Appreciate the effort Captain Mike. This donation is strictly earmarked for beer. Kidding😂 I’ve got sailing lessons coming up this summer! If you get a chance, I’m a very amateur filmmaker but I’ve done some stuff on my channel. 48 hour film contests and such. Might give you a laugh or two. Cheers Mike
@@sailingEV888 some random real estate videos and some safety work videos in there. The 48 hour film project videos were so much fun. youtube.com/@wagzzzz?si=5kXWeXV0MT1Y-kYE
Sailor living in downtown Brickell with our boat in Coconut Grove. Loved seeing the "secret" gas station up the canal. Drive by there often and didn't know it was even there. Learn something new everyday! Great content, keep it up!
Hey question.. are you moored or at a wetslip? What do you do during hurricane season? Asking because I'm about to purchase my first boat and will be mooring at Dinner Key. Appreciate your help!
@@AbeRodriguez79at a mooring ball at dinner key. Been here 4 years and haven’t had to move the boat for a hurricane yet. We’ve had plenty of big storms come by we just tear down windage as much as possible and have been fine
@@manazo16just to throw it out there, had you been there 6 years ago for hurricane Irma and not vacated, your boat would have likely been in a huge pile of vessels stacked up by the park. Nearly all the sailboats that stuck around ended up in that pile. And in that case the eye was about 100 miles away. Just saying, making it through a tropical storm doesn’t say anything as to how it would fair through a hurricane and I hope(and assume) you would vacate the storm if necessary.
12 years ago, we went to the Miami boat show at the convention center via that canal. There was a place both at publix and the convention center to tie up your boat.
Problem isn't cruisers. The problem is with squatters living on un seaworthy junk boats, dumping sewage over board and abandoning their boats when they deteriorate too far to live on.
Instances are relatively few and far between and not worth continuing restrictions on people just trying to live. Miami wants to be only mega mansions and high rise condos if it can help it but where does that leave room for normal everyday people?
Won't let me reply to you directly so just going post a new a new comment. Great drone shots and they bring a lot to your videos. Really gives me an idea of what's going on and I feel like I'm there looking around. I am currently looking at that same drone. Thanks.
Thanks, mate! Hard work patience and planning seems to be paying off right now. I'm going to be doing a full shakedown passage further south in the next week. I'll be diving the hull at 7am. To scrape the hull down and do inspections first thing. There are barnacles the size of quarters all over the hull. There has been so much time sitting in anchorages while doing repairs and EV has grown quite a beard on her hull. It's time to get out on the ocean where she belongs! Thanks for commenting I love answering questions. Good to hear from you Cap.
To be honest so have I... been one tough slog of repairs and incidents.. Ahh sailboat life.. only now am I making up some ground. SAFELY. I'm so excited to upload the next few videos. Hard work and persistence pays off if you just grind away everyday..
Another great episode in the saga of boat life. Hey Michael, haven’t heard you talk about the oil leak in the dinghy. Were you able to diagnose and fix it?
So the oil leak in the Tohatsu 9.8 was 2 things. A loose bolt on the lower oil pan cover and the new fuel pump was leaking a bit. So I put in a new bolt tightened to spec and then just took the new fuel pump off and put it back on again and it's now not leaking. Fingers crossed. With out that dingy and engine it would be rough out here. Next season I plan to hand it in for a full service and gear oil change to a certified outboard place. For now I check the oil everytime I start it and do an inspection for leaks.
There are lots of fix it videos coming up. I replaced my entire fridge system. Compressor condenser and evaporator plates. THAT WAS EXTREMELY COMPLICATED! but eventually, after many, many hours of research, I now have a really really cold fridge with a new efficient Danfoss BD35f HD compressor. She hardly pulls 4 amps and freezes 5 lbs of ground beef in 7 hours!! Revolutionary! She is packed to the brim with meat and provisions, and I'm heading south!!
