Great Loop Route # 208: St. Pete Beach, Florida to Sarasota, Florida | What Yacht To Do
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- Опубліковано 8 кві 2022
- Welcome to What Yacht To Do, a Great Loop Documentary. Today, (November 27, 2021) Rev and Sam are moving on their Great Loop Route from St. Pete Beach, Florida to Sarasota, Florida. We stayed at Marina Jacks for two nights.
We are cruising around America's Great Loop for a second time and selected a 1999 Carver 504 named the Here's To Us!! as our Great Loop boat. So much goes into Great Loop planning and we share every trip with you. Welcome aboard!
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For years we ate lunch at Marina Jacks, owned a condo off of Lido Beach, and enjoy visiting St. Armands Circle… all in Sarasota area…. I had an office in Sarasota, but lived in Greenville, Ohio… we kept a 36’ Cruiser on Lake Erie, and I am a private pilot…. Needless to say, I find all of your videos very interesting… Thanks for sharing! and Safe Travels! John & Marcia Kelly
Awesome. Thanks John and Marcia! So great to have you onboard with us 😎
Thanks for explaining how your electronics are set up and why, great advice. Another great video, thanks for taking us along, felt like I was right up there with you on the bridge!
Thanks Rick, we're trying to do the best we can and still enjoy the trip. Glad it is if some use! We have also started GreatLoopAcademy for more detailed information. 👍
Marina Jack has an awesome restaurant. Every time we fly into Sarasota we have lunch there.
It's one of the best marinas in Florida for sure!
We live just off the intracoastal in St. Petersburg.
Actually sad that you pass through this area so quickly, there are some beautiful harbors and anchorages in the area that are not to be missed.
We likely will start the loop in 2025, but plan on taking at least parts of 2 years, if not 3 to do it.
It truly is a wonderful area. In two loops, we just scratched the surface of some great cruising areas. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Sam & Rev
Welcome to marina jack. I missed seeing your boat from my balcony across the street on the 15th floor and was even on the lookout for you. Another opportunity lost to meet you both. Brett
Wow, that's fantastic. Such a cool city! 😎
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We're six months behind you on Baby Grand!
Awesome. We just made it across the Okeechobee today. Anchored in Stuart! 😎
Hi Sam and Rev, Another Great one. It was nice to see Tampa Bay again. I was Stationed there back in the early 90's and had a 32ft Trojan back then and was all over the Bay. It is something to see. Thank's for sharing it with us. Happy Travel's and stay safe. Capt. Mike "Rita Mae 3".
You are quite welcome. It's a great area. Thanks for your service! 🇺🇸
Y’all leave out the best part. The marina approach,docking and getting tied up.
We try to do that if we are not too busy, but only if we have time and it doesn't conflict with crew coordination or radio calls. Well try to do better in fact we just docked at Clewiston and captured it all, so be patient with us and thanks for the feedback 😎
Many of their previous videos have what you mention.
Two years ago, we spent Feb. in Venice and went to the Ringling Brothers winter headquarters (now a museum) and it was a fantastic way to spend a day. Just awesome!
Very highly recommend. On the hard, Ed
Awesome, Ed! We just docked in Clewiston at Roland Martin's ... Enjoying the Tiki Bar and chilling!
What a super smooth ride that was. Goldie Locks trip, not too busy, not too far juuuuust right. 🙂 Hope you guys are enjoying that sunshine. Don't let it be a spoiler for an up coming video but are you guys going around the south tip of FL or crossing Lake Okeecobee to hit the east coast of FL? Be well, smooth flows and best wishes.
We'll be doing Lake Okeechobee 😎
Just missed you guys😕 Did that same trip as far as Venice April 11th-15th.
Oh, we did this trip in late November. The videos are catching up to us closer, but will always be behind us. We're currently on the Atlantic ICW north bound. Hope you are doing well . 😎
Great video. You get what you pay for and sometimes it's worth. moving on and glad to see it. Hope the weather is good for you now. Enjoy
Thanks Buck 👍 Have a wonderful day!
My father used to live on Anna Maria Island. Yes, the navigation along the intercoastal can be tricky with the reefs right next to the channel. The restaurant at Marina Jack's has great food, also with a lunch/dinner cruise if desired. 😋
It was truly one of the finest stops on the loop! 😊
Very few “reefs” mostly sandbars on the West Coast
Can't believe I missed you! Our home marina is Marina Jack (G Dock). Had been hoping to see you on your travels. - M/Y Out of Africa
Oh sorry. Our videos take time to process and we were catching up. Have a great day!
I remember renting a boat on the ICW Near Tampa St. Pete and and you would be in the channel in this large body of water and you look off to the side and 20 feet away there is some bird walking along. It gets that shallow that fast.
Oh yes! We saw that same bird a few times! 😂
I was hoping you were going to show the whole marina approach, and docking. Have you ever video'd the whole thing from entrance to tie up?
We try to do that if we are not too busy, but only if we have time and it doesn't conflict with crew coordination or radio calls. Well try to do better in fact we just docked at Clewiston and captured it all, so be patient with us and thanks for the feedback 😎
My sister lives in Sarasota. She loves it there. 😎
It's almost idyllic!! Great city!
@@WhatYachtToDo I've only been there once for a short time back in the early 90s when I was a ChrisCraft and Donzi dealer. Spent most of the time at the factory.
Ahhh, no. I will probably check in on your progress, but I would absolutely not take a trip on navionics and apps. I have made the trip you just made, as far as North Carolina, and my friends continued the rest of the loop. Personal opinion, you always have paper charts as back up, parallel rules, a well maintained compass, etc.. GPS and all of those frills are sometimes unavailable and you do not get to choose when.
Yes, in a perfect world that would be optimum. However with three redundant, independent nav programs, not necessary. Even the airlines went electronic five years ago. Paper charts are hard to get as well. 😎
@@WhatYachtToDo Worlds that are closer to perfect are available. You will probably make close to 100 miles a day, so stop by in a couple of weeks. I can hand you charts and all of the Weems & Plath stuff as you pass by. It may already be too late, but if you are going the Okeechobee route instead of Marathon, please look closely at the weather. Okeechobee is already a problem because of the depth at the big turn, but if the wind is going to be from the southwest, you could be in breakers at the lock. Peace, safe trip.
@@CJrun Thanks. What is your location? 😎
@@WhatYachtToDo Calabash, NC
You two seem like delightful people. I have watched a number of your videos. This is just really boring stuff. LoL. There is value, however, if someone is going to do the loop. Stay safe. Oops, I forgot. Boring almost always translates to safe. 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks so much! 👍😎