im 33, got the boat bug about 1 week ago, now im obsessed, looking to buy ASAP

We are glad you enjoyed the video! The scenery on the ICW is amazing in that part of the east coast.

Welcome aboard!

Dan H - My sentiments exactly!

Not to mention how nice the music is not so loud and transitions nicely to your narration. Great videos thank you for taking the time to share your adventures with us.

They are two of our favorite stops as well. We did Charleston on the way back home.

We are glad you enjoyed the video! We will be posting many more over the next few months. Cheers from Philadelphia!

We are glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching! Many more to come.

Thank you very much! We are glad you like the videos.

Thanks! We are glad you like the videos and shirts. We are working on a logo now.

We are glad you enjoyed the video!

It is one of our favorite stops as well. We love walking the city and bar hopping! We love Penn's Landing but miss the community at Neshaminy.

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

The ICW in that part of the east coast is very scenic.

That is one of the benefits of using the ICW on part of the trip - scenery.

Belgian is always my go-to beer. Usually strong Belgians. Had a St Bernardus Dark with dinner last night. One of my favorites.

Great! We are glad you like the videos.

We are very lucky, but we worked hard to get this lucky! :-)

Luck favors those who prepared!

So true.

You think it is lucky to live in a little house that bobs up and down, breaks, needs expensive repairs, has tiny washrooms, needs space heaters not to freeze, where you have to pump out your own poop with a hose, etc.? It's only a rich man's thing if you have a regular house to live in and the boat is only a distraction. But if you have to live 365 days like that, you are one little accident away from being homeless. It's basically a step up from a motor home, which itself is only one step up from a trailer park.

They let me continue traveling while they inspected but it still cost us some time. That is why we decided to run through the night to Savannah.

I had to slow to 3 knots. When you cruise at 8 knots and there is a current you are working against it makes a difference. Keep the vids coming. It brings back many memories of taking boats to Florida and Annapolis over the years.

Thanks for watching. We are glad you like the videos. We always stop in Morehead when we pass through. Nice people, nice bards and nice marinas!

We are glad you enjoyed the video!

That is a shame. Portside was in the process of repairing some docks damaged by the previous hurricane when I was there. The people who work there are very nice. I am posting another video of us at that marina tomorrow.

Thanks for watching. We are glad you enjoy the videos.

Yes. Our first trip started in Ft Lauderdale, where we bought the boat. We filmed us bringing it back to Philly. I believe it starts with this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fqp5mNWC3a7TZqM.html

Thanks for watching. Nothing happened. We passed the inspection.

Nothing. We passed everything. The only issue was we did not have an original copy of the registration on board. They let me email them a photo of it later and did not issue a ticket.

Yes, they were horizonal. We do that because we can get under several of the bridges in that area if we keep the antennas down. In fact, some bridges have signs that say they will fine you if the only reason you requested an opening is because you did not put your antennas down. We have found that we get quite good reception on channel 13 with them down, but channel 9 is terrible. Unfortunately, bridges south of NC use channel 9, so we usually do not hail until we are within 100-200 yards.

Fortunately, it did not last long.

There is a davit (crane) on the flybridge and it is used to raise and lower the tender. We typically travel at 10 knots. Top speed is around 17 knots. We hold 800 gallons of fuel and get 0.7 miles per gallon, so our range is approximately 560 nautical miles, or 615 land miles.

Thanks, looks like a great way to enjoy life.

We mix it up depending on the weather.

More like Captain Jacklyn.

Alice Cooper's sister.

This was the first opportunity we had to travel at night. Last year we were too nervous learning the boat. I do not know if our radar has an alarm. In any case, we would not travel at night without someone on watch. We have anchored over night many times, but always inland, on the ICW, rivers and sounds. Never in the ocean or out of sight of land. Although we are not officially retired, we have never regretted buying the yacht and traveling. Life is short, and not guaranteed.

Definitely do not want to run on auto pilot and relying on radar alarm, even if it had AIS, without somebody at the helm. My friends are anchored out 30 miles offshore in the golf and will run over by a sport fishing boat at 1 AM in the morning. Luckily no one was seriously injured but their 31’ boat was a total loss. Enjoying your videos, have you ever considered doing the Great Loop. Your air draft is probably to high though (max is 19’1”).

Yes, our air draft is too high for the Loop. Around 24 feet. Glad you are enjoying the videos!

They let us email them a copy. Their headquarters could not find it in their records but we had proof. It was only "re-registered" a couple weeks earlier so we think their system was just not up to date.

Yes. They are allowed to do safety checks on demand.

No, it cost us about $140 per night as I recall. We are in Spring Hill once or twice a year. My mother and sister live there.

Sorry, somehow I missed your message. Yes, we have dropped a trawling line, but have not had much luck. I think 10 knots is too fast, but going slower drives me nuts. One of these days we will make a serious effort.

We usually have the antennas down on the ICW to get under bridges. Some bridges threaten to fine you if you request an opening just because of antennas. For that reason we usually do not hail until we are very close. We find that the reception is much better on Channel 13 (bridges north of S.C) then on channel 9 (bridges south of N.C)

Or just use a cheap low power 3w handheld for close range stuff like bridges? Works great on rivers and canals in England.

Thanks for reminding me. I wanted to do that before we left. I have used it on my car windows and am very happy with the results.

We have gone through that bridge quite a few times. Not sure if it was in this video.

That is close. It is about 6.5 gallons per hour each, at 10 knots, 1250rpms. I will do a video on costs after the trip videos are complete.

We prefer to go outside on that leg but the weather wasn't right. This past year we went outside at Morehead and stayed out until St Augustine.

No citation, just made me send in a copy of the registration to the office. We passed the inspection.

