These GIANT Ships Make Us Feel Like Ants! ICW from NORFOLK VA to CHESAPEAKE BAY and JAMES RIVER - 6 

I BOUGHT A 1978 COLVIC NORTHERNER 13 YEARS AGO WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS 5 AND MY SON WAS 2 AND ME BEING A CITY BOY NEVER HAD A CLUE OR AN IDEA WHAT IT TOOK TO CREW A BOAT ON THE OPEN SEA ! BUT FAST FORWARD TO THE WHERE I AM NOW AND HAND ON HEART ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE HAD THE MOST AMAZING MEMORIES AND EXPERIENCES ON OUR SUMMER BOATING HOLIDAYS ! I'VE NEVER SAT OR TAKEN A TRAINING COURSE OR SKIPPERS LESSON ! I'VE LEARNT BY GOING OUT AND MAKING MISTAKES FIRST HAND , PROBABLY NOT THE BEST WAY OF DOING THINGS BUT I TAKE MY HAT OFF TO YOU GUYS ! WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME WHO ARE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN A WORLD WHERE OUR FREEDOMS ARE UNDER REAL CONSTRAINTS SO I SALUTE YOU FROM ONE CAPTAIN TO ANOTHER HERE IN THE UK ! NEVER CHANGE YOUR SELF AND WHAT A GREAT CREWMEMBER YOU HAVE THERE IN YOUR PARTNER FANTASTIC !

Hi, I’m Andy from England and I’m so proud of how you two are doing your boats. I’m going to get my new boat this weekend and have similar issues of moving the boat to get it on to a trailer. Please keep making these videos as they are an inspiration to many new boaters. Thanks

OMG. I need more. Editing is Awesome. You 2 are the most positive couple.....

Looking forward to seeing what you do with the boat through the refit. You'll be inspiring a lot of people!

Thanks for sharing your journey, guys. Good luck!

What a great adventure! I can't wait for more. Thanks for posting these.

Dude you got me sold. I had the crazy idea of going and buying a bust up old Catamaran and now your living it. Wish you the best of luck, cant wait to see your journey.

Y'all's adventure on the catamaran reminds me of Hepburn and Bogart on the 'African Queen'...

You remind me of an old friend who bought his first sailboat around 1980. A little 24' hunter that he outfitted with a sail made from an old car cover. The pocket for the rear view mirror flapping in the breeze! Makes me laugh just thinking about it almost 40 years later. He would sail that boat to Catalina Island, taking on water the whole time. I think you had a great deal of luck on this journey and I hope it continues. I'm subscribed just so I can see what happens!

I’m 16 and I’ve been boating basically since I was in the womb and this is an awesome and crazy trip, I hope y’all have been embraced by the boating community and love this amazing hobby/lifestyle

I agree with Robert T once your back In the water the mast boom running rigging lights navigation steering. Another RU-vid Chanel said your be more disappointed in live on what you didn’t do in life by more when what you did. Love to see your progress on your boat and your adventures keep posting you guys are awesome

Stumbled across your channel and glad I did. Pretty balls to do what you did with no experience!!! You will have great stories to tell your grandchildren!!! Keep up the good work!!

Kelvin Rees (UK) I watch a number of sailing youtube videos but this is one of a kind and has captured my attention. I have to question the wisdom of your purchase, it's certainly going to need a lot of work/tlc but I have to admire your amateur enthusiasm and spirit of adventure. You certainly have been lucky on your maiden voyage. Still the boat floats and the motor works, so that's a good start. Make the most of all the positive and valuable comments that have been made and enjoy your adventures. I shall watch with keen interest on how you get on. KR

Great story. Great videos. Keep up the good work!

Take the 60 days at the boat yard, do the below the water line stuff paint, seal, patch, new thru hulls and back in the water to finish refit...

Interesting to watch your travel at your young age. Have faith and keep going. You are creating memories.

Your doing great guys looking forward to seeing your boat when your done with restoring it good job 🤙

inexperience and not a safety boat in case of unforeseen problems is nuts but gutsy. I have the need to see where you go on this journey. I wish you the best.

way to go! Cant wait to see your journey rebuilding your new boat.

Those real estate photos are fantastic, you are very good at your work, so good that I see that you needed to take on something a little more challenging. Love the lines and look of that boat, very good eye, keep up the good work.

Good luck with your ongoing adventures, I really wish you good luck fixing that boat up. Try to stay focused on how awesome it will be when everything is done, you can literally sail anywhere in the world and live there. You guys seem like a really genuine and nice couple and myself and my partner wish you all the best luck :-)

I have been a boat owner for over 40 years (Grady Whites only!) Before I got my first boat I learned about boating.. A radio is a MUST and first thing you should have!! You should take the boaters safety course!!

