Ep:33 The Great Loop on a Shanty Boat | "Call a Place Paradise..." | Time out of Mind 

The more I see of the beagle barge the more impressed I am she's almost the perfect traveling platform

Love the channel! Planning on doing the loop in 2025. Your videos have sealed the deal for me. Thanks

It’s all fun games until somebody goes in the store with their service gorilla lol

I see that USCG boat coming. Gotta watch the videos all the way to the end for the hidden gems… my throwable?? Umm it’s here somewhere 😂

The song in my head. Signs signs everywhere signs

Well I've binged through 33 episodes. I've really been looking forward to seeing how you'd handle the ICW. So far it looks like a pain if you don't want to spend a ton of money. Can't wait to see where you go next.

G'day, this an epic journey and first episode I've watched. I will try to find the time to go back to episode 1 and watch the entire journey :)

A couple of years ago a big one ton pickup truck was going westbound, crossed 98, and slammed head on into the big pine tree right in front of the psychic reader's house. I always wondered if they saw that coming. LOL!! I have caught several redfish around that dock you stopped at. Great fishing all along where you were on this day.

Stumbled across your channel a couple days ago and have binged watch from episode 28 to 32 really like your content have don the IWC from SAVANNA TO MIAMI to deliver a cabin cruiser. I was the deck hand was a great experience but also spent 20 yrs in the navy was in naval air so Carriers were the ships I was on. Waverly is a hoot.

It’s good you made it across 98. In some stretches of this highway it’s called bloody 98.

Just bought a 26-foot Tri-toon. Hope to join the ranks of the "SDB" soon.

Wavey and her happy tail ! the best ever !!

Splurge on a marina for a day. Get some gas, spray down your boat with fresh water, take a hot shower, have a beer and burger. There will be plenty more opportunities to go the less expensive route as you have been doing. I’m still watching with great interest.

So was it a coast guard shake down or were the just curious about the shanty boat?

I remember Destin. Back in the 90's, we did the intercoastal waterway and offshore from Houston, TX to the Florida Keys. We were living aboard our 36' S2 sloop with a 6' draft and 50' mast. We couldn't take the route you took through the Narrows and then under the bridge to the cut into the bay at Destin. Our mast was too tall for us to fit under the bridge; so, we went out in the Gulf. And then coming in to the bay at Destin, we plowed through sand. After spending the night anchored in the bay, the wind was favorable so that we raised sails and the boat healed over and we went out the cut without dragging the keel through the sand. Seeing your video brings back lots of fun memories.

No worries, you're in the free state of Florida. I was so hoping youd take the ICW on the east coast. Youd find more places to stop on shorelines. The gulf coast is more residential so more private shorelines. Just look out for the pirates here, theyre disguised in suit and ties. Yep, our dogs like the nasty stuff. The nose knows. You're a brave man. Good luck and enjoy our beautiful paradise Florida.

The shallow drafters message board should have a for sale/wanted section for all things shanty vagabond nomad.

As a Fellow shallow drafter I 100% approve this message. Florida is a very dog friendly state, especially in the Keys. Good job avoiding Miss Cleo. The cards may not lie, but you will see your wallet a little lighter in the future. Another good one man. Still super impressed you are producing these gems on you Galaxy S20! You aren't messing around at all buddy! I'm planting a flower bed for my wife this week and then I hope to catch a few fish. Thanks for all the hours of entertainment our beloved Shanty boat Captain!!! 😎🤙

Beagle needs her own life jacket

I'm all in dude, shallow drafter lol.

Excellent video...hope you spent some of that saved $20 on a cold beer from that Publix. For all your hard work ya know! Safe travels man!

Call the shallow drafters as the MUDBUGS

Spoiled cargo??? What?!? Great video Brenton and Wavey! Looking forward to your next adventure! It looks exciting!

Good episode. Time for me to get out to the Nomad and get to work.

Wavy Gravy is a sweetheart and definitely a service dog like all of man’s best friends

We fulltime rv now, but years ago I took a houseboat from North Alabama to Gulf Shores Al., I am enjoying following you.

That's the way it's going to be in Fla. Almost every inch is taken. Your videos are always great entertainment and enlightening. Two in one day, great.

Another great episode!

I agree, properly prepared unfair weather can be enjoyed. Like going outside during a blizzard.

the traffic there at destin is partly visitors and partly military as there is a air force base and special operations training there west of Destin.

Yep. Captain Wavey at the helm. 'Start swabbing those decks mate!' Da Captain roars.

Wavy is awesome! What a good girl!

