Love your first video. We are the new owners of a Jefferson 53. I will be 81 years old at the end of this month. We are moored at Roche Harbor Washington and have made a video called relaxing in Roche Harbor. The video will show you that everyone needs a larger boat ! I may have missed the type of boat you have bought. My wife and I have a lot to learn and that’s why we bought this boat at our age. Someone told me that a schedule is the most dangerous thing about boating. Be careful on your three day weekend trips. Good sailing and I look forward to your next video..Pat
Husband is right... If Monday -Friday is a hyphen... it needs to be lived, not skipped. Amazing what can be packed into that small dash. Glad to be able to watch as I've dreamed of this, but never had the chance to do it.
Since there’s not a snowball’s chance at the equator of me ever talking my bride into taking such an adventurous journey….-I’m gonna hitch my virtual dinghy up to SeaShine and enjoy the loop with you guys!! 😎
Don't worry about your children. The best years of my life was when we all lived on my father's boat. It was not year round it was from May until September of every year since I was born. Those were absolutely the best years of my life and trust me your children will be thanking you as they get older they will complain as all children do But when they look back on their life they will be thanking you
Oh we weren't sure about you guys but you got us with that bit towards the end - reassuring yourselves about how little time you had with your children, how the weeks at home just disappear - all of that makes the inevitable stress and financial worry (which seem to never go away with children however successful we are!). My wife and I remind ourselves we want to live an adventure story - and even the most tame children's adventure stories have at least MILD PERIL :-).
I love that! We want our life to be an adventure story too. And it is so true that every adventure has some level of peril. Thanks for hanging in there with us and for this kind comment :)
As young and as good-looking as your family is, you will find that starting and keeping a list of chores and prioritizing learning operational systems and or functions will serve you well. Your boat is a huge blessing and gift but every blessing has a shadow (learning curve). I love following your progress. As your confidence increases, so will your ability to sleep through it all.
Our kids are all gone now - but come back to visit a lot - I look back to those days when we were all together creating adventures and memories. You are 100% right! How do you grow and you only have 9 years left. I am subscribed and looking forward to your adventure. I live right on the Canadian part of the loop (Trent Severn Waterway and Georgian Bay) and hope to see you when you come through this neighbourhood!!
Sadly we missed you as we have already been thru that area) but we LOVED it! Wow you live in a beautiful area. Thank you so much for sharing it with us and all the Loopers. And thank you for your sweet comment :)
We lived on our boat all sumer with the kids. I had the luxury of being able to take summers off and we traveled. It was the greatest family memories. My oldest daughter is now 43 and misses the boat more than anything and she wants to see her three kids have the memories we created, secret is my wife and I are sick or the motorhome and it's lifestyle and were buying another bigger boat this summer.
Wahoooo! That is super exciting news. I've always been curious to compare boating lifestyle to RV lifestyle. Guessing its hard to go to RV after boat. But probably much less stressful being in an RV than on the water.
✋✋ Question.... The most important cargo ::: Where are the Sea Cat's??? You guy's have me excited for you and when I find mine .... Woohoo 🎉🎉 Mrs. cracks me up she is going 90 mph but needs to remember something very special from horse racing " Pace makes the Race" take a minute sit down,look around breathing deep, then go just sit out on the Bow.... Look around, smell the air, listen.... You don't hear the mad rush of city life... Mark on the other hand is cool as a cucumber.... ...... The kids are awesome, I hope as time goes along you will interview them, kids don't sugar coat things.... Safe travels and 🙏, Scott and FuzzyNugget
The Sea Cats will board next week. That should be entertaining LOL. Thank you for the wonderful suggestions. Fingers crossed you find your boat soon!!!
Funny, my wife had the same obscession with taking on water. We took on a bit of water on day 3 or 4 and EVERYTIME we came aboard she would go straight to the galley because there was a a small hatch for storage and it was the bottom of the bilge, so the first thing she would do is check her hole to see if it was wet and she did that for 17 years, never missed once.
"What have we done" we are in our 3rd year of our first boat. I know exactly what your thinking, You have a gorgeous boat, ours is 41 years old, 43 foot Hatteras, not near as many systems as you have. we didn't do what your doing until we were near 70. your kids will be blessed by this adventure. It gets easier.lol
6:10 that is better customer service than the service we got when we bought our new boat at a dealer. 7:35 have more of the happy juice it will help with the panic mode, lol
I love your honesty which is rare on boating Vlogs. As for the panic, it’s natural. As an old salt, the only thing that I can tell you is to practice your close quarters handling in different conditions (but nothing crazy). Knowing how your boat handles takes practice and you must put in the requisite number of reps. Something tells me that you guys are going to have an amazing time. I will be watching with both joy and envy.
