Great to see you’ve cast off at last 🎉

Becky you forgot something...ME!! Have a great time, stay safe

Fair winds and following seas🙏😁

So glad to see you on your way!!!

Congrats on getting off the dock and heading to FL and Bahamas. You've probably already checked if your mast VHF antenna was damaged, but if not you can try hailing another boat on Ch16 or if you have a handheld VHF on your boat, try communicating between large VHF and handheld, or you can up the mast. As far as going down the ICW with a 65' mast- that is at the upper limit of many fixed bridges as I recall, so the trip south may be quite slow as you wait for near low tide to pass under bridges. Perhaps an offshore passage would make sense sailing or motoring as you can do 150 to 200 miles in 24hrs vs 50-60 mi on ICW. The old breakwater off Charleston extends many miles (2+miles)out into the sea so stay well off shore. There are a lot of YT vids about checking into the Bahamas plus instructions on Bahamas Gov't website. Most important is having a specified recent Covid 19 negative test to check in. Look forward to you vids in the Bahamas.

That bridge was nerve wracking

Have fun, guys!

Great lighting on the ending looked like a great sunset.

Hohoho It's Time 😍😍

Hey guys enjoy yourselves.

Congratulations on casting off!

Congratulations 🥳⛵😎 Great to see the start of your epic adventures Thanks for sharing

So happy for you guys. It’s been a long time coming. You’ve done an amazing job. Now it’s time to relax and enjoy yourself. Be safe. Think each step through. You’ll do fine. Thank you so much for sharing.

Good luck as you start the next leg of your adventure.

The Bahamas can be a rough passage. Good luck!

See ya when you get here. SV Saguaro. Currently in georgetown exumas.

Glad to see you finally sailing!

I'd check the swr match on the VHF antenna to make sure it's OK. You don't want to burn out the finals on the Marine VHF Radio

Your thoughts that going under the bridge was reckless are dead on. The cost benefit analysis in these situations is clear. Think them through very carefully and over compensate. This is especially true for docking. I watch people bashing into boats when trying to dock in a current or wind, and a little thought ahead of time would have prevented all of it. Not being critical at all. I have paid the price a few times myself, and it is not worth it.

Very pleasure to sea you. kisses for all😘

@SaltyEscape *_ First time that I've viewed your channel...... nice vlog, BUT............. Good grief, what's with all the stuff laying about (Sailor's Rule #1 'Everything in its place and a Place for everything' ) Don't come with "Oh we're still doing work that's why the stuff is laying about" ... and what's with all those Fuel Containers on deck that aren't lashed and tied down...... SHIP SHAPE MATE is the SAFE SAILOR!! SO, THUMBS DOWN this time! _*