Good stuff .I'm so so jealous. Cheers 🍻

Glad to see another installment. Hope your real-time journey up in the Carolina's is going well. As for Don Henley, my favorite song of his will always be *Sunset Grill*. Back in 1990, I got to visit and eat a burger at the original Sunset Grill out in LA on Sunset Blvd, and met the owner Joe Froehlich, who was the "old man from the old world" referred to in the song. Great memories!😄

Hi 👋 Brenton and Wavey 😊😊

Going AFB is where the Tomahawk missile guidance system was developed. They used to fly them on the reserve.

Cheers! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Man the ocean side of the trip seems. MUch more dangerous than being on the Mississippi. I'm sure you have to pick your days when the winds no so bad. Nice video as usual.

Folding canoe,folding electric bike/scooter for the win?Shallow Drafter Beer Koozies?

I hope to join your "Shallow Drafters" club this year. Have planned for the shantyboat build since 2007 when I read Minn of Mississippi to my daughter.

You should buy an ocean kayak, well that what I call them. They have holes in them so the water just drain out. You sat in a chair about all the water. They are good when u are putting it in the water with waves.

AH!! You forgot your English lessons already?! Choctawhatchee... break it down into bite-size syllables, "Choc -Taw -Hatch -ee" See? Easy-peisy! WOW, crossing that bay was absolute glass!! Sure makes for nice cruising. Hope there's alot more of that in store for you. Safe and comfy travels

Thanks again. Stuff you have to go through to get to the good parts. Somebody has to ask about the Pudgy, might as well be me.

That's so funny what you said about solitude and the bad weather I have been to the beach in Miami-Dade county on a windy wet day and it was like a deserted island also for 17 years I lived on Biscayne Bay and oftentimes during the weekdays I could go out and have the whole Bay to myself except occasionally people would go down the IC W but the rest of the Bay was mine which was such a great feeling because you could look around 360° and be surrounded by buildings and a couple million people but nobody was out in the Bay at least on weekdays. I forgot to mention I make most of my recent videos with a used Galaxy a 21 that I got on eBay for $40

That's quite nautical at times..

Might try a collapsible wagon to tote fuel, etc

Pensacola and Pensacola Beach basically shuts down in the winter. Too cold.

If you’re in the Pensacola area still there’s a lagoon just south of the navy base called Fort McRee that is the most beautiful anchorage you’ll ever see. Public, pull up on the sand and relax. Look up Ft McRee on false book!

Right now it's paradise in N. Wis., Minn. and Mich. Mosquitoes aren't out yet! 😂

How cool you're down in the salt water now.They don't call it the ocean over there. It's the gulf. And way more calmer than the ocean, which i'm sure you are aware. Looking forward to see how you fare on the ocean side. And just an FYI there are Publix in North Carolina now too.There's one right up the road from me. I love Publix too! I lived in florida for many years on the east coast. In the fort lauderdale area. Looks like you're doing great, happy cruising. Seems your shanty boat is perfect for those shallow waters.Wonder how you would do down in the keys, on the gulf side? Some amazing natural mangrove channels and canals down there to get lost in lots of wilderness...

Anything tidal is public land

Wavey at the helm She got this good video

Oh this is so awesome!. It's a special treat getting 2 of your videos today.. Wavy is so adorable ❤ I love the shot you got of her while at the helm. It's so cool that you trained her to drive the boat.. lol Just to let you know, you never have to worry about bringing wavy into the store as your service animal, but there is absolutely no documentation that you need and they can't tell you she can't come in with you. Just keep her out of the main shopping cart part where the food goes.. because nobody wants their food packaging where dog butt was sitting..lol So what did the water Nazis want?

To be fair you really have to wait for the right days on a big boat doing the loop as well.

When you dont see the coast guard ?? Stay home ??🎉🎉

Good for you youante hurting nothing

Two legitimate questions: is it a service dog? What service does it perform? That's all they can ask. No paperwork, no special harnesses, nothing else required. That said, the dog must be well behaved and under the owner's control.

Great Video! Your poor scooter is going to get so rusty with all that overspray.

Your scooter is going to rust out quick

Imagine me working for you!!!

Have you tried a mix of public property records and Facebook to find and reach out to people to try to get some dock access?

For me any day on the water is a good day. Honestly Brenton,I could live on a vessel such as yours and be quite content though I would want Starlink or something similar. I watched your other Vlog this morning and I agree with everything you talked about. The American people are being fleeced and driven into what I would say is an Oligarchy at the moment with a dictatorship on the horizon. Greed is rampant and evil is winning. The more horrible thing is that everyone seems to be just going along with it making it impossible to actually do anything about it. Everyone is just passing the buck down the line and our society is or has become less trusting,less caring,more hateful and spiteful and especially more angry. There are exceptions but they have become far and few inbetween. We can do better if we would just stand as one but we know that will never happen. Those are just my musings as a 58yo. I'm not bitter at all but I see the writing on the wall. Watching your videos makes me want to sail away... Keep on being you Brenton,you are shining brightly.

