Cruising Kentucky Lake and the Tennessee River: Pulling Anchor at Sunrise S1:E44

[@greatloopyachtsales]

Glad to know we aren't the only ones that struggle to pair our headsets occasionally!

[@gothatawaychrisandsandra]

Do you have the SENA headsets?

[@greatloopyachtsales]

@@gothatawaychrisandsandraNo, different brand. But same concept for pairing them. We always feel like we struggle more than most- haha!

[@lindawall6833]

I sure enjoy your weekly updates... whatever made you decide to travel and live on the boat? Whose idea was it?

[@gothatawaychrisandsandra]

Covid made us decide to change things up. It was Chris' idea. I thought we'd get a van!

[@bnghjtyu767]

Love the docking dramas and the mechanicals on the boat. Not being a looper or boater really in that fact I assume you have no problems with the draft of your boat on the route. Safe traveling.

[@gothatawaychrisandsandra]

I've witnessed a few others docking. It can be quite colorful. Heck, there are a number I've never included because they got a but tense! The headsets help enormously although with our set being a bit tricky, we see the value in establishing a bit of hand signals. We draw 3.5 feet so, except for the most shallow entrances on the Mississippi because of low water, we've been fine almost everywhere. There have been moments where we've just bumped the boat forward because itcwas that shallow. Peoria Marina is a good example. (Sandra)

[@buckpowers4837]

Looks like you had a good trip. All went well and you got to see the sights of the area, Barge traffic is always there since that was one of the main reasons for the canal. The mississippi is more interesting buy a few more problems.

[@gothatawaychrisandsandra]

Yes, on the Mississippi we really felt we had to be super attentive. There was barge traffic on the TomBigbee (next week's episode) and because of the VERY windy corners, we had a few moments where a tow told us to "go before the next tow reaches the corner". We found that a little stressful, but we just told ourselves if it all went bad we'd just dump ourselves outside of the channel. Worst thing is that we'd ground and probably not too badly if we went slowly. And, it went just fine at the end of the day. (Sandra)

[@michaelwharton5382]

You guys get to Decatur AL let us know would like to take you out for dinner

[@charlesdavenport2543]

Simp McGees or Red Pier.

[@michaelwharton5382]

@@charlesdavenport2543riverwalk marina Decatur AL

[@ronaldmclemee3557]

Is that a grand banks ?

[@gothatawaychrisandsandra]

Marine Trader. 34' feet

[@tomreid5184]

Goodbye. I can't stand the volume fluctuations. I thought you had it figured out with the clip on mics. Have a safe trip.

[@gothatawaychrisandsandra]

Sorry to see you go. We broke our clip-on mics and replaced them in Mobile, Alabama.