Excellent video, great adventure. Might want to rename your YT name to something like "Niko's Wings & Fins" or Wings & Water. Whether by air or sea, your videos are top notch. 👍
Oh Lord, I’ve been there done it. It’s so much fun when the family is young like yours, it will become the money pit of a lifetime eventually so… In the meantime, enjoy every minute of it.
@@NikosWings although this year we’re low on rain and the depth across Lake Okeechobee is questionable, if you ever get the opportunity, definitely do the crossing from Stuart to Fort Myers or vice versa. Probably one of the best trips I had, including getting some lock experience.
Janis and I both got our ASA 101-114 certifications last year and we can now Bare-Boat Charter anywhere in the world. We loving sailing as a slower/relaxing method of traveling! Still love flying but sailing and flying as you know both compliment each other! We post our sailing videos to our channel as well, November we are sailing in Tahiti/Bora-Bora. Good job, enjoyed the change of pace!!!
Nikooooooo, Beautiful video. It's so awesome to see this side of you. I have been following since the 1st video. I just got the check out on SR22 and will be flying it around for the owner of it. Love flying the cirrus after flying the C172 and C150 for years.😂
@@NikosWings thank you. I’m sure it’s harder than ever keeping up the UA-cam. Commitment, but I just wanted let you know (as an aviation enthusiast, but non-pilot, that I really enjoy your content and your professionalism.
Awesome dude great to see you again Niko,i see you living the dream chief enjoying this beautiful planet, greetings from the imperial city the southern hemisphere
Niko. Freaking sweet video. I would take that up the Mississippi to Chicago for the summer and stay on that when you fly in. Regardless though epic trip.
My parents undertook the same journey in a 28 foot Silverton flying bridge in the early 1970's, except they started and finished in Key West where we lived. Thanks much for helping me see what they saw!
That was a great video, and to come along with you on your adventure is really nice. I am based in the U.K. however we spend a lot of time in Naples & St Petes
The Greek isles are great but unorganized in terms of marinas, you have to be ready to spend time anchored out or must go early enough to bribe the dock master to get a spot, and services are non existent like water etc. fuel is also not widely available and expensive and the season is very short. The Aegean is almost impossible to cross in the windy summer months. Trust me I’ve done it all.
This was super awesome Niko, and fantastic editing! I had no idea you can navigate right across Florida like that. Definitely a bucket list thing to do. 👍
That’s Fat Albert, it’s part of the TARS recon system for the Air Force and Coast Guard. Radar stretches out beyond Cuba and can see small boats the size of a row boat.
Niko it is air radar. When I was at Riddle in the early 90's they were starting to put them up around the keys to track drug runners. I was told, while at Embry-Riddle, that drug runners used to file flight plans out of Marathon. I was advised they would skim the water, come right down the runway, and then pull up into a climb so they would be picked up on radar and then contact ATC for flight following and to ATC it looked as if the plane had just taken off from Marathon. They started attaching radar, that was down-facing, to the blimps, that were tethered to the ground, and they could track those planes. I am sure there is more surveillance on them now. I believe they used to have a couple in the keys back in the early 90's, but I think only one now, R-2916.
Love this video! My wife and I have made most of that trip several times in our Ranger Tug. It was good to see Sanibel Marina was back up and running, one of our favorite places and they still have fresh blueberry muffins delivered to your boat in the morning! Thank you for the memories Niko.
We parked the airplane and have been sailing the last 6 months from Miami through the Bahamas, and all through the Caribbean on our 55' sailboat "Airspeed".
that is a nice vessel must be fun to captain it and here your tender is about as big as my flatbottom i run around on no doubt a fun way to spend a week
Hey Niko if you anchor away from a marina like you said you dont sleep well you might accidentally drif off during the night or have some pirates come on board or just any weird unexpected thing happen.I here you loud and clear on that one I wouldnt feel to good on that either.
Pirates maybe not, but down here in the intracoastal with the shifting flow of water every 6 hours you will swing plus you’ll rely on your generator running constantly. You can do it but I prefer to sleep well at night and I’m glad I did because I got the best sleep every night.