@@sailingEV888 that’s cool. I thought you’d be able to figure it out. Sounds like an easy fix this time for ya. I wonder if someone’s thought of a catchy acronym for boats yet like, Boat Overhaul Again Today
I use a DJI mini 3 pro. A MUST HAVE ITEM. The best thing ever. I love my little buddy drone. Many have been lost or sunk to bring you these drone shots. I've become a drone fanatic. That's why I live doing this. I'm flying every chance I get. I'm glad you appreciate them.
I live on an older sailboat in Florida and my family and best friends even after I talk about my hardships of cruising an older boat don't really understand what's going on. Those people even though I love them are called landlubbers. Not a bad name just people that don't really get how difficult cruising can be. 😂 Recently I had taken my dinghy to land and a buddy of mine asked me how it was going and I said man I'm having to work on my hydraulic steering again. He said come back to me after you've fixed everything on the boat twice. 🤣 The difference with Captain Michael's sailing channel he is actually letting you know the hardship involved in cruising where I'd say all others don't. I enjoy his videos because he tells the truth of what's going on and also gives insights on different anchorages and provisioning. Take it easy and thought I might give my insight on the insanity called cruising. 😅
I thought I'd fix 1. Alternator 2. My head gasket 3. Replace my main battery 4. Retrieve a sunken cell phone. 5. Lose my anchor in a storm 6. Scuba dive and find my anchor 7. Replace my entire refrigerator and compressor and condenser 8. Replace my starter... don't you know? This is cruising life! The real one...
Is there anywhere, besides the secret spot, along that canal where I might take my 2-man kayak and just pull it up after me? My trolling motor is backpackable and I have a small battery (motorcycle battery size) that will give me an hour or so.
That's pretty much it for a place to tie up. You can now pay to tie up at Miami beach marina. They have ticket officers literally standing waiting for you to come ashore..
Thanks Mike. Only in the last few weeks have I been able to do any sailing. Now it's time to go far far away... safely with a functional vessel. Only took 2 months of hard work sun up to sun down.. thanks for dropping a comment captain.🙏⚓️💪
@@sailingEV888 purchase the type that expands to fill... Not sure of the name brand .You might need one for each side. The idea is to replace the air with foam...It will float forever, even after the rubber wears off. Good luck mate. And fare winds.
Any vessel within 20ft on the sign will be fined and towed even at anchor and not touching the shore. You can anchor all you want in the harbor just be carefully when going ashore. They are actively trying to get rid of people who live on boats. It was just to convenient with all the stores there. Just make sure you have everything you need if your going to anchor here. Or go to the secret spot!
The problem was with all the dirt bag liveaboards... Derelict boats, sewage discharge, mental and drug problems, crime. I have been boating all my life.. it only takes a few to ruin it for everyone. Fair Winds and Blue Skies, Captain!!!
I fully and totally agree. A few want to save on slip fees next thing you know a visiting Cabadian can't even go ashore to get a bag of groceries.. it's a shame..
I once tried to salvage a derelict that washed up on a certain marina beach in key Biscayne.... The marina gave me all the help in the world was glad to have me take it over (only thing wrong was it broke its morning and went hard aground it was a small light centerboard).... Long story short the city of miami marine patrol officer who ticketed it for environmental transgressions (obm) said tracked it to an outof state dead end who sold it to locals who never registered it...(Long arm amputation) Long story short said it was eviidence in a ("environmental") crime then tried to close his case by pinning it on me.... Florida 's state derelict removal program gouged and unfunded for decades would make everyone wait ten years to remove what was left of that boat.... When i would have helped everyone on my dime (and would have received papers after salvage legal process but for johny law)....dumb... That boat would have been perfect for me at the time.
salvage legal process Doesn't work like that? You salvage the boat. Present your Cost. If approved. The boat is put up for auction. And you get. your cost back.
Because of the boat show at the MMS I went over to the Sunset Harbor Anchorage and up the canal to check out the area. I saw the Sea Tow signs threatening to tow any dinghy moored in the canal…guess what? I just cancelled my Sea Tow membership and recommend for anyone that owns a vessel to do the same. BOYCOTT SEA TOW.
