Bought a boat! They said don't cross today!

This is a video on our search for our perfect loop boat. We never thought the search would be so exhausting and go to so many states. We also didn’t expect to be disappointed multiple times with the boats we looked at. But our search for the perfect boat finally paid off and our Maiden Voyage warning! They said do NOT cross Lake Michigan today but we did anyway! Say hello to TrEd Water!
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[@chrisvarner1113]

Just because you got lucky doesn't mean you were right to try it.

[@tredingwater144]

Oh it was a pretty risky move for sure. Thanks for following along!

[@MrKveite1]

@@tredingwater144 thats a big boat, it can cross in 12-15 feet waves with no problem if the captain know what he is doing,,,,

[@tredingwater144]

@@MrKveite1 it is for sure a pretty sea worthy boat. But in heavy water I am sure everything inside would have been scrambled up. BTW thanks for tuning in hope you subscribed to follow the fun.

[@MrKveite1]

@@tredingwater144 well the clue is just enough speed to raise the front a bit so it goes over the waves instead of through them meaning they wont break the boat down and that will also prevent the massive hits for each wave and everything inside would get pounded a bit but not totally demolished.Boats can normally handle a lot more than the captain can but a good one knows the limits etc.

[@tredingwater144]

@@MrKveite1 Thanks for the advice. I will definitely give that a try if the situation arises along the way.

[@dandersonjr]

Nice boat. Congratulations. In the future, If you want us to hear what your saying, maybe you could kill the music.

[@Military-Museum-LP]

I’ve ran the Pacific Ocean but mostly the Mediterranean Sea in discreet conditions but nothing scares me more than bad weather in the Great Lakes.

[@rogerharrison7609]

One piece of equipment that I would recommend getting is a set of two-way headsets. They aren’t called “marriage savers” for nothing. Also I would strongly suggest that anybody walking on the deck while getting on or off the dock wear a floatation device. In the locks, you will find that it’s a requirement. So get in the habit now. One last piece of advice, communication is the key. You can watch “What Yacht to Do”, Sam and Rev are great at communicating with each other.

[@tredingwater144]

We do have headsets and we love them for sure!

[@BobEstler]

I have followed Sam and Rev for a while, they have good content.

[@Gpatnew1]

Congrats on the boat purchase, video tip sound quality is actually more important then video quality. Get a good mic and dead cat for the wind/ road noise. Use lavalier mics when you can.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks for the advice. We will be looking into that for sure!

[@jstan2588]

Hi, glad the YT algorithm recommended you all... you have been liked and subscribed! We are on our boat purchase prospect fail #9 and were feeling a bit sorry for ourselves. So it is reassuring to learn that it took 14 for you, so hopefully we are at least 3/4 of the way there!

[@tredingwater144]

Hi Jason, Thanks for following along. The process really became a drag on the whole idea. But fortunately we did end up finding a great boat. Hang in there it will show up. I know that the market is exceptionally thin on good inventory so hang in there. We are a little slow to put out videos but we have many more on the horizon! So many great places to see.

[@johnschieffelin3226]

Congrats on good crossing and successful first cruise. have fun with the new boat. I look forward to watching more videos of your cruises.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks for watching!! We love it so far!

[@tomb1734]

The two happiest days of a boaters life, when you buy your boat and when you sell your boat. Enjoy!

[@nealfeldpausch715]

Awesome.... 42 year Michigander here ! Lake Michigan has been a part of my life as long as I can remember ! 👍

[@tredingwater144]

It really is a great place to boat and fish. Thanks for following along!!

[@rob5763]

Great boat and great trip. You look like nice people. Good luck and stay safe.

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Awesome job to captain and crew for successful crossing! Keep safe!

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks! Hope you subscribed and can follow along on our adventure.

[@ThoughtfulWander]

@@tredingwater144 yep subbed! can't wait to see more loop fun!

[@johnjcoxiii9401]

When you check out San and Rev of "What Yacht to do," NOTE WELL that they do not allow "Techno Noise" to interfere with their Narrative. That more than anything makes theirs one of the BEST Powerboat series on KZbin.

[@tredingwater144]

We are working on figuring out that background noise issue. We are new at this so hopefully we will improve with time. Thanks for tuning in and following along.

