As a Fellow shallow drafter I 100% approve this message. Florida is a very dog friendly state, especially in the Keys. Good job avoiding Miss Cleo. The cards may not lie, but you will see your wallet a little lighter in the future. Another good one man. Still super impressed you are producing these gems on you Galaxy S20! You aren't messing around at all buddy! I'm planting a flower bed for my wife this week and then I hope to catch a few fish. Thanks for all the hours of entertainment our beloved Shanty boat Captain!!! 😎🤙

The more I see of the beagle barge the more impressed I am she's almost the perfect traveling platform

Great stuff. Just enough commentary and educational material to make watching fun.

You mentioned cleaning dishes with lake water earlier. I would definitely have me a water catch and filter system on the gutters

Love the channel! Planning on doing the loop in 2025. Your videos have sealed the deal for me. Thanks

I see that USCG boat coming. Gotta watch the videos all the way to the end for the hidden gems… my throwable?? Umm it’s here somewhere 😂

thanks again from Germany for showing me this side of Amerika

A couple of years ago a big one ton pickup truck was going westbound, crossed 98, and slammed head on into the big pine tree right in front of the psychic reader's house. I always wondered if they saw that coming. LOL!! I have caught several redfish around that dock you stopped at. Great fishing all along where you were on this day.

The song in my head. Signs signs everywhere signs

It’s all fun games until somebody goes in the store with their service gorilla lol

Well I've binged through 33 episodes. I've really been looking forward to seeing how you'd handle the ICW. So far it looks like a pain if you don't want to spend a ton of money. Can't wait to see where you go next.

G'day, this an epic journey and first episode I've watched. I will try to find the time to go back to episode 1 and watch the entire journey :)

Stumbled across your channel a couple days ago and have binged watch from episode 28 to 32 really like your content have don the IWC from SAVANNA TO MIAMI to deliver a cabin cruiser. I was the deck hand was a great experience but also spent 20 yrs in the navy was in naval air so Carriers were the ships I was on. Waverly is a hoot.

It’s good you made it across 98. In some stretches of this highway it’s called bloody 98.

Man your the best please dont stop doing what you're doing 😢

Just bought a 26-foot Tri-toon. Hope to join the ranks of the "SDB" soon.

Please make sure you eventually rinse all that salt spray off of all your stuff Brother, it will prolong eventual corrosion. I'm glad you make it to sunny Florida... I lived on the hook before and as we wrote about earlier, about ridged or inflatable dingys, I had a 14" kayak that was super stable, and easy to deploy, and stow. Then I squirled away enough to but a 14' aluminum high wall boat. Being near Pensacola military base can be loud at times. Safe travels.

So was it a coast guard shake down or were the just curious about the shanty boat?

We fulltime rv now, but years ago I took a houseboat from North Alabama to Gulf Shores Al., I am enjoying following you.

No worries, you're in the free state of Florida. I was so hoping youd take the ICW on the east coast. Youd find more places to stop on shorelines. The gulf coast is more residential so more private shorelines. Just look out for the pirates here, theyre disguised in suit and ties. Yep, our dogs like the nasty stuff. The nose knows. You're a brave man. Good luck and enjoy our beautiful paradise Florida.

I remember Destin. Back in the 90's, we did the intercoastal waterway and offshore from Houston, TX to the Florida Keys. We were living aboard our 36' S2 sloop with a 6' draft and 50' mast. We couldn't take the route you took through the Narrows and then under the bridge to the cut into the bay at Destin. Our mast was too tall for us to fit under the bridge; so, we went out in the Gulf. And then coming in to the bay at Destin, we plowed through sand. After spending the night anchored in the bay, the wind was favorable so that we raised sails and the boat healed over and we went out the cut without dragging the keel through the sand. Seeing your video brings back lots of fun memories.

The shallow drafters message board should have a for sale/wanted section for all things shanty vagabond nomad.

Really enjoying your channel.Wish I could have met you in Columbus. You stay safe and have a good trip.

Wavey and her happy tail ! the best ever !!

Splurge on a marina for a day. Get some gas, spray down your boat with fresh water, take a hot shower, have a beer and burger. There will be plenty more opportunities to go the less expensive route as you have been doing. I’m still watching with great interest.

I can see that shallow-drafting is the way to go. Landing a big boat in 1.5 foot of water, nice!

Excellent video...hope you spent some of that saved $20 on a cold beer from that Publix. For all your hard work ya know! Safe travels man!

Thanks!