They held up well. They were uncovered and we did not do anything special. The chains needed to be oiled every time we used them and they left some rust stains on the deck that needed to be cleaned. They are cheap bikes, so we figured if they last just one season it would be fine. Lyn lifts them over the side and hands them down to me. They are not very eavy.

He lives under the upper helm when they are not touring!

@immarkster Keith Richards is a man bro

Dude, i was gonna say the exact same thing...glad i read your post!

lol

We wonder as well. Many of the marinas we stayed at were right in the path.

No idea. It was there when we bought the boat. I think they had a monitor hanging from the ceiling.

Matthew Murtha

Was going to ask the same.

Diesel.

We got held up there for about ten minutes as workers moved small boats around.

Not having the current documentation certificate on board. I renewed two months before we left by the cert to not arrive before we left. They let me email a copy and forgave the ticket. Otherwise, we passed the inspection.

Thanks for the tip!

We passed everything but I did not have an original copy of the USCG Documentation with me - only a digital copy. It was because, although I re-registered in March, they did not mail me the Docs until after I left home on May 1st. They agreed and forgave the ticket after I wrote them a letter.

I asked about this person a few weeks ago. It is a guy dressed as a woman though.

Hotrod Hog: Did you get a name?.

Nope. All they said was they thought they introduced him in a previous video but there is nothing. I think I heard Ray or Raymond in this one but my hearing is so bad that I can't be sure.

Maybe he / she is going through a sex change operation. I heard of a lot of things in my day. Oh well; Anonymous it is !!!. if I have time I may backtrack to ease my curiosity, for me no hurry. Peace my Friend.

11:27 Sounded like Rachel, their friend. The Engines are drowning out Ed's voice.

I renewed my registration a few weeks prior to leaving for the trip but the new registration did not physically arrive before we left. The ticket is for not having a physical copy on board.

Registration? You're documented correct?

Yes, we are documented, not registered.

So you didnt have a validate documentation certificate? Just trying to learn, thanks.

Yes. I did not have the current documentation on the boat. It gets renewed each year.

No ticket, just a routine safety check. We did not have our orginal registration papers with us so they gave us a warning for that but forgave the ticket.

+2 for double entendre!

Thanks. We are glad you like the channel. We are working on the audio. We have a new mic which works great but it is not always available when we need it. And sometimes we are just lazy.

No, it is Rachel. Glad you enjoy the videos!

I guess so.

Yes, both my compasses have air in them. Not sure if there is a spot to add water or not. I mainly use my digital compasses, however, they still seem to work fine.

In theory only the dampening of the swing and tilt of the compass card is affected by low oil (not water), no magnetic impact. There is usually a screw in the base of the compass. You have to take it out, put the fill hole to the top and fill until the air is out.

It is on my list on things to do. Long list!

Mineral oil for the compass housing.

I used it occasionally, it was just not on the video. If it is a law here, apparently no one follows the laws because I never hear a fog horn.

So far no citation. Perhaps they are letting us go. We passed everything but we did not have a physical copy of the documentation on board because we had not received it before we left on the trip. We had last years though.

We leave them down in that area to get under low bridges.

Was thinking the same thing. Down every time you show the dingy.

We are glad you enjoyed the video. I renewed my registration a few weeks prior to leaving for the trip but the new registration did not physically arrive before we left. The ticket is for not having a physical copy on board. Although, they never sent the ticket, so maybe they are cutting me a break. The Great Loop will be a great adventure. I look forward to your posts. Unfortunately, we cannot do the loop because of the 19 foot bridge in Chicago.

Trying Not To Sink hopefully they'd give a break on that. I'm a retired cop and we had a term for those kind of lame tickets - chickens*** tickets. I'd always give a warning on those.

So far we have received nothing in the mail.

I believe I have discussed how we started in a couple different videos. I know I mention it briefly in our intro video on the You Tube Channel. In short, we had absolutely zero experience when we bought our first boat 5 years ago. It was a 40 foot Carver. We had the boat delivered to our marina in early April, when the marina was almost empty. I learned by practicing for a couple days in the empty marina and then we just went for it. Within a week of owning the boat we took it to Annapolis. Not long after we cruised to Martha's Vineyards. You can see these trips in our first 10 videos.

@@tryingnottosink9107 I will go find it and we live near you in thurmont md who do you recommend as a boat dealer

We really do not know any boat dealers around here. We bought in Florida.

I'd highly recommend a power squadron course for starters!

I'll try to remember to do that.

We agree 100%. If I am not the captain, what is the point.

It does. Both of them. Another project I have not gotten to yet!

So, I'll try to not do that in ther future! 😁

It's common thing and I'm certainly guilty of it as well. But watching vlogs here on the YT, I've noticed it a lot. Great channel by the way. Might have to buy a boat myself one day. :)

Yo, I am from Philly, so you will probably notice quite a few dialect issues. :-)

Love Philly. I shot a project there once.

Trying Not To Sink not only dialect issues if from Philly!😉

It doesn't bother me. At least I now know I am in compliance. Besides, the wife likes guys in uniform! :-)

@@tryingnottosink9107 - Aaah, now I understand the captain's cap you occasionally wear... Well done, sir!

Maybe instead of disliking them for keeping boaters safe you could be happy they are there?

It can be very daunting, physically. That is one reason why we decided to do it now, rather than later.

Who said we were afraid? We spend more time outside then inside.

lol I was kinda wondering myself. Looks a majorly fun crowd to cruise with

It wasn't fun, but they were professional and just checked on safety issues. Hopefully we are now in their database and will not be boarded again.

Be glad they are out there doing safety checks. Keeps more boats in safe condition, making the waters safer for all.

I’m a retired LEO , we were considered ass holes until they needed us . Be thankful the USCG IS OUT THERE .