Junk boat live a board ruined itin parts of the keys also,Trash,sewage,drugs,Finally they tried to fix the problem telling the junk boats they have to move their boat every 6 months ,If they can't even move their boat you know the sewage is going in the water and not pumped out,So a good thing was ruined buy people that just didn't care
As a Canadian visitor and cruiser, it seems to me like the mayor of this town has his priorities mixed up. Mariners made this place what it is by sailing here in past centuries. It's a shame the city has turned its back on us and is actively trying to wisk us away. This is America! I tear up when I say that! (As a Canadian) it's a special place in America's history that should be welcomed by all! I've sailed most of the east coast of this great country. When you can't go ashore without getting a ticket, it's a shame.
@@sailingEV888 You must have missed the part that the Junk boat squatters have been polluting our water with Sewage and Trash😳Are you allowed to put your sewage in Canadian waters? Are you allowed to throw trash in your waters without being Fined?Flushing your poop in our water is not Welcomed here In America So maybe you should go flush your toilet back in Canada since you have a problem keeping our water clean🤦♀️
They actually did surprise inspections in the middle of the night of like 100 boats last week (2/2024) and like 95% of the people living on the junk boats weren't actually dumping overboard and their holding tanks past the colored dye test.. now sure they may still be illegal dumping, but not as many as you'd think
Haha cats out of the bag mayor of Miami beach!! Plus there is only a select few sailors that actually watch this channel. It's a small channel and always will be..
People are filthy. They dump their sewage in the water and their trash. It’s like Truck Drivers leaving bottles of piss and bags of shit in Grocery Store parking lots…the drivers don’t care because it’s a free place to park.
It's a common theme up and down the Eastern seaboard. I'm not sure if we will be able to live out here like this for much longer? Maybe they will change the rules? There is a reason there are so few of us living out here. Mainly because of the cost involved with being a mariner and cruiser but sooner or later people will realize it's too expensive to live on land I'm not surprised people have dropped there hook here and make there trek onto shore to go to work. The city has realized if they can't get ashore then they just won't be here. The moral of the story is the wealthy ones in this town don't like the thrifty swashbuckling sailors of late so the city spent 50k$ in signs to warn them your not welcome if your going to try and live at anchor..
Dude, now the second video of yours I have watched. Seriously no one is targeting sailboats or Canadians. Everyone has these issues including Americans and powerboats, Seriously chill.
Appreciate the effort Captain Mike. This donation is strictly earmarked for beer.
Kidding😂
I’ve got sailing lessons coming up this summer! If you get a chance, I’m a very amateur filmmaker but I’ve done some stuff on my channel. 48 hour film contests and such. Might give you a laugh or two.
Cheers
Mike
Thanks!! Nothing like a cold beer af6er a long day in the hot sun on the ocean! Thanks mate! I hope to hear from you.
Drop a link to your channel let's check it out..
@@sailingEV888 some random real estate videos and some safety work videos in there. The 48 hour film project videos were so much fun.
youtube.com/@wagzzzz?si=5kXWeXV0MT1Y-kYE
youtube.com/@wagzzzz?si=QQ3dvBsJ-EFbdj4Y
Sailor living in downtown Brickell with our boat in Coconut Grove. Loved seeing the "secret" gas station up the canal. Drive by there often and didn't know it was even there. Learn something new everyday! Great content, keep it up!
Cheers Captain.
Hey question.. are you moored or at a wetslip? What do you do during hurricane season? Asking because I'm about to purchase my first boat and will be mooring at Dinner Key. Appreciate your help!
I stay out of florida during the hurricane season OR go up onto the hard in a place like Indian Town marina..
@@AbeRodriguez79at a mooring ball at dinner key. Been here 4 years and haven’t had to move the boat for a hurricane yet. We’ve had plenty of big storms come by we just tear down windage as much as possible and have been fine
@@manazo16just to throw it out there, had you been there 6 years ago for hurricane Irma and not vacated, your boat would have likely been in a huge pile of vessels stacked up by the park. Nearly all the sailboats that stuck around ended up in that pile. And in that case the eye was about 100 miles away. Just saying, making it through a tropical storm doesn’t say anything as to how it would fair through a hurricane and I hope(and assume) you would vacate the storm if necessary.