[@ceisarsrepair7958]

What's with the overwhelming background music? If I wanted music, you tube has that, I came here to learn about your boat and your adventure. This is Almost as Devastating as music over Raw Engine sounds in racing that guys love to hear, Not the music!!!

[@tredingwater144]

@@ceisarsrepair7958 thanks for the feedback. We are working on improving our video editing skills. We value everyone’s perspective as we are trying to put together a channel that people enjoy and we can share our adventure with. Thanks for tuning in to watch.

[@ceisarsrepair7958]

@@tredingwater144 you've got the potential for a Great channel, just lose the music completely. We watch it here at the marina, yacht owners would like to see more once the music is gone. Thanks👍👍

[@miketee2444]

All boat trips are exciting but the best ones are bringing your new boat home voyages. I have spent many miles on a Sedan and many more on a Sundancer. Anyone that don't like these boats has a personal problem because SeaRay is one of the best Coastal boats you can buy. At least you can be sure it will hold its value better than most. Good luck. Happy boating.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks a lot Mike the boat has been good to us so far. Thanks for following along with us too!!

[@mkp3824]

People that don't like Sea Ray probably don't even have a boat.

[@TheMrmoc7]

Congrats! Just starting my family (pregnant wife), hoping/praying I'd be able to afford something like this before my ?son turns 10. Congrats again and safe voyage!

[@tredingwater144]

Congratulations on your future child!! Such good times raising our kids! Those are great years cherish them before you know it they are grown up. Don’t rush it. Your trip of a lifetime will come when the time is right. This has definitely taken us some time to gear up for this adventure. Thanks for following along!

[@cmvelo1]

Congratulations on the beautiful new boat!! 💯 🙌 👍 👏 ⛵️ ⛵️

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks!! We do love it. Hope you subscribed and are hopping on our adventure!!

[@spencerscove]

Hello from Newfoundland, Canada…. Enjoyed your video & nice boat congrats….. most skippers think no one can handle their boat as good as themselves haha good job proving them wrong….

[@tredingwater144]

Hello there. Thanks a lot. Would love to visit Newfoundland someday. Thanks for jumping on board and joining our adventure!!

[@vauxadams204]

Enjoyed my little 18 minute mini vacation!

[@tredingwater144]

Might need some of your photography skills along the way though.

[@karenwallace1567]

Looking forward to following you on this incredible journey! Husband and I just sold our house and we’re waiting for the border to open so we can come to the U.S. and buy our loop boat. Hope to see you on the water!

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks for hanging in there with us on our journey. Hopefully you can find your perfect boat and get underway sooner than later!!

[@mydogismylife]

Good video. 👍😀 Can't wait till I make my boat purchase. You guys all seemed pretty stoked to move across the lake. I've always wondered what it would be like to island hop. I'd like to see Beaver Island,Manitou, maybe find a nice little place to moor in Traverse City or Petoskey. Maybe jot over to Drummond Island in Lake Huron. Anyways, your video was a nice little inspiration. Put a smile on my face. 👍good stuff👍 Safe travels to you and yours.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks Raymond. Thanks for following along on our journey. We really hope to inspire people to get out and see the world as much as possible. Keep watching to see all the places we visit and the things we do. Glad we could put a smile on that makes us smile just the same.

[@charlesmurschell3110]

Beautiful boat. Best of luck in your travels.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks we are going to need it!! Lol.

[@snehpatel1403]

Great video guys, loved your mini experience. Very informative as i am also on a verger of buying a boat myself and doing adventures just like yours. Enjoy you loop trip and have a safe journey. Question: could please say what is the company of the boat.

[@tredingwater144]

Sneh we have a 2002 Sea Ray 480 Sedan Bridge. We say get out there and explore our great world. Thanks for following along on our adventure.

[@timhardman4764]

@@tredingwater144 Never allow the "background" music to become a distraction or compete with the Camera's talking or spoken audio track. With a strong clear camera audio track that is not picking up wind and engine noise, the volume of the back ground music track would have been borderline a bit to loud. But with the weak camera audio voice track the background music in this one was way too loud...distracting...fighting with the voice track. Congrats on the nice boat and glad you had a smoother ride than predicted by the experts.