I have a Grumman AA-5 Traveler and a 40’ Carver Motor Yacht in Charleston SC. I’d love to give you a ride on either or both if you’re ever back in Charleston.
The northern-est I've been in a boat is on a ferry transport into ENEV. You would have enjoyed it. Pro tip, if you're trying to come top up the anti freeze even in the summer it can get pretty crazy.
Amazing video. Justin.
Justin!!!!! Thanks for the help and prep for this trip. Five Star Yacht Management rocks!
That really means alot. I can’t wait for the next trip
The vibe on any of Niko's videos, especially this one, is incredibly captivating. His editing is way underrated.
Thank you!
You have a nice airplane and a sweet boat. I have a forklift and a Lincoln welder. We should meet for a beer.
Perfect match
Great to see you Niki and something different, sweet boat!
I enjoy the boating vids almost as much as the airplane vids. Hopefully there’ll be more.
Nice to see your boating adventures showcasing Florida 🛥️
lovin' that yacht!
Thanks so much for sharing your Life with us! I really enjoy your videos!
Awesome video! I have always been curious to see the "boat's eye view" of going through locks and now I know :)
Excellent video, great adventure. Might want to rename your YT name to something like "Niko's Wings & Fins" or Wings & Water. Whether by air or sea, your videos are top notch. 👍
Man, I enjoyed that as much as the flying vid's. I never would have guessed you could take a boat across the state. Thanks for the adventure Niko
Glad you enjoyed it
Love it Nikko. Right now we are traveling the country in a RV, 4,000 miles and counting. Got about 4,000 miles to go. 3 month trip!
Wow!!! RVing and boating are similar in logistics.
Beautiful boat. Love the change up. Great video as always
Awesome video. Sweet boat. Thanks for sharing the adventure.
Restricted Area, surveillance blimp. Nice video.
Correct!!!
Woooo Nice boat Niko... thank you for sharing... I don't drink however looks good ... nice trip and thanks for sharing.. !! All The Best !!!
Thanks for watching
Buddy you just make great videos! Thank you
Glad you like them!
Looks like a fun way to travel, Niko - though it's hard for me to imagine that it's 10 times more fun than flying! 😎
Best, Martin
Nothing beats flying. Good hearing from you Martin
Amazing! love the BGM.
Awesome, thank you for sharing! Enjoyed it all.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh Lord, I’ve been there done it. It’s so much fun when the family is young like yours, it will become the money pit of a lifetime eventually so… In the meantime, enjoy every minute of it.
It is a money pit already
@@NikosWings although this year we’re low on rain and the depth across Lake Okeechobee is questionable, if you ever get the opportunity, definitely do the crossing from Stuart to Fort Myers or vice versa. Probably one of the best trips I had, including getting some lock experience.
That’s what this video is all about. Now sure I understand what you mean
Your posts are always GOLD!
Nice to see you back Niko!
Hey, thanks!
Nice boat! I grew up in Jupiter, nice to see the lighthouse.
Very cool!
Great video , thank you.
bare hands on ropes can get old quickly - great vid / tour!
Very true! I had a segment when I spoke about that but had to edit it out, didn’t look or sound good
Janis and I both got our ASA 101-114 certifications last year and we can now Bare-Boat Charter anywhere in the world. We loving sailing as a slower/relaxing method of traveling!
Still love flying but sailing and flying as you know both compliment each other! We post our sailing videos to our channel as well, November we are sailing in Tahiti/Bora-Bora.
Good job, enjoyed the change of pace!!!
That is awesome!
Very nice for a change. Beautiful ...😍
Always entertaining. Thanks for sharing NIKO. Miss ZOE, she’s a beauty 🙌🏾
Thanks for the nautical adventure Nico. As a former 24' boatowner, love your boat but all I see is $$ signs when something goes wrong!
You and me both!
Money comes and goes. Happiness and once in a lifetime trips are hard to come by.
Fun easy trip. Had my boat in Sarasota going to and from the Bahamas.
What a lovely vid. So relaxing. You have a great life Niko. So jealous. 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it!
