Great Loop Route # 152: Cleveland, Ohio to Put-in-Bay, Ohio | What Yacht To Do

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[@stevenmarrone1526]

Awsome job , that boat can handle a lot more then that

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thank you! We try to pick docile days! 😎

[@diGritz1]

Whip up the winds a lot quicker is an understatement about Erie. The worst part isn't even the wave height. It's the troughs. They can be within a couple feet of the bottom. And the waves can hit from 2 or 3 directions. I took a friend from Toledo to Put-In-Bay and had to anchor east side of Little Sister due to a nasty fast moving storm. He's from Miami and said he'd take a storm in the ocean any day over Erie. And yes Put-OUT-Bay is insane on the weekends. The winery is nice too.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Wow, that does sound insane! It's an adventure for sure!

[@BruceOnLocation]

I just saw your video from my home town Cleveland. I hope you had a good time. Put in Bay is big fun. Enjoy!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

We loved it there!

[@charlesfinerd6171]

Love you guys, welcome to an average day on lake Erie.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thanks Chuck! Smooth so far. Now in Superior!

[@charlesfinerd6171]

@@WhatYachtToDo you guys are making great time.

[@johnripple2982]

Glad you enjoyed your stay at Rock and Dock in Cleveland. We enjoyed meeting both of you and talking to you in Geneva. We are heading up to Mackinac Island and Lake Michigan in August. Maybe we will meet again! Thank you for sharing your journey. John and Pam from M/V Jo-Ela.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Hi John & Pam! We sure enjoyed meeting you both and will be using your route as a guide down the Wisconsin side! Cheers, Sam

[@12000Jetlag]

Those “crab pots” were fish nets! The strange boat was the Sonny S that runs between Put In Bay and Middle Bass Island. That was a slow day on the island but usually it is packed. You saw Perry’s Monument which is a memorial to the men that died fighting the Battle of a Lake Erie in the War of 1812. It also serves as a peace memorial between the USA and Canada.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thank you so much for the information!

[@mattgreven7615]

nothing like a nice freshwater bath for Here's to Us!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Yes sir!

[@slmunney7760]

Great video and thanks for posting. The apparent crab pots were most likely Perch nets.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

You are correct. We found that out about a week after encountering them. We tend to use the phrase Crab Pots for any floating device like that. Cheers, Sam

[@richardcampbell6695]

Sam & Rev., It was so nice to get to meet you and have the steak dinner at Anchor Pointe Marina. I wish I could convince you that it doesn't rain EVERY DAY, at Anchor Pointe Marina. Just when I plan to do something special..! If my boat ( KOKOMO ) had been ready for guests, I would have invited you both aboard.. But the season has been less than "boater friendly" this year.. I hope you enjoyed the visit to Lake Erie, and will come by our way again... Fair Winds and Following Seas, Captain Richard and 1st Mate Joyce.....

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Captain Richard and Joyce, we had a great time there with you two. Thanks again for your gracious hospitality! 😎

[@byronstyron3893]

wow, I need to clear my ears. I could have sworn I heard Rev was having surgery. So glad your okay Sam and that is some great advice. Smoother water wishes for you two and be well.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thanks Byron! 😎

[@thewisniewskis8954]

We enjoyed the time with you in Cleveland! You are right - Lake Erie can be dangerous. When Traci and I made the trip from Rocky River to Toledo, we had 3-5 footers when we left - it died down by the time we hit Lorain. Wishing you calm seas and hoping to catch you on your third trip around - we'll have more for you to do!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Such a great time there with you both! Thanks for all your help! And we loved Hienans! 😎

[@robpowell461]

Great videos.boat sure runs bow down alot.

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[@danielbeil5952]

Glad you enjoyed Cleveland. Hope you heal well. Lake Erie waves sometimes wash over the Shoreway, I 90/Ohio 2. Really interesting during winter storms. Good sailing to you.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thank you Daniel!

