We are charter members of the America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association (AGLCA) and have been way before we purchased our boat to do the Great Loop Cruise. Membership is $23 per year which includes a wealth of information in a newsletter that goes out 6 times per year. When you complete your cruise you receive a BaccaLOOPerate Degree. You are also put in touch with people going to do the cruise and those who have completed it. You are given a directory of all the members and their "loop history". Eve and Ron Stob, founders of the organization and authors of the book, "Honey, Lets Get A Boat" do a fantastic job with keeping "Loopers" and "Wanna Be Loopers" connected. You can access their website at www.greatloop.com. AGLCA members have rendezvous and other wonderful boating activities together. We look forward to meeting these great loopers on the water in the near future. Our cruise begins this fall from Chattanooga, TN. We greatly appreciate all the resources and willing people that have given us support for this fantastic journey including this web site, Trawler Fest, Trawler Port, Trawler World, Passage Maker magazine, Boat US, West Marine, the Fort Macon Sail and Power Squadron, Skipper Bob, Claiborne Young and all the other boating folks and resources too numerous to name. We feel very blessed that all this has been available to us to keep us safe and knowledgeable while on the water. Jane and Kerry Alexander Diamond Sun Hatteras 50 Homeport: Beaufort, NC