Good episode. Time for me to get out to the Nomad and get to work.

Spoiled cargo??? What?!? Great video Brenton and Wavey! Looking forward to your next adventure! It looks exciting!

I have admired your journey to FL greatly! The signs with the sailboat at the Destin "docks" are comedy worthy bar none! 🙂

11:25 I love the name. It would do well on an Ozark river.

Call the shallow drafters as the MUDBUGS

Wavy Gravy is a sweetheart and definitely a service dog like all of man’s best friends

I agree, properly prepared unfair weather can be enjoyed. Like going outside during a blizzard.

the traffic there at destin is partly visitors and partly military as there is a air force base and special operations training there west of Destin.

Yep. Captain Wavey at the helm. 'Start swabbing those decks mate!' Da Captain roars.

That's the way it's going to be in Fla. Almost every inch is taken. Your videos are always great entertainment and enlightening. Two in one day, great.

Another great episode!

Another good one! Keep posting. I enjoy the videos

Im watching your new episode's now

Glad to see another installment. Hope your real-time journey up in the Carolina's is going well. As for Don Henley, my favorite song of his will always be *Sunset Grill*. Back in 1990, I got to visit and eat a burger at the original Sunset Grill out in LA on Sunset Blvd, and met the owner Joe Froehlich, who was the "old man from the old world" referred to in the song. Great memories!😄

That's so funny what you said about solitude and the bad weather I have been to the beach in Miami-Dade county on a windy wet day and it was like a deserted island also for 17 years I lived on Biscayne Bay and oftentimes during the weekdays I could go out and have the whole Bay to myself except occasionally people would go down the IC W but the rest of the Bay was mine which was such a great feeling because you could look around 360° and be surrounded by buildings and a couple million people but nobody was out in the Bay at least on weekdays. I forgot to mention I make most of my recent videos with a used Galaxy a 21 that I got on eBay for $40

Good stuff .I'm so so jealous. Cheers 🍻

Folding canoe,folding electric bike/scooter for the win?Shallow Drafter Beer Koozies?

That was a pile driver of a ride across that bay…sometimes those crazy Robins in the morning remind me of pile drivers..lol

The Shallow Drafters motto: Our minds go deep, but our boats don’t!!

Man the ocean side of the trip seems. MUch more dangerous than being on the Mississippi. I'm sure you have to pick your days when the winds no so bad. Nice video as usual.

Count me in on the shallow drafter club. Also the big boats with the tuna tower and outriggers are called sportfishers

I hope to join your "Shallow Drafters" club this year. Have planned for the shantyboat build since 2007 when I read Minn of Mississippi to my daughter.

Going AFB is where the Tomahawk missile guidance system was developed. They used to fly them on the reserve.

Wavy is awesome! What a good girl!

Shallow Drafter! Perfect!

I use to bass fish out of one of those 4x8 plastic boats. One man could handle it. They want sink and pretty stable. I used a little trolling motor. 👍

Beagle needs her own life jacket

AH!! You forgot your English lessons already?! Choctawhatchee... break it down into bite-size syllables, "Choc -Taw -Hatch -ee" See? Easy-peisy! WOW, crossing that bay was absolute glass!! Sure makes for nice cruising. Hope there's alot more of that in store for you. Safe and comfy travels

Hi 👋 Brenton and Wavey 😊😊

Thanks again. Stuff you have to go through to get to the good parts. Somebody has to ask about the Pudgy, might as well be me.

Cheers! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

You should buy an ocean kayak, well that what I call them. They have holes in them so the water just drain out. You sat in a chair about all the water. They are good when u are putting it in the water with waves.

Might try a collapsible wagon to tote fuel, etc

8:56 is her leg ok?

How cool you're down in the salt water now.They don't call it the ocean over there. It's the gulf. And way more calmer than the ocean, which i'm sure you are aware. Looking forward to see how you fare on the ocean side. And just an FYI there are Publix in North Carolina now too.There's one right up the road from me. I love Publix too! I lived in florida for many years on the east coast. In the fort lauderdale area. Looks like you're doing great, happy cruising. Seems your shanty boat is perfect for those shallow waters.Wonder how you would do down in the keys, on the gulf side? Some amazing natural mangrove channels and canals down there to get lost in lots of wilderness...

Check out some of the other boats that are tied up there's a particular way to tie off when you're in a tidal situation. Basically you tie from the front of the boat to the cleat that's near the rear and another rope from the rear of the boat to the cleat that's near the front. By having that much slack and the ropes crossing like that it'll allow it to go up and down with the tide. Some people add an additional third role that they tie off loosely to either the front for the rear to keep the boat from drifting away from dock. I'm sure the way you're doing it is fine too but I just thought maybe take a look at some of the other boats you'll probably see what I'm talking about.

