Starting our Cruise up the St. Johns River | Cruising m/v Y-Not
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- Опубліковано 6 січ 2019
- Back after a holiday hiatus... and happy new year!
Picking back up our cruising journey from mid-October - starting our cruise up the St. Johns River south towards Sanford.
Join us in this episode as we leave Jacksonville in the rear view - and our first anchorage stops in Doctor's Lake, Black Creek, Green Cove Springs (including an update on the voting issues) and Deep Creek.
For the full blog version:
www.technomadia.com/2019/01/s...
Opening song:
'Straight Up' by Shakiban - shakiban.bandcamp.com/album/za
Camera Gear Used:
iPhone X & iPhone XS Max
Mavic 2 Pro Drone: amzn.to/2DAn9nY
Rode Video Micro Microphone: amzn.to/2JNqG2Z
Garmin Virb: amzn.to/2NxJzJb
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Cherie & Chris have been full time technomads since 2006. In the winter we explore land in our 1961 GM 4106 bus conversion. In the spring/summer we move aboard our 1999 Bayliner 4788 slowly exploring America's waterways along the Great Loop.
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I’m so envious! I started following you guys when you rehabbed Zephyr. But now that you’re on the St Johns, I’m really envious. I was in the Navy and my carrier was stationed at the mouth of the St Johns River in Mayport. While standing watch, I’d always imagine where the boats were going, what beautiful and peaceful destinations they were traveling to. That was many moons ago. Thank you for making these beautiful and informative videos. God speed, fair winds and following seas!
Glad we can share a glimpse into where the boats can go!
Were you on the Saratoga?
@@mathewmcdonald3657 It was the JFK.
Chris & Cheri, LOVED the new opening sequence! Thank you for sharing all your adventure!
Envious. Happy & safe travels. Maybe one day we'll see you on the 2.
Hi guys! This was one of the most beautiful and inspiring videos you have made yet. After viewing all those beautiful anchorages and great drone shots of the boat both anchored and cruising we can't wait to get back aboard the Lola Marie. Thanks for all the hard work! We look forward to seeing you in Sanford again when it is convenient!
Looks great. Enjoyed the scenery and the glimpse of cruising. Thanks.
Just beautiful! Thank you for sharing 😊
I like the drone footage.
Looks like a great trip! love St. Johns River
A great video. Thanks for sharing your adventures on the water for those of us who keep our feet on land. I admire you both. Traveling solo in my RV is my adventure
Love the new intro. Very nice. Glad your enjoying central Fl. We love it here
Happy New year to you both. Looking forward to your new season of yachting.
Ahhhhhh. What a lovely relaxing video! Great drone shots! Orange boys say hi to Kiki!
Thanks for the update. I enjoy your videos.
Really looks like fun, looking forward to your next..
I feel that you're doing it the right way.
This was a great look at River Cruising. Thanks for Sharing!
Drone footage is great, it really adds a lot to the viewing. Thanks
Looks like a great relaxing river to do a side cruise on. Enjoy. Happy sailing.
Hope the year becomes a really good one for you.
Thanks for showing us places we can’t fit. These waters are gorgeous!
Another great video. Thank you!
the drone videos sure add something extra. thanks for sharing your adventure.
Amazing video. Cool to see the SJR from the water
Great video! I had to wait a day and complete a project before I rewarded myself with it. I love learning about Loop side trips. I hope you guys will reconsider going on hiatus -- I think we're all just slowly catching up on things, in post-holiday mode.
Love the St John’s, spent much time camping along the river in my younger days.
great to see what the St. Johns is really like. I think of it being just a small shallow creek. keep up the trek.
I grew up in Deltona and spent a lot of time on the river between Astor and Lake Monroe. Then later I was stationed at Mayport in the Navy and had a 18' Bowrider that had been all over the area there down to Palaka.
glad you had your paddles with you.
Thanks for posting. This looks like a great side trip while doing the Great Loop!
If you have the time, it definitely is! Or it's own adventure too.
Excellent!
Thank you for St Johns fun
We’re sitting in a campground in Charleston, SC and loving it. We totally understand why you’re taking your time with the Loop Tour. Honestly I don’t know when we’ll ever make it to the west coast. We love taking it slowly and getting to know an area. Enjoy!
Taking it slow is feeling right to us!
Greatly enjoyed this video. Surely is idelic, tempting we landlubbers to launch and create our own adventures.
enjoyed another of your videos. You past right by our house as you turned off the intercostal onto the St. Johns. Keep it up.
Awesome! can't wait until I get to go trawling just like this.
Great workout before being able to relax
Gosh I want your life! You are truly blessed
I started following your channel a couple of months ago. The search that brought me to your channel was "The Great Loop". I think the first videos I watched was when you bought Y-Not. I too dream of cruising the Great Loop. I live in Southeast Michigan and have never owned a boat.... I'm not sure how that even happens. I'm glad that you have shared your experience getting on the water and the steps that you took. Thank you!. Anyways, not only do I want to complete the Loop, I am interested in living on a boat, full time, in the near future. So after finding you two, I have watched your videos on "Staying Connected" while on Land or Sea. Thank you so much for your Live Streams, (although I watch them after the fact). Also, for talking to Captain Chris, whom I now follow, and Curtis Stokes (?), whose web site I have frequent often. I find those videos very helpful. Thanks again for sharing.
Glad we could help keep your dreams ignited.. some great resources out there for sure.