[@tredingwater144]

@@timhardman4764 thanks for the feedback. We are new to video production so the feedback is appreciated we are working on improving the audio and figuring out what works. Hopefully the videos will improve. Thanks for following along on our adventure!

[@cynthiadaw131]

Gosh, I love those yacht boats. If I was younger and single, I'd be living on my yacht... being I make pretty good money somewhat. Boating is exciting to me. Adventure!! I had a little 16ft ski boat once and me and my wife went out on it about 5:00 in the evening traveled about 20 miles to see the fire works on the water beside the North Carolina battle ship in the capefear. It got dark. When head back and we got lost in the inlet. Full moon was out. It was beautiful, but I keeper on riding. My wife fell asleep. Finally made it to the channel at 3:30 in the morning. Long story short. It was an adventure. It was scary but we both had fun when we look back. Oh...no navigation systems. Lol

[@tredingwater144]

Yikes!! Always a little scary when you get turned around especially in the dark. But agreed once you get to the other side you hopefully can switch fear up into “oh yeah that was exciting!” Thanks for following along on our adventure. We will have more videos coming out shortly. We have been just to busy with making memories and exploring. Lol.

[@johnrowlette7430]

Congratulations on your new boat. However, very unwise to take the boat across the lake! If you said you checked the weather reports yourself and based on the pattern, you saw it differently, that is ok with me. I have been going out on the Lake for over 50 years, in all conditions. It's much different than the ocean. Obviously many of the people commenting are not familar with lake Michigan. Yes, 5ft waves are ok, but when you are dealing with wave interference, it's a whole different ball game.

[@freedomflyer7319]

You’re right, it’s not the North Atlantic, but it’s still nasty at times. I can tell you now though, after spending time on both, and being a commercial fishermen on the North Atlantic,,, the ocean is much more terrifying, but I won’t be pushing either limits.

[@GusApproved]

Congrats on the new boat! Great vid to keep it up!

[@mwm3360]

Congrats on the new boat and first trip.

[@tredingwater144]

Thank you so much!! I hope you subscribed and jumped aboard for our great adventure. So much more to come. Cheers!!

[@flimmaytinstone8980]

I have crossed lake mich at least twenty times on a 19 StarCraft superfisherman. Wait for good weather and go. I have had a trip or two with 3 to 4 footers and it was uncomfortable but not really scary. If you are an intercoastal/ river kind of captain just watch and wait and on some days it’s like glass.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Wrobgvyuu can push it still way rugger

[@JohnBraman413]

when i look at a boat, as long as the hull and engine are good, that's all that matters to me. the small stuff you negotiate price for and fix later on.

[@tredingwater144]

I agree. There were some other small things we really didn’t bring up and primarily focused on the larger items to massage the price some. In the end I feel we got a very well cared for boat and paid a bit of a premium for that and that’s ok.

[@tredingwater144]

Also thanks for following along on our adventure.

[@astrodiver1]

We're almost in the "same boat" lol. subbed. best of luck guys.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks so much. We are going to need it. Lol. Thanks for following along!!

[@jdstan9650]

Anybody that hasn't boated on Lake Michigan has no idea...it's the most dangerous lake in the United States for boating and swimming. It's shores run parallel, causing unique wave shapes. The confused shapes of these waves combined with high windage make boating treacherous and contribute to rip tides, one of the most dangerous and deadly things swimmers can encounter.

[@davidmilitz2275]

Nice channel...looking forward to following. I boat out of Grand Haven...and Lake Mi is its own beast!! I always check multi sites for weather and waves.....!!!

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks for following along. We have found windy and predict wind to be our preferred apps so far.

[@davidmilitz2275]

@@tredingwater144 My Radar is another good one!!! Good Luck!

[@tredingwater144]

@@davidmilitz2275 just downloaded the app. Thanks.

[@rockodlak]

Nice boat and great job!!!👍👍👍

[@mikedean8061]

Let me make a suggestion on the music you have in the background while talking. I also noticed it on your intro video. Music is too loud as background. You might want to lower the music volume....otherwise, good vids so far up to your departure video.

[@tredingwater144]

Yeah we are working on figuring all this stuff out. Hopefully we will get better. The background noise issue we are still trying to figure out too. But thanks for the advice. We want these to be good for everyone for sure.

