FYI. When I give a thumbs up on your great videos I check to make sure I'm still subscribed. For some reason I'm unsubscribe a lot of the time. Love the videos.
Suggestion for when you start filming your big trip. Start the first episode with prepping the boat from inside the house to out. Show provisioning, starting her up, untying, and getting under way. Casual boaters would prob love that
Ok guys, I HAVE to know why it’s called “the miserable mile” - looks gorgeous! Coming from someone sitting in the drizzle and gloom of Washington state!
Traditionally the miserable mile was named that by sailors. It's a very narrow channel with strong cross currents that takes special attention and care on a sail boat with a keel to avoid running aground. It's made even more difficult by the large amount of traffic through that channel which creates waves and puts more pressure on a sailboat and limits where it can maneuver. Interestingly many people with power boats are now calling the no wake zone past big shell island the 'miserable mile' because it's an annoyingly long no wake zone. That stretch is just east of the old school miserable mile.
Great explanation. I know it well. We kept our 30 ft sailboat at Semmer's docks at FMB. When we would make the trip to FM we hated the miserable mile. Especially when windy on top of everything else.
Sorry to have missed the live feed but glad to watch the replay. Miami native here and looking forward to your cruise. Doing my boating out of Mystic, CT these days. Great summer cruising ground … didn’t really need the AC last year.
Frederick, 35 years ago, I lived in Mystic, Connecticut. And did my cruising out of there as well.. Spent lots of time on the block, Martha’s Vineyard, and nantucket. also ran a lobster boat out of Stonington part time for a year or two when I wasn’t working my real job, lol. Cruising out of Waterford, New York now in my waning days.
@@lesliefleming4359 I hear you about waning days. Trying to hold them off by continuing to get out on the water. However, the maintenance and preps just continue to require increasingly more time. To others … don’t wait.
@@frederickhaberlandt6674 indeed, you are so right. You’re making me think of heading down the Hudson, hanging left and heading up the sound to your neck of the woods. enjoy your summer.
Great live performance! My admiral wanted to know if your admiral is going to share her spreadsheet for provisioning. We're thinking of doing some longer trips in the coming years and want to know some tips and tricks that y'all use to provision the boat. We're so excited for y'all and can't wait to see 'adventure'. Chris and Gina.
My wife and I have done some longer trips. Our important provisions are in this order. Wine, beer, vodka cold, cuts, bread, water, soda, and plenty of money for restaurants, bars, and fuel. I can’t go wrong withthis stuff.
We will be doing the same mini loop trip next fall. I'm looking forward to watching your trip. I hope to be able to learn about where to stay! Safe travels.
Sounds like fun. But since this is a bit of an adventure, what would you think of adding a couple of seamanship or navigation goals to your list. Let the trip build or refresh some skills sets as well. You seem ideally set up for a Dry Tortugas run. What about a night time run across one section of Florida Bay, departing at sunset? Come back as better boaters.
I am curious how the all chain rode does. I replaced mine with rope and chain, but my gypsy is wearing out on my windlass so the rope slips sometimes. Did all chain add a lot of weight? What is your plan if the anchor gets stuck? My wife and I are headed to St. Augustine to scout out retirement/boating living in June. Maybe one day Happy Ours and The Life can meet in person!
Too early to tell but so far the chain has been good. My windoass was starting to get hung up on the rope to chain splice. Now that we’re essentially all chain, less problems with that. The added weight may actually help performance by keeping bow down. Good luck on your retirement plans and maybe we run into you one day as we heat that way.
FYI... We use an inflatable paddle board to take our 3 dogs to shore. It stores nicely on the port bow about 1/3 back. I leave it there all season. It gets a lot of use. The Admiral would love one!!
Good luck, I’ll be following every step of your trip. I taught my wife well. If I need a shower, I go below and let her captain the boat and she always does great. She’s taken a few Coast Guard courses. this summer I have a couple of loopers stopping by my port on the Erie so we can host them for dinner and drinks. Will be doing a few two or three week trips ourselves out of Waterford. Hope to do the loop next year before I die. Thanks for your great content.❤
Thanks! Go visit our old marina on the Hudson - Shady Harbor Marina. Fun place with lots of amenities and friendly atmosphere. The owners Brian and Cathy are top notch!
@@AdventuresofHappyOurs I believe we stayed over there once on our way home from New York city or Kingston. The restaurant has great food and we had a great time. had a few cocktails on the boat and spent the evening at the bar and restaurant. Finished our trip the next day.
Missed the live presentation tonight. However, I watched the video tonight. Excellent work by the Happy Hours crew. Looking forward to the new adventures of Happy Hours. Safe travels!
Hello Matey and crew. Great video, I missed the live stream. There are break apart sonic alarms you could attach to the dinghy tow line just in case. Short lanyard that breaks and alarms. You probably have a good tow line plan but an alarm gives you a little more confidence and not distracted by the dinghy while sailing.
Another couple I watch lost their dinghy in the Bahamas. Luckily another boat retrieved it and returned it. Got me thinking of some lanyard alarm. The one I used with my generator when RVing was a BASU Ealarm 130db. It has double d-rings. Then just retrofit it to your need. Crud always happens when you are distracted or can’t watch the dinghy or something else valuable. Good luck you 3. Do you have AIS?
Hey there. Cape Coral here with you. Looking forward to seeing your trip on the Meridian. My wife and I are starting to look at boats, perhaps a live a board type as we near retirement. So this will be a good series to see how well it goes.
I was chasing props on my 17 foot lowe bass boat. Guy at the prop shop smiled one day and said, Man if you want to go faster buy a bigger motor......lesson learned. Get the prop that puts the motor in the right RPM range and forget about it. LOL!