Really enjoyed the views on this! It's kinda nice looking at this when everything outside is dead here and hardly any green anywhere. Made me want to go to Florida next! hahaha
I learned how to fish and fished exclusively on the St John's River in the Satsuma area... In the 70's, the area was so raw and undeveloped it was an incredible experience I have yet to match... Snakes, Manatees, Gators, a Panther sighting and even a drunken report of a wild monkey. Lol and as far as the fish it was named the bass capital of the world however 2 hours of 2 person cane pole fishing would always yield 20-40 bluegill "keepers" almost every trip out(especially near the locks that Pres. Nixon had closed down) This is a fish story you can believe... Love that river and all the canals... Thanks for the video, cause for all these fond memories I share👍😊
It was amazing to experience areas that are still undeveloped along this cruise.. so amazing.
Thanks for all your efforts making these videos!
that is so cool , what kind of wild life did you spot?
Grumpy cat is cruising!
Caught my biggest bass on Lake George, 11 lb.
It's always nice to see Admiral Kiki keeping watch over her crew. How bad are the mosquitos when you anchor in the creeks?
Squirrel no crab pot. 😂👊👍😎
When you get to Lake George, don't miss Salt Springs and Silver Glen Springs. You should be able to anchor in the inlet and spend time snorkeling. These are major springs, much larger than Green Cove Springs. Speaking of which, on the way back, Corkey Bells seafood is a great place to dine on the water in GCS, FL.
We did stop at Silver Glen... stay tuned for the next episode. And Corkey Bells is in Palatka, not GCS :)
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Are you making a stop in Lake St. Clair/Detroit River in the Great Loop?
It'll be a few years before we're that far on the Loop... we don't plan our stops more than a week or two out :)
Happy New Year Guys! Welcome Back!
So why is it called Cruising "UP" the river when you're traveling south? I would think that it would be called traveling "Down" the river if heading south? Curious.
Because the river flows north :)
FYI Rivers flow down stream, going up the river is into the current and going down the river is with the current. It cost more money in fuel to travel up stream, than down stream. Hope this helps.
No, we're traveling UP the river when heading south.. against the (minimal) current.
It's fun watching your travels. One question. Traveling all over and testing all this equipment. How do you receive mail and packages. Does FedEx have a jet skis? :-) :-) :-)
We tend to have our mail and packages meetup with us during marina stays.
This is great y’all! What a fun time. I found your blog online. I see where you cruised from Lake Saint George to Sanford Florida down the Saint John river. How was that trip as far as width of the river? Depth of the river? Was there any part that you thought this is a little sketchy? Because they’re making it sound online that you can only cruise from Sanford Florida down to the ocean where it comes in? Then I found yawls blog and I was like no these people cruised it😂 also if you could tell me how long did it take to get from the Saint George lake down the river to Sanford Florida.
I have just bought a piece of property in the Ponderosa right there at Silver Glen Springs. So I would like to travel down the Saint John river to Cocoa Florida. I’m trying to figure out if that’s possible? I mean on a regular basis as of late I know it’s possible😢It seems like it is? My favorite restaurant is the lone cabbage restaurant in cocoa beach plus airboat rides!!! That’s where I want to get to lol.
Also I see you brought your cat lol. Yes Banx our cat would have to become a boat traveler😮
Only as far south as Sanford is considered navigable by a boat of our size. We've not been any further south than that. Some say they go further south when the water is high enough, but we've not attempted it. The stretch between Lake George to Sanford is our favorite, absolutely amazing cruising and nothing to be concerned about (when not at flood stage and closed, as it is now). We've done it multiple times.. it can be done in a day, but we prefer to take a week and enjoy the amazing anchorages.
BTW - the river flows from South to North. It enters the ocean in Jacksonville, and does not connect to the ocean at all near Cocoa.
@@Technomadia Thank you for all this information. I know I cannot wait to spend some time on the Saint John River. We are from Beaufort South Carolina. I had no idea that the st. George lake was brackish😂 I knew that there were blue crabs at Salt Springs but I didn’t get any more involved in my head than that😂 So it is very interesting that that area has freshwater lakes and also brackish lakes that you can catch blue crab and shrimp. That is amazing! I’m glad I found this out before I bought lakefront property. Because for right now we just bought a half acre lot that I am going to do a ton of agriculture on. But in the future I was looking at larger lots down there on the lake.
So, can / do you swim in the water? Being Florida, was wondering about 'gators and bull sharks (I know they can and do go into fresh water)
You can if you really want to.. but we'll be passing on it :)
@@Technomadia Hahaha. Do you ever see them when you are traveling up water?
Absolutely... and see them lounging in our marina too.
Hi I’m just curious, do you have to have a captains license to drive this? Also how would I go about getting one ? 😅
No.. a Captain's license is only needed for those wanting to pilot a boat commercially. There's a whole process to it, that involves a lot of logged time on the water first. Here's a video we did covering this: ua-cam.com/video/q0ddnPaUVdI/v-deo.html
Are you guys able to vote...I heard Florida Elections were trying to change that because it is a PO Box vs residence? Just curious.....
We covered that in this video, I believe?
Did you get rid of all the midges?
Ugh.. another swarm last night and today.
Yuck....
What about mosquitoes? I have been dreaming of the same trip. And Also cutting across lake Okeechobee is on my list.
There's some.. midges are more the problem.
@@Technomadia How did you handle them? Its amazing to me how these insects can cross a lake or river looking for prey :)
audio seems "off"......happy cruising....looks very relaxing.
Ditto on the Audio, all high end no mids or low.
I wasn't sure why I was having trouble hearing. I thought maybe bc it was 2:30 a.m. but audio definitely off. Video was great!!!!
Sorry about that... getting back into editing after a prolonged holiday hiatus. Have limited time and recovering from some nasty holiday crud. Probably needed another pass on this one... but... life goes on. Lots up here. Video is just our side hobby.
@@Technomadia the content is always top notch and truly enjoy your travels both on land and on the water....