Don’t despair, no matter new or old the boat, this settling in process happens on all of them. At first you will have lots of things that seem major turn out minor ……and vice versa. You are very lucky to have the prior owner & mechanic available right there. That is a major plus. I really enjoy your videos, well done and they tell the family side of this adventure. You have no idea how much your kids will learn and grow through this experience. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Robert! We feel SO LUCKY AND GRATEFUL that the prior owner and his mechanic happen to be in Stuart and willing to help. Total stroke of luck and it has been a HUGE help! Thank you for encouraging us. It is most appreciated!
What a brilliant outlook 9 years to give the kids great memorises and the education of team work. i hope the boat serves you well and looks after you. Look after it and it will look after you.
It's funny. As I watch how restlessness you are on your first couple of nights you all are on the boat... I think I can't wait to be living aboard again. You will get use to it and enjoy it sooner than you think.
Please keep including all the learning curve stuff as I am a total newb wanting to take on the loop in the future and hope to learn a lot watching your adventure.
Wow! Everything is good. You have an awesome boat. You don’t know how lucky you are buying this boat. Y’all will look back and have a good laugh. Y’all have got this!!!! Lucky Lucky family, bless you!
I just found your site and it's great. You seem like a down to earth family. Very refreshing. Mark, remember how an ant eats an elephant ? One bite at a time. The same is true learning your new boat. I'm sure it seems daunting, but you'll figure it out. Just enjoy the experience. Safe travels to all of you.
Big learning curve, seems overwhelming, but you will feel confident and comfortable and relaxed much faster than you believe now! The first 10 dockings are extremely tense, the next 10 are tense, the next 200 are (mostly) pieces of cake. Please know you will be traveling in waters where Sea Tow help is within minutes, where help is always reachable by VHF channel 16, and the waters are mostly quite benign. Also, you are on a well-made, hefty, very safe yacht. Enjoy!
Thank you for sharing. A good friend of mine shared the song “cats in the cradle” with me when my kids were little. I’m so thankful he did as I’ve tried so much harder to not do that Monday-Friday routine. Enjoy the family, that boat and all of your blessings.
If we had known y’all were there we would have come by. We had a boat viewing in Ft. Pierce but to no avail passed it up for now. I’m getting nervous just watching you. Thanks. D.
What a hoot. We bought our last intending to take it to Alaska immediately. One year later, she's ready! Your boat looks mostly squared away already though. One favorite lesson to share, "every sound is sacred." It's really worth knowing the noise made by every pump, buzzer and clank, & always know why. One time I was filling the fresh water, and getting ready to leave it and go to breakfast. I heard the some pump running. Why? Who cares? WRONG. The freshwater tank outlet hose had popped off, and we were filling the pacific ocean with freshwater from the dock hose, through our bilge pump. Glad I noticed because I don't think the pumps would've won.
Just saw your channel, good luck with the boat looks like a nice boat and I prefer the old timers, maybe because i'm one! I did the loop 20 years ago, but requirements were different, was a boys trip, 3 friends, we bought a 46 ocean sunliner just to do the loop, did it in 5 months, one summer. I'm sure lots has changed in the last 20 years, from my experience plan the shortest time on the Mississippi, it's got high banks for flooding and it's like riding in a ditch you can't see over the sides, marinas we're far and few between and mostly old barges cabled to the bank, with the exception of St. louis has a beautiful marina. If memory is good, got off on ohio river to cumberland to tennessee tom bigbe, that's much nicer then taking the mississippi all the way. Safe travels it's a great trip, may possibly see you on the water ways. now a days on a 58 viking mostly between florida and new york.
Love that you did the loop 20 years ago! What an amazing trip with your buddies I bet you had. We plan to get off the Mississippi as soon as we can. Perhaps we will see you. What is the name of your boat?
@@TheBoomershines concrete evidence, I had all the charts from the trip, threw it all away last year, would have loved to give it away, I went before digital charts, old school paper and compass. gps was a new thing and cartography was in beginning stages, I would have loved to extend the trip, we did it fast, wives and family home, 5 months is a long time away from home and business. did take a break and left the boat in Alpina Michigan. Thought we were doing a good thing by leaving it under cover floating inside rather then out in sun. Lesson learned there are a lot of spiders inside under a cover in the summer in Michigan. Were still killing them in St. louis and spider crap stains gel coat black with spots. Your in for an adventure. In my entire boating experiences, the great loop, it used to be called the great circle, has been the high light of all trips.
