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CAPTAIN JOHN GRAY
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Comfortable Cruising In
​Smaller Boats

See my book at Amazon.com:  Finding Serendipity, A Boating Adventure on North America's Great Loop.  Reading this book, you will know what it is like to do the 6,000 miles of this premier inland cruising experience.  If you have thought about cruising the Great Loop, this may nudge you into doing it.  If you have done the Great Loop, this may re-kindle great memories.  If you are new to boating, come along with us as we learned more about boating and the wonderful people we met. CLICK HERE

O U R   S E R V I C E S

Helping You Discover Your Boating Adventure

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At The Helm Coaching
Experience is the best teacher.  Learning on your boat is the most efficient and effective way to become more comfortable behind the helm.
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Tips, Skills, & Lessons
Use these pages to explore and learn skills and tips to widen your knowledge. There are pages on:
Operating Tips, Skills and Lessons Learned
Maintenance & Repairs
Modifications

We also do presentations for clubs, shows and rendezvous.  Just contact us. 
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Book: Finding Serendipity, An Adventure of Boating on North America's Great Loop
More people climb Mt. Everest than complete North America's premier boating adventure for the recreational boater.  It is not hard.  Come along with us on our Ranger 29, Andiamo, as travelled over 7,000 miles in one big loop from Florida to Ottawa, Canada, to Chicago and down the inland river system to  Mobile, Alabama.  Available in paperback or ebook by CLICKING HERE.

My Boating Websites & Our Adventures

 Laurie Ann was our Ranger Tug 25 that we cruised throughout the Pacific Northwest & the Salish Sea, Lake Powell and the Tennessee River: www.laurieann-ranger25.com
Andiamo was our Ranger Tug 29 that we did the Great Loop, a 10-month long and 5,800 mile adventure on the east coast, across the Great Lakes, down the inland river system to the southeast:  www.andiamo-ranger29.com
Tribute was our Kadey Krogen 39 pilothouse trawler that we lived on for 5 years and did the Inside Passage, a 2,900 mile adventure from Seattle to Glacier Bay National Park:  
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www.tribute-kadeykrogen39.com
The pages that follow on this website is about Trilogy, our 2012 classic Ranger 27 that took us nearly 7,000 miles on east coast's ICW, the Erie Canal, Trent Severn Waterway, Rideau Canal, the Tennessee River to the Gulf of Mexico and throughout Florida. Today, it is on the Salish Sea in Washington State.

As of August, 2022, Trilogy is for sale and listed with Boatshed.com at this link:
https://www.boatshed.com/dosearch.php?bq={}&q=ranger%20tug%2027​

Coming Soon Our New Book

Finding Serendipity

A Boating Adventure on North America's Great Loop
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by John L. Gray
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  • Operating Tips, Skills and Lessons
  • Maintenance And Repairs
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  • 2 Boats On Both Coasts
  • About
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Chattanooga to Mobile Cruise
  • Florida's West & East Coast Cruise
  • Historic Canals in NY & Canada Cruise