Hey very cool canal. Think yr due for a anchor beer now! Cheers!
12 years ago, we went to the Miami boat show at the convention center via that canal. There was a place both at publix and the convention center to tie up your boat.
The city removed that area and put up 164 signs saying stay out! The days of living off the hook in Miami beach are coming to and end.
SQATTERS ruined it for everyone.
I went to High School right there along that canal in the early 1960s
Problem isn't cruisers. The problem is with squatters living on un seaworthy junk boats, dumping sewage over board and abandoning their boats when they deteriorate too far to live on.
bro that’s me lol
That's South Beach
No Miami
Instances are relatively few and far between and not worth continuing restrictions on people just trying to live. Miami wants to be only mega mansions and high rise condos if it can help it but where does that leave room for normal everyday people?
Incredible photography Michael, I love those canals, for some reason I never put it together that Miami & canals were a thing 🤷🏻♀️
content and info is great ! whiplash following the footage.
Won't let me reply to you directly so just going post a new a new comment. Great drone shots and they bring a lot to your videos. Really gives me an idea of what's going on and I feel like I'm there looking around. I am currently looking at that same drone. Thanks.
It's my favorite thing! So worth the $. Be carefully with it once you get it. I've lost many o drone in my day. Fly responsibly..
Awesome video Capt. Michael :)
Thanks, mate! Hard work patience and planning seems to be paying off right now. I'm going to be doing a full shakedown passage further south in the next week. I'll be diving the hull at 7am. To scrape the hull down and do inspections first thing. There are barnacles the size of quarters all over the hull. There has been so much time sitting in anchorages while doing repairs and EV has grown quite a beard on her hull. It's time to get out on the ocean where she belongs! Thanks for commenting I love answering questions. Good to hear from you Cap.
Good to see you again. Was getting concerned.
To be honest so have I... been one tough slog of repairs and incidents.. Ahh sailboat life.. only now am I making up some ground. SAFELY. I'm so excited to upload the next few videos. Hard work and persistence pays off if you just grind away everyday..
@@sailingEV888 you are winning me over. I tried earlier to send you a few bucks but couldn’t get it to go through. I’ll take another look tomorrow.
Another great episode in the saga of boat life. Hey Michael, haven’t heard you talk about the oil leak in the dinghy. Were you able to diagnose and fix it?
So the oil leak in the Tohatsu 9.8 was 2 things. A loose bolt on the lower oil pan cover and the new fuel pump was leaking a bit. So I put in a new bolt tightened to spec and then just took the new fuel pump off and put it back on again and it's now not leaking. Fingers crossed. With out that dingy and engine it would be rough out here. Next season I plan to hand it in for a full service and gear oil change to a certified outboard place. For now I check the oil everytime I start it and do an inspection for leaks.
There are lots of fix it videos coming up. I replaced my entire fridge system. Compressor condenser and evaporator plates. THAT WAS EXTREMELY COMPLICATED! but eventually, after many, many hours of research, I now have a really really cold fridge with a new efficient Danfoss BD35f HD compressor. She hardly pulls 4 amps and freezes 5 lbs of ground beef in 7 hours!! Revolutionary! She is packed to the brim with meat and provisions, and I'm heading south!!
@@sailingEV888 awesome man! You can fix ANYTHING!!
@@sailingEV888 that’s cool. I thought you’d be able to figure it out. Sounds like an easy fix this time for ya. I wonder if someone’s thought of a catchy acronym for boats yet like, Boat Overhaul Again Today
Another great video. What drone do you use? Love the drone shots.
I use a DJI mini 3 pro. A MUST HAVE ITEM. The best thing ever. I love my little buddy drone. Many have been lost or sunk to bring you these drone shots. I've become a drone fanatic. That's why I live doing this. I'm flying every chance I get. I'm glad you appreciate them.
So,are you just gonna keep hopping around Florida anchorages or are you ever going on the cruising life?
