Great Loop Route # 211: Saint James City, Florida to Cape Coral, Florida | What Yacht To Do
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- Welcome to What Yacht To Do, a Great Loop Documentary. Today, (December 1, 2021) Rev and Sam are moving on their Great Loop Route from St. James City, Florida to Cape Coral, Florida. We arrived at our winter marina, Cape Harbour Marina.
We are cruising around America's Great Loop for a second time and selected a 1999 Carver 504 named the Here's To Us!! as our Great Loop boat. So much goes into Great Loop planning and we share every trip with you. Welcome aboard!
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Especially enjoyed this episode because it shows that even the best navigators/mariners can make a mistake by momentarly losing awareness. Excellent job guys!
Loss of situational awareness can happen if you don't stay on it all the time! And at the worst time!
You folks are treasures you work together so well. A very sage individual once noted it is an invitation to disaster to play doubles tennis or a game of Bridge with your wife as a partner. After about a month of my just the wife and me on the loop both of us would need either a long time out, or a few bottles of adult beverages. I enjoy your adventures, and may you have many more.
Oh thank you! 😎
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I hope to goodness I remember your wise counsel on my loop!
You will! I am sure!
Hey you guys this one looked busy busy busy. Glad your moving along. I know it won't be long before you cross your wake and I feel your probably looking forward to it. BTW we did buy the Silverton 372 and have been enjoying it the past couple weekends. Be well, best wishes and we'll see you on the water!
Thanks Byron! Have a great day! Sam
Its called the miserable mile because tugs used to bring oil to the power station up river that blocked the entire width of the channel. And the barges were moving slow. Today its just a slow speed choke point that no one enjoys. What you don't know is the traffic your seeing on the river is scant.
Thanks Rodger 😎
Back to your boating roots!
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A man who will not admit his mistake is doomed to repeat it.
😉 well said. We hope we are helping others be aware of some of the things that can go wrong 👍
@@WhatYachtToDo I think you are helping others.
I appreciate that you are humble enough to share your mistakes so we can all learn. The is a great book by the title "Extreme Ownership". It is written by a former Navy Seal. After reading that I have to say that taking responsibility for a mistake is a lot more liberating than finger pointing. When you accept responsibility and own what happened then YOU are in control and able to make sure you do not repeat it. When people blame others then they are saying they have no control and there is nothing they can do, no changes they can make, just a victim waiting for the next thing to happen to them.
Now on the loop for 2 weeks. Have learned 3 lessons so far:
1. Never take your hands off the wheel unless the AUTOPILOT is on.
2. Grow eyes in the back of your head.
3. When in a narrow channel with skinny water there will always be another boat racing toward you.
Good lessons! For sure! Catch us if you can in the Chesapeake this summer!
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Glad we made it to the winter home. Laugh at all of the people that are facing feet of snow while you bask in the sunshine. Life is good. Great trip especially with the traffic. Enjoy
Thanks Buck! Have a great weekend! Sam
Look Backwards from time to time, no signal indicators so telegraph where you are going; radio on w channel 16 selected, two blasts one blast (and follow on acknowledge), know who is stand on and give way vessel
That is for sure. Many do not know, and many of them don't follow the rules! But it is all good!
Lol, at least you didn't have to get pulled out of the mud. That's a win! That traffic is what it's like on the Finger Lakes on the weekend, especially since the boating craze began. Nice reflection by Rev about your time on the 48 footer, and how you got hooked.
Thanks Doug! It is great to have you onboard!
I've always made it my mantra, that if I ever do screw up, I'm not tellin nobody, no how!!!
On the hard Ed.
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Loved my little cameo at the beginning ( and no I'm not the guy who almost ran into you) you do have to really make sure you pay attention down here
Oh that is great! Which boat were you? At what minute on the video?
@@WhatYachtToDo It was at 2:30 the gray and white boat, my other half remembers me yelling quick turn around and try to and catch the name of that I think i know who they are. Unfortunately she didn't look fast enough and I wasn't gonna turn the boat and make you think some crazy guy is chasing you down😄
I had a Big Laugh when Admiral Rev was willing to take the blame for the OOPPPPS! I am going to make sure Admiral Cindy on 'The Rita Mae 3" see this. So next time I do something like this it won't be because of me! Thank's Again for letting us go along for the ride with you both. MV "Rita Mae 3" Launch's this Friday for another Season but we will still catch all the New posting's. Capt. Mike.
LOL Thanks Capt Mike!
