Aerial view of the busiest, most congested Super Yacht Route

[@refreshmyride]

Had the pleasure of working in this vessel. Awesome custom yacht

[@riverreachisland7915]

Thanks for sharing! Very cool to hear the "chatter" back and forth. So many yachts on the Fort Lauderdale New River. I'm at River Reach condo and love these super yachts coming just outside my window. Many residents sit by the west pool just to see the daily boat parade and Jungle Queens comes by a couple times a day. Then the super huge motor yacht with the tugs. Cool boat life here in Fort Lauderdale. Thanks again Captain!

[@WanderbirdLife]

Glad to share! I have a few videos showing the traffic along the river - working on a longer video that shows the whole route from the ocean to LMC .. one up there now about the Little Florida hairpin turn… and some about our adventures to the Bahamas. Thanks for the comments and we’ll see you along the river sometime soon (currently on the hard at LMC for repairs)

[@dionlindsay2]

Quiet day for superyachts - even Northland hardly counts. Lovely video though - great light and clarity! Thanks

[@stevewisniewski5860]

It shouldn't be challenging if the captain and crew pay attention and communicate. I have been here over 5 months... it's just traffic and yahoos but on boats. Beautiful, wonderful people in Ft. Lauderdale, they are just people... unless the behave pretentious, ignore them. Great community and boating world. Professionals all along the Intracanal. Be respectful and they will be very helpful. RESPECT and love from a now well trained mate (professional chef) from my friends in Ft. Lauderdale. Wisconsin sends love your way.

[@WanderbirdLife]

Quite right! All kinds of people out there.. our boat was hit by someone who failed to stop and report it while we were out of town so some good some bad out there on the waterways have to be careful and look out for each other!

[@Jeffrey-ed8sz]

I was a Capt. working New River for years. The bridges point out the Googans.😂

[@WanderbirdLife]

Especially the weeks around the FLIBS - extra busy!

[@goodson77784]

pretty neat!!!

[@WanderbirdLife]

Thanks! Quite the unique view of a pretty crazy place!

[@TheOhanaBennett]

And the railroad bridge - which may or may not go up today. 😂🤙🏾😎

[@WanderbirdLife]

Seems like if we're headed up the river, we invariably hear the call it's going up right as we start making our way up!

[@TheOhanaBennett]

@@WanderbirdLife It’s a whole lot better than it was like 20 years ago.

[@roadboat9216]

I have been running up and down the New River since the 1950’a. Other than traffic it’s the same river. Much more congested.

[@WanderbirdLife]

Neat seeing the old photos. I imagine the congestion is worse but some newer boat technology like pod drives and bow thrusters. Although a guy in a boat with a joystick control still ran into us last week!

[@roadboat9216]

@@WanderbirdLife Yes, very good point. I use to bring a 48’ vessel single screw and no thrusters, and when the current was flowing toward the bridge while waiting for an opening. Wow, that was a hand full. Even twin screw and no thruster was a big improvement. And now, joystick control….. Wonderful.

[@roadboat9216]

@@WanderbirdLife Oh, I see you said that a guy with joystick ran into you? Bummer. It still takes skill, and a touch of luck sometimes. Technology or not.

[@WanderbirdLife]

That's right - even with the joystick and all the technology... he bumped into us and sheered off the swim ladder mount. Still, nice to have improvements in technology. @@roadboat9216

[@TheOhanaBennett]

Is that the latest Burger waiting for an opening? Really nice layout. Just saw the name and realized it is (Northland). Damn nice job Burger.

[@csjrogerson2377]

Nah, Burger have made much bigger yachts than that. I drove a 143 ft for 3 years. They built a 165ft after that. They were good boats and the support from the yard post build was superb unlike some Italian and British yards.

[@WanderbirdLife]

Yep, big new burger!

[@TheOhanaBennett]

@@csjrogerson2377 Yeah, I delivered the last two large boats, Lady Gail Marie, and Sea Owl from Manitowoc to Palm Beach for the handover to the new owners. Both were absolutely terrific boats. I believe Northland is the only ‘yacht’ they’ve built since then, although there is a much larger successor to Ingot under construction now with an after garage large enough to hold a 33+ foot Intrepid.

[@TheOhanaBennett]

My old Chief Engineer left boats to be project manager for Burger and stayed around 10 years. Great job for him, great friend for getting me into their extended yacht family! 🤙🏾😎

[@johnshaw8327]

Cheese burger for me with extra onions and no egg.

[@Mr91495osh]

My family moved to Ft. Lauderdale in 1913. Lived on Las Olas. Sure was different

[@WanderbirdLife]

Wow I bet! The downtown area is exploding with growth at the moment, especially just north of Las Olas and downtown, many new high rise buildings

[@roadboat9216]

Nineteen thirteen. They were still using horse and buggy. The Model T came out in 1909. We moved to Ft Lauderdale in 1952. On a canal off of the New River down by Broward Marine area. In 1960 we moved to Hendricks Isle just off of Las Olas. We had a 10 unit apartment building with a couple of docks. It was very nice to not have to navigate the New River anymore. My dad sold the apartments for 160K a few yrs later. Todays it’s probably worth 20 million! Yeah, BIG changes there. And if we think that the boat traffic is bad……..wow, the road traffic!

