Sorry to hear how it ended ,and the lost of youre boat. To me it sounds unfair how they work

Yellow fields are canola and the blue are flax

Fantastic! We'll be there the same week. Please post your itinerary. Can't wait!

The Hillbilly is a live, love it, need details on repair good and bad👍. By the way I’m the one that grabbed the with my Dinghy the Aquila that broke free in Anegada same boat as Hillbilly on a Boatyball about 2 weeks after your mishap, if I meet you some day would love to tell you that story.

Right now Im watching The Voice with my wife and daughters! Happy to see you back in the water! Someday, we'll be able to join you in a flotilla! I hope and declare it!!!

Alan! Back in the saddle!!!

That's awesome! We'll see you there. I knew you'd be back. Please post the itinerary so we can buy you drink or protein shake when we see you.

That's the spirit! Wish I could join you.

Miss you too, big guy. Looking forward to your return to BVI. God Bless

Awesome

Yes!!!

So glad you are going back!!!

Hey Al! Thanks for the update. I hope that you share your flotilla experience since I can't make it.

This clip made my day!

So glad you're going back to BVI 👍👏

Can't wait to watch the video about how you tore your insurance company a new hole.

Great to see you out and about mate

Should have told the salvage company to chordle your balls. Laws shouldn't favor any party, they should be fair.

The voice is still on?

Do they have IPA beer on the train, I`m not a Wine guy.....lol

I have been thinking of a Canada rail trip, thanks for the video and hope to continue watching. I don’t want to be a fraidy cat, but after watching a lot of Caribbean sailing and boating, i think chartering 2 - 4 times a year is probably more my speed. Seriously not afraid of the sea, but of the hassle’s involved. I know there are pros and con’s to each side, but just my two cents worth

Looks so relaxing! Odd....where are the other passengers, seems empty...is it off season? Good time to go!

I was watching videos on the BVI and got sucked into your story about The Hillbilly. It breaks my heart. 😢

Great video, as always! I love it when my favourite KZbinrs come visit us in Canada!

Sounds like a divorce when your marriage runs aground.

Need you back in the water to feel the breeze, smell the sea, and be giddy with joy of jumping into the ocean. Trains are nice but boating makes you feel alive and young. You’ve said it many times, “You don’t want to regret it” while you’re still physically fit to be in the water

Canada is beautiful, but unfortunately the people have let the government take over their lives. Like Cuba of the north now. Love your videos though.

Need you back on the sea!!! When?

Usually August is hot as blazes in the prairies. I lived and worked for many, many years throughout the region

Another great vid !

Awesome

Music too loud and thumpy

Terrific video as always...but I gotta tell you...I really miss you and your crew on the boat in the BVI.

Beautiful country!

Looks very relaxing

Tons of fun.

What a beautiful train ride. Thanks for sharing

Sea or land, love your videos. Wonderful scenery.

G'day Alan from New Zealand . My wife and I have watched your Wandering Hillbilly adventures, wonderful viewing. We have an Aquila 44 down here and you are so right she is our "baby". I'd like to hear why your insurance company declined to pay, Do you not have an ombudsman or the like in the US where you can lodge a complaint against the broker and the company as we do here. I get the antiquated maritime law and I doubt it will change anytime soon. I also get why you threw them the keys, not easy to let go of your baby. All the best to you and your wife recharging your life batteries after being ground down by those scum. Get back in the saddle one day if the spirit moves you..If you ever decide to come to New Zealand Iets have a cleansing rum and a cigar in the cockpit and I'll show you around our remote waters and Islands.

What a sad goodbye. So many memories on that beautiful boat. I’m sorry for what you have been through.

careful w/ that thing. That brand has the reputation as the "bayliner" of the big boat industry... Great vids. Enjoy the trip.

Did the Hull Shield work. We just purchased a 75ft Hatteras. 2000 year We e going island hoping. Alan. Get back on the horse get another boat You were blazingly happy. From 1 hillbilly to another get the boat back We are from Louisville KY. So we too are Hillbillies Keep the editorialy coming

Your problem is with the insurance company. They owe you a boat!!!!

Alan, are you going to the BVI in October?

I've been re-watching your videos from the BVI etal and I must say I really miss not seeing any new videos of your exploits and it brings a tear to my eye knowing what has happened to your beautiful yacht. And the drone videos of the Hillbilly cruising down the ICW were particularly magical. I hope you will be back on a boat in the BVI's very soon. All the best to you and your family.

Thank you for a clean and competent explanation of your experience. If you can, a good read, see Farley Mowat "Grey Seas Under" fictional tale of salvage tug in Novia Scotia. I don't pretend anything will eliminate this experience, but worth a try to regulate and reframe your bereavement. My background, only a boat repair guy, but just the vibe I got watching this video. FWIW, 18 months for unexpected loss. source author John Bradshaw .

sad. but let it go. Aquila is s "discount' brand. Its the "Bayliner" of the large vessel industry. All boats should be able to support its weight when resting on their keel. The Aquila driveshaft tower (the effective keel on a power boat) caved in. Those hulls are paper thin in relative terms.

If the strut tower (drive shaft towers) can't withhold the weight of the vessel, you need to sue the boat maker, Aquila. The drive shaft towers are your effective keel on a power boat. Yours caved in. They owe you a hull.

Man .I'm sorry for what happened...fix your beautiful baby and go on ...we all had hard times but not all standing again...don't let your beautiful boat go ...rebuilding it and rebuilding your self and go back to the blue water faster you can ..your friend for EGYPT

Hey Alan, Let me get all of the usual and what I'm sure you've grown to expect compliments out of the way. GREAT CHANNEL, you're a great embassdor for this lifestyle and you're correct you are the Wandering Hillbilly and not the boat. I chose this year old video to make my introductions because my wife Melissa and I can relate to the "lost in translation" when ordering provisions comment. Melissa thought she was ordering 40 4-packs of Trulys on our inaugural provisioning a year ago only to be greeted at the dock with a pallets of 40 cases of Trulys...yes everywhere you looked you could find some of the 960 cans. We joked that the next owner would be finding them for years to come and now we're selling her to move to a power cat and I'm positive this will hold true. Take care buddy!