I’m hoping that never happens down this way!

I miss the pontoon!

Water is like a bathtub in the summer. We love it!

love the options that we can just crash overnight whenever we want!

lol. She made a great dish of chicken cacciatore last night!

Im sure a link to 'Happy Hours Cookbook' is coming soon with 5 Pct discount code on pots and pans bought thru the Happy Hours store! @@AdventuresofHappyOurs

Good idea! Lol. I’ll get the Admiral right on it!

Agreed. It even had a diesel heater aboard!

@@AdventuresofHappyOurs a colleague of mine has one, but he lives in Helsinki!

XO BOATS are from Finland! ​@@r7boatguy

I thought he said Scandinavia. It’s all Eastern Europe to me. Lol

Nah. It’s not the size of the ship it’s the motion in the ocean. 😂

Can’t remember my last tentanus shot but all worked out fine.

We don’t have to go through Chaquita lock but we do come out the SW channel by Tarpon Point. I try to avoid the short cut along the mangroves at really low tides but we go straight out most the time to the Island along the miserable mile there with no problem. I trim the drive up when depth shows under 3.5 feet to be safe.

Good to know. Thanks for the info. Be safe out there!

Yes we have been using the Regal to go out more often. Mostly day trips. The longer jaunts will still be the Meridian. We have a couple outings for Happy Ours this week for Christmas boat parades.

from our house to ft Myers just over an hour. most of it no wake zone.

Have both boats buttoned up good with extra lines. Been really windy for days now so not much more other than rain tonight.

Nope.

I’m guessing about 70.

@@AdventuresofHappyOurs yea, thats getting a bit chilly

Yes. That’s part of the reason for the slow speed. The other being the narrow channels and massive number of boats. Would be chaos with no speed limit.

@@AdventuresofHappyOurs Actually, no offense, but that's not the "miserable mile". The Manatee Zone is the "Shell Island Cut" The Miserable Mile is a full speed zone starting at marker 101 and heading southwest past picnic island. It is technically the beginning of the Intercoastal and was named the Miserable Mile by sailors because it is a narrow dredged channel that has strong cross currents making it very difficult on sailboats with large keels. Care and attention is required during the transit because a sailboat can easily drift out of the channel and run aground. Most power boaters refer to the Shell Island Cut as the Miserable Mile because of the no wake zone, but that's not the real MM.

@richardjohnson8114 yes I learned that not too long ago. Nearly everyone here calls the slow zone the miserable mile. Apparently, some old charts do indicate the narrow portion you mention as the miserable mile.

I didn’t cut it. I responded to it!

I remember the post and responded in length. not sure why I can’t find the post.

Thanks for the clarification. My only concern was for people down here is to be careful in and around the water. There have been too many tragic event’s from minor incidents like your’s since that damn hurricane. Still love your channel! From a fellow Aussie owner… Maty rocks!

Yes I’ve heard of debris issues but of all the times I’ve been there after the storm (6or so times)none of us ever stepped on anything. I thought it was a crab first as it would get off my foot when kicking it. I didn’t realize it was a nail puncture until I got in the boat. I wish I had picked it up. We anchor in that exact spot every time !

I’ve found 10 minutes is about the average view length for our videos. 30 minutes is just too long to keep most viewers attention.

Good your little boo boo didn’t turn serious. More than a few people down here weren’t so lucky. Ian isn’t done with us yet.

That’s the first time I found anything sharp at that beach. We’ve been there numerous times since the storm.