Sailing the Florida Gulf Coast on a Corsair 880 Trimaran - Visiting Cabbage Costa & Cabbage Key

[@jeffstringfield2354]

Cabbage Key used to be an old Florida hole in the wall bar. Back in the 80's I was a delivery captain and it was my go to stop on the way when I was coming across the Okeechobee and up to Tampa. It was just a bar and there was a parrot that walked up and down the bar and would knock your beer over if you didn't pick it up. Good memories.

[@quarlow1215]

Lol. Cheeky parrot.

[@monkeybar88]

I've been a flight/helicopter nurse for almost 15 years. I work weekend nights and I look forward to Monday mornings when I get to catch up with you and decompress with your videos. I've been watching since the start and really appreciate your content and spirit! Keep up the good work. If my bucket list pans out maybe we can meet up around a fire on a beach somewhere. Thanks

[@mattf49006]

Cool you got a chance to hang with Kirk and Lauren...thanks for taking us along in another great island hop

[@bradleyrupska4988]

We love the Gulf Coast!! We have lived here for two and half years!! Thanks to watching your channel!! We moved to St Petersburg Florida!! Loving the boating life down here!!!! We are planning on taking our boat to the Keys this summer from Bay Pines Boat ramp. Thank you again for the great videos!!!!

[@alberthowes3639]

The sand bar you beached on is in Pelican Cove. A favorite anchorage for us too.

[@gerritgovaerts8443]

Glad to hear you're buddies with Sailing Soulianis : great YT channel and a great couple !

[@bubbagail7450]

It's always good to see y'all on a boat. Your eagerness for adventure and youthful energy and of course Jetty is the reason this old man watches your videos. Really excited to see how you do on this new cat that's being built. Take care.

[@MegaTriumph1]

Exploring an then going to a local restaurant with docking for boats is supreme. I do like the coffee morning sunrise along with the magic of a sunset. Jetty an Sierra so happy. Billy doing an excellent job keeping it all together.

[@daveamies5031]

I liked seeing you take full advantage of a shallow draft 👍🏼and the rest of the video was awesome too.

[@ronaldharris6569]

I know odd to see a livaboard sized boat that can safely be careened on a beach with all the other boats sitting way in the background at anchor the 880 is looking like a hero

[@Atlanticmoonsnail]

16 years in Fort Myers (including Charlie) and this brings back some memories especially waiting for the wind (kiting) at Sanibel causeway & Colgate School for my sailing training (Fast Track to Cruising). Thanks.. from San Diego.

[@seandelaney1700]

"You're so brave" You are just perfect, and super funny.

[@beeamerica5024]

Tried to tell you guys a long time ago about the West Coast of Florida it is awesome this video is packed full of good stuff thank you I miss it🐝

[@zenarcher2112]

You can find all the old bottles you could ever want by diving off the end of Duval St, north end of the island. Facing north Left of Pier House down by the Concret columns. It’s a tricky dive and you can only dive at slack tide, 45 minutes. That end of Duval was the garbage dump, Cuba Coke bottles, blue glass, old blob top port bottles etc. etc.

[@mikemendes7598]

In March we chartered a Seawind 1000XL out of Burnt Store Marina (Charlotte Harbor) and stayed at both Pelican Bay and Cabbage Key. Pelican Bay as an anchorage is outstanding, being protected from all directions and decent space for a couple dozen boats. The dinghy dock to Cayo Costa was closed so we didn't get to the west side - bummer. Cabbage Key was almost vacant compared to your visit. We ate dinner, and the steaks, fish and chicken were all first class, although not cheap. Excellent ingredients and obviously prepared by a true chef - one of the best meals I've ever had. The Nature Trail is lovely and takes you past some of their rental houses. They also have a handful of rooms in the restaurant/hotel. Beautiful little spot. I am enjoying your adventures!

[@charlespeckcom]

Really impressed by your video skills. Truly beautiful and yet still homespun natural like. This old dog enjoys watching young cats in love with the sea and life. Been hanging out in the charlotte harbor arena for 30 years now after I stopped by to visit my brother as a single hand live aboard at anchor. Pelican bay is a favorite spot during the weekdays. I wish you well as you do life.

