Overnight Boat Camping | Secluded Island In Miami

In this video we take you with us on our first overnight boat camping adventure. We run into some pretty awful weather but we manage to make it work. All the hard work we've spent these last 2 years restoring our Grady White proved itself in this video!
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[@tigerace351]

Found your channel when searching to install the add a battery kit for my first boat, a 17’ w/ a 90 Johnson. It was in my budget and I’ve always fixed everything I’ve owned. It’s a goal of mine to spend the night out on the hook one day. Love the channel and the positive can do attitude dispute any obstacles. “Calm seas never made a competent sailor.”

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you so much for that brother we really appreciate that. We really like to try to do things ourselves and learn in the process. This whole process of getting the boat water ready and spending a night out on the hook really made it all worth it. And it’ll make it all worth it for you as well! Please let us know when you do! Glad the videos could help!🤙

[@user-rt3xl1mw6j]

I love how she captains the boat. You got a real one. Looks like you had an amazing trip. Everyday boating you learn something new. Some days calm some days choppy, either way amazing days away from it all

[@perfectfitboating]

That’s very true. We’re learning every trip. I’m trying to get her to captain a little more. Just in case if anything happens to me she can hold her own. She’s doing just fine! 🤙

[@markdimaio8396]

Great video. I love this sorta stuff. Been boating for decades. I still feel always learning. Great pursuit of dream playing out in real time

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you so much for that mark! It was almost surreal being able to play out what we’ve been talking about doing for the last 2 years. We love it! We have more adventures coming soon but this weather has been awful for the last 4 months. Hopefully it’s clears up now that summer is around the corner! 🤙

[@markdimaio8396]

@@perfectfitboating I hear ya. Just got one boat launched for the season about a week ago. One more to go.

[@davelawrence6777]

Just found your channel I live on the west coast in St. Pete I bought a 21 ft cuddy 20 years ago for six hundred dollars and god as my witness I know have 50,000 in it but wouldn't trade it for the world. Good cruising to you

[@perfectfitboating]

That’s awesome Dave! You won’t find a 21ft cuddy today worth that money anyway! First, not many make cuddy cabins anymore and the ones that do like Grady, cost 170k 😳! Thank you for the comment buddy! 🤙

[@stroguy]

Mmmmm, Texas toast and eggs. Looks like a great adventure. Best thing about crappy weather is it only gets better.

[@perfectfitboating]

So true! Our next trip after this one was much better! And the food was better too 🤣. You can check that video out as well! Thanks so much for the comment! 🤙

[@RebuildProjects]

This adventure was very inspiring! Exactly what I have in my mind for our boat. Thanks for the clear and caring way you show us how to camp in your extraodinary project. If I can pull it off half as good as you guys, my family will be so happy.

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you friend! We have no doubt that you will! We’re learning as we go. And there’s definitely a learning curve and lessons to be learned. But we love it! Can’t wait to see you and your fam doing the same!🤙

[@stevhaniemccallum2371]

Wow what a beautiful experience all your hard work has paid off for you both to enjoy your time on the water. Cheers to new adventures and new memories. Enjoy your success. 🎉❤

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you steva! ♥️

[@donnyjordan3845]

Awesome video!! Looks like a great time! I would love to do that!

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you so much! You should! You only live once! 🤙

[@AlamarMiami]

Esa isla es preciosa, sobre todo en verano, con sus aguas cristalinas llenas de peces, manatíes, tortugas y langostas. Un paraíso en el medio de Miami Excelente video, nos vemos por ahi en el verano. Buen video bro

[@perfectfitboating]

Gracias por el apoyo bro! Y gracias por guiarnos en esta aventura! Tu fuistes el que me enseñó cómo navegar a este lugar! 🙏 un abrazo mi hermano! 🤙

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

The admiral and I had many boat camping adventures like that on our last boat. No generator - we opted for a small camp stove to boil water to make coffee and fry eggs and a small propane bbq for dinners. We loved it. That electric griddle is quite versatile too!

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you so much for the comment! We’re slowly learning all the ways to better our trips. For this trip we brought our skillet as a back up and were lucky we did because our propane tanks were done for. We love your channel! I think the west coast is much better for the type of boating we do. Aliey actually lived in punta gorda after moving down from New England and her parents live in englewood! We’re definitely considering moving to that area in the future. You guys rock and are so consistent at filming and posting content! We’re trying to do the same by posting every week from here on out! Seems KZbin and the viewers really like that! 🤙

[@Jerryras57]

Real nice video.