Greetings from England , found you guys by accident really loving the content ,learning about you guys and your lovely new home I find it all so interesting 🤔, I have a question as I don’t know much about boats but am fascinated as to how you get your tender on and off ,looking forward to seeing it happen , looking forward to your next vlog regards Paul
Cheers mate! Great to have you aboard. We know how in in theory we will deploy our tender, but we have not done it yet. Basically hook it up to the crane on the flybridge called a davit and lower it carefully over the starboard side of the boat and try not to damage it or the boat or freak out that the boat is leaning. It has to be don e in a space where there is enough room to the side of the boat of course. We will definitely film the whole process. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for keeping it real ❤️! I will be doing the same thing in a year or so, I will learn from y'all 😊. I look forward to following y'all on this journey virtually!
Real is all we got Taija! Congrats on your plans as well. Either do as we do (when it works) or don't do as we do (when it doesn't work) Ha! Welcome aboard!
Exciting times! Wendy and did the same thing after we closed on the boat and our first night…what have we done! Good luck! It looks like we won’t part of the 2022 Fleet this year…we had some family issues. Looking forward to 2023 Fleet. But we will enjoy watching your alls exciting adventures.
I so identify with your experience! Everything is new and so complicated. And the wind! We have been drinking From a similar firehose made all the more complicated by all the solar, LiPolymer, electric motors, generators, and inverter stuff that makes this boat work. Whew!
YEEEEEEAAAAA here we go!!!!! I have a funny feeling this show is going to blow up big time. I believe that it is quite possible that by the time your great loop adventure is complete you may well to put the "L" in the great loop! I have been subscribing and following your shows from the beginning and I am in, and what a great video coming out of the gate! I think your going to have a wonderful adventure. I know at times its going to be challenging but that's what makes it so good. Thanks, good luck and I can't wait for the next one. Cruse on 💨🤙😎😃
Just discovered your channel. I LOVE this. Stuff to learn, yep. Ups and downs to come, yep. An unbelievable journey ahead that the word "priceless" will never fully be adequate in describing? Yep... I look forward to your videos to come! Bravo!
Congratulations!! Y'all are in the learning curve!! It gets easier, don't panic. We bought our boat last summer in St. Petersburg, FL, and I was at the local West Marine store so many times {sometimes three times in one day}, I was on a first name basis with everyone at the store, and they even offered me a job there. A little water around the rudder stocks and shaft seals is normal. As long as it's not coming in too fast. That's what the bilge pumps are for. Do you have "high water bilge alarms"? If not, they can be installed easily enough.
You guys are great…just an FYI, we’re listening to you with ear buds on…I want to keep watching your journey…volume control is gonna make the difference.
Unclear Meg… are you saying it’s too loud? It’s so hard to get it perfect for every speaker output. We try and watch the peak volumes on our editing software. It seems all speakers are calibrated different. Will keep in mind and thank you!⚓️Mark
Surprised I haven’t seen you guys around town yet. We too just purchased a new to us boat and have been in all of the same stores buying odds and ends. Our boat is a blue and white 27 Ranger Tug. We pump out and fuel up at that marina as well. If you need a haul out there is a yard in Fort Pierce called Cracker Boys, they are very reasonable. We use to haul our Sea Ray Sedan there. Congratulations on the new boat, it looks like a beauty. I saw it from the bridge on my way to work last week.
Good Morning, I love following your journey. I've watched most if not all of your videos and LOVE THEM. I have a question: why didn't the survey catch the water and bilge not working. My wife and I have been looking for a boat for the past several months, and one my concerns is finding a survey guy who's trusted and doesn't just pencil whip the inspections.
Wow! Love keeping up with you guys. Thank you for making our hearts smile with you. I will be with you in buying a boat in the next couple years and look forward every week for your updates on UA-cam and Instagram. I am in the process of doing online classes in maritime skills {chart plotting, GPS, boat handling, AIS, etc} in preparation of doing the Great Loop myself. Btw, I had asked you earlier the name of your insurance guy you recommended but you were unable to remember his name. Do you recall who he is now?
Thanks Dennis! You will be in the same “boat” before you know it! Enjoy the anticipation as it is half the fun! Our marine insurance agent was Russell Jamieson with Risk Strategies Company. Good luck!
Just subscribed. I'm looking forward to your adventure. Hope it's an exciting and harmonious time for you all. Would be handy if you stop whispering though, as we can't hear what you're saying when you do!
We have all the info you want on previous episodes where we discuss at length the insurance issues along the way. To answer your question… insurance is a tough part of the process. You must have prior experience to go up to a boat length more than about 25 feet.
Yall have the right attitude. Just stick with it. 6 months from now I bet if you watch these first few videos I bet you say that was nothing. Remember running the boat slow is pro.