[@captaint-bone]

Great looking boat PS no shoes on board LOL

[@donnakawana]

Congrats to you guys!! Enjoy your new boat an life on the water ✌🏻💗☺️❣️

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks so far so good. Thanks for following along.

[@mrxmrp8795]

Gorgeous boat, I like the lighter interiors also. $35 for a parking ticket, they are up to $100 here in LA.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks a lot. Also thanks for following along. We will have more content coming soon!

[@tredingwater144]

We were really surprised how much we liked the light interior. Now having had the boat for a while we are totally sold on the light interior. Spending so much time aboard we really want and now are thankful for the airy feel and colors.

[@roybrown488]

Very nice Boat congratulations.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks so much. It’s been good to us so far!!! Hopefully you subscribed and are following our adventures.

[@12taurus]

I grew up on Lake Erie. We had a 30ft 1989 Celebrity Sport Cruiser with twin 4.3 engines. We ran out of Dunkirk, NY to Port Colburne, Ontario and it was 15+ft waves. Pretty much ruined boating for me. I didn't go the next year but it was smooth. My dad took that boat out in some nasty stuff.

[@tredingwater144]

Lake Erie can be a quick and nasty lake for sure. You really should reconsider being out on the water. Hopefully our journey can inspire you to try again. Thanks for following along.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

wr9ngv¹5 fit biat fun

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Wring itvtmcan it giid boat. 15 foiter naster chef 16 fout waves

[@tyrfingbroadaxe1217]

Congrats on the boat and thanks for the video. Will go through any other vids you posted as we're planning on a loop. Hoping you don't have constant music over your voices. Would much rather hear you. But, as I have hearing difficulties (cost of military service), most of the time the music was clearer than your voices. Suggestion only, congrats again!

[@TurnOffYourTV]

I didn't see any waves over 2ft. Thumbnail was BS.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks for watching! This journey is all about the experiences this was the first one! Thanks for following along.

[@jasonsikora4893]

Great video

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks we are by no means pro's but we are having fun pretending to be. LOL!

[@sayaggie3524]

God Bless you and your beautiful family sir 🙏❤️

[@LScofield1]

I'm interested in your experiences ... BUT the music is louder than your words. I'm definitely NOT interested in a concert.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks for tuning in. We are working on figuring this all out. Hopefully we will get better as we go.

[@kerrydiehl4292]

Be grateful you won one in a row! NEVER push your luck with predicted weather on passages!

[@tonyhill5418]

That's the perfect boat for the loop.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks Tony and thanks for following along on our adventure.

[@robertbresnahan8882]

Looking forward to following your journey. Please lower the music in the background it’s a little distracting. Being a boater we’re all looking to live vicariously through your adventure. "Wishing You Fair Winds and Calm Seas"?

[@tredingwater144]

Hi Robert. Do me a favor check out our latest video and give us your thoughts on this topic. We are new to this and we are working on our editing skills. We are also not videographers but we are having fun trying and hopefully people enjoy it. Thanks for following along.

[@robertbresnahan8882]

@@tredingwater144 for beginners I think the quality and content of your videos are very good. I have watched your most recent video and I did like how there was quality content and less background music which didn’t drown you out. Keep it up! You’re only going to get better. Have a great Labor Day weekend and be safe.

[@mr.bill.8236]

I work in South Haven. I've been to the Dutch Village many a time.

[@babychuma1]

Cool stuff, Chicago native here and I've always wanted to do that. And I love the west coast of MI, as a sea kayaker who likes bumps I can say it's usually rougher on that side of the lake.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks for taking the time to follow our adventure. Lake Michigan is an incredible body of water. The west side of Michigan is a beautiful shoreline. But the rock faces along your side are equally spectacular.

[@mikemalone9896]

I like your channel. I wish you would not play music, or at least turn it way down so I could hear what you are saying better. Thanks for sharing

[@tredingwater144]

Hi Mike. Thanks. We are new to this and are working on that exact issue. Hopefully we get better with time. Thanks for joining us on our journey!!

[@jonworthing7467]

Congratulations on the new boat. But the music was so loud missed a lot of what was being said.

[@tredingwater144]

Hey Jon. Sorry about that we are still learning the editing thing. Check out our other videos I think we are getting a handle on it now. Thanks for joining us on our epic adventure.

