Is There a Right Way to Sail the ICW?

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Spoondrifters

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@dfb1951 5 ай бұрын

Friends and family are always the best thing in life

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

Yes they are

@dfb1951 5 ай бұрын

Well I hope you will conceder me a friend😊

@LornaT460 4 ай бұрын

Went down the alligator canal 30+ years ago in a small sailboat on the way to winter in the Florida keys. The leaves were turning colors and falling in the canal, it was beautiful.

@Spoondrifters 4 ай бұрын

Sounds beautiful!!

@maryjnorwood3962 5 ай бұрын

I love this part of the state. Good to see you’re taking it slow. 😎🥰😎🥰😎

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

It’s beautiful!

@BulletproofPastor 5 ай бұрын

The best things in life aren't things and places, the best things in life are friends and faces.

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

Yes!

@pocketchange1951 5 ай бұрын

👍👌❤️🇨🇦, hanging out with you all

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

Glad you’re here! ❤️

@daveamies5031 5 ай бұрын

Sailing, especially cruising, is about enjoying the journey not the destination, well destination is nice too, but it's the journey that's the enjoyment, good to see you finally getting it, It's hard for people who didn't grow up with sail boats to really understand this, when on land everything is so fast pace, you get in the car and go and in a few minutes your there, who cars about the consequences of the journey, that's also the mentality of motor boaters, the pollution and the wakes (waves). I guess cycling everywhere would the be the land equivalent of sailing.

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

Yep, very true

@maureencoleman9248 5 ай бұрын

Loving the slow down attitude. Hey do you know what happened to Salty escape?

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! They are back on land working.

@mr.e7022 5 ай бұрын

I was down there Nov time frame. Weather was awful. Anchored down in Little Allegator river and had 35 knots wind at 1:00 in the morning. Not much fun. Caught a log with the anchor. Just a bummer of trip all way around.

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

Yeah that sounds terrible.

@jonathanwetherell3609 5 ай бұрын

Crab pots - you have my sympathy. Here in the UK it is often like sailing a mine field. The fishers are legally obliged to mark each with a short pole and flags but often all there is is a 5 litre poly bottle. A small white bottle is hard to see but, single handed, amongst the "white horses", come on!

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

Yes!! They can be terribly hard to see. And sometimes it’s like they got tired and just threw everything left in one spot. 😂

@TheCornucopiaProject-bd5jk 5 ай бұрын

I’ll give you a week before you motor it. Good way to start an adventure

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@garybaker6333 5 ай бұрын

at 29 knots those boats were drinking about 120 gal an hour of diesel. I have blown down that river at 20 knots on a 70 ft hatteras

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

So crazy!! 😂

@2024Trump_fan 5 ай бұрын

Did Liberty get off the boat?

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

She’s visiting family this summer.

@BulletproofPastor 5 ай бұрын

I get a whole lot more done when I take one day a week to just rest and take it easy.

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

Amen!

@shalaconballard9912 5 ай бұрын

No no no you need to pull up anchor and set sail hit the high seas a good test for you and your boat weather be damed . It like Captain RON said if anything going to happen its going to happen out there so just go for it lol.

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

Been there, done that. Just a different experience. ❤️

@nutsandbolts432 5 ай бұрын

I’m still hesitant to convert to electric. My big plan is to do the great loop, but I’m worried that I might find myself motoring on the ICW more often than sailing, and would be limited by range. Forgive me if you have answered this in a previous video concerning range, amp hours, speed and time, but is there a part of the ICW that you are concerned with if the wind isn’t blowing?

@Spoondrifters 5 ай бұрын

Yes, we have done a lot of motoring. Range hasn’t been a problem as we also have a generator making us a hybrid system. We us that if there’s not enough solar (winter) or the current or wind is against us. We sail as much as we can, even if it means we’re slow. If you can’t handle being slower than everyone else on the loop, don’t go electric.

@markleyg Ай бұрын

@@Spoondrifters Or get a bigger generator.