I can only imagine what you guys are going through. The only thing _I_ can directly compare it to is buying an actual house (NOT a condo or something similar) for the first time. . As far as attire on the boat, as long as you don't shock the kiddos then a crop top and short-shorts are perfectly fine!
Check put Victoria from Nautistyles, she has the best functionl women's wardrobe. You can see what she wears. She is on boats all the time doing shoots and she lives full time on her boat.
stop the stress Packing glands are so posed to leek when running sitting still no, how long have they been there age is a thing ! repack do rudders to .end dock not good, more sleepiness nights as for the MAC that has took care of the boat for 10 plus years well have expectations on that, second opinion is always good.Learn the boat it will teach you and u tube is a good thing to find out about stuff. be aware though not all is told you are no longer in a house 20 min showers do not exsest wet down soap up rinse,your journey is about to begin but not started yet . take her out learn her see what she can do and do it, you need back up fine, but do it your self. Learn the throttles bow thrusts see how she handles .First date at the drive in movies will you take her home and kiss at the door or shake hands.
3:22 hey the BRIGHT SIDE!!! you are PIERSIDE not on ANCHOR out in the bay and HAVE TO DINGY to your boat on the ANCHOR noteven a mooring ball!!!! yea.... :) GO GO BOOMERSHINESERS!!! LOL one day at a time, SET A GOAL and work twards it.... ONLY THING TO DO, is TO DO IT !
have have to DINGIY the whole TARGAETE tarGAAAEEE trip ON THE DINGY :) ummmm yea.... ;) COULD BE ....BETTER!!! neverwerse ALWAYS BETTER!!! THINK WHAT YOU WANT not what you do NOT want!!!!! THINK ABOUT THAT IS~!!!! not about what IF's!!!
I’d like to discuss what seems to be a theme of your boat ownership experience: panic, anxiety, stress… As a yacht owner and a mental healthcare professional…. Just kidding! I’d be freaking out too! See you out there and I’ll try not to back into you!
Change of wardrobe did you say? I think I see captain hats , smoking pipes, lots of stripes, with bright orange life vests.... On second thought don't listen to my wardrobe advice.
Love your first video. We are the new owners of a Jefferson 53. I will be 81 years old at the end of this month. We are moored at Roche Harbor Washington and have made a video called relaxing in Roche Harbor. The video will show you that everyone needs a larger boat ! I may have missed the type of boat you have bought. My wife and I have a lot to learn and that’s why we bought this boat at our age. Someone told me that a schedule is the most dangerous thing about boating. Be careful on your three day weekend trips. Good sailing and I look forward to your next video..Pat
Thanks Patrick! Congrats on your Jefferson 53!!! To answer your question we are 56 feet.
Husband is right... If Monday -Friday is a hyphen... it needs to be lived, not skipped. Amazing what can be packed into that small dash. Glad to be able to watch as I've dreamed of this, but never had the chance to do it.
Come live the dream with us! Welcome aboard!
Since there’s not a snowball’s chance at the equator of me ever talking my bride into taking such an adventurous journey….-I’m gonna hitch my virtual dinghy up to SeaShine and enjoy the loop with you guys!! 😎
Never say never! If we can inspire her awesome… if we scare her away from it sorry! 🤣⚓️ Welcome aboard!
Lots of stress, but I see lots of smiles. Have a drink and do the happy dance. It’s time!
🥂!!!⚓️
3:05 I love West Marine 3:49 That is the best office EVER!
I agree LOL
Don't worry about your children. The best years of my life was when we all lived on my father's boat. It was not year round it was from May until September of every year since I was born. Those were absolutely the best years of my life and trust me your children will be thanking you as they get older they will complain as all children do But when they look back on their life they will be thanking you
Oh we weren't sure about you guys but you got us with that bit towards the end - reassuring yourselves about how little time you had with your children, how the weeks at home just disappear - all of that makes the inevitable stress and financial worry (which seem to never go away with children however successful we are!). My wife and I remind ourselves we want to live an adventure story - and even the most tame children's adventure stories have at least MILD PERIL :-).
I love that! We want our life to be an adventure story too. And it is so true that every adventure has some level of peril. Thanks for hanging in there with us and for this kind comment :)
As young and as good-looking as your family is, you will find that starting and keeping a list of chores and prioritizing learning operational systems and or functions will serve you well. Your boat is a huge blessing and gift but every blessing has a shadow (learning curve). I love following your progress. As your confidence increases, so will your ability to sleep through it all.
Thanks Manfred! Great suggestions! Thanks for joining us virtually on this adventure.
Our kids are all gone now - but come back to visit a lot - I look back to those days when we were all together creating adventures and memories. You are 100% right! How do you grow and you only have 9 years left. I am subscribed and looking forward to your adventure. I live right on the Canadian part of the loop (Trent Severn Waterway and Georgian Bay) and hope to see you when you come through this neighbourhood!!