[@iamgriff]

Lol, the broker is clearly saving his bacon liability wise. A real Michigander cares not about Mother Nature, or weather forecasts. He/She knows good and well there is a 60% percent chance, the weather person is going to be right 80% of the time. Great video! I’m in the market for a boat to make The Great Loop.

[@shepman7872]

What’s your bridge clearance height? It looks way taller than 19’ 6”.

[@tredingwater144]

Our electronics fold down which brings our air draft to 17’ 2”

[@melodymakermark]

I don’t get the warning. A vessel that size will suck up ten foot seas and spit them out. You guys are living a dream held my many. Congrats on the success in life that put you in a position to own such a yacht. She is a beauty. I’m nearing retirement, and a life on the water is in our future, but at about half scale from what you guys have. I want the biggest cruiser I can find but still trailerable, which with most manufacturers is about 28’ max. Gonna be cramped quarters, but we want the ability to drop it in any body of water we may want to visit. Best to you and your family and enjoy that beauty.

[@tredingwater144]

Thank so much. I hope you guys get your plan underway and out onto the water. Life is the adventure you make it the key is make it your own adventure. Every adventure is an awesome adventure. The adventure not taken is the one that sucks. Thanks for hanging with us on ours.

[@smokendt]

It will spit out something alright, stress cracks and messed up interior. Most people don’t understand what 10’+ seas are and have no idea of the joy that the crew has enduring them. I to would’ve made this crossing with the information hat was presented and equipment that he had.

[@johnstudd4245]

10 footers does not sound pleasant, but 2 - 4 footers with a fresh breeze and clear sky's and nothing nasty predicted.....that's nothing for that boat.

[@freedomflyer7319]

@@smokendtI’m a lobster fishermen on the bay of fundy. 10 foot seas happen fairly often for us in the winter especially. Our boats don’t stress crack, but sometimes they fall out from under our feet. Have fun on the lake.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

This biat 16 foit waves easy

[@Himthethird3]

Iwe have crossed Lake Michigan in a 350 sea ray sundancer twice and it was fine

[@rockodlak]

The boat will bring you joy twice! The first time you buy it and the second time you sell it!😂😂😂

[@BobEstler]

I notice that the boat was in Milwaukee but had Florida registration. What is the story with that?

[@tredingwater144]

Previous owner registered it in Florida to save money.

[@fishmandan]

Never can trust those weather people. LOL Did that broker say he got in trouble listening to the weather forecast?

[@tredingwater144]

Lol. I know right. Everything we looked at we felt we could proceed. So we did. Lol. Thanks for following along on our adventure.

[@scottydubs]

Nice work on the click bait. Should told the old owner to stop being a karen.

[@tredingwater144]

A short ways up the Lake it was quite out of control. We got a little lucky that day.

[@pahanin2480]

Mckinly marina…thats where i have my boat

[@kennethhacker3014]

Great presentation and congratulations!!! Love the music..i have no complaints on rhis presentation,seems you have many haters in the comment department lol..

[@donaldberg7955]

Interesting the captain depends on a boat broker for the weather forecast...obviously Not a seasoned or experienced Captain....

[@mkp3824]

I just saw a 480 for sale in Grand Haven. I was wondering if it was yours?

[@tredingwater144]

No that isn’t ours. We are still out here braving the waterways around the eastern US and Canada. Thanks for following along on our journey!! More videos coming soon.

[@brianmcintyre6407]

Did you get a chance to see the gigantic wooden shoe in Holland? Touristy, but kind of worth a look around.

[@tredingwater144]

We did but what we didn’t get to see was the tulip festival or get to tour the tiara yacht factory. 2 things we would have liked to do but the timing was off. Thanks for hanging in there with us on this adventure.

[@brianmcintyre6407]

@@tredingwater144 That side of the lake is much nicer IMO. I've spent many summers in that area, but just a bit further north.

[@Robbie64]

Wave height isn’t the problem the frequency is

[@sharonbraselton3135]

That's right

[@riccigilson5763]

Was waiting to see your mooring skills?

