Speakers
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.
Crossing their wake in 2022 and again in 2024, Platinum Loopers Tsali and Jacque Bentley have cruised over 15,000 nautical miles around the Great Loop. As lifelong sailors, Tsali sailed across the North Atlantic Ocean aboard a Hylas 49 in 1997. Leaving sailing behind, they attended their first Rendezvous in 2019 where the Looper Crawl provided the perfect showcase in determining the best Looper boat to fit their needs – a Mainship 400 trawler named COMPASS ROSE. Tsali and Jacque continue to 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 AGLCA Harbor Hosts. Veteran AGLCA speakers, they present route sessions on the North Channel, New Jersey coastline, New York City Harbor, Hudson River, Florida Panhandle, Florida’s west coast, and the Florida Keys. They also present Looping 101 sessions titled Locking around the Loop and A Day in the Life of a Looper. Tsali writes the daily weather publication of You Make the Call which supplements weather information for captains deciding to cross the Gulf. He has also written for Great Loop Link e-Magazine. The Bentley's can be found on several AGLCA podcasts from Women on the Loop to Looper Lore. Tsali and Jacque 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.