Sadly we missed you as we have already been thru that area) but we LOVED it! Wow you live in a beautiful area. Thank you so much for sharing it with us and all the Loopers. And thank you for your sweet comment :)
We lived on our boat all sumer with the kids. I had the luxury of being able to take summers off and we traveled. It was the greatest family memories. My oldest daughter is now 43 and misses the boat more than anything and she wants to see her three kids have the memories we created, secret is my wife and I are sick or the motorhome and it's lifestyle and were buying another bigger boat this summer.
Wahoooo! That is super exciting news. I've always been curious to compare boating lifestyle to RV lifestyle. Guessing its hard to go to RV after boat. But probably much less stressful being in an RV than on the water.
✋✋ Question.... The most important cargo ::: Where are the Sea Cat's???
You guy's have me excited for you and when I find mine .... Woohoo 🎉🎉 Mrs. cracks me up she is going 90 mph but needs to remember something very special from horse racing " Pace makes the Race" take a minute sit down,look around breathing deep, then go just sit out on the Bow.... Look around, smell the air, listen.... You don't hear the mad rush of city life... Mark on the other hand is cool as a cucumber.... ......
The kids are awesome, I hope as time goes along you will interview them, kids don't sugar coat things....
Safe travels and 🙏,
Scott and FuzzyNugget
The Sea Cats will board next week. That should be entertaining LOL. Thank you for the wonderful suggestions. Fingers crossed you find your boat soon!!!
The 9 year thing is the most aware statement in this video. It's amazing how fast you will learn your vessel.
Yep… gotta make the best of it! Thanks for the vote of confidence!
Funny, my wife had the same obscession with taking on water. We took on a bit of water on day 3 or 4 and EVERYTIME we came aboard she would go straight to the galley because there was a a small hatch for storage and it was the bottom of the bilge, so the first thing she would do is check her hole to see if it was wet and she did that for 17 years, never missed once.
Better safe than sorry! And that habit of hers clearly kept you safe :)
"What have we done" we are in our 3rd year of our first boat. I know exactly what your thinking, You have a gorgeous boat, ours is 41 years old, 43 foot Hatteras, not near as many systems as you have. we didn't do what your doing until we were near 70. your kids will be blessed by this adventure. It gets easier.lol
Thank you!!!
These videos of your adventure are fabulous!!!
Thank you! Just started posting again. Trying to get all caught up. We are a tad behind LOL
6:10 that is better customer service than the service we got when we bought our new boat at a dealer. 7:35 have more of the happy juice it will help with the panic mode, lol
I love your honesty which is rare on boating Vlogs. As for the panic, it’s natural. As an old salt, the only thing that I can tell you is to practice your close quarters handling in different conditions (but nothing crazy). Knowing how your boat handles takes practice and you must put in the requisite number of reps. Something tells me that you guys are going to have an amazing time. I will be watching with both joy and envy.
Thanks for the votes of encouragement Capt.! We love having you onboard with us. Let’s do this! ⚓️Mark
“We’ve got nine more years.” Priceless!
Don’t despair, no matter new or old the boat, this settling in process happens on all of them. At first you will have lots of things that seem major turn out minor ……and vice versa. You are very lucky to have the prior owner & mechanic available right there. That is a major plus.
I really enjoy your videos, well done and they tell the family side of this adventure. You have no idea how much your kids will learn and grow through this experience.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you Robert! We feel SO LUCKY AND GRATEFUL that the prior owner and his mechanic happen to be in Stuart and willing to help. Total stroke of luck and it has been a HUGE help! Thank you for encouraging us. It is most appreciated!
Enjoy and don't sweat it. Boats will always have something that needs to be fixed.
Big learning curve with a boat that size.
What a brilliant outlook 9 years to give the kids great memorises and the education of team work. i hope the boat serves you well and looks after you. Look after it and it will look after you.
Thanks Richard!
Definitely living your best life!……nothing is insurmountable. Chill, relax and enjoy the experience. You only live once, so make the most of it.
Thanks for the kind words of support Gary!
talk about glorious mornings,wow so beautiful!! what a zen life that would be.
Come enjoy more of these glorious mornings with us! Thanks for watching!
You guys are great to watch. You're right, the kids will always remember your adventure!
Ok. You're becoming a fav boating vlog of mine really quickly. Good work!
Wow, thanks! Your comment MADE OUR DAY! Thank you!!!
It's funny. As I watch how restlessness you are on your first couple of nights you all are on the boat... I think I can't wait to be living aboard again. You will get use to it and enjoy it sooner than you think.
