Honey, Let's Get a Boat... A Cruising Adventure of America's Great Loop

I thought this was a very interesting book. The book contained enough info to give you a good idea about the trip without delving into the technical aspects too much. If your looking for a nautical dictionary or exact GPS points for your upcoming trip...wrong book. It is a story of a couple who fufilled a dream of theirs (and many of ours), describing people, places and adventures over the course of a year. I enjoyed it, I think you will too.

Ron & Eva have a gift for writing for boater's. Their books reads like a novel of their cruise. We become part of their family as they prepare for their trip. We expiernece their thoughts, fears, concerns and joys of cruising. The treat us to detailed accounts of theirtrip: picturesque descriptions of the land/water, naviagtional thoughts, observations and concerns, memorable indivduals encountered, and insight into the skills needed to traverse the waters. Full of pictures which allow us to appreciate the trip. The eight locks of the Rideau Canal in Ottawa Canada convinced us to go this way. Appendix is jam packed with resource information. Must reading while preparing for your trip. Thanks Ron & Eva!

There is not a day that goes by when I don't eat, sleep, and dream about boats. Whether you're an avid fan of boating or just enjoy a day on the water, "Honey, Let's Get A Boat" is a must read.The Stob's have the uncanney ability to describe every detail in such a way, it makes you feel as though you are on board with them. From one who reads as many boating books as I can lay my hands on, none are written better than "Honey, Let's Get a Boat!"Once you start reading this book, you won't be able to put it down. There's only one problem with it though - By the time you're finished reading this book, you'll want to cruise America's Great Loop. Buy the book and you won't stop talking about it!

How many books could send you out the door to spend your life savings. The only one I know of is "Honey Lets get a Boat." We first found the Stobs at a boat show in Florida, we heard of their book and bought a copy, we read through it in one night and we were hooked. We bought a boat of our own, a 46 footer and we started in Florida last summer (2000), we left it in New York on the Erie Canal for the winter. I should say here that we only can travel in the summer during school break, we're on the move with 4 kids ages 9 to 13. And this is not a race, it is an adventure of a lifetime. We bought 6 more books from the Stobs, their book explains better than we could what we are doing. One of the people we sent it to took one month to read it, he would read a few pages each night, just to make it last. James Clausen, Motor Vessel "Summer School".

You must read this exciting tale of a couple cruising the eastern United States. This book is an interesting and humorous story about an adventuresome couple and THE trip of a lifetime. The book gives a day-to-day accounting of the 6,000+ mile trip and a lot of things to see and do. This book inspired my wife and I to do a large portion of this trip. We found this book an excellent guide for our cruise and would highly recommend the trip and the book to others. A GREAT READ!!!!!!