I live on an older sailboat in Florida and my family and best friends even after I talk about my hardships of cruising an older boat don't really understand what's going on. Those people even though I love them are called landlubbers. Not a bad name just people that don't really get how difficult cruising can be. 😂 Recently I had taken my dinghy to land and a buddy of mine asked me how it was going and I said man I'm having to work on my hydraulic steering again. He said come back to me after you've fixed everything on the boat twice. 🤣 The difference with Captain Michael's sailing channel he is actually letting you know the hardship involved in cruising where I'd say all others don't. I enjoy his videos because he tells the truth of what's going on and also gives insights on different anchorages and provisioning. Take it easy and thought I might give my insight on the insanity called cruising. 😅
I thought I'd fix 1. Alternator 2. My head gasket 3. Replace my main battery 4. Retrieve a sunken cell phone. 5. Lose my anchor in a storm
6. Scuba dive and find my anchor 7. Replace my entire refrigerator and compressor and condenser 8. Replace my starter... don't you know? This is cruising life! The real one...
♥️⚓️⚓️
Great drone pics … what drone are you using?
Is there anywhere, besides the secret spot, along that canal where I might take my 2-man kayak and just pull it up after me? My trolling motor is backpackable and I have a small battery (motorcycle battery size) that will give me an hour or so.
That's pretty much it for a place to tie up. You can now pay to tie up at Miami beach marina. They have ticket officers literally standing waiting for you to come ashore..
Safe travels 🙏
Thanks Mike. Only in the last few weeks have I been able to do any sailing. Now it's time to go far far away... safely with a functional vessel. Only took 2 months of hard work sun up to sun down.. thanks for dropping a comment captain.🙏⚓️💪
Do you know how long you can tie your dinghy there for? So is it owned by the gas station and they admit to you being allowed to dock there or?
As a kid in the 1950s I camped on that island many times. Very different times
Get spryfoam in the can and fill the dingy. It will never leak again, nor deflate... Even if you want it to.
Is there a name brand I can order? Can you post a link to this product? I'll try it. I listen to comments..
@@sailingEV888 purchase the type that expands to fill... Not sure of the name brand .You might need one for each side. The idea is to replace the air with foam...It will float forever, even after the rubber wears off. Good luck mate. And fare winds.
That was us in the Catamaran going by you just now. Took some pictures. We will be at the Cove. Buy you a beer if you are around.
Thanks for the kind words John! If I see ya I'll come say hello!
We will be all around Bimini this week. We have a distinct blue dinghy and lots of beer. @@sailingEV888
Is it illegal to anchor by the signs that say you can't tie up?
Any vessel within 20ft on the sign will be fined and towed even at anchor and not touching the shore. You can anchor all you want in the harbor just be carefully when going ashore. They are actively trying to get rid of people who live on boats. It was just to convenient with all the stores there. Just make sure you have everything you need if your going to anchor here. Or go to the secret spot!
@sailingEV888 Well, I guess you can get dropped off, do you business, and get picked up.
@bugbunny1306 you could drop off a person and pick them up. As long as the dingy is not left unattended..
@@bugbunny1306 Dropped off from who though?
One can tell that videography and the art of presenting the places is way above the usual boater!
Looks like a Catalina 380
I love the Catalina 380 I'd give my right arm for one of those.. But for now it's just me and EV. A sceptre 36 built in Richmond BC Canada in 1979.
You need to anchor near NoName Harbour. Your welcome there
It's a club and you're not in it.
Best to skip miami all together it looks like. If they dont want me, I don't want them. Key Biscayne looks like a better choice.
That's where I'm headed. Miami is great for a night or so but there's no where to go ashore! What a shame!
The problem was with all the dirt bag liveaboards...
Derelict boats, sewage discharge, mental and drug problems, crime.
I have been boating all my life.. it only takes a few to ruin it for everyone.
Fair Winds and Blue Skies, Captain!!!
I fully and totally agree. A few want to save on slip fees next thing you know a visiting Cabadian can't even go ashore to get a bag of groceries.. it's a shame..
Mis informed
You would have been better off to anchor at the Miami Marine Stadium.
