After 13,000 miles and 6 years of ownership we are now putting Independence up for sale. The boat has been perfect for us and we have had many great adventures but it is now time to do some other types of adventures. If interested reply below or email me at Independence59@yahoo.com
After 13,000 miles and 6 years of ownership we are now putting Independence up for sale. The boat has been perfect for us and we have had many great adventures but it is now time to do some other types of adventures. If interested reply below or email me at Independence59@yahoo.com
After 13,000 miles and 6 years of ownership we are now planning on selling Independence. She has been a great boat and is in fantastic condition. If interested let me know by commenting below or emailing me at Independence59@yahoo.com
IMO, doing the loop is about two things. Spending time on the water exploring waterways and sights, and spending time in ports exploring bars and restaurants. So many times people talk about the former and ignore the latter. Nice video. Much appreciated.
Well done. As a pioneer of southeast Alaska, the water gives so much tranquility to the soul. It was nice to see the coastal edition. One of my all time favorites from Nordhavn.
Great views , takes me back to my childhood, I grew up on the ocean out if the Dana point to pacific palisades area , my brother and Dad and I were always out there on our boat , always loved it when the dolphins would join us , I would love to live on a boat on the great loop or in the Bahamas, but my wife doesnt want to , you have a very nice Nordhavn . Enjoy the life and be safe .
I love the CP59 and have been trying to absorb as much as I can about it. I see that you have the Bimini top stowed, but unfortunately from your video we can’t see the arch. Did it clear the bridge or did you have to lower it down? Thanks, I’ve enjoyed all your videos!
Sorry for my slow reply Donald. We had to remove the Bimini and lower the radar arch. We had a hinge placed half way down the arch while in Florida. The 59CP is a great boat, so happy we got it. We recently left the Cabo San Lucas area and did the "Baja Bash" and then all the way to the SF Bay Area, it handled the waves great. Thanks and I am glad you enjoyed the videos.
Locks 1 through 7 raise, or lower, the boat between 43 and 49 feet. Lock 8, which is the closest Lock to Lake Erie only goes up or down a few feet depending on the level of Lake Erie.
While shutting the window in his stateroom the screen fell of and he dove in because it was starting to sink. The heel of his foot caught a piece of metal which filleted his heel!
Wow that looks like a blast! Back in early June I helped bring a Sportsfisher from Connecticut to SW Florida. It was a bit of a bumpy ride, but it was a wonderful experience.
I've been to La Paz a few times. My reason for the trip was not as special as your own. Most of my time was spent in the mountain and hill country. It's a beautiful place to visit.
Well Roger, maybe I don't like to piss money away and as I said at the end of the video we were happy with the end result. In reference to what I referred to as the "Ugly", it wasn't that big of a deal, but to me a 46% difference in price is a big deal.
My Bimini came with the boat. Cost though will depend on where you are buying it. Being in La Paz now I am having canvas work done and the cost is very reasonable. The material is the same and the workmanship is very good.
Yes Frank very disappointing. When we had to make the decision to leave Honduras and head back to Florida it brought Jamie to tears. Thanks for watching.
Awesome video! I really enjoyed watching. Not sure how long this must have taken to edit, but a tip of the hat to you! You have earned another subscriber. Thank you for taking us along.
Thank you David for the very kind words. Please check out the other Loop Video and the one I posted about a month ago, "Cruising During Covid". Jamie does a blog, Independence59.com
Gary it's quite simple why we use the music we do, Copyrights! If I try to publish a video that has any copyrighted music the video will not publish, or in other words be posted on RU-vid for the public to see. I have spent hours going through the RU-vid allowable music library finding music I can live with. I wish I could choose any music and pay a royalty but I do not know of a way to do that. In the mean time, mute the music and turn on your own music.
@@Mac94920 fair enough but next time get the wife to sing the ole theme from titanic , its gotta be better , you could be in background with your guitar shouting encouragement "" go on girl youd swear it was Whitney "
Thanks for sharing…please narrate your next one…ok to have many moments of silence. Again appreciate the video….my speaker mute button worked just fine….
Sure looks like you made the best of it with great places and people. Shed some tears with you're and Jamie's special tribute to our brother Dan. Love you two!
It's crazy to me that such a long and beautiful trip has only one Bridge holding up thousands of people From completing the loop. I'm sure if everybody put in a hundred bucks they could probably fix this thing and make it a drawbridge or at least something that we can all go under. No matter how you slice it this bridge is an obstacle. You can use the Saint Lawrence River way all the way to the Atlantic Ocean therefore eliminating All the other fixed Bridges.
Ron there are many more than this one bridge leaving Chicago. To take the river through downtown Chicago, off the top of my head, you need a clearance of below 17.6 feet. We had to take the Calumet River and there were many bridges where we had to have our radar arch down.
Hey Ron - I was able to do quite a bit of research on that bridge - also a possible solution to addressing the issue. See ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p-1IL4p2oAU.html for the results of the research.
Time was one consideration but we also wanted to get to all 5 Great Lakes. Another consideration was the draft. The Trent Severen is pretty shallow and I did not want to trash my props.
How is it possible to do the great loop in this boat? I thought the lowest bridge clearance is 19‘ ?! Also, what about draft? I am a big fan of Nordhavn boats - I am looking for a N43 or N47.
Hi Marc, we did the Loop but there were areas that we could not go. For example we could not do the entire Erie Canal, we had to use the Oswego Canal to Lake Ontatio. We had a hinge placed in the radar arch that got us down to 18 feet clearance. The following is a link to a video I did of us going under the bridge leaving Chicago that has the 19 feet clearance you are referring to: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wLid9B-j8I0.html Fully loaded the draft has about a 5.5 draft which was pretty tight at times.
