Cruising the Biscayne National Park on a Hobie Cat 18

[@chrisfisichella7665]

That was very interesting! 68 mikes in three days is impressive!! Thanks for posting this!!

[@PhotoStoryChannel]

Great wind cruising adventure

[@maschwerer]

Great video! If you have the time, I would love a quick video on your hobie, modifications, quick sail tips, etc.

[@HuckLBeri]

Thanks for the idea!

[@zachstevens8165]

Just saw this for the first time ! Yes I also would like to see that & your on the trailer rigging . I have winged H18 also . Using different style pvc wing support . Great video !

[@ryanpustay6414]

That looked like a grand adventure

[@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958]

Thats a nice area. Very cool that you're cruising around in the Hobie.

[@albertcaro6191]

Great job. Love this video and that it was done in my backyard. Makes me long for a club which sales the Biscayne area and camps together in a weekend trip sort of fashion. Unfortunately, I think your catamaran is much faster than my 12' Zuma! Thanks for this well put video.

[@HuckLBeri]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GreenMntMoto]

Leaving VT for the west via Erie Canal - I’ve got a 16 cat in Florida I can’t wait to get too now! Thanks for the video

[@HuckLBeri]

Very cool!

[@pilotmark2861]

My old stomping ground ! Miami to Key Largo ‘77. Tornado Cat .

[@markdwestwood]

Great video thank you

[@HuckLBeri]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@treestandmanoutdoors]

Good stuff! My dad always did enjoy a good adventure. Should I start calling him Tom Sawyer?

[@HuckLBeri]

LOL... that might just work! My wife calls me Huck because she says that if we lived on the Mississippi, she'd find me floating down the river on a raft. I call her Beri - so that's where Huck L. Beri came from. Glad you enjoyed the video. Your Dad is very proud of you. He spoke about your channel a lot while we were sailing.

[@daleyoung87]

Neat trip!!

[@brianfitzgerald1638]

I am in Ft. Lauderdale, and want to take a similar trip on my H18 exactly like this. Could you give some tips on what to bring on such an adventure.

[@HuckLBeri]

We brought backpacking gear but used dry bags instead of packs. We included tents, air mattresses, sleeping bags, hiking stove, dehydrated dinners, other dried foods, etc. We also brought our own fresh water - one gallon per person per day. Oh - and don't forget the bug spray for night and sun shade/screen for daytime. We also brought snorkel gear and a fishing pole.

[@HuckLBeri]

Here is the link to our Everglades National Park Kayak Adventure ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJCVf4Fpq5Zknrc

[@John-Nada]

I'd be tempted to install large hatches on the hulls

[@HuckLBeri]

We did put some items in the hauls through the hatches, but it was limited by their diameters. Don't know if larger hatches exist.

[@albertcaro6191]

That would make a really awesome adventure catamaran. Lets start a pocket-expedition catamaran company based on the Hobie 18 rigging! (basically new hulls)

[@dabneyoffermein595]

how bad were the bugs, i see you were a distance from the mosquitos (in the trees as you mentioned)... just wonder if there were other bugs and creepy crawlies trying to get y'all? I see someone with a head-wrap even (during the departure from the park) so just wondering if that head-wrap was for mosquitos or some flying insects of some sort. Just wondering how the bugs are in this park for family

[@HuckLBeri]

The no-see-ums and mosquitos were terrible from dusk to dawn. No other bugs to my knowledge. It was very warm for December. If it gets cold, I understand the bugs are not bad.

[@dabneyoffermein595]

@@HuckLBeri Ah, ok, that's brutal, you could always eat Deet-Brownies 🙂

[@ethanpartelow6710]

Hi just wondering what you would say is a good wind speed for something like this

[@HuckLBeri]

10-14 knots would be great for traveling quickly and still safely. Most of our trip it was single digits, so it was slow going at times. Of course more wind also means bigger seas especially on the outside of the islands.

[@dabneyoffermein595]

did you have a small trolling motor on this for no-wind conditions? (with marine deep cycle battery)?

[@HuckLBeri]

no motor - depended on the wind predicted by weather forecasts

[@dabneyoffermein595]

@@HuckLBeri AH, nice! There are always nice people on the water for a tow. I'm guessing you had a little emergency water-proof floatable walkie-talkie with marine channel.

[@HuckLBeri]

That would have been the smart thing to do! Phone service worked at times, but it was spotty. There were plenty of other boats around us except when we were on the ocean side.

[@themindfulpaddler3737]

I saw you recently had this boat for sale. Is it still available?

[@HuckLBeri]

Had no takers so I'm still sailing it when I can. Had it out a couple of times in the last month in high winds. Got it moving over 19 mph!

[@themindfulpaddler3737]

If you’re ever still interested in selling, please let me know.

[@sputnikginger]

I would love to have continued to watch the video, but the music was too much