Right now it's paradise in N. Wis., Minn. and Mich. Mosquitoes aren't out yet! 😂

Pensacola and Pensacola Beach basically shuts down in the winter. Too cold.

I never will forget those nights..I wonder if it was a dream…lol..good song..

I had just stumbled upon the video of you on your friends channel and saw a glimpse of your setup up on Superior. Wow how did you find that spot and how did it not cost a lifetime of money lol. Can you build a dock? I'm surprised you don't launch from there. Maybe you do? Our sailboat would be able to beach there unless the water is really rocky or something. Awesome spot and setup it's exactly how simple our home base would like to be.

If you’re in the Pensacola area still there’s a lagoon just south of the navy base called Fort McRee that is the most beautiful anchorage you’ll ever see. Public, pull up on the sand and relax. Look up Ft McRee on false book!

Have you tried a mix of public property records and Facebook to find and reach out to people to try to get some dock access?

I wander if the psychic told the people about the fire

For me any day on the water is a good day. Honestly Brenton,I could live on a vessel such as yours and be quite content though I would want Starlink or something similar. I watched your other Vlog this morning and I agree with everything you talked about. The American people are being fleeced and driven into what I would say is an Oligarchy at the moment with a dictatorship on the horizon. Greed is rampant and evil is winning. The more horrible thing is that everyone seems to be just going along with it making it impossible to actually do anything about it. Everyone is just passing the buck down the line and our society is or has become less trusting,less caring,more hateful and spiteful and especially more angry. There are exceptions but they have become far and few inbetween. We can do better if we would just stand as one but we know that will never happen. Those are just my musings as a 58yo. I'm not bitter at all but I see the writing on the wall. Watching your videos makes me want to sail away... Keep on being you Brenton,you are shining brightly.

Another great video Brenton. My comments on your other channel were meant for this video. Not sure how I did that? lol. Regarding the scooter taking a salt water beating. Would adding some clear vinyl material to the upper bow rail make a difference and protect the scooter some more?

Wavey at the helm She got this good video

Great video and now after watching your videos i will have to be a shallow draft as well besides its more my style than fixing up an older yacht that was my original idea due to living in a house trailer all my life a shanty boat it is.

Oh this is so awesome!. It's a special treat getting 2 of your videos today.. Wavy is so adorable ❤ I love the shot you got of her while at the helm. It's so cool that you trained her to drive the boat.. lol Just to let you know, you never have to worry about bringing wavy into the store as your service animal, but there is absolutely no documentation that you need and they can't tell you she can't come in with you. Just keep her out of the main shopping cart part where the food goes.. because nobody wants their food packaging where dog butt was sitting..lol So what did the water Nazis want?

The shanty boat looks sketchy in the big waters lol,at least the rain helped wash the salt water off,what are your plans for the northern section and winter ?

Does your navigation software indicate where you can and cannot beach the boat? Public or private lands? Or anchor locations?

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That's quite nautical at times..

To be fair you really have to wait for the right days on a big boat doing the loop as well.

No one is out there because not all boats are as nice as yours!

Enjoying each and every one of your Great Loop videos this year Brenton. While you are much farther ahead on the journey, curious, is this point (Destin) that you head north from here?

Two questions please, do you have power tilt/trim and would a pontoon or tritoon draft more than you?

How often do you have to do your oil changes and are you able to do the gearbox oil? Thanks

Hi Brenton and Wavey. Video👌👍👍. ⚓⛵🛥🤝😉

Great Video! Your poor scooter is going to get so rusty with all that overspray.

Imagine me working for you!!!

Good for you youante hurting nothing

What's the draft limit for the Shallow Drafter's group? I've got 60 centimetres or 1.9 feet.

Get your self a Key Lime pie at Publix, !

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Your scooter is going to rust out quick

Skinny water Shanty Boaters😊

When you dont see the coast guard ?? Stay home ??🎉🎉

Anything tidal is public land

Did you ever get a good throwable? Vea the Coast guard

Really good content, does our 2020 Corsair 880 Sport trimaran qualify for the Shallow Drafters Club?

Instead of a nail, try a fence staple to hold the fender line. Also, is the tidal zone public in Florida? Cheers. Jim

That publix at 15:00 is Ft Walton I believe?