John Clifton Wright

John C. Wright (sailor, author, freelance writer, and motivational speaker,) (born 1948 -) Capt. John is an accomplished sailor and known for his voyages around America's Great Loop. He grew up in Terrell, Texas and attended Terrell High School, Dallas Baptist College, East Texas State College, and served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War as CW2 helicopter pilot. Upon returning from the Army, he began his career with Honeywell Information Systems. He retired as Senior Executive and a Registered Lobbyist with Honeywell. Capt. John spends his retirement cruising America's Great Loop. He maintains popular boating articles as well as one of the most popular "Great Loop" websites on the Internet with over 400,000 viewers. He is also an active lobbyist for keeping the Great Loop waterways open for navigation through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal that links the Great Lakes to the Illinois river and the Mississippi river basin, where an Asian Carp invasion threatens a hard lock closure of the USCG's Electronic Fish Barrier on the connecting navigable waterway. ==Books==

; BYOB Bring Your Own Boat Series: • ''The Looper's Companion Guide''(2024) • Once Around Is Not Enough(2016) • ''America's Great Loop and Beyond''(2014) • More Fun than Fuel (2021) • Looping By The Numbers(2022) • The Frugal Voyager (2011) == References ==