[@rustie4242]

I just like seeing Sierra's smile it reminds me to be happy and stress less about all the crap in our lives.... Now to go and work on our boat.

[@stevenclarue7802]

So cute to see you both enjoying the boat life again.

[@lisabaxter6149]

i thought the same thing about Cheeseburger in paradise but i heard from Jimmy on Margeritaville radio it was written at a bar on the island of Tortola Cheers and Happy Sailing

[@mikeglass]

I believe he said it was the Village Cay Marina in Road Town, Tortola.

[@mikemarriam]

Great exploration. Looks like you're having a great time. Happy for you. On the bottles, often times you'll have to find the old dumps and dig for them.

[@floridatabdigger3104]

Punta Blanca also had a schoolhouse on it which one of my uncles went to school there in the 50's. In the 70's, before the State took possession of it you could camp on it. Growing up my family and I camped on it many times. I have metal detected it over the years and found some cool relics and coins there. Cabbage Key does have great food and is reasonably priced and with my job I have gotten to know the owner. I have some cool videos on my channel of going there in a helicopter. One recent video, I mounted a Gopro on the outside of the helicopter. My first dollar bill I put in the restaurant was in 1984... yes, I'm old.

[@corysherman6087]

So glad you two are back to cruising life. Lovin’ it!!

[@motorvesseltortugasunrise1886]

Captiva and Cuys are my favorite spots on the Gulf, Spent my life from a kid staying at Jensens cottages on Captiva, awesome old florida resort and we rent a skiff to run around the bay , My daughter and i never went to Cabbage key, after this video i regret that, Awesome fun video , seems like old times guys , Looking good out there, I Just Bought a 42' Chris Craft , doing refit in Hilton Head sc and will be motoring to west coast of Florida soon, it is home where i grew up and spent my days boating and sailing from a kid, from Tarpon Springs south to LongBoat key and love South Florida, finally getting back on the water, cant wait! My daughter sent you all a video of us at North Captiva Pass with a Dolphin acting like our long lost dog!

[@iviewforfun]

Great video mostly because you two seem so happy! What have you been doing Billy to make Sierra so happy? Me thinks the wedding has a lot to do with it Love you two🇬🇧

[@podocrypto6072]

I've been to that exact sandbar inside of Caya Costa, towards the end of the video that you stayed at, many, many times. Cool spots to see on the way south is the pink sand beach on the Gulf side of the north tip of North Captive., Then Ding Darling and Tarpon bay on the inside side of Sanibel. Then headed south, the inside side of Cocohatchee Pass. Then just inside Hurricane Pass at the south tip of Keewayden Island. Then just south of that is Captain Kirby's Cove (fun spot). Then passing Marco Island, the Dome Homes off the tip of Cape Romano are a very cool and interesting history of a failed family paradise that was built many years ago, but the island washed out from under these stilt dome houses. They are out in the water and great to snorkel under on a slack tide is the winds are low and the water is clear.

[@christineminer2117]

Awesome! You are back and yes.....missed your water adventures! Thank you!

[@scottmarkham9466]

Gloriousa lily's very fragrant flowers .

[@marklapierre5629]

Now that's the boat life that I want to have. Maybe I'll be sailing next year.

[@sandagers71]

Love it! SW Florida is an amazing place to live !😎

[@ginamcgovern1250]

Great to see you in our familiar waters!

[@coffeefish]

More freedom in Florida? That's for sure.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

I love finding sea beans. My dad told me when I was a kid ( 60 years ago) that if you have a seabean in your pocket you will never get lost.

[@willbart1236]

My grandfather told me the same thing. Except it was a Compass, not a sea bean.

[@alexvail4431]

Grew up going to cabbage key on family trips to Boca Grande or tarpon fishing in the famous Boca Grande pass. The food has always been great but is definitely much more crowded today then it was a few years ago. Awesome place, was there just last month and sat at the same table.

