Great Loop DAY 1: Escaping a 40 mph STORM and Cruising in the Rain... Again | Florida ICW
Our Great Loop waterway adventure finally begins, in haste! After checking the weather, we notice a storm approaching our exposed anchorage in Sebastian Inlet, Florida. So we fire up our motor yacht Swamp Puppy' and begin our Great Loop cruise (a 6,000 nautical mile year-long circumnavigation of eastern North America) by moving to a hurricane hole on the Banana River. We jump right back onto the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) to escape the oncoming storm. 😎 Get exclusive content in real-time by joining us on Patreon → / happilywhereverafter 🖼️ You can find more photos and stories on our Facebook page → / happilywhereverafter and Instagram page → / happily_wherever 🍺 Buy Captain Tom a beer! → https://buymeacoffee.com/happilywhere... #greatloop #greatloopcruising #greatloopers #firstday #yachting #yachtlife #shakedown #carver #loopboat #icw #sebastianinlet #floridacruise #bananariver #getoutstayout #greatloopwaterway #happilywhereverafter #swamppuppy 00:00 - Introduction to our Great Loop Story 00:12 - Meet Captain Tom and our Loop Boat 00:25 - 1st Day on the Great Loop! 00:39 - Storm Looming in Background 00:50 - Our Maiden Voyage 01:10 - Underway on the Great Loop 02:01 - Update from the Captain 02:48 - The Brown-eyed Girl Loves the Rain 03:17 - The Wake Beneath our Mantus Dinghy 03:30 - Update from Captain Tom 05:11 - Updates in the Rain, the Storm is Here 06:05 - The First Boat We Saw, and our First VHF Transmission! 06:30 - Approaching our Anchorage 06:46 - Calling Mathers Bridge - a SWING BRIDGE! 07:05 - Mathers Bridge on the Banana River 07:24 - Dolphins Welcoming Us Home (for the night) 07:34 - Dropping the Mantus Anchor and Bridle 09:28 - The Storm (and more dolphins!) is Really Here 10:06 - But You Get Rainbows from Rain (after 2.5 days) 10:16 - Thank you so much for watching! 🎵 Copyrighted music licensed from Lickd. Join here for an exclusive free trial: https://referrals.lickd.co/l/ELYSEBAT... Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison, https://t.lickd.co/l/PVpR9l98wJG Peaceful Morning by Bob Bradley, Steve Dymond, https://t.lickd.co/l/zXpG4Ea4Qa5
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