Solo ICW Boat Trip - NY to FL ep19 Amelia Island to Jacksonville Fl 

Anohter great video --- thank you very much for posting. Shame about the sinking boat. Yikes!

New subscriber, very interesting and relaxing watching your journeys. I find the fuel costs an eye opener, didn't realise how expensive it is.

Greetings from Michigan from another boat owner (34 ft Carver) also named 'Happy Ours'. Thanks for sharing your journey..excellent information. Hope the recovery from Ian is going well. Safe travels sir.

Hi! I’m a local to the island, that big factory was west rock! They’ve been there since about the 80s and they make cardboard and paper! The big pile of stuff you saw was all wood chips which they use to make the paper and whatnot, they have a deal with Amazon and make their boxes so they make a lot of products, I live about a block from west rock so sometimes there is a smell that comes from it but it kinda smells like hot dog water if that makes sense. We love having them on the island because they are the second largest employer in all of Nassau county(next to the county itself) and they are very self sustaining by making their own energy using coal, when the power goes out on the island they will supply power to the local hospital to make sure everything stays running! There’s also a big outfall pipe that pumps fresh 95 degree warm water out all year round so sometimes you’ll be able to see some manatees getting water from there and in the winter time you’ll see birds warming up their feet on it! The large cargo ship you also saw named “The Amber Star” is the lifeline to the Bermuda! Everything that the Bermuda has comes from that ship which gets all of its stock from there, so sometimes in the coming months you’ll see a whole bunch of Christmas tree loaded onto it! It comes back to the island every 2 weeks just about to fill back up on stock just to go back to the Bermuda! The dolphin you also saw are mostly our local dolphins! They’re bottle nose dolphin but aren’t the large 6-8ft migratory ones you see in the ocean, they usually get to be 4-6ft in length! They love Amelia island so they’re here all year around and we’ve been able to name a few because of they’re dorsal fins!

Wow shocked gas is so high down there we were paying 4.50 on the water in ct

I have a picture of them removing the boat

How do you find the free docking in the different states.

All ur fuel usage 😂😂😂 Whit diesel power you can drive doubled trips and lower cost😂 On max speed setted at 1800rpm and 600 at low. Same speed more boating Lower fuel =more boating and live the life😂

That's a LOT of fuel from a sailor's perspective!! OUCH!!! When I teach cruising (on sailboats) I instruct the students to track Gallons Per Hour (GPH) at an approximate RPM rather than MPG. The reason for this is that you are powering with or against current, and with a clean or dirty bottom, both of which will greatly affect your MPG, but not your RPM. For example, my boat burns 0.35 GPH (don't hate me), at 2500 RPM. At 2500 RPM in calm water, no current, my boat will move at 6kts. As the amount of time since I last had my bottom cleaned increases, that will drop by as much as a knot. For me the trip from Warwick, RI to Fort Myers, FL I burned 100 gallons of diesel fuel. (OK, Now you can hate me😁) Thanks for reminding me what a great trip it was!

I love these videos. I don’t have a boat but my dad did. 1984 formula cabin cruiser 26ft inboard outboard 6 cylinder fuel injection mercruser engines. Boat was so much fun but we used it off biscqyne bay keys and black pointe marina. Boating is so relaxing. Dad sold the Tempest when he got too old to get on and off. I wonder if it’s still cruising the bay?

CORRUGATED BOXES ARE MADE HERE AND THAT IS A PILE OF WOOD CHIPS

Yeah the mounds of “dirt” at that paper manufacturing plant are actually pine chips. We bring in logs and they run them through the chipper and get the bark off (that’s the darker pile on the right) and it’s used to burn for power and the white chips (the light color ones on the left) are the ones that get treated and turned into paper. I drive a log truck in South Carolina so I go to plants like this every day. Love the videos keep living the dream.

The gas prices my god..ni more Democrats please people

I just found your videos, great job! I noticed you are keeping logs of pretty much aspect of your trip, what SW are you using to accomplish that? Thanks!

I have followed your trip from Albany all The Way down to just as you reach Florida episode 19 but I am unable to locate episode 20. I relate to your trip because I have a 34 Silverton Ave. loved to of made that trip the way you did. Hopefully you can leave me in the right direction to find the rest of your trip from episode 20 on Cape Coral thank you thank you

Hope you didn't get downwind of the big paper mill near your anchorage off Amelia. It emits a rank smell. I cruised in an Albin that had isinglass and I really disliked it -- in rain it is really hard to see through it. I was rounding Manhattan in a major rainstorm with ferries, tugs, ships and other boats zipping everywhere and it was very difficult with limited visibility.