That is so reassuring to hear. Thank you ❤️
Let the journey begin, I am going to enjoy watching your family do the Loop and learn the boat.
Welcome aboard!
Please keep including all the learning curve stuff as I am a total newb wanting to take on the loop in the future and hope to learn a lot watching your adventure.
You bet! There will be plenty of learning opportunities at our expense. 😆😎⚓️
Wow! Everything is good. You have an awesome boat. You don’t know how lucky you are buying this boat. Y’all will look back and have a good laugh. Y’all have got this!!!! Lucky Lucky family, bless you!
Bless you Larry! 🙏🏻⚓️
I really enjoyed this video.
Awww thanks Mark! You made our evening!!!
These will be “core memory” achievements for your children and yourselves
We hope!!! And not “permanent mental scarring”. Ha!
I just found your site and it's great. You seem like a down to earth family. Very refreshing. Mark, remember how an ant eats an elephant ? One bite at a time. The same is true learning your new boat. I'm sure it seems daunting, but you'll figure it out. Just enjoy the experience. Safe travels to all of you.
Thanks Tom!!!
Big learning curve, seems overwhelming, but you will feel confident and comfortable and relaxed much faster than you believe now! The first 10 dockings are extremely tense, the next 10 are tense, the next 200 are (mostly) pieces of cake. Please know you will be traveling in waters where Sea Tow help is within minutes, where help is always reachable by VHF channel 16, and the waters are mostly quite benign.
Also, you are on a well-made, hefty, very safe yacht. Enjoy!
Thanks John! Great pep talk!!!
Thank you for sharing. A good friend of mine shared the song “cats in the cradle” with me when my kids were little. I’m so thankful he did as I’ve tried so much harder to not do that Monday-Friday routine. Enjoy the family, that boat and all of your blessings.
That song can be a real reminder/wake up call right?! Thanks for following along!
If we had known y’all were there we would have come by. We had a boat viewing in Ft. Pierce but to no avail passed it up for now. I’m getting nervous just watching you. Thanks. D.
OK, you guys are doing a good job with the videos ! Watching you get your feet wet is quite entertaining !
Thanks Tony!
Looking forward to seeing you guys up on the Champlain or Erie Canal
As are we!
@@TheBoomershines do you know which canal you are taking yet
What a hoot. We bought our last intending to take it to Alaska immediately. One year later, she's ready! Your boat looks mostly squared away already though. One favorite lesson to share, "every sound is sacred." It's really worth knowing the noise made by every pump, buzzer and clank, & always know why. One time I was filling the fresh water, and getting ready to leave it and go to breakfast. I heard the some pump running. Why? Who cares? WRONG. The freshwater tank outlet hose had popped off, and we were filling the pacific ocean with freshwater from the dock hose, through our bilge pump. Glad I noticed because I don't think the pumps would've won.
Ha! Love your saying. We make it a practice to turn the dock supply water when we leave the boat. Happy cruising!
Looking forward to alot more post from you guys! This is awesome! Keep living your best lives!
Just saw your channel, good luck with the boat looks like a nice boat and I prefer the old timers, maybe because i'm one! I did the loop 20 years ago, but requirements were different, was a boys trip, 3 friends, we bought a 46 ocean sunliner just to do the loop, did it in 5 months, one summer. I'm sure lots has changed in the last 20 years, from my experience plan the shortest time on the Mississippi, it's got high banks for flooding and it's like riding in a ditch you can't see over the sides, marinas we're far and few between and mostly old barges cabled to the bank, with the exception of St. louis has a beautiful marina. If memory is good, got off on ohio river to cumberland to tennessee tom bigbe, that's much nicer then taking the mississippi all the way. Safe travels it's a great trip, may possibly see you on the water ways. now a days on a 58 viking mostly between florida and new york.
Love that you did the loop 20 years ago! What an amazing trip with your buddies I bet you had. We plan to get off the Mississippi as soon as we can. Perhaps we will see you. What is the name of your boat?
@@TheBoomershines concrete evidence, I had all the charts from the trip, threw it all away last year, would have loved to give it away, I went before digital charts, old school paper and compass. gps was a new thing and cartography was in beginning stages, I would have loved to extend the trip, we did it fast, wives and family home, 5 months is a long time away from home and business. did take a break and left the boat in Alpina Michigan. Thought we were doing a good thing by leaving it under cover floating inside rather then out in sun. Lesson learned there are a lot of spiders inside under a cover in the summer in Michigan. Were still killing them in St. louis and spider crap stains gel coat black with spots. Your in for an adventure. In my entire boating experiences, the great loop, it used to be called the great circle, has been the high light of all trips.
@@franklake8931 That is so cool! You are the OG of the loop/circle!!!