[@ginathacker6207]

Congratulations. THAT boat is $money$, it’s one thing to buy it and it’s another thing to operate it. He’s running 20MPH, that consumes about 100 gallons of fuel per hour. On a 6 hour excursion, that’s 600 gallons of fuel at $4.50+/- per gallon….that’s about $2,700 to go out to lunch and back. Do that 4X a month and it’ll be better than $10 grand. For some…no worries.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

That's right

[@gregmorgan3781]

Not a Captain I would want to travel with. Poor judgement. Got lucky.

[@janibeg3247]

we have been on the great lakes in bad weather - never again.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks for following us on our crazy adventure. More videos coming soon. It can get very serious quickly. While we did ignore the warnings we did carefully re-examine before continuing on.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

wr⁹bg

[@testboga5991]

Don't forget, the two best days of a boat owner are the day they buy the boat and the day they sell it 😈

[@tredingwater144]

Oh you got that right for sure. But before that we are gonna pilot this thing for some miles first. Thanks for following along.

[@jsbl1999]

I've always wondered this, why do captains run the radar on a perfectly clear day? What are they looking at? Unless it's night or poor visibility, what's the point?

[@DougHinVA]

Taking a big boat on a dangerous lake with warnings for a first real trip is plain foolish. Too risky and a lake is not forgiving at all.

[@tredingwater144]

Doug in hindsight it was probably a bad idea thank goodness it all worked out. Moving forward we are really paying close attention to the weather windows. It’s awesome you are tuning in to see what other havoc we wreak on this adventure. Thanks for following.

[@mkp3824]

That boat should be able to handle some nasty stuff. I've seen videos of the 560 Sedan crushing big waves.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

wróñg

[@dakotapreusser4138]

@@mkp3824 better safe than sorry. Lake Erie is very unforgiving

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Wrong

[@DD-Aerial-Photography]

My wife would have killed me, if I with held the wind info. Then told her afterwards.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

wr9ng

[@Alwhite1929]

Nice video, great boat. I could do without the music though.

[@GBodyJosh]

Yeah lady… this isn’t something to brag about. What an absolute ridiculous thing to do, to disregard the professionals. You are so lucky

[@joshuabudzik7579]

Maybe you should wear a life vest when your on the bow like that by the rails not too good of a boater influence rite there Must be nice safe travels

[@jimdingman4033]

Great video, however would even be better if you turn the music volume down! It's supposed to be background music not foreground music! Most of the video cannot hear you talk over the LOUD MUSIC!

[@jimdingman4033]

Almost forgot, you should have PFD's on everybody who's on deck at all times! All it takes is one little wave and you will practicing MOB drilll!

[@Beanieweenieable]

Could have just as easily turned bad for you, as in our crossing from Kenosha to Whitehall, started sunny no waves by the time we made the coastline of Michigan we suffered 6-8ft broadside waves for nearly 4 hours, rain on and off and at least a dozen or more waterspouts…in a 50 ft trawler…NEVER AGAIN!

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Wrobg

[@mkp3824]

That boat should be able to handle 6 footers. Might be bumpy, but should be okay.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

wrong 6 meterß 18 foiters

[@mkp3824]

@@sharonbraselton4302 did anyone say 6 meters? Learn how to read.

[@mkp3824]

@sharonbraselton4302 you don't know what you're talking about. That boat is CE-certified B, offshore. That's certified for waves to 13 feet. No one said anything about the certification. I just mentioned it should be okay in 6-foot seas. Category A, Ocean, means certified to 7 meters, or about 23 feet.

[@MarkBarrack]

What happened to #13? Navigator is one on my wish list

[@jugaloking69dope58]

only way to check the weather is stick your head out the window lol, the sun is always shining bright above the clouds 🤡😜🤙

[@tredingwater144]

That’s the truth. Thanks for jumping aboard the epic adventure.

[@clintontaylor8904]

Fools,there are bold sailors and old sailors but no old bold sailors. As a captain with a few lake superior crossing in small sailboats is on never taken that chance,and my boat has crossed oceans before still would of stayed in

[@carboncopies706]

Go guy

[@lancepeltier1081]

I haven't watched all the videos yet and certainly haven't read all the comments so this may have been mentioned already but I'm concerned about the height of their boat. I'm thinking of the

[@tredingwater144]

Lance I know the boat looks tall. We have equipped the boat with retractable electronics on the hardtop. Check out the boat launch video or our Facebook page there are some videos of how it works. With the electronics down we are 17’ 2” of air draft. We really wanted the 52 or the 56 sedan bridge but the hard top itself was too tall. Thanks so much for following along with us on this adventure!