[@brentphillips262]

Had a cruiser on Lake Erie behind Cedar Point for a couple of seasons. It's no joke. Rogue waves and conditions can change real fast. Being shallow as it is the waves are irregular and that's what makes it so dangerous and sketchy at times. You can be in 3 to 5 ft rollers cruising along and boom an 8 to 10 ft rogue wave will rock your world. Lots of boats and ships have been sank on that lake. I've crossed it when it was a sheet of glass too. It's bipolar. Spent many of days docked at PNB. The Key West of the North. Lots of fun..

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thanks Brent!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

That's a really good description of lake Erie Brent we appreciate it

[@chriscat3379]

Your boat seems to handle a good chop very well. Good to see you underway again. I caught you on the live cams at Marine City and Port Huron. Then yesterday-7/13- I thought you were going past my place on the St. Mary's river but you used the downbound channel so I missed you. Saw your boat in the marina at the Sault on their live cam. Have a great time on Lake Superior

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Awesome! There are cameras EVERYWHERE! cheers 😎

[@merc9193]

I was on B-Dock that week for Pyrate Fest at PIB. If I would have known that was you I would of stopped and said hi. PIB is always a great time

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Fun time for sure!

[@MarkandMel]

Helpful video! Thanks! We just started th loop from Hammond Marina and are on our 4th leg on the Illinois waterways. Just left Henry Marina!🙌🛥👍

[@WhatYachtToDo]

That's great. I just helped new boat owners and left Hammond Marina on the 7th and got their boat to Demopolis 2 days ago. If you need help with an itinerary please email us and I'll send you the express route! 😊

[@MarkandMel]

@@WhatYachtToDo awesome! Thanks so much! The weather is getting pretty crazy so we will follow you!

[@davepuranen4734]

The Lobster Pots are actually Fishing nets there is a bouy/marker at both ends of the net. You will see them around the great lakes .

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thanks! 😎

[@brandonleckie8548]

Hope you enjoyed the Great Lake I love! Have a 35ft Sea Ray Sundancer in Sandusky. Pretty cool area with cedar point and the islands!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Love that area!

[@paulrogers5639]

Looks like good times

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Oh yes!

[@jgoods19]

Those are markers for what are called Pound Nets. Pretty common in Western Lake Erie. They catch carp and catfish that are often air freighted to the Fulton Fish Market in NYC.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Cool! 😎

[@alexmikhael5061]

AWESOME you did PUT IN BAY right!!! COOL DEEAL I really wanna go back there again to ''check my memories'' lol maybe I should just leave the memories forward lol sigh... yea I would still golf cart all around that island PUT IN BAY for old times sake, would have to go into the Crystal Cave again too, did you do the caves??? very nice to do when it's like SUMMERTIME HOT there... just in case you FLY IN there at a later date to do it ''more surgically'' ;)

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[@whataboutbobthehorse]

Those pots are used to mark drift nets. I saw several yesterday morning between Dunkirk, NY and Erie, PA. The ones you saw should have had a flag on one marker and a pot on the opposite end of the net.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Well I hope they are catching something worthwhile!! 🤣🤣

[@jgoods19]

They actually are not drift nets. They are pound nets.

[@paulhaas4299]

Tell Rev that it's not rough, it's "Sporty" conditions. :)

[@WhatYachtToDo]

😂🤣

[@tiatauscher1303]

My husband calls it "nautical." :-)

[@adamstobinski2780]

Someone needs to get some sea legs. :) You haven't seen nothing of what Lake Erie can throw at you quickly [but I get it that long haul direct route to Put-In-Bay can get to you rocking the beam the right way]. I pretty much grew up in the Erie islands and the western basin of Lake Erie during my summers as a kid with my parents on their boats. Yes I love eating the lobster bisque at the Boardwalk when I go to Put-In-Bay. The "tour boat" you saw is a passenger ferry, the Sonny S, that goes back and forth from the dock at the Boardwalk at Put-In-Bay (on South Bass Island) to the dock next to the former Lonz Winery on Middle Bass Island. Yes the city docks are crazy on the weekends ... I've seen plenty of crazy there as a kid and an adult. If you want more quiet grab a bobber mooring ball in the harbor for overnight, fire up the generator and use the harbor taxi service to take you over to the Boardwalk dock.