You know ur a newbie when you get amazed of a fish 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Best of luck. Belive that easy license would maked you very experienced in a week. Nobullshitt

很用心的看完你的视频！身在其中的感觉！谢谢你的分享！🎈🍾️

Beautiful scenery

9:40 dock allways called resting docks😂😂😂😂 72h stay is international for all world places and icw canals. Again you said solo docking is not fun😂😂😂😂😂 So inexperienced. Go license icw ore boat, then you learn this is a day. Then your not get wannabecapitan

Impressive that you were able to do the rest of the trip solo! Trying to dock with two people in current is hard enough, but then you did it on your own (not to mention you had to move the boat!). Funny about the boom - it wasn't completely enclosed. Crazy. Glad to see that the boat is also running after Hurricane Ian! Great news!

Is it safe to assume it costs about $1000 per day in gas when you do the loop, or a day where you can make good headway?

Again - love this series of cruising vids. Incidentally, that plant is a Westrock paper mill - originally built by "Container Corp of America" about 1938 (!) They make paper packaging products (corrugated boxes). Look up CCA on Wikipedia - as you'll find some other fascinating trivia about a guy named Walter Paepcke...

You would have been fine going thru the Nassau sound. All the boats in the icw were coming from the party sand bar

1:10 I have a mental-block remembering *which **_'Beaufort'_* (North Carolina's vs South Carolina's) is pronounced _Bwoo-fort_ vs _Bow-fort!_ I only remember that they're pronounced differently!

My friend gave me a sign for the cabin. It says " I'm sorry for what I said while I was docking my boat. "

That plant is a paper mill

Love how simple and to the point your videos are. Fair winds and following seas. Safe travels

GREAT video (tho I'm a sailor - Hunter 37.5). $8500+ in fuel costs, a tad more expensive than sailing...:)

I love your videos! wife does not like coming with me on short trips in the late fall. Sometimes I have to lock through several locks by myself and it ain’t easy.

that's a cement plant I think?

Paper plants stink like sulfur. Surprised you didn’t smell it.

Looked at a 341 in Delaware yesterday, it had a remote for the thrusters. Running down those steps solo docking wouldn't be fun.

Park around the corner!

You showing me things abt boating I never knew interesting thank you 🎃

So glad ep. 20 will be out , looking forward to your East/West passage….great so far!!

Keep making your videos I love them. I like how you break everything down. I'm a perfectionist just like you I like everything clean. Document all your voyages I really enjoy your videos, Don't stop making them.

Vicariously living through your trip. Thanks for taking us along 😅

Enjoying your videos are you relocating the boat to FLA? I can’t imagine doing this trip 2x a year in a gas boat. We moved our 52 sea ray sedan bridge in 2019 and never went north again nice work on the videos. Following

Planning on sailing from Southport NC to FL Keys after I graduate from grad school! I love your videos, I'm so excited, learning so much from you, and you're also very entertaining! Thanks for the content

You do such a fantastic job describing the good, bad and the ugly of cruising or possibly ferrying. Subscribed and looking for your next context!!

Looks beautiful 🎉🎉🎉

Where are you from ? Anyone know where this guy is from I'm curious

We call this place home!

1.63 MPG?!? God !! (and in no comparison Now I'm thrilled I sold my 189 4 cyl. Mercruiser Cobia I/O. Whatever...'Tell you what, I'm just wondering if you're like me in that we're always looking for cool shit to do. With that being said, and with your deep pockets, perhaps a pristine 2022+ Shelby Mustang might save on gas and might be more of an investment. Just a thought?

Where is ep 20 and the rest of the 2022 trip ?

Whats the boat u have tks 4 the vid.

Being a couple years out from this trip, this is invaluable. Knowing your near future, this almost brings tears to my eyes. Thanks so much.

Just a point of reference. The Coast Guard maintains the buoys, day markers range markers etc. and are not normally involved with dredging. When it comes to major waterways like the ICW, you will sometimes see the Army Corps of Engineers dredging or other 3rd party contractors doing the work. The CG just marks the way. Enjoying your videos, thanks for putting the time in. V.

Damn that's a lot of money $1,300 for (4) hours, Wouldn't a electric boat be better?

When was this filmed? the video went up after the hurricane but before you got it off the neighbours lawn! confusing.