[@lancepeltier1081]

@@tredingwater144 I'm glade to hear 17'2". I was with a friend years ago who had to turn around there. He wasn't doing the loop, just lived in the Chicago area, but still. Thanks for the response. Safe travels.

[@mznetwork4294]

Lance, forgive my ignorance. I am from Chicago, which bridge outside of Chicago? What exactly is the "loop" ? Great lakes to Atlantic to the gulf then up Mississippi?

[@tredingwater144]

@@mznetwork4294 the loop is circumnavigation of the eastern United States basically. It’s through the great lakes into the Illinois river then into the Tennessse river out to the gulf around Florida and then up the east coast then back into the Great Lakes. “The Loop”. Thanks for following along with us too!!

[@mznetwork4294]

@@tredingwater144 thanks for answering. I have done half the loop. Pentwater to the keys thru river and gulf.

[@daveschilt307]

That Sea Ray Sedan can handle the sea conditions without any problems. I have a 40 ft sedan.

[@tredingwater144]

The boat has been good for us so far. Although I wouldn’t say it has been seriously tested at this point. At least by us anyway. Thanks for following along on our adventure.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

yes tyey cañ

[@osu3221]

8 footers wouldn't phase me in that boat.

[@tredingwater144]

Just point it into the wind and hammer down. Lol. Thanks for following along!!

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Thatscroght

[@timgreen4137]

So, the "weather guessers" we're wrong? Imagine that!🤦

[@Will-dr5pw]

Looks easy to board??

[@jamesrichard9722]

Screw the music

[@Taylormade2350]

Keep trying your luck and see what happens. Roughly 10,000 shipwrecks and 30,000 dead in the great lakes. Much bigger boats than that.

[@number1parrothead741]

Black sole shoes on da boat is a no no did you christen the boat first?

[@tredingwater144]

OMG!! That is a HUGE catch. Ok it’s confession time. Yep those rules have changed. But the bigger problem here is this….. wait first yes we did christen the boat. But…… we have NOT performed the renaming ceremony yet and now I think Neptune might be a little upset with us at the moment. But…. Bananas have not been on the boat yet either. So in some ways we are safe. This is risky business we are in the middle of for sure. BTW thanks for following along on our adventure.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Wring

[@TheFalconJetDriver]

You need to ditch the music your audio gain on your narration is to low. If want to have a successful video channel with many followers take my advice. And get microphones an do not rely on the camera mike. The audio is atrocious.

[@tredingwater144]

We are working on that exact issue. Hopefully with time we will get better. Thanks for the comment we appreciate the feedback. Also, thanks for following along!

[@bobk5100]

Why push your luck like that. A few dats mean nothing in the big picture

[@dwormon4591]

Don't disrespect the wheather report ?

[@musictheoryexcel7578]

The Music is Too Loud

[@busdriver1469]

I think maybe americans hate lifewests......no one uses it here😱anyway...loved the boat....enjoy😍

[@tredingwater144]

Takk, vi elsker båten. trolig bør ha redningsvester! Takk for at du fulgte eventyret vårt.

[@texasjoe3261]

You Better Learn To Respect Mother Nature ! Listen To Experienced Captains ! CaptainJoe3 in Texas !!

[@CosgroveNotts]

I love credit card boating

[@FunkyMarcel]

music or talking--pick one ..jeez

[@tredingwater144]

I hear ya! We are working on it. New to this working on our editing skills hopefully we will improve as we go!! Thanks for following along!!

[@ketch_up]

None of my business but the way you ignore that warning text comes off as pretty foolhardy.

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks for following along on our journey! It was most certainly foolhardy. Although it was not completely ignored I did spend time after receiving it studying the weather ahead of us and made the decision to press on after not seeing anything too alarming given our time frame. Of course should something have happened on the water which slowed us down then it would have been 100% a foolhardy choice. Luckily that did not occur and the lake only began to “wake up” as we arrived at port.

[@pauljohnson7770]

Your point?

[@tka1528]

Get rid of the music, must be new to You tube

[@tredingwater144]

Thanks for the advice. Yes we are totally new at this. We hope our video quality improves as we go. Thanks for following along with us!!