👍✅ Small planes and big boats, my favorites🏝 Tks Niko👏 And the surveillance blimp.
Awesome video Niko! What a very cool trip. Thanks for the adventure!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nikooooooo,
Beautiful video. It's so awesome to see this side of you. I have been following since the 1st video. I just got the check out on SR22 and will be flying it around for the owner of it. Love flying the cirrus after flying the C172 and C150 for years.😂
I love that you enjoy flying the SR22. Have a great day
Very nice addition to the usual (outstanding) aviation mix! Have you ever disclosed your occupation? Just wondering.
Yes typically in the description. I’m the founder of a payments processing company.
@@NikosWings thank you. I’m sure it’s harder than ever keeping up the UA-cam. Commitment, but I just wanted let you know (as an aviation enthusiast, but non-pilot, that I really enjoy your content and your professionalism.
This guy should have wayyyy more subscribers.
Awesome dude great to see you again Niko,i see you living the dream chief enjoying this beautiful planet, greetings from the imperial city the southern hemisphere
Hey, thanks!
@@NikosWings thanks to you we can see the world from up in the clouds and sea ⛵
Great video!! Enjoyed seeing the sights from the ground. Coastal Blimp Radar doing its job.
Niko. Freaking sweet video. I would take that up the Mississippi to Chicago for the summer and stay on that when you fly in.
Regardless though epic trip.
Now that’s a real adventure
What a video! Living the dream. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Glad you enjoyed it!
My parents undertook the same journey in a 28 foot Silverton flying bridge in the early 1970's, except they started and finished in Key West where we lived. Thanks much for helping me see what they saw!
Next time I’ll do it the other way and include Key West as well. Thanks for sharing
That was a great video, and to come along with you on your adventure is really nice. I am based in the U.K. however we spend a lot of time in Naples & St Petes
Sounds great!
Nothing compared to cruising the Greek isles! 😀
The Greek isles are great but unorganized in terms of marinas, you have to be ready to spend time anchored out or must go early enough to bribe the dock master to get a spot, and services are non existent like water etc. fuel is also not widely available and expensive and the season is very short. The Aegean is almost impossible to cross in the windy summer months. Trust me I’ve done it all.
Great travel time, even on the water. Thank you for this stunning ride along!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good video! I think flying is easier than piloting a boat that big!
Piloting is easier once you build the time and confidence
This was super awesome Niko, and fantastic editing! I had no idea you can navigate right across Florida like that. Definitely a bucket list thing to do. 👍
Absolutely always an adventure with every video you make Niko! So happy someone enjoys sharing these epic passions we all dream about!
That’s Fat Albert, it’s part of the TARS recon system for the Air Force and Coast Guard. Radar stretches out beyond Cuba and can see small boats the size of a row boat.
Yessss
Love the video and yes I see the tethered balloon 🎈.
That was so incredibly interesting, and impeccably presented. What a beautiful part of the world. Thank you for sharing. Regards from New Zealand
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for the GREAT tour!!
Niko it is air radar. When I was at Riddle in the early 90's they were starting to put them up around the keys to track drug runners. I was told, while at Embry-Riddle, that drug runners used to file flight plans out of Marathon. I was advised they would skim the water, come right down the runway, and then pull up into a climb so they would be picked up on radar and then contact ATC for flight following and to ATC it looked as if the plane had just taken off from Marathon. They started attaching radar, that was down-facing, to the blimps, that were tethered to the ground, and they could track those planes. I am sure there is more surveillance on them now. I believe they used to have a couple in the keys back in the early 90's, but I think only one now, R-2916.
Correct
Beautiful boat. Thankyou for your sharing your successful life. Very motivating
Good to see another great video! Thank you Niko! Safe Travels!
Amazing adventure, your boat rocks !
Fantastic video as always. Enjoying life to its fullest! Thanks for posting!
Great video Niko, did not know you owned a boat!, Will the channel be now renamed to "Niko's Props" ??..lol
Ha no we will keep it aviation
Thanks for sharing! Awesome videos no matter what you are driving!
