Great Loop Route # 215: Stuart, Florida to Melbourne, Florida | What Yacht To Do

Welcome to What Yacht To Do, a Great Loop Documentary. Today, (April 12, 2022) Rev and Sam are moving on their Great Loop Route from Hoggs anchorage in Stuart, Florida to Eau Gallie anchorage in Melbourne, Florida
We are cruising around America's Great Loop for a second time and selected a 1999 Carver 504 named the Here's To Us!! as our Great Loop boat. So much goes into Great Loop planning and we share every trip with you. Welcome aboard!
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We started the Great Loop on May 15, 2019 and completed our Gold Loop journey on August 30, 2020. You can see our entire trip here: www.whatyachtt...
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Get our free Great Loop Journey Overview that breaks up this seasonal trip of a lifetime into an easily, do-able adventure. Sign up for this Overview and other free goodies and our newsletter on our home page at www.WhatYachtToDo.com Just Click on "Sign Me Up" We hope you enjoy our free KZbin Videos. We videoed each time we moved the boat along both of our Loops. Welcome aboard the Here's To Us!

[@callanfless7971]

Nice to meet you guys in the Norfolk Airport. Thanks for all your work again, your extra effort, documenting the journey, makes all of us better boaters! M/V CANNON (Amelia Island). LCDR Cal Fless, USCG.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Nice to meet you last week! Thank you Sir for your kind words and also for your service to our country in the Coast Guard. 😎

[@byronstyron3893]

Thank you Rev for all the editing, we appreciate all the videos. Another smooth run you guys. Be well and best wishes to you two.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thanks Byron!

[@LTD-iv3ir]

Capt Sam and Admiral Rev,Thank's again for the great Video. I do enjoy seeing what area you go to next. It make's me Home sick for the Southern Water's again. Stay safe. Capt. Mike.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Our pleasure! 😎

[@peterj2890]

Nice to see a courteous boater. Been boating since I was ten years old and now sixty four years later I still dream of living on a boat but time has creeped up and my dream is through others. Thanks for the journey. I am really enjoying your ride. Stay safe, happy boating.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Hi Peter, Thank you for your kind words. We are so happy to have you onboard with us!

[@dougj8808]

I appreciate that you periodically give the channel marker/body numbers as you pass them. It helps me locate you on my charts. Bon voyage.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

👍 😎

[@rickdamico7146]

Enjoyed it as usual!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mcmillinsfaithhomestead523]

Your getting closer to us! Wish we could get another visiting day, it wasn’t long enough. Love the videos you guys!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Oh, that was a great visit! We had such a good time and are still enjoying the honey! Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. I bet the honey stand is busy this weekend!

[@buckpowers4837]

Another great video. Glad to see all went well and the mix with other vessels is interesting as well. That last 1000 mile mark is close I would think and I am sure the traffic is going to make some white knuckle moments. Adds to the memories.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Hi Buck, Thanks 👍 Yes, traffic is always interesting for sure!

[@allan8004]

Thanks for the ride captain, it was a good one and the first mate doing all the other things necessary for a safe journey, thank you both I feel like I'm right in there with you, all the best, Al

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Hi Allan, Glad you enjoyed it and we are glad that you are onboard with us! Sam & Rev

[@patfitzgerald4161]

Hello Sam & Rev! Thanks for all of the wonderful videos of the Great Loop. I have watched every single one of your videos. Thanks to your adventure....I have now caught the Great Loop "bug" and now in the planning stages of doing this myself. Your videos are just so enjoyable to watch. How many times will you do the loop? Thanks again folks. Keep up the great videos!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Hi Pat thank you so much for the very nice comment. For now we are putting a third loop on hold and taking some time to finish some other videos and products. We hope we can be of some help to you as you get ready for an adventure of a lifetime. Sam and Rev

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[@patfitzgerald4161]

Thanks so much! So are you back in Texas now? Just wondering as I live in San Antonio.

[@dougaranda6187]

Thanks for the videos Rev! Sure have enjoyed them all. You do them in a way that makes the viewer feel like we're on the boat with you. I'm assuming you've probably crossed your wake by now. Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Hi Doug, You are welcome. Glad you like them! We won't actually cross our wake until late June. We don't have a date yet, but will be sure to announce the plans in our newsletter! Rev

[@deehightower7507]

Good morning Rev and Sam!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Hello there! Hope all is well with you. Thanks for joining us this morning. 🧡

[@mpgarr]

I used to live in Melbourne as well, very near the bridge on the mainland side. I was out of the service and went to work for the Florida Dept of Corrections as a State Probation/Parole Officer. I bounced around between the Melbourne and Cocoa offices. Are you all going to be doing another go round on the Loop?

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Hi Michael. I had a good time in that area for 3 years. No, we will not be doing a third Loop in the immediate future!

[@deehightower7507]

Good morning

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Morning Dee!

[@zoomzoom3909]

When we going to get a live video captain?

[@WhatYachtToDo]

We might do a live video on Facebook as we cross our second wake in the Chesapeake this summer!

[@jakejacobs7584]

Do you have to swing your compass on a time interval as in an aircraft?

[@WhatYachtToDo]

We do not have to swing the compass, like an aircraft. It does have some inherent installation error in it due to each time electronics have been added. If we were using it solely to navigate with, I would be concerned, but with all the other electronic GPS driven aids, I don't worry with it. It is within 5 degrees on most headings.

[@jakejacobs7584]

@@WhatYachtToDo Oh yes I agree that a whiskey compass in this day and age is tantamount to ancestor worship. I never flew it but on jump seat trips on the MD-80 I was always entertained by the crews adjusting the mirrors to even see it. When I started flying they were essential as the directional gyros were very prone to presession. Thanks. My curiosity was sparked by that beautiful compass on your cockpit counter. I thought it must be a good one, it doesn't even have a correction card...😃

[@MVCompassRose]

Hey Sam just a question. I just received my 25 ton Master OUPV and my wife wants to get me a t-shirt to celebrate. Would you mind telling me where you bought that t shirt? Or the maker of it?? Thanks! Stay safe!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Congratulations! Rev got it for me on Amazon. Here is a link: www.amazon.com/Captain-Happen-Shirt-Funny-Boating/dp/B07KVCBY1M Cheers, Sam

[@MVCompassRose]

@@WhatYachtToDo thx!

[@steveprice4779]

Thanks Rev for all your time to edit and process the videos....lots of work for sure. What program do you use?

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Hi Steve, You are welcome. I use Camtasia and here is a link to a blog I wrote on the process I use. www.whatyachttodo.com/start-a-great-loop-youtube-channel/ Have a wonderful day! Rev

[@steveprice4779]

@@WhatYachtToDo thanks much Rev😊

[@billguterl4585]

When will the flag be unfurled?

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Ah, we had intended to unfurl it once across Lake Okeechobee, but did it later. Can't remember when it was unfurled. But it is unfurled now!

[@mpgarr]

I have been wondering the same thing.