That smell right before you got to Georgetown is the paper plant on your starboard side. That’s how ya know your near Georgetown. Lol

This is actually one of your better videos. Just watching the constantly changing shoreline is therapeutic 😂😀👍

I’m 36 and have lived in Myrtle since 98. Call me weird, strange, or whatever you like, but I love the smell of the paper mill. There’s even times when we have a steady S-SSW wind and the smell wafts up to garden city and surfside lol I love it.

Like 94 👍 Greetings from Naples, Florida. We enjoyed watching. Thanks for sharing with us.

Still watching Lol 😅 No matter how many times I watch your video series i really injoy all of them 😊

Having lived in the SC Lowcountry for eight years, these videos really take me back. I still have family and middle/high school friends near Charleston. Love to vacation on the beach at Isle of Palms.

I docked at the Grand Dunnes in North Myrtle Beach, Ruth Cris Steak House. Then on to Georgetown in the morning. Had to spend 7 days there, nasty weather, October 2008. Then on to Charleston, docked on the Mega Dock.

I live in Myrtle Beach and am moving to Fort Pierce next year. Watching your trek along the ICW. That smell you encountered is the Georgetown PaperMill. Acourding to the wind you can smell it for miles.... Enjoy....lol.

Love the videos keep up the great work 😊

Loved hearing you saw Waccamaw! I grew up just south of the swing bridge in Socastee halfway to Bucksport. I have a friend here on Long Island that does transports up and down the seaboard, and we always talk about our shared experiences from Sandy Island to Little River.

When you come back thru Myrtle, stay at Bucksport marina instead of osprey, we have a bar and restaurant!

Nice choice of music.

good stuff my man

Good tunes. I usually tune my XM to No Shoes Radio and pretty much can leave it set there.

Thank you for sharing your journey. Plan on doing the icw next year and someone with your experience would be great to have onboard. It will be our first time. Traveling south from MM 0.

# 5"33 I took a 5 ft piece of 3/4 " chain, tied it on a line, then tied it to the anchor line. It shrank the scope considerably. Used that in a few hard storms too.

Damn man I would have joined you!! I live in SC

That smell is probably the Georgetown paper mull. You can smell that sulfur for Miles depending on the wind

Thanks for taking the time to make and post these videos. Really cool stuff! I was shopping for boats with the dream of completing the Great Loop and the almighty algorithm led me to you. I’m thinking a 42’ Regal with triple outboards would be the perfect vessel for my trip. Run the 2 outboards and save the middle one for spare in emergency.

I am loving this series. I typically fast forward through a lot of videos, I have watched this one all the way through each episode. Thank you for making this. What does ICW mean?

That dark ruff lump that was revealed by low tide (at Graham Creek)was an oyster bed. They are bad on hulls, props and bare feet

Tommy, very much enjoy your videos and look forward to viewing the the rest of your adventures. Hopefully you guys are settled in down there. We have a 2021 bowrider boat with a 200 HP OB. Would love to take the ICW down from NJ to West Palm area one day. Do you think there are enough hotels/motels along the way (or within walking distance) where we could cover maybe 150 miles a day. And approximately what percentage of the trip is no wake which would dictate how many daily miles could be covered? Thanks. Dan

Wow autopilot thats really interesting thats its on a boat of that size.i might consider that when we upgrade to a bigger boat, curious what a autopilot cost for a complete installation? Love all the footage and education sending good vibes from NJ

# 2:05 right along about there we saw a sperm whale in the shallows, just sitting there. I did not want to notify the coast guard because they may or may not show. And I knew a bunch of bothersome people would show up harassing that animal. It was about 50 ft long. Thoughts about moby dick got me to wondering that these animals are not known for a good disposition and that I had no place to hide if one of the local asholes got that thing pissed. So we left for the anchorage near the steel mill that stinks up the whole place all the way to Bucksport. Go back to Thorofare creek you may see that 30 ft gator. yes, 30. It surfaced beside us after we anchored in that creek. I did not believe my wife, but I saw it the next day. yes, 30. another one of that size was seen in FL some years later.

When the wind 'blew the bow of the boat off course', where did the stern of the boat go? 😜

The ICW goes past me at Pawleys Island ,

Love the series / Playlist man. I'm waiting for the boat market to cool off a bit, but I'm hoping to snag a boat and make the hike from NJ to SWFL next year. Question...how has your experience been having a single-helm flybridge when boating with the family? Do you that they spend most their time up top with you, or down inside?

What are the disadvantages of traveling on the open ocean? I'm planning on doing an ICW trip and I'm trying to do as much research as possible. Thanks

My wife and I are curious, what do you do for living that allows you to be off for several weeks? Love your videos and we are following along on this journey.

# 7"40 A trip line may be considered ware sunk trees etc are known.

The smell is from a paper mill

When you anchor in the middle of no where do you ever worry about someone pulling up to your boat and robbing you?

How did you choose that anchorage? Was there much boat traffic?

How do you dock and manage the lines solo?

paper mills

Hey,, If you are going to go back to Florida in 2023 and need a crew member I am experienced and willing ' I assume you can comment if you care to on youtube ,

you are smelling Plough Mud (pronounced "Pluff"). the over thousands of years the barrier island accumulated of new sea grass growing upon the old. what results is layer upon layer of coastal mud rich with biological material all in a constant state of decay and renewal. at low tide in particular the pluff mud gives off that smell. there is no swamp gas. the mud and sea grass are essential to the unique ecosystem of the coastline and help absorb the impact of massive hurricanes that pass through there.

so nice to be rich !!