7/28/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 7/28/2006

That reminds me of some folks I met at Whitehall some years ago, they were not only the 2 adults on the 22 footer but they also had THREE large dogs on board ... on a rainey day. The boat had a definite odor to it, I was thinking did they use a wet dog as a room deodorizer? Real nice folks though. Best wishes, Fred W. Tug 44 At 03:30 PM 7/31/06 -0500, you wrote: >While we have not done the loop,,, yet ,, >We have taken several 2 week cruises in our 22' Bayliner Ceira cabin cruiser. >Our boat lives two people comfortably, good on gas, and trailers nicely. > The biggest thing , when living aboard a small boat is organization. Keeping >gear stowed >so it doesn't end up under foot. We change the cabin over, first thing in the >morning from a >sleeping cabin, to a day cabin. We try to give each other a little privacy. >It all works out well. We just spent a rainy weekend aboard, put up all our >camper canvas, and stayed dry and comfortable. > There are times I wish I had a bigger boat, there are lots of times I am glad >I don't > >-----Original Message----- >From: great-loop-bounces@lists.samurai.com >[mailto:great-loop-bounces@lists.samurai.com]On Behalf Of >LRZeitlin@aol.com >Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 12:03 AM >To: great-loop@lists.samurai.com >Subject: Re: GL: Boat size > > >WARNING: The remainder of this message has not been transferred. >The estimated size of this message is 6105 bytes. >Click on the server retrieve icon above and check mail again to get the whole thing. If the server retrieve icon is not showing, then this message is no longer on the server.