So didn't get a good look at what they were towing, but recent ad from BoteBoard showed water furniture. Squares, rectangles chairs. Float. Some of the pieces had seating and floating table in middle. Looked similar. Looked like something to have on the sandbar
Yes, probably one of those big foam pads!
I live in Cape Coral. The Miserable Mile is the no wake zone.
Love the waters there!
Great work, you two. Thanks!
You are quite welcome. Great to have you onboard with us 😎
I hope you continue to provide great videos when you transition to new adventures after this Great Loop is done.
Yes, we have a lot planned - more news in the summertime 😎
Yeah, good job fessing up. Another contributing factor might have been running that miserable mile (stress, frustration, mind on other boats vs nav, etc). Glad you made it with only some embarrassment to deal with.
Yes, it only takes a second or two for a distraction to impact the safety chain. Luckily there are some built in methods to trap or minimize errors!
I love your life and I thank you for showing us this. I do think one of your big issues was you counted on auto pilot way to much when that boat was on your port side and you were way off course in the video. I know I would have been on the helm standing up for sure. Just my thought, happy you made it. A lesson to all!
😎 thanks 👍
Glad you caught the error before you had damage. So far, I’ve only done that once and just one of the reasons I never became a pilot!
That and I believed my fuel gauge and ran out of gas once (in one tank). 😳
LOL. Yes, sometimes the light bulb comes on just at the right time! And like we said in the Air Force, the Clue Bird on my Shoulder!
Another great video…. Glad you backed out and didn’t turn around! Look at me, talking like I know about this stuff! I might’ve had a hint from Rev about this trip 😆
Oh, thanks! Yes, it could have been a disaster, but luckily it was just mud!
From where you moored at St. James City if you would have gone a little less than a mile north you could've moored in a channel just past Monroe canal and been protected by the wind and little to no traffic and yes the Miserable Mile is the area where speed is slow and very crowded and many boats don't pay attention to their surroundings like the one that almost hit you.
Yes, looked at that but it seemed crowded and I was concerned about the depth there. 😎
@@WhatYachtToDo By the entrance of the Monroe canal and just above where people moor is 10 to 12 ft. then it does shallow to 5 to 6 ft. further up the cut. Maybe next time if your in the area.
It is always a series of little things adding up that cause unintended things to happen.
Oh yes indeed! Stuff Happens!
I happen to live and charter fish here in the cape/st james city area, most of the folks around here know where they can and cant run in their boats out of the channels. You definitely still see the occasional boat who ran into a sandbar or got too shallow but not as often as youd think.
Thanks so much! 😎
this is so funny being that its my home
Great to have you onboard with us 😎
@@WhatYachtToDo this area is super tricky good job tho guys !
There is no wake through the miserable mile
In theory! 😄
It been a number years since I have beendow the route from the miserable mile, There are a lot of turns and the markers are scarce, and then there is a split to tarpon point and cape harbor. This is tricky even for experience captain,,,and I have done this route at night.
It truly is a very congested and confusing area! Can't imagine doing it at night 😶
Any chance you have the name of the VRBO yacht rental? I would love to do that with my husband. Thanks 😊. Love your videos!
I don't think he does it anymore, but you can check. His name is Capt Ron. Great guy. swflyachtcharters.com/
Being the Capt. of a 40' Sea Ray here in Florida, I enjoy watching your adventures. But these days I hear a lot of visitors to Florida complain about the boat traffic and all the wakes. Florida is a boating state, we love our boats and waterways. Do not expect to be the only boat on the water here on the Gulf coast. We have plenty of no wake zones, but when the waterways are clear do not expect other boaters to slow down when approaching or passing you. As you know, when boating we must always be diligent. Enjoy Florida and your travels!
Absolutely. We have been through that stretch 5 times now and knew what to expect. Best thing is to just be ready for anything!
It’s great to see boats out and enjoying Pine Island Sound. When a Center Console roars by me, no problem. However when 35’+ yachts come by with 3’ wakes that’s dangerous, incompetent, and illegal. I won’t call them Captains, they are mere boaters who need to “get their minds right.”
Well, motorcycle riders say that there are two types of riders. Those who HAVE laid their bike down, and those who are going to do so. I'd wager the same idea applies to boaters, either you HAVE run aground or you're going to. Fortunately you didn't need to call SeaTow or BoatUS to get back off the mud!
Yes, we were lucky we spotted the mistake before too late. My depth alarm gave me the clue!
Pinchers 👍
Oh yes! Always 2 for 1 drinks!
There are only two types if captain. Those that have run aground and those that lie about it.
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Are blinkers allowed?
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