Niiiiiice to see and hear real emotions of brands new boat ownership. 🎉 Loved this vlog epi.✨🌊💨🛥🏝👙🌞✨
Real is all we know 🤣. Thanks Richard!
Greetings from England , found you guys by accident really loving the content ,learning about you guys and your lovely new home I find it all so interesting 🤔, I have a question as I don’t know much about boats but am fascinated as to how you get your tender on and off ,looking forward to seeing it happen , looking forward to your next vlog regards Paul
Cheers mate! Great to have you aboard. We know how in in theory we will deploy our tender, but we have not done it yet. Basically hook it up to the crane on the flybridge called a davit and lower it carefully over the starboard side of the boat and try not to damage it or the boat or freak out that the boat is leaning. It has to be don e in a space where there is enough room to the side of the boat of course. We will definitely film the whole process. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for keeping it real ❤️! I will be doing the same thing in a year or so, I will learn from y'all 😊. I look forward to following y'all on this journey virtually!
Real is all we got Taija! Congrats on your plans as well. Either do as we do (when it works) or don't do as we do (when it doesn't work) Ha! Welcome aboard!
Exciting times! Wendy and did the same thing after we closed on the boat and our first night…what have we done! Good luck! It looks like we won’t part of the 2022 Fleet this year…we had some family issues. Looking forward to 2023 Fleet. But we will enjoy watching your alls exciting adventures.
Keep the faith!!! Your Loop will come!
You guys are doing great. This is a huge endeavor, there will be many bumps but all the memories will be worth it all.
Thank you!⚓️
I so identify with your experience! Everything is new and so complicated. And the wind! We have been drinking From a similar firehose made all the more complicated by all the solar, LiPolymer, electric motors, generators, and inverter stuff that makes this boat work. Whew!
Misery loves company:) Bit how lucky to be so miserable right? What is your boat with all that fancy stuff?
Greenline 48 Coupe
@@allanstraughan1393 Love it! Great boat!
YEEEEEEAAAAA here we go!!!!! I have a funny feeling this show is going to blow up big time. I believe that it is quite possible that by the time your great loop adventure is complete you may well to put the "L" in the great loop! I have been subscribing and following your shows from the beginning and I am in, and what a great video coming out of the gate! I think your going to have a wonderful adventure. I know at times its going to be challenging but that's what makes it so good. Thanks, good luck and I can't wait for the next one. Cruse on 💨🤙😎😃
Love the enthusiasm Charles!!! Welcome aboard and let’s do This!!! ⚓️🛥
Just discovered your channel. I LOVE this. Stuff to learn, yep. Ups and downs to come, yep. An unbelievable journey ahead that the word "priceless" will never fully be adequate in describing? Yep... I look forward to your videos to come! Bravo!
Wow! Thanks for the kind words Rick! Welcome aboard⚓️
Congratulations!! Y'all are in the learning curve!! It gets easier, don't panic. We bought our boat last summer in St. Petersburg, FL, and I was at the local West Marine store so many times {sometimes three times in one day}, I was on a first name basis with everyone at the store, and they even offered me a job there. A little water around the rudder stocks and shaft seals is normal. As long as it's not coming in too fast. That's what the bilge pumps are for. Do you have "high water bilge alarms"? If not, they can be installed easily enough.
High water alarms being installed as we speak! Thanks!!!
My heart is with you all. So exciting and scary at the same time. On our bucket list as well.
Thank you!
If it's the shaft seals that are leaking see if you could upgrade to dripless seals
You guys are great…just an FYI, we’re listening to you with ear buds on…I want to keep watching your journey…volume control is gonna make the difference.
Unclear Meg… are you saying it’s too loud? It’s so hard to get it perfect for every speaker output. We try and watch the peak volumes on our editing software. It seems all speakers are calibrated different. Will keep in mind and thank you!⚓️Mark
Enjoy be safe!!
Thank you!
Congrats guys! Awesome job, you really did your homework…we met you at the Ft Meyers AGLAc…we will be looking for you on the salty sea!
Yes!
Surprised I haven’t seen you guys around town yet. We too just purchased a new to us boat and have been in all of the same stores buying odds and ends. Our boat is a blue and white 27 Ranger Tug. We pump out and fuel up at that marina as well. If you need a haul out there is a yard in Fort Pierce called Cracker Boys, they are very reasonable. We use to haul our Sea Ray Sedan there. Congratulations on the new boat, it looks like a beauty. I saw it from the bridge on my way to work last week.
Congratulations on your new boat!!!
Was going to say most engine packing weeps a bit to cool the bearings.. But you guys got it! Keep learning! 👍👍
So much to learn but we are making progress every day!