[@kimlamb9311]

I'm not glad you hit bumpy water, but I will say that Rev made me feel better about myself. My husband and I took our maiden voyage from St. Joe, Michigan to South Haven for the 4th of July weekend. I think it is 20-30 miles. We were so excited; we even hired a captain to help us make sure we knew what we were doing. Coming out of the channel of St. Joe, my eyes spotted nothing but white caps on the water! Egad!! I wanted to cry and turn around but the captain said it was a "go". I don't remember what the winds were but we hit 2-3's and I believe the period was 2-3 seconds. We were tossing all around. I was certain I was going to end up on an island with the skipper and Maryann! It being my first voyage, I was scared to death. I actually put one of the orange life vests on and sat on the aft deck, praying the whole time. The captain thought I was a loon, I'm sure. We made it safely to our destination and had an amazing weekend with our kids, who joined us. I've been an embarrassed first mate, being so scared on Lake Michigan, until I heard Rev say she didn't like the washing machine effect of Lake Erie. Thank you for sharing your story. I really hope I get used to the big lake.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Oh thank you! Great story! It grows on you eventually, but stay in Port and have an adult beverage if you don't like the forecast! 😎

[@SailingPauHana]

You're in our sailing grounds there around the islands. The boat that looked like a tour boat is a ferry from middle bass island to south bass island. B Dock was a good choice. They are really helpful when docking., but A dock is good too. B dock is a bit cheaper.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Had a great time there! 😎

[@SamanthaHurlbert]

I love your videos

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Thanks

[@gregorysampson8759]

Cedar point is a nice marina and has Famous Daves restaurant right there too. Shower house and gift shop too!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Nice stop on our journey for sure 😊

[@g.elliott4789]

Fond memories of boating to PIB in the fifty's. Things have changed.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

😎 indeed they have!

[@yachtnut5201]

FYI that’s the little Sonny “s” ferry.It runs between middle bass island and put in Bay

[@WhatYachtToDo]

😎 Thanks!

[@jhaedtler]

Lats time I was at Put in Bay was 1957 and we flew in on a Ford Trip-Motor. My Dad bought round trip tickets for the whole family and we flew to all of the islands from Port5 Clinton!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Love the Ford Tri-Motor! What a nostalgic plane!

[@jhaedtler]

@@WhatYachtToDo I had a very miss spent youth. On that trip, when only one guy got on and locked the cabin door and walk up the isle to the front, I asked who was sitting up there with you? He looked around and said I guess you are! I could almost hear my Dad's heart stop! Because he wanted to ride up front! 6 years old and I can't even see out the side window. We land at an island and the pilot says to me hold this brake handle back or the plane will roll off the end of the island! I really had the best childhood!

[@diGritz1]

@@jhaedtler Spent a lot of time at Put-Out-Bay, but your story reminded me of a 12 year old me who, while watching freight trains load and unload cars got invited onboard and even got to drive it..... Or rather operate the speed and brake lever. When I applied the brakes too much he said, "not so hard or it will melt the wheels".

[@rrobison25]

There are marker buoys for at least 7 known wrecks on the lake, a number of which you may motored past and confused with crab pots. Or they could be fishing net floats.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thanks!