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you so much! 🤙

[@Spicy-Tuna]

Awesome guys! Good to see you guys doing well. Boat looks really nice. Just need to get a T-top for it and enclosure for those rainy days. I have a radar for you I pulled off my grady during my restore. It's older, but works. You're welcome to it if you guys want it. Keep the fun videos coming and if you have any questions hit me up.

[@perfectfitboating]

Phil! Was thinking about you and your Grady when we posted this video! I hope youre doing awesome and getting some time out on the boat! We have an idea for a t top but it’s going to take some time and ingenuity. (New ones are going for 4K for a plain Jane. But it’s necessary to stay out of the elements and to keep the bugs away! You’re too kind offering us your radar! We appreciate that so much! We’ll be posting videos weekly now, I’m almost done editing our second outing and we’ve made a commitment to posting every week this year. I’ll shoot you an email in the morning! Thanks brother!🤙

[@Spicy-Tuna]

@@perfectfitboatingwith your skills i see you bending your own tubing and making your own top. You already made your deck. You got the top handled! It's an older Furuno and I took it off because I have all my stuff networked with Garmin. I can send you pics if you want.

[@perfectfitboating]

@@Spicy-Tuna you’re on the right track lol I have a fiberglass tonneau cover from my brothers f150 that is the perfect shape. Just have to cut it down to size. I think it’ll work and it’ll make one heck of a video 🤣. We are getting a garmin system as well! I’ll write you about what we have in mind and I’d love to get your feedback about my t top idea. 🤙

[@Spicy-Tuna]

Its a Furuno 1621 Mark-2 FYI.

[@Spicy-Tuna]

@@perfectfitboating no worries. I have all Garmin. 1243xsv, 943xsv, Fantom Radar, reactor auto pilot, FLIR, fusion, xantrex inverter, icom vhf, all networked. Let me know if you have any questions. When you get into the chartplotter area It's not really clear what you need from the manufactures. Even with the auto pilot, its a lot of research. But its pretty simple when you have someone to explain it and what you really need.

[@rayjansen6712]

Roughing it... WOW

[@perfectfitboating]

Loads of fun! 🤙

[@rayjansen6712]

I agree. Used to do it, trying to get back into it again.👍🇱🇷

[@perfectfitboating]

Do it and post it up here on KZbin! People love to watch that! I know we do! 🤙

[@larryjohnson5597]

Great time loved the breakfast and coffee smells great 👍

[@perfectfitboating]

Thanks Larry! Gotta have that coffee in the morning to get things going! 🤙

[@mariannemartin2884]

Thanks for sharing your adventures. You’re an inspiration!

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank youuuuu! We appreciate you guys sooo much! ♥️♥️♥️

[@rudyhdez1212]

Excelente, esa es la mejor opción, mi esposa y yo hacemos lo mismo desde hace varios años, saludos. Captain Rudy.

[@perfectfitboating]

Gracias por el apoyo capitán! Aunque no fue tan bueno el tiempo, la pasamos súper! 🤙

[@jeffreypinder9398]

Well done. You two seem to be doing well with a walk around cuddy cabin.

[@perfectfitboating]

Thanks Jeffrey we appreciate that! We’re doing our best! 🤙

[@Weldcraftsyndicate]

Outstanding video great point made at the end

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you so much! We’re glad you enjoyed it! 🤙

[@billwashburn8568]

Consider an anchor for the aft helps the pull. Only weighted should work with that smaller boat.

[@perfectfitboating]

Thanks for the tip bill! We’ve since gotten two anchors to do just as you mentioned!🤙

[@KeysBoatingChannel]

Great video Bro! The boat looks awesome! I Love it out there...we have to do some overnighter's soon. Blessings! Peace from the Keys!

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you my brother we appreciate the support! We all have to get together soon and take advantage of the temperatures and less bugs! Let’s talk to Gus and get it going! 🤙

[@KIWI_ADVENTURES]

Nice video!! Im glad to see you guys pursuing your dreams!!

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you Juan we appreciate that! 🤙

[@buckypeterson1018]

Nice video, and I really like your Grady.