You’re on a heck of a journey 👍🏽👍🏽amazing photography by the way

You guys are very brave, that's a big journey for your 1st attempt.

I'm sure by the end of this trip you'll have learned a lot, although there's always more to learn. I give you a lot of credit for attempting a trip like that and never have even driven a boat before. I want to thank you for the videos, I used to live in Chesapeake, VA when I was in the Navy, imparticular Great Bridge just on the south side of the locks. It was nice seeing something familar in your videos. I plan on getting back down there some day on my own boat. Just wanted to wish you both good luck and tell you I'm subscribing for sure! Keep the videos coming. Please try for once a week if you can!!

Please take a Coast Guard Auxiliary Safe boating course over the winter. Good Luck!

You guy are refreshing. Grateful of what you have and up beat. Good video kids.

This has been a fun watch! I see a few negative comments but all I can say is that you don't learn by sitting at home! You did what you had to do and personally I'm proud you seem to have pulled it off so far. Brings back lots of memories about finding a derelict and having fun with it! I have a Catalina 25 swing keel I'm working on getting to Deltaville from the Richmond area but always wanted a Catamaran! On your sixty day time limit, spend it all on getting the hulls beefed up and waterproof. (I see lots of fiberglass in your immediate future. Lol!) The rest can be done tied to a dock, moored or even anchored provided you can conjure up a decent generator for power tools when and if needed. Good luck on the project! I've subscribed to see what happens next!

Nice Project..great way to learn !!

Wow!!! You really have balls of a giant and heart of a warrior to take on such a journey with no experience. You two are made for each other. I can’t wait for the refits. Oh, just sub and bell on! Good luck!!!

What a trip, lovely both of you!

Just watched ya videos very well done with no experince. Looking forward for next vid.

Get a tarp! A pancho, anything. Some string. Cover your cockpit from the sun and rain! That beach umbrella bruh

Awesome trip!!!

Love this couple!!!

i like the whisper at the end.... its like subliminal messaging!! love it! and i'm loving this journey you are on! i'm sub'd!

Good job! Stay honest, follow the breeze, and go careful.

Please keep the videos coming on this project! I'm excited for the outcome for you both!

thanks for the vlog!

Great videos. Can’t wait to see the refit progress!

Keep on Keeping on Guys....Love the tenacity...Cheers

Its great to watch your videos since you just started learning. The cat has so much potential! Take your time working on it and do it right. Don't shortcut as she could be a great sailor.

looks like your both having a ball awesome

You guys, with that boat, remind me of the Beverly Hillbilly's, but without the millions that they acquired, at least not yet. ;) Good Luck to ya!!!

Can not wait to see the build....

Intellectually I know these videos were all edited and posted after they got home. Emotionally though every time a new one is posted I think "My god, they're still alive."

You are a brave couple!!

I think it's a fantastic adventure.

your real estate photography is great! nice work!

Good luck guys, let the games begin !! :)

I had the exact same 1976 Cherokee MkII for several years in SanFran Bay. Great boat and it help up again the Bay's famous "SLOT". I built a helm and put a steering wheel on it for the twin rudders - I put the electric start 4 cycle Honda in a fixed position. It was a LOT easier to handle than the set-up you have. I moved to Phoenix so I sold it to a guy who who then took it to Hawaii. With some modifications I am sure it is a great boat to run up on the beach in Hawaii. You have a VERY LONG way to go to get it functional as a sailing boat. Good luck.

dude, you better hug your first mate. !!!!! Such a cool journey together.

you guys are fearless...go getm tigers!

Keep it up, love to see intelligence and adventure mixed together in the younger generation, live your best life!!

Just found your channel tonight. Wife and I have been rv'ing for about 4 months now full time and when done touring the lower 48 are doing exactly what you two are doing. Getting the boat and cruising. We are actually in Hampton VA right now until the 22nd of November. I'm a retired marine and think it's awesome that you two just decided to go for it. Where in Hampton is your boat? Would love to come by and get some pictures!

This is like Huck Finn adventures!

Your real estate photography is incredible. Enjoying your journey. What a team!

Defo take the 60 days, do everything exterior. Patch, paint and sort every single bit of rust. Once your 60 days is you'll have a solid boat with out the stress of water coming in. You've still got a motor that seems to be working perfectly fine so far so the mast and all that can wait if need be. You can do the interior while sailing or docked up at different locations and build that up over time. Same sort of thing happened to me but with my camper I recently bought. 1990 express, old, not the biggest and abit of a project. But I love it. I recently got offered a space in a workshop for 2 weeks which is coming to an end and I've spent every night sorting all the rust, paint, cleaning up the exterior and it's now solid and looks amazing 😎

Super cool channel full of adventure Really enjoy your videos

what an adventure with a cute first mate

It really is about the journey, who knew!? "Its a million over a hot stove" CLASSIC

Okay, so I've just binged all of your videos since you went to get this *boat*??? You may have hooked me with the little whisper at the end. ... "subscribe" That's gotta be some subliminal messaging but it has worked! LOL Subscribed!!