[@alexmikhael5061]

YEAAA!!! PUT IN BAY !!! as I said in other post, used to go there every summmer for family vacation.... Port Clinton ( Sandusky Bay actually) family was from Port Clinton ''area''

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[@richardcampbell6695]

Added thought: Lake Erie is not ruff... Well.. Not until you see the white caps atop the 10 to 15 foot waves, in the South Passage between Marblehead and Kellys Island..! (As a retired Coastie, I've been there and done that, in a 24 foot RBI...) However, now that I am retired... I have a little more sense and stay at the slip for anything over 4 to 6 foot..!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

😯 Thanks for your service! We try not to cruise if it's greater than 2' 😊

[@muckshifter]

My sister recently had her nose skin cancer taken car of. We live in UK, not know for too many Indian summers.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

They have the procedure down pretty good now. However, I don't want to go through it again. So I have sunscreen on all the time.

[@inthewoods5640]

I went there also and rented a golf cart About a decade ago! Nice place to have a beer,Cheers.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

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[@mmanut]

Just subscribed to your channel, very informative, I’ll be watching, THANK YOU ‼️⛴. Vinny 🇺🇸

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Great to have you onboard! 😎

[@andypeal7214]

My first apartment was on Clifton Blvd in Lakewood. I lived in Westlake in 1995 and Omar Vizquel, Carlos Baerga, Manny Ramirez and Jim Thome were my neighbors.

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[@jimf1421]

That is my neck of the woods. live in the western burbs of Cleveland. Next time around check out vermillion and Kellys Island. more family, relaxed than cleveland and Put-in-bay.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

We will have to do that! Thanks.

[@tammydemis7851]

Kelley’s Island is our favorite…now that we are older. Though there is a restaurant on PIB that serves my favorite drink of all time…the basil mojito!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Love those mojitos!

[@jgoods19]

I used to live on Kelly's island

[@tammydemis7851]

@@jgoods19 all year? I always wondered if people lived there through the winter months.

[@jasonsikora4893]

Stop over in lake st clair. Great place with nice marinas. MacRay or Belle Maer harbors are nice

[@WhatYachtToDo]

We hit Jefferson Beach on the Nautical Mile!

[@BobEstler]

@@WhatYachtToDo If you are up that way there used to be a restaurant "The Lido" that had an old curser inside as part of the decor. Very unique place if it is still there.

[@jasonsikora4893]

@@WhatYachtToDo that is also a nice marina. 👍

[@tomjackson4207]

This is my dream. Getting to go up the Atlanta and tour the Great Lakes. I love your videos. I have a 24 foot Sea Ray Sundancer. Not big enough for some of your excursions.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Awesome. Great to have you onboard with us. My last boat was a Sea Ray 240SD! Make sure you get on our newsletter list. Click SIGN ME UP on our website www.WhatYachtToDo.com Sam and Rev 😎

[@451dskots88]

Love this video. I'm planning a boating trip from erie pa to put-in-bay. How much did they charge for docking durring your stay? BTW, I Just hit subscribe.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

As I remember it was $3 a foot!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

So great to have you on board with us!

[@dandersonjr]

I lived on Lake Erie about 15 miles east from the city of Erie. Someone thought it would be a good idea to have a Bass tournament one Sunday morning lake was as flat as glass. I saw a storm coming from the west but they kept on fishing. Luckily nobody got hurt but they lost 12 boats that day. Also I see your Ragged Ass Saloon hat and I have a house I winter in in St. James city Florida and was wondering if it was the same saloon. Good travels.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Interesting Erie story! Yes, Sam saloon! We will be down that way in the winter again!

[@zoomzoom3909]

Shout out to Ohio Technical College down town Cleveland…. Best Automotive, Diesel and Power sports school in the country👍👍👍

[@WhatYachtToDo]

We sure did love Cleveland!

[@davidrockefeller2007]

Trying to understand what the harbor master says on the radio and going into a marina you’re not familiar with must be stressful. Any tips?

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Best thing is to read all the notes in navionics or active captain. Then study the diagram for the harbor. Also I take a look at it on Google maps. Also if you go to the website for the marina sometimes they have a dock layout that is numbered. Once I've done all that then I'll give a call to the marina and try to interpret their instructions. 😊

[@davidrockefeller2007]

@@WhatYachtToDo awesome. Thank you!

