America's Great Loop (AGLCA) Cruising Logbook

America's Great Loop (AGLCA) Cruising Logbook 



Cruising Logbook:

This logbook contains only the essentials. Insert your boat’s name (or your name) in the box on the front cover and fill out the information about your boat on the inside front cover. If you don’t want our name on the front of your logbook, cover it with one of your boat cards or a photo of your boat. List your cruises chronologically on the Cruises page near the beginning of the book. The pages aren’t numbered but you can number them if you like, or when looking for the log of a particular cruise, find it by the date. If you charter boats, go on cruise ships, or cruise aboard friends’ boats, this logbook is small enough to fit in your luggage so you can record events and information about those cruises as well.

It is intended that one page be used for each day’s cruise and that the logbook be kept open at the helm. The binding makes it possible to fold back the side not being used. The small size is ideal for most helms since it does not use space needed for charts, coffee cups and bowls of nuts and candy. We use electronic charts as well as paper charts for navigation and, since most of our cruising is coastal and inland, we do not record a lot of detail such as course headings (compass readings) or latitude and longitude; therefore, we have not included columns for those. If you want to record this information, do so in the Navigation Notes column. Included is a simple pre-cruise check list with space for fluid levels or other information. See sample page at the back of the book for an example of possible usage.

In addition to being a valuable record in case of an accident on the water, a logbook is fun to read and useful for recalling the highlights of your cruises. It often settles arguments about who, what, when, or where. If cruising the same area again, the logbook can provide valuable information to make subsequent cruises to that area easier. Names and phone numbers can be recorded, if desired, for future use.

Clear and concise, this log contains more useable log sheets then most (if not all) of the available logs on the market. Cruising four or five days a week, it should last around six months on an extended cruise like the Great Loop so you only need two logbooks for the entire cruise.

Features:

• Size: 7" x 8.5" Takes up less room at the helm. Small enough to tuck inside luggage when cruising on cruise ships or friends’ boats.
• Double Loop Wire Binding to open 360º and lay flat.
• Navy blue wire binding is attractive and creates a permanent record (cannot add or remove pages easily).
• Clear matte plastic over blue parchment front cover and navy blue leather grain poly back cover are both tear- and water-resistant.
• Contains 120 pages for recording 120 days of cruising (more than most other logbooks) – Enough for approximately 6 months (4 or 5 days per week) of extended cruising such as on the Great Loop Cruise.
• Personalize it with your boat name, photo and/or boat card.