Herbert (The boat) Traveling the Mississippi Part 4

Flooded bilge, electrical issues, and leaking gas made this the most dangerous segment of the whole trip.
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[@bradb4821]

This reminds me of a few motorcycle trips. Fun when you're in your 20's or 30's. Very cool videos

[@edfrhes]

Walking in weeds by the water like Dan had you do is like snake hunting or snake trolling using your legs for bait.

[@bobcathey8903]

Like your chart plotter, and range planning. Never can have enough fuel and beer!

[@michaelambrosano938]

Lol i know this comment is years after your guys adventure,..but I gotta hand it to you I would have never survived all those mishaps,..you all have my respect and you seemed unfazed by it most of the time

[@SmallCraftCruising]

it was a journey! very happy we did it in our 20's! might do again, but not so.. crudely.. haha

[@bigben1986]

why don't you guys ever show the inside of the boat.

[@MyTube4Utoo]

I love the adventure.

[@rg2011]

A good way to keep pests off of your vessel while docked or tied to a beach is to slide a funnel over your lines with the narrow part of the funnel heading toward the vessel.

[@TheHobbyFarmer]

What a fun journey.

[@moriver1]

Great Job!

[@randallmurphree2053]

I docked my boat at the Casino @ Baton Rouge in the '90's.

[@SmallCraftCruising]

did they allow it back then, or did you just do it anyways?

[@randallmurphree2053]

They actually loaned us truck to go in town to buy gas. There were about 5 boats on the trip. You could only buy disel on the Mississippi.

[@paulredrac2526]

You need a tow bridle for the dingie

[@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958]

Carver Santegos have no lower helm station so they can have more room in the cabin. It also gave them more freedom to design a roomy, comfortable cabin. For such a small boat, it can make a big difference. I made a solar panel rack over the rear deck on my Santego 27. It provides shade for the back deck, holds a cheapo Harbor Freight ATV winch that lifts my dinghy, has some LED lights on the underside to light the back deck at night and is a convenient place to hang fenders and dock lines. I used honeycomb core and fiberglass to make some holders for the dinghy on the dive platform. Check them out on my channel, maybe you can do something similar on Herbert.

[@georgewallinii8081]

Looks like you guys had a blast. Sorry about the bad weather though. But I live in Alaska and I know about shitty weather. Do I'm keeping my second helm.

[@justbrint]

Just a thought: Put a helm station back down below. Also think about a hard top on the aft deck. That way you'd have more rain cover more topside space. Possibly a place for the dinghy.

[@TurntSingleCab]

brint holeman they took the cabin helm out for more room

[@coryhyatt2035]

7:15 You're Welcome!

[@tiggaboy3435]

In the last vid you said you usually stayed in Herbert to sleep how where are the beds ?

[@Raine-Cat]

What was wrong with your bilge pump?

[@SmallCraftCruising]

In a heavy downpour of rain, the bilge would fill with water faster than the pump could remove the water. After the trip, we re-evaluated the bilge system and made some changes.

[@bertlbarm4374]

l use mos2 for my lines, no criter or insekt like that eaven snakes stay away so l use it for camping too

[@stevenikitas8170]

You should buy a Winnebago.

[@MyTube4Utoo]

+Steve Nikitas I don't think they float very well. :-D

[@georgewallinii8081]

Just wondering how big is the fuel tank, see I just put a brand new 350 Chevy motor in my boat which is exactly like Herbert. Mine called the Pesus.

[@SmallCraftCruising]

it has the factory 80-gallon fuel tank. With the repower, I installed a mercruiser 4.3 V6 with 4bbl carb 210 hp. (removed the factory Ford-OMC 5.8 240 hp). Yeah, there isn't really enough 'bad' weather in California to render the inside helm worth the loss of space in an already cramped vessel. I visited alaska and would definitely have kept the second helm if I build Herbert for the weather.

[@captlarry-3525]

yeah a submergerd engine is not a happy engine..

[@danpmatz]

There has got to be alligators down there

[@anthonyrussellSE]

What was max speed and how many beds did you have do a cabin tour

[@SmallCraftCruising]

Envy Anthony we averaged 10MPH over the ground. The river help between 1-4 mph so the boat speed varied accordingly