[@diannesimms1684]

Lol, I couldn't have said it better about Put-In-Bay, it can get "Cray, Cray"

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Fo Shizzle!

[@mdaddley]

They are fish marker, marking good fishing spots.

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[@mikemarino1917]

Do you have to watch out for a lot of shallow water in lake erie? Or is it deep?

[@WhatYachtToDo]

It is the shallowest of all the Great Lakes. Just need a bit extra caution. 👍

[@halhenschel7004]

Instead. You planned on hitting the worlds largest bar lol

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[@mikemarino1917]

How clean is the water in the lake?

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Very very clean!

[@brianyeaney48]

Team work

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[@The442nd]

what was your doc fees for those 21 days?

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Special opening rate about half the normal.

[@johnmarschalk1977]

Never seasick until went below to get bait out of freezer and lost horizon. Didn't get sick, but really believe open view best to combat. Of course, even some old salts end up losing it and usually on a day everyone else fine. Don't really know what advice to give. Starting to feel it, to late for Dramamine

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Yes, visual contact with the horizon is best to prevent it. I've heard taking off shoes is a way to alleviate it.

[@kentayres5434]

I have been to both Cedar Point and Putt-in bay there's a lot of yelling and screaming at both places only at Cedar Point a lot more of the people are sober

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Pretty much a party place in PIB!! That's for sure!!

[@BobEstler]

@@WhatYachtToDo I have an old picture from college at PIB. Middle of the morning and I was asleep on the front deck of my fraternity brothers 17ft Whaler. Good times but not sure if I would fit in any more.

[@stoneygreek]

I have some spots on my shoulders where it looks like they took an ice cream scoop out of my flesh. SUNSCREEN!! USE IT!!!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

For sure! 😎

[@TERMIN8TOR99]

You gotta stow for sea

[@WhatYachtToDo]

For sure! Sorry we missed you!

[@johnjennings3964]

it's called rig for sea lol

[@WhatYachtToDo]

For sure!

[@jasonsikora4893]

probably fishing nets

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[@Jayellbee]

Wow. Have you never been in anything bigger than a stream before? That was a normal day on Lake Erie, where I have been boating for years. Go back to the ICW. Those were fishing nets you ran through. Lucky you didn't foul a prop or rudder.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Yes we've been in much rougher, but prefer smooth cruising! Have a nice day ☺️

[@michiganengineer8621]

Fish traps, and just as willing to foul your props as any crab or lobster pot in the ocean! As you've discovered by now, the other Lakes aren't USUALLY as choppy as Erie is

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Erie can be eery!

[@michiganengineer8621]

@@WhatYachtToDo Especially on those times when the Toledo River is burning LOL Now I will admit, that hasn't happened in quite a few years

[@chipdurst3380]

There is a strange Background noise noticeable in this video, Sounds like someone learning the recorder or locked an animal in a closet or something else.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

That's my autopilot. Keeps me awake! 😎😂

[@procastanate]

Kelley's island might be more what your looking for your in party Central in put in bay.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Agreed! 😊

[@dpisanick55]

The nets are perch nets. They're supposed to be 8' down. It's best to find the end marker and go around them. I've heard that if you get one caught in your prop, you are responsible for paying to replace it. 🤷

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thanks for the information. We are careful not to hit them.

[@mikeramsey9747]

Tell the truth, you were going for the Michael Jackson nose

[@WhatYachtToDo]

😂😆😂

[@spec.5steele206]

fishing nets

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[@johnboyf-15vet51]

What boat to do the Great Loop in? Answer……the one you can afford…..

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Yes Sir!

[@alexmikhael5061]

3:24 do *I* knotice new tint??? did you get new UV BLOCKING stff ??? are you gunnnnaa?????? it don't look like the ones in the rear are tinted... that could put sun on your neck??? eh.... stay healthy! :)

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All tinted

[@rogergiddy2634]

It's a fishing boat

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