@@TheBoomershines that is what it is all about!! Stick with it!! 👍👍
Good Morning, I love following your journey. I've watched most if not all of your videos and LOVE THEM. I have a question: why didn't the survey catch the water and bilge not working. My wife and I have been looking for a boat for the past several months, and one my concerns is finding a survey guy who's trusted and doesn't just pencil whip the inspections.
Good question… There was no water in the bilge at the time of inspection. Post inspection and acceptor becomes the new owners situation to deal with.
Wow! Love keeping up with you guys. Thank you for making our hearts smile with you. I will be with you in buying a boat in the next couple years and look forward every week for your updates on UA-cam and Instagram. I am in the process of doing online classes in maritime skills {chart plotting, GPS, boat handling, AIS, etc} in preparation of doing the Great Loop myself. Btw, I had asked you earlier the name of your insurance guy you recommended but you were unable to remember his name. Do you recall who he is now?
Thanks Dennis! You will be in the same “boat” before you know it! Enjoy the anticipation as it is half the fun! Our marine insurance agent was Russell Jamieson with Risk Strategies Company. Good luck!
Just subscribed. I'm looking forward to your adventure. Hope it's an exciting and harmonious time for you all.
Would be handy if you stop whispering though, as we can't hear what you're saying when you do!
Love your videos! So real. One question about your process of buying. Did you have issues with insurance and if so why?
We have all the info you want on previous episodes where we discuss at length the insurance issues along the way. To answer your question… insurance is a tough part of the process. You must have prior experience to go up to a boat length more than about 25 feet.
Yall have the right attitude. Just stick with it. 6 months from now I bet if you watch these first few videos I bet you say that was nothing. Remember running the boat slow is pro.
Thank you! Our moto is "slow like a pro, fast like an a$$" LOL
Dink more, all good!@
Looks like you may be following your own advice🤣⚓️Capt. Mark
Believe me, we did! Every time we docked successfully we felt the need to celebrate (and settle my nerves) LOL Admiral Cinda
Darn, somebody beat me to being first :)
LOL
Just remember you can’t buy happiness but you can buy a boat……..y’all are going to do great……
LOL. We love that song. Thanks for the giggle and encouragement this morning!
I can only imagine what you guys are going through. The only thing _I_ can directly compare it to is buying an actual house (NOT a condo or something similar) for the first time.
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As far as attire on the boat, as long as you don't shock the kiddos then a crop top and short-shorts are perfectly fine!
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Check put Victoria from Nautistyles, she has the best functionl women's wardrobe. You can see what she wears. She is on boats all the time doing shoots and she lives full time on her boat.
stop the stress Packing glands are so posed to leek when running sitting still no, how long have they been there age is a thing ! repack do rudders to .end dock not good, more sleepiness nights as for the MAC that has took care of the boat for 10 plus years well have expectations on that, second opinion is always good.Learn the boat it will teach you and u tube is a good thing to find out about stuff. be aware though not all is told you are no longer in a house 20 min showers do not exsest wet down soap up rinse,your journey is about to begin but not started yet . take her out learn her see what she can do and do it, you need back up fine, but do it your self. Learn the throttles bow thrusts see how she handles .First date at the drive in movies will you take her home and kiss at the door or shake hands.
3:22 hey the BRIGHT SIDE!!! you are PIERSIDE not on ANCHOR out in the bay and HAVE TO DINGY to your boat on the ANCHOR noteven a mooring ball!!!! yea.... :) GO GO BOOMERSHINESERS!!! LOL
one day at a time, SET A GOAL and work twards it.... ONLY THING TO DO, is TO DO IT !
have have to DINGIY the whole TARGAETE tarGAAAEEE trip ON THE DINGY :) ummmm yea.... ;) COULD BE ....BETTER!!! neverwerse ALWAYS BETTER!!! THINK WHAT YOU WANT not what you do NOT want!!!!!
THINK ABOUT THAT IS~!!!!
not about what IF's!!!
The catalog on the table at minute 14 Can you tell me what it is
Will find out if we can find it again. Ha!
@@TheBoomershines Ty
I’d like to discuss what seems to be a theme of your boat ownership experience: panic, anxiety, stress… As a yacht owner and a mental healthcare professional…. Just kidding! I’d be freaking out too! See you out there and I’ll try not to back into you!
Love the humor Mortimer!!! 🤣⚓️
Fellow “cruises” not fellow “boaters”
Just an FYI
I am confused LOL Do you mean "cruisers" not "cruises"? And if so, are not all cruisers also boaters? What is the difference? Thanks for the intel :)
Change of wardrobe did you say? I think I see captain hats , smoking pipes, lots of stripes, with bright orange life vests.... On second thought don't listen to my wardrobe advice.