I once tried to salvage a derelict that washed up on a certain marina beach in key Biscayne.... The marina gave me all the help in the world was glad to have me take it over (only thing wrong was it broke its morning and went hard aground it was a small light centerboard).... Long story short the city of miami marine patrol officer who ticketed it for environmental transgressions (obm) said tracked it to an outof state dead end who sold it to locals who never registered it...(Long arm amputation) Long story short said it was eviidence in a ("environmental") crime then tried to close his case by pinning it on me.... Florida 's state derelict removal program gouged and unfunded for decades would make everyone wait ten years to remove what was left of that boat.... When i would have helped everyone on my dime (and would have received papers after salvage legal process but for johny law)....dumb... That boat would have been perfect for me at the time.
salvage legal process Doesn't work like that? You salvage the boat. Present your Cost. If approved. The boat is put up for auction. And you get. your cost back.
No wake zone????
Because of the boat show at the MMS I went over to the Sunset Harbor Anchorage and up the canal to check out the area. I saw the Sea Tow signs threatening to tow any dinghy moored in the canal…guess what? I just cancelled my Sea Tow membership and recommend for anyone that owns a vessel to do the same. BOYCOTT SEA TOW.
I'm ok with boycotting Miami
This could happen everywhere. The days of living on sailboats may be outlawed in the future in this country. It's not fair..
Junk boat live a board ruined itin parts of the keys also,Trash,sewage,drugs,Finally they tried to fix the problem telling the junk boats they have to move their boat every 6 months ,If they can't even move their boat you know the sewage is going in the water and not pumped out,So a good thing was ruined buy people that just didn't care
As a Canadian visitor and cruiser, it seems to me like the mayor of this town has his priorities mixed up. Mariners made this place what it is by sailing here in past centuries. It's a shame the city has turned its back on us and is actively trying to wisk us away. This is America! I tear up when I say that! (As a Canadian) it's a special place in America's history that should be welcomed by all! I've sailed most of the east coast of this great country. When you can't go ashore without getting a ticket, it's a shame.
@@sailingEV888 You must have missed the part that the Junk boat squatters have been polluting our water with Sewage and Trash😳Are you allowed to put your sewage in Canadian waters? Are you allowed to throw trash in your waters without being Fined?Flushing your poop in our water is not Welcomed here In America So maybe you should go flush your toilet back in Canada since you have a problem keeping our water clean🤦♀️
They actually did surprise inspections in the middle of the night of like 100 boats last week (2/2024) and like 95% of the people living on the junk boats weren't actually dumping overboard and their holding tanks past the colored dye test.. now sure they may still be illegal dumping, but not as many as you'd think
How "secret" can a spot be if a UA-camr reports it 😂😂😂😂😂
Haha cats out of the bag mayor of Miami beach!! Plus there is only a select few sailors that actually watch this channel. It's a small channel and always will be..
People are filthy.
They dump their sewage in the water and their trash.
It’s like Truck Drivers leaving bottles of piss and bags of shit in Grocery Store parking lots…the drivers don’t care because it’s a free place to park.
So the moral of this Othello is to avoid N. Miami Beach and take your money elsewhere.
It's a common theme up and down the Eastern seaboard. I'm not sure if we will be able to live out here like this for much longer? Maybe they will change the rules? There is a reason there are so few of us living out here. Mainly because of the cost involved with being a mariner and cruiser but sooner or later people will realize it's too expensive to live on land I'm not surprised people have dropped there hook here and make there trek onto shore to go to work. The city has realized if they can't get ashore then they just won't be here. The moral of the story is the wealthy ones in this town don't like the thrifty swashbuckling sailors of late so the city spent 50k$ in signs to warn them your not welcome if your going to try and live at anchor..
I guess you need to be a millionaire before your allowed to stay around Miami.
Your not welcome
Dude, now the second video of yours I have watched. Seriously no one is targeting sailboats or Canadians. Everyone has these issues including Americans and powerboats, Seriously chill.
Dude you're the one who seems like they need to chill. Ol' Captain Mike is chillin like a villain