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you so much! And thank you for watching! 🤙

[@bjkgaffmaster]

Cool video!! AND the boat looks GREAT! I have watched all the videos, commented a couple of times and am pretty impressed with what you started with and what you have transformed this boat into. Hopefully many more great adventures to come. Look into getting a butane stove for the boat. We use 2 when on boats when cooking one for coffee and other for frypan. Once coffee is done can add second fry pan. They are very inexpensive (@$30-40) easy to store and keep clean and you will not need to run the genset. The canisters are very inexpensive also and really easy to store in a Tupperware or other container with other cooking stuff. One thing is do not leave the canisters on the boat while on trailer parked or when it is really hot out because they are pressurized. Also if your anchor alarm got set off during the night it may have been from tide shift. Boats can swing off the “spot” pretty easily especially with a lot of scope on the anchor line. Double anchoring can usually eliminate this or extend the alarm ring ( @length of anchor line you have out) a very little bit. Looking forward to the next video👍🏻

[@perfectfitboating]

Brian, thank you so much for commenting and for watching our videos and the kind words! 🙏We love the feed back! On this trip we had small butane tanks for the grill. Unfortunately they rusted out because we left them on the boat (just like you said🤣) and they were no good. So we had no choice but to run the genset. But youre right we’ll stick those in tupperware that’s a great idea! The wind really picked up and I’m still working on what’s a good amount of scope for our setup. We use a Bruce/claw anchor and it’s good but we’re thinking of changing to a delta style. Those seem to work great with our bottoms down here. We’ll keep both and use them like you suggest. That’ll be the ultimate anchor setup! Thanks again! 🤙

[@nargizasabirova9820]

That was fun watching

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you so much for watching we’re glad you enjoyed it! We appreciate the support! 🤙

[@FernandoCerra]

love your channel. I'm a local boater just like you guys. How do you like your generator? I'm currently in the market and doing some research.

[@perfectfitboating]

Hey Fernando! So far so good! Can’t beat it for the price. Honestly, all of these gensets come from the same place and are just rebranded for the most part. This one’s great because of the tank size. 1.5 gallons. So it’ll last 8 hrs with the ac running. We have a link for it in the description I think they’re still really cheap. 🤙

[@ricardobatista4194]

The wife and I love you guys content!! We thinking of doing the same soon but worried about where to leave the trailer. Any recommendations? Thanks!

[@perfectfitboating]

Hey Ricardo! Thank you so much for the kind words! You should definitely go out and try it! It’s a lot of fun! If youre in Miami, most of the marinas are very safe for leaving your trailer. Crandon is pretty safe and Matheson too. If you’re a little hesitant you can put some deterrents like a boot on your trailer and ball lock! 🤙

[@ricardobatista4194]

@@perfectfitboating awesome! We were worried about where to leave our trailer overnight 😅 feeling much better now. Thank you so much for getting back to us 🙏 hope to see you guys on the water one day.

[@OutOnTheReef]

Hello cap. Love the video and now you know what involves in staying overnight on a boat, my maximum nights stays are 6 nights and i have to ration water amd beer lol, fish i always have plenty to eat but portable water is very important, now one question on your generator position test ware the hot engine exhaust travels to, because if that exhaust can hit the engine for long periods of time, remember there is fuel lines inside, just looking out for you and your wifes safety, and looking forward to seeing more of your overnighter cap. Navigate safe cap 🛥👍⚓️

[@perfectfitboating]

Cap thank you for the comment! We’ve got 2 trips overnight on the boat so far. Our next video will come out next Monday (not tomorrow). For this particular video, and it being our first time, we didn’t film much. So we made the best of what we had. From here on out we’ll be putting more and more effort into filming like you do. As far as the position of the generator goes, we only put it there for the 15 or so minutes we used the skillet. I have a setup very similar to your old generator setup where it’s mounted on the gunnel. Still missing the exhaust pipe which is coming soon. But you are correct. It’s definitely not safe to position it there long term. One more thing cap. I’m planning on mounting a window ac unit in the cabin as a permanent install. Do you know the dimensions of your unit? And is that the smallest you know of? I have about 17” if width and 24 inches of height to play with. It’ll be going in a cabinet that is fixed mounted in the cabin. If you look at our video, it’s the cabinet to the immediate entrance of the port side in the cabin. Thanks cap!

[@OutOnTheReef]

@perfectfitboating is very possible, the air unit that i have is the 5000btu the smalles they make you can look ot up in any web stores and you will see all the dimensions and GE is the brand i use cap. I hope the best for you both 👍👍⚓️🛥

[@jeffreypinder9398]

This Captain knows what he is talking about.

[@perfectfitboating]

@@jeffreypinder9398 he sure does! 🤙

[@OutOnTheReef]

@@jeffreypinder9398 😉