[@quarlow1215]

Nice to be able to just pull up on the beach.

[@chrischild6894]

I'm just happy to see you guys together full time and sailing again

[@lancedaniels]

Thanks for posting and sharing. The restaurant looked like a cool hang out. Glad to hear that you are happy to be out and sailing again.

[@laurieswezey2867]

Beautiful sunset!

[@simonsmith8845]

So good to see Sea Beans... our boat is named Sea Bean and we live aboard her full time in the Med...

[@alphasxsignal]

Southwest coast of Florida is great sailing with the correct boat for shallow water. I use a Core Sound 17 which can sail in 1ft of water. I also use Hobie 12.0 with a sail on it too.

[@riverakers]

Unfortunately most bottle are going to be found inland closer to landfills forrest and ravines close to settlements. You may find some where there are freshwater runoffs from inland.

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

I have no knowledge on searching for bottles along the beach.... but, if you can find an old homestead inland from the beach they will often have a dump hole where they threw things that would not burn in a firepit, such as bottles. In Oklahoma some of the OLD homesteads can be difficult to find and may only have a couple of flat foundation stones on the ground or more common will be some non native plants growing close to where the house used to be. Such as Iris or Easter Lilies. I'm not sure what would have been a popular plant in your area though.

[@laurieswezey2867]

Binge watching The Swiss family Robinson as a child definitely had an impact🤣

[@garymatter7109]

Welcome to our beautiful area! I’ve been following you for years and am super happy to see you be on this side! We live off of the Estero Bay and your going to love the area! Safe travels. ✌🏻

[@goranhogqvist9779]

happy to see you to

[@daveross935]

Brings back unforgettable memories. You are about 3 miles north of where, fifty (50) years ago, I and my fishing buddies spent many memorable weekends camped out on the southern tip of North Captiva Island (previous known as "little Captiva island" catching loads of snook and redfish. Thanks for the memories, luv you guys!

[@Rick-jm7zw]

Love Cabbage Key, have been there many times. We use to live in Fort Myers and we always took our visitors there. Enjoy Estero, you will love it.

[@robertpowell5447]

Bottle hunting You use a fiberglass dowl rod with T that has a metal tip that is used in utilities and construction Just poke around till you hear tink tink then dig it up

[@Sixbears]

I love that area. Good place for a small sailboat with a swing keel. Unfortunately we had to cut our visit short last year due to the virus. Had to get back north.

[@loripeaceandlove6391]

Wow! What an awesome spot to stay the night. That’s so cool how you can park the boat right onto the beach. GreatVideo! PeaceAndLove Lori

[@kraigt22]

Nice video, you two. Sierra, you are literally glowing!

[@Riley_1955]

I use to live in Vero beach in 78/79 and took many day trips to the west side of Florida and I liked it a lot......If I was to ever move to Florida again it would be somewhere on the west side for sure.

[@BoatingJourney]

Who knew the west side offers so many cool anchorages like Key West? Thanks for sharing all of this! Looks like it was a great trip! Can't wait to see you move farther south. Bummer about the drone - we have the same drone, and we'll look into insurance. Thanks again!

[@surfpaddletravel]

I like that you all are having so much fun exploring a new area.

[@tcudad50]

I have to say, the Corsair appears to very impressive...reasonable amount of space for short trips, can be beached, etc. The company made a great marketing decision letting you use it!

[@seandelaney1700]

And their website appears to appreciate their effort, meaning they shows photos and videos of the lovely couple. I completely agree, this is a special new, beautiful upgrade to a funky boat company. I like how they are giving the greatness of a tri design and Corsairs trialability a boost with a gorgeous, fast looking design.

[@SOLDOZER]

Problem is the price. You can get a new same size Beneteau for the same price. It would be hard to pick the less roomy and less comfortable trimaran for the same price. I do like the simplicity of it though.

[@seandelaney1700]

@@SOLDOZER Like a sports car you give up room and comfort for speed. Few people drive sports cars.