That little outboard is a champ

I like the look of the boat ! lay in new fiberglass and spray some gel coat at it ! a much larger motor to get that beast moving !

it's a shall boat, find some land near the water, hire a 50T crane and lift it out. You can save heaps while taking your time to do the refit.

What an adventure. Good for you. :-)

Heck yea finally getting it out the water I cant wait to see how it turns out

Go to a toy store and get a kiddie pool to cool off and bathe in. Also since you have no emergency dingy. lol.

Keep it up!!!!

Get a handheld VHF and just listen. You’ll figure it out. Get some cruising guides (I would never go down an unfamiliar section of the ICW without one. You got some big time yard work coming, so pick a good yard. You edit pretty good and you both have the right attitude!

I kid you not Netflix needs to put this as a series cause what an adventure.

I think you met my mom today and she is telling me about enjoying seeing her first drone! :)

You guys are so cute together 🤓 congratulations in the boat if you never finish it like the last owner you’ve had an adventure of a lifetime together

wishing you nothing but fair winds and happiness

You better take some vitamins your gonna need it to fix that boat....all the power to you

You definitely had a lot of eyes on you while you were sailing through Norfolk lol

I went thru the D swamp back in 1990, with a scum-bag crew! I like your crew better! Its a trip I will never forget. Enjoy the adventure!

Wow, what a fun adventure you two are having on the ICW. I'd like to purchase a liveaboard sailing catamaran in about the same condition as yours is in but am looking for something that's made out of light weight composit and about 43 ft. long or so. Actually, I'd like to find a boat just like another RU-vid channel has called Onboard Lifestyle. If you go to their channel, they built there boat from the condition yours is in and did an absolut increadable job. They show just about every aspect of the build and how to do it for the most part. It would be the perfect channel for you to watch as you fix up your boat. Looking forward to see what you come up with and how you do things.

Love the vids, but one tip I hope you'll take heed to. When you guys are talking to lower the volume of the background music some. :)

Well done guy's

Sorry for the multiple comments, but I just wanted to say, great real estate photo work. I figured you had previous photography experence, due to the excellent drone footage. :)

The Annapolis Book of Seamanship is an excellent book that must be read and used as a resource. Everything you need to know about sailing is in there. For starters, for about $25 you could buy the ASA 101 book, Sailing Made Easy that covers ALL the basics ... it is a steep learning curve. Make an Amazon wishlist for some of these items and I bet a subscriber would get it for you.

Ok, you got me hooked all the way from South Africa. Looking forward to your restoration uploads :) ... Just a thought though ... You might want to invest in a couple of Inboard engines.

I see no LIFE JACKETS Yikes ???? Glad you made it.

Next video soon? The suspense is killing me. 😆

Love your enthusiasm, hopefully you look back at what your first journey was and cringe a little. All power to both of you, lovin the vids and hoping all goes well for both you. Well done.

Two apps you might consider... Windy which is free and is a great resource for weather, tides, wind etc.and Navionics which is about $15/year for an excellent for charting. Do take a safe boating course. You were very lucky in your trip north. It could have been much worse.... Have fun!

But did you have a great time. We did watching you on you tube!

Hope you get some history on this boat and some pictures of how it is supposed to look when it is complete. What is the make and model of this cat?

im really loving your tiny cat sail boat. really wish i can find something like that for free up here in ct so i can use it like a live abourdd

laughing at "hot 95F" here in florida thats a cool front..1st rule of off grid living, shower in the rain whenever possible! Im a grouchy ol son of the beach but I think drone videos are WAY WAY over done..If yaw make it to jacksonville on the ICW I'll look ya up

You guys are such a cute couple! I just love you guys!

great job

As I am in QLD where was your start and finish so I can check it out on google earth :-) a enjoyed the videos and look forward to the Refit ones to come

Good on you,dido to the bottom work and back in the water. Unless your holding out on us and you got money. I subbed

That looks great, in America you have these water ways are they made with excavator

I'm enjoying the journey you're taking . I just hope you at least have basic safety equipment aboard like a fire extinguisher . You really should have running lights too .

as you start the rebuild...you can do anything with RU-vid resources! i am building a boat from scratch! wood is very forgiving and fiberglass has limited steps..."piece of pie"!

This reminded me of the movie The African Queen

The easiest and probably most attractive way to cover all that bare fiberglass is with a vinyl fabric from Rerum. No joke. that is their name. Used to be able to get it as a special order from West. I have turned a number of old boats into show pieces using cream colored fabric and contact cement.