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Route Briefing Track
From crab pots to State Parks, Gold Loopers Tsali and Jacque will share their route as well as alternate tracks to provide a variety of choices navigating to the Keys and around to Miami. It is a scenic part of the Loop where one can stay a week or several months to relax and enjoy the warm waters and warm weather. Join us as we also talk about what to do and see in the Keys.
Platinum Loopers Tsali and Jacque Bentley crossed their wake in August, 2022 and again in October, 2024. Thus far, they have cruised over 15,000 nautical miles on their trawler. As lifelong sailors, they owned numerous sailboats over the years and Tsali sailed across the North Atlantic Ocean. After joining the AGLCA in 2019, they attended their first Rendezvous. The Looper Crawl provided the perfect showcase in determining the Looper boat to best fit their needs – a Mainship 400 trawler named COMPASS ROSE. Tsali and Jacque still maintain their dirt home in the Appalachian Mountains of north Georgia. COMPASS ROSE makes her home port in north Alabama on the Tennessee River at Goose Pond Colony Resort & Marina where Tsali and Jacque serve as Harbor Hosts. The Bentleys were recognized by the AGLCA as the 2022 True North Harbor Host of the Year and the 2024 Ron & Eva Stob Volunteer of the Year award winners.