Reporting from America's inland and coastal routes
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The Tool Locker
Working instruments for the Loop

Tools

A small set of working instruments for captains underway and at the planning table. Pick the one you need from the row below; scroll on for what's live on each desk today.

Operator-reviewed. No open posting. Nothing tracked. No account, no sign-in. Interprets, not authorizes. Official sources are the final word.
Resources
250 sources for charts, weather, locks & safety.
The Reference Desk
Harbormaster's Office
File a short field note from the water.
File a report
Recent Fleet Reports
What captains reported lately, reviewed & dated.
From the fleet
Brokers
Buyer-side brokers, by the water they know.
The Buyer-Intent Desk
Float Plan
Build one and hand it to someone ashore.
On your device
Manuals & Services
Owner's manuals & the service stops loopers use.
Underway reference
Latest from the Water The freshest line from each desk — never empty, even on a quiet week
From the Fleet Lock delay at Pickwick — held two hours southbound, single chamber. TENNESSEE RIVER · JUN 21 Brokers New profile — Capt. Steve Russell, Gold Looper buyer-broker. FLORIDA & GULF · JUN 21 The Reference Desk 250 sources across 10 shelves, 151 official — desk reviewed. REVIEWED JUN 18 Manuals & Services 32 service stops along the route · 27 boats documented. UNDERWAY REFERENCE
⁂ From the Fleet All reports → Operator-reviewed field notes from across the Loop
⁂ The Reference Desk Open the desk → 250 sources, by who stands behind them

Two hundred and fifty sources for charts, weather, locks, safety, and route knowledge — each marked by who stands behind it and how to use it well. Official authorities lead; community and commercial tools are listed for what they're good at, never ranked or endorsed.

250 sources · 10 shelves · 151 official
Open the desk →
⁂ Brokers of the Waterways Visit the desk → The Buyer-Intent Desk · by the water they know
The Buyer-Intent Desk

Buyer-side broker profiles, organized by the water they know — in research.

Visit the desk →
⁂ Underway Reference Open the desk → Owner's manuals & the service stops loopers use
Engines & generators
27 boats documented
Navigation electronics
Garmin · Raymarine
Thrusters & tackle
Lewmar · Maxwell
Electrical & refrig.
Victron · NovaKool
HVAC & stabilization
Webasto · Seakeeper
Service stops
Aqua Yacht · Columbus
⁂ Before you leave the dock Open the tool → A float plan you build in a minute and hand ashore
A float plan, ready to hand ashore
VesselSecond Wind · Kadey-Krogen 44
Persons aboard2
DepartingGrand Harbor · 07:30
Bound forClifton · ETA 16:00
Overdue by19:00 — call Mara
Ashore contactMara · 901-555-0148
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