Great video and now after watching your videos i will have to be a shallow draft as well besides its more my style than fixing up an older yacht that was my original idea due to living in a house trailer all my life a shanty boat it is.

Hi. Enjoyed the video. A comment and a question please: Shallow drafters: You asked for feedback. If you're willing to give up a little technical accuracy, and swap it for some creativity, I think you can pick a name that covers more of the overall experience and still gets your point across. What's that? Shallow Drifters You could have a lot of fun chatting with people about the different meanings of that name. Question: I'm looking for information about an aspect of your boat design, now that you've had a good amount of time using it. If you're so inclined, instead of defending why you did what you did, just tell me objectively how you feel about this now. Specifically, do you find while boating around and sleeping on beaches, etc. that you miss an awning over the porch, or miss a porch that might be useful for more than storage and getting on/off? I'm thinking of one that could _easily_ hold a small table and two chairs, etc. under an awning to allow sitting outside in a bit of shade. The latter is part of my "someday" design, but I'd like to know what you think with experience. Any thoughts appreciated.

Enjoying each and every one of your Great Loop videos this year Brenton. While you are much farther ahead on the journey, curious, is this point (Destin) that you head north from here?

Skinny water Shanty Boaters😊

I just stumbled upon your site today. You mentioned it was Winter when you were in Pensacola. What month was it when you were here? I am totally confused because the video was posted two months ago. I have been back tracking the videos to see when you were here. I am going at this all wrong I know. Probably skip back to Mobile after this vid. I could never do a trip like this. I like to fish and it would drive me crazy not stopping to fish.

Hi

That time a "Strange Dude" met a "Strange Dude". ;)

😎

Does your navigation software indicate where you can and cannot beach the boat? Public or private lands? Or anchor locations?

What's the draft limit for the Shallow Drafter's group? I've got 60 centimetres or 1.9 feet.

A little concerned for you when you’rehitting New York State. Illegal to fill boat gas tanks from containers. They make you fill up at marinas for a couple extra dollars a gallon

That publix at 15:00 is Ft Walton I believe?

I got inspired and mocked up a shallow drafters tshirt for ya. I'll send it over when I compile my email 🤝 much appreciated! I just realized I don't think I've seen you fill up with water yet. How have you been getting drinking water for the most part?

Two questions please, do you have power tilt/trim and would a pontoon or tritoon draft more than you?

Dang it man what’s the background music in that last clip the last little bit killing me man

How often do you have to do your oil changes and are you able to do the gearbox oil? Thanks

Enjoy Florida

Have you ever looked up dispersed campgrounds

"Shallow Drafters" is good. "Skinny Dippers" is better...

Do you heavily grease EVERYTHING on your scoot, bearing in mind the salt?

Just wondering, how many changes of clothes do you typically carry?

Really good content, does our 2020 Corsair 880 Sport trimaran qualify for the Shallow Drafters Club?

Brother, your videos are making me feel like doing the exact same thing with Dash, my best buddy. I'd love to meet up with you and pick your brain. Hmmm.

🐶👍👍

Did you get boarded/checked by the Coast Guard?

Been to destin twice and will never go again. Very you shouldnt be here town.

Sure fire way to kill the song that is stuck in your head - chew gum. Your jaw will never keep the beat.

The Sunshine State???

What you need is a 150 HP for the life of me 5 mph would Drive me up the wall LOL.....

too bad you have such poor infrastructure. nowhere for pedestrians to cross a road safely. but like the thing about gliding around with a small houseboat. no stress.

c4yt

Shoot well glad I’m not a new subscriber!!

8:56 is her leg ok?

You mentioned cleaning dishes with lake water earlier. I would definitely have me a water catch and filter system on the gutters

Please make sure you eventually rinse all that salt spray off of all your stuff Brother, it will prolong eventual corrosion. I'm glad you make it to sunny Florida... I lived on the hook before and as we wrote about earlier, about ridged or inflatable dingys, I had a 14" kayak that was super stable, and easy to deploy, and stow. Then I squirled away enough to but a 14' aluminum high wall boat. Being near Pensacola military base can be loud at times. Safe travels.

thanks again from Germany for showing me this side of Amerika

I wander if the psychic told the people about the fire

I don't understand why he has not got that beagle wherehe can be sitting on deck and hear a little splash and there she is throwing him a lobster or whatever he wanted to eat that day,, also those sailboats that are there at the public dock that need to be moved of course I'm not the best detective but I figured that comes from arresting the new arrivals of the town before you found out exactly where they come from,,haa,, also for the love of God do not and I repeat this again do not ever ever ever ever ever Park in a sports fisherman for hare Captain's boat slip, not even for one second,,🥺