Awesome vessel Niko! Cheers from North Bay Ontario Canada.
Really enjoy this video. but you need to smile more :)
😀
I will try my best
Thanks for sharing nice boat looks like a lovely trip to do Yamas
Balloon? Restricted Area 2916 (R-2916) SFC-14000 MSL. Really cool you included that. 😉
Exactly, it’s one of the first things I learned when started to fly down here in FL 11 years ago
G'day Niko! Ahoy Mate!! Pleasant change of viewpoint to the flying bridge to the cockpit! Great video Captain!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Very nice voyage...thx
Many thanks!
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Keep up the amazing content!
Thank you! Will do!
Nice to see you on a different Adventure. Cool Trip
Echoing a comment below. Your visual story-telling (ex ad agency creative director, here) is outstanding!
Thank you, I appreciate that coming from you
The Object you saw the morning in Marathon looks like a Coastal Blimp Radar watching for Drug Smugglers.
Yes
Beautiful trip! Looked like a lot of fun!
It was!
Love this video! My wife and I have made most of that trip several times in our Ranger Tug. It was good to see Sanibel Marina was back up and running, one of our favorite places and they still have fresh blueberry muffins delivered to your boat in the morning! Thank you for the memories Niko.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved the trip Nico, thanks! Love the boat! Greetings from Waterford Ireland where the crystal glass comes from.
Would love to visit. It’s one of my dreams and I want to do it soon. What a beautiful country
@@NikosWings Come and see us sometime!
Thanks Niko
always love the aviation content but just another great adventure gday from Australia
Glad you enjoyed it
Very nice boat and it looks like the great trip.
Nice Niko! Great change, love your content 🎉 awesome boat 🛥️ I have a 42 foot power cat.
Very cool!
Great video Niko, awesome editing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very cool, nice boat.
Thanks 👍
23:20 Fat Albert!
That’s right lol
Now,the Great Loop
highest obstacle rounded up +1000 feet. OROCA
We parked the airplane and have been sailing the last 6 months from Miami through the Bahamas, and all through the Caribbean on our 55' sailboat "Airspeed".
I want to be like you one day
that is a nice vessel must be fun to captain it and here your tender is about as big as my flatbottom i run around on
no doubt a fun way to spend a week
It was a lot of fun
Weather ballon!
Loved it
Pretty awesome Niko...planes, boats....any Hot Rods?
Love my Porsche
In Florida they're always talking about the "Lox".....but nobody ever mentions the bagels!
It’s all about the bagels in my book
Hey Niko if you anchor away from a marina like you said you dont sleep well you might accidentally drif off during the night or have some pirates come on board or just any weird unexpected thing happen.I here you loud and clear on that one I wouldnt feel to good on that either.
Pirates maybe not, but down here in the intracoastal with the shifting flow of water every 6 hours you will swing plus you’ll rely on your generator running constantly. You can do it but I prefer to sleep well at night and I’m glad I did because I got the best sleep every night.
This was so cool Niko, only issue was bringing Bannana's on the boat.... That will bring Hard luck.... Stay safe and as always "Clear Prop"
Haha the bananas thing must not be true in my case
Nice yacht
Different but real good video!
Appreciate it!
I'm starting to realize us Greeks just are naturally drawn to planes and boats haha
So true
You need to come to Maryland for a really good crab cake.
Oh I’ve been… it’s out of this world
its the teather ed weather ballon that they tell you to be careful not to fly into it.
That’s right
🤙
I have a Grumman AA-5 Traveler and a 40’ Carver Motor Yacht in Charleston SC. I’d love to give you a ride on either or both if you’re ever back in Charleston.
That sounds amazing! I’ll go with both!!! How’s the boating there?
Much like what you went through. You have to follow the channel markings with the bigger boats. Especially in Charleston harbor.
The northern-est I've been in a boat is on a ferry transport into ENEV. You would have enjoyed it. Pro tip, if you're trying to come top up the anti freeze even in the summer it can get pretty crazy.
Good to know!
Achor alarm app 😜and you sleep well.
We need a Nikos Cruiseariera channel
Nice.