[@WanderbirdLife]

Interesting bit of history Fred - thanks for sharing! Still here in the area watching the skyline go up and up?? @@roadboat9216

[@roadboat9216]

@@WanderbirdLife Very nice. I now live in NC coast. Left Ft Lauderdale in 1990 in my sailboat and sailed much of the world Moved back to Miami with my business in 1982. The business is still going strong. Laser Production Network. We produce all of the laser displays that you may have seen in the Miami / Ft Lauderdale areas. We still produce events world wide. I was the program show producer for BCC planetarium in the seventies. So yeah, we do have some history in the area. Was a nice place to grow up. Can’t imagine 1913 in Ft. Lauderdale. When we built our house in the “citrus isles” off of 9th ave, people told us that we were nuts to be building “way out there”. We were 9 blocks from down town! Ha ha. Fully navigable new waterfront home for $16,000. That place is now worth a million plus. Oh my!

[@JackWMatrix]

I've been there. It's a nice place to live, and a nice place to visit as well.

[@WanderbirdLife]

Pretty unique place - only city I know of with mega yachts driving through daily!

[@JackWMatrix]

@@WanderbirdLife My sister lived there and told me that people buy $15 million dollar homes just so that they can park their $150 million dollar yacht in the backyard.

[@WanderbirdLife]

Not unheard of! A friend just tole me how their neighbor bought two more houses in the same neighborhood so they could have more boat slips! Crazy!@@JackWMatrix

[@porterandmjyoung4599]

been there, done that, this sharing was more polite than my experiences, especially with my fat cat.

[@WanderbirdLife]

Those are challenging with all the worth, but then two, wide spaced engines help a lot. We have a single engine which is quite challenging. You can see it out trawler on the chronicles of Wanderbird videos.

[@scottydudley5700]

Nice. Where is it?

[@WanderbirdLife]

This is the New River in downtown Fort Lauderdale

[@johnpatrick1588]

Too many bridges in Ft Lauderdale for boats and cars. Stuck waiting thousands of time on land and sea for them to down or up.

[@WanderbirdLife]

No fun getting stuck waiting, they do restrict boat traffic during rush hour and there is actually a tunnel under the river but of course it’s undergoing major construction for years!.. (assuming you’re not from the area and not familiar)

[@DOUBLEDEFENSE]

Lived there for 20 years it’s not a big deal

[@krisone63]

Same on Palm Beach Island, at certain times of the morning you'll get stuck for twenty mins. if you don't time it right.

[@johnpatrick1588]

The big boats go to the Monaco show.

[@WanderbirdLife]

Yeah that’s a big show, quite a few monsters here at Fort Lauderdale - I’ll post some video after I visit the show tomorrow

[@johnx4181]

Disgusting how the overbuilt there. Saw one hit those power lines near shirttail charlies years back...sail

[@WanderbirdLife]

Yikes! That would be a nightmare. There is still one high powerline near the railroad bridge but smaller sailboats have no problem.. larger ones with 100 foot masts are restricted.

[@paulpallone7453]

I bring a 58' Leopard sailing catermen, though there at low tide the mast is 90' . The authorized clearance on the cart is 80' . Clears the line by 8' or 10'. 380000 volts. 😢. Tow boat companies will not tow the boat under the lines. I blew a steering line coming out of LMC . Had to wait two days for mechanic to fix it to get the boat back to Pompano.

[@WanderbirdLife]

Sounds like you've had some real adventures on the New River there@@paulpallone7453 !!

[@GRADYGUY]

OY VEY!

[@JustMeB729]

He's awfully close on the right😮

[@WanderbirdLife]

May just be the angle of the view. These tow companies do this every day and really have it down! I’ve seen people running boats under their own power hot the bridges but never the tow companies..

[@erbensadorra7808]

if the situation is like this,then well you should always be in right side so that if someone encounter with, your in the right side and would not be traffic,wether if your big or small just keep the distance and it would no problem.

[@WanderbirdLife]

That's the plan! Some crazy currents sometimes.. and quite a few boaters who fail to listen to the radio or follow those 'rules of the road' so to speak!

[@gregoryforde7447]

My former back yard

[@WanderbirdLife]

A fun view for the back yard… love just watching the boats go by..

[@gregoryforde7447]

@@WanderbirdLife It was a lovely place to live and with the seawall, keeping a boat is so easy. Boating to restaurants in tiki bars ect.

[@user-fw6vu3kz6l]

Fort liquordale 😱

[@biltztom2685]

Some alligators between the yachts in Florida........😛

[@WanderbirdLife]

Gators, manatees, tarpon my friend spotted a sea turtle yesterday

[@petermclelland278]

They're always seen going somewhere fkg empty? Not taxed enough!

[@WanderbirdLife]

Up river are several shipyards, most are headed to Safe Harbor Lauderdale Marine Center for repairs or temporary dockage. They do generate a lot of tax income from the support business base. Whether the millionaire/billionaire business owners are taxed enough is a matter of opinion likely to generate plenty of discussion!

[@thomasbee5218]

there was NOT even one "super yacht" in this video.... NOT even close.....lol

[@WanderbirdLife]

Terminology is subjective, but super yacht is generally a yacht over 78 feet. Mega is over 200 feet. At least according to various broker sources, but again, it's subjective..