The AGLCA (America's Great Loop Cruisers Association) Fall Rendezvous is a gathering of most of the Loopers that are on the loop in any given year as well as people who are dreaming and planning of one day doing it, as well as those loopers that have completed it and are now known as Gold Loopers.
This is our friend, mentor, and trainer, Captain Chris Caldwell and me before one of the seminars on various aspects of the Loop. Sara and I trained on their boat for five days and after buying ITHAKA, we hired Captain Chris and his wife, Captain Alyse, to train us on our boat. Great teachers and great friends!!
The Marina at Joe Wheer State Park was completely filled. 47 Looper boats were present and over 200 past, present, and future loopers were in attendance during this four day event.
One of the scariest things to happen at the rendezvous happened the evening of the first day. Less than an hour after one of the Looper boats pulled into the Marina, the Captain of the boat fell over with a massive heart attack while climbing aboard his boat. Sara and I were having dinner with friends about four boats away when we heard a thud and a woman screaming for help. To make a long story short, many loopers responded, several doctors were among the other loopers, as well as nurses and a First Responder. One of the loopers had an AED device (defibrillator) on his boat and between the AED and CPR being performed, the Captain's heart was restarted before the ambulance arrived. The man underwent open heart surgery that night and is reportedly going to make a full recovery. HE WAS EXTREMELY LUCK. If that had happened just a couple of hours earlier, he would not have survived.
One afternoon we were able to dog sit with BERT, the Labradoodle of our friends Chris and Alyse. What a great dog!
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