[@SOLDOZER]

@@seandelaney1700 You could live aboard the Bene, you cant really "live" on the 880.

[@barrybaxter6161]

I'm happy your back on a boat. Great video.as always.

[@divergent_thinker]

Check out Bahia Honda State Park anchor in front of the beach and on slack tide snorkel around we found dozens of Old Key West Coke bottles and all kinds of other bottles

[@UUBrahman]

The photography of the Corsair on the beach were very nice looking.

[@stevej00]

You guys are definitely at home on the water!!

[@ericdavi1231]

Of all the exotic places you’ve been, it’s cool that you’re at a place I’ve been!

[@kennethmiller1654]

When are you getting your new catamaran

[@John_Galimore]

Bottle/artifact hunting: As others have mentioned, old settlement sites (don't dig unless you find a trash dump), dive historic areas. My best experience was while working for a Land Surveyor during construction of the Ocean Reef Club on North Key Largo. Deep in the mangroves, jungle and salt marsh. Occasionally we'd find old hand-made bottles, and ship's hatch covers carried inland by hurricanes. Unfortunately, the "how-to" may involve hours with a machete, deep in the jungle. Or just check with some Land Surveyors, some of them are interested in artifacts, and may be willing to share clues. You're in a good area to just stumble upon stuff.

[@offshoretrawlerlife355]

Hello my fellow cruises I just left cabbage key through the Okeechobee I am now headed back to main on my trawler good to see you guys back I have not caught you on my algorithm evidently wonderful thing God bless Fairwinds

[@jclark4185]

Been to Cabbage Key many times and have anchored in Pelican Bay. That part of SW Florida is a good cruising area.

[@timothybier4504]

Guys I love the West Coast of Florida, i live in Largo. Im from Suffolk County NY. Now im a Floridian. Gulf Coast is way better than Atlantic Coast. I grew up on the South Shore of Long Island and i am hooked with West Coast of Florida.

[@meganote]

Very nice. We should have been there about now, but our boat’s transmission went out and we are hauled out further north :-(. We will get there eventually! Glad to see you guys cruising again!

[@209Redrum]

That's a great boat to explore the coast of Florida

[@tomhayward4848]

Well we didn't end up playing cards that night, but it was a wonderful night just hanging out on Selah Way gabbing and chillin. Oh and a few drinks didn't hurt either!! Oh and by the way Billy, you had said you might try to do some kite boarding in the lagoon on the west side of Cato Costa. Well we went over there the next day and saw a very friendly 7ft gator just floating in the sun. Decided NOT to get my kite up. Maybe we'll catch up in Marathon. We are in Boot Key on SV Barefoot.

[@jonasjohansson9060]

"They look heavy" Haha! A true multihull sailor!

[@christip20]

Jimmy Buffets sister has a good restaurant on the ICW in Gulf Shores, Alabama which used to be a fish packing building that’s easy to get to.

[@kleobluewater]

Good stuff. Welcome to our little part of the world. you will enjoy your trip all the way to The Keys.

[@cravenmorehead1552]

Crawled all over Cabbage key in my younger daze...lots of rum, but never found old bottles or any treasure. Yall have fun

[@tazracet]

To find old bottle dumps the best place is to find old home sites and look for what we call a dump pits that’s where they would throw bottles and stuff they could not burn

[@jef3732]

Bahamas... & burger !!!🐸

[@thebullgator]

At 4:56 the plants look like native crinum lily or non native cast iron plants.

[@docink8457]

I’m coming that way I can’t wait

[@retgold2]

Bummer about the drone! Last year I sank mine in an icy Colorado river. Luckily the water was only 2 feet deep so I pulled up my pant legs and went in after it. FROZE! Anyway, I found it, shook the water out and put it in front of the fireplace for a couple hours....AND IT STILL FLIES PERFECTLY! LOL

[@edquier40]

For good bottle hunting, look for old trash dump areas near old little towns, generally at the edge of town in a big ditch or gully, using a 2' long welding rod to poke in the sand works best. then dig!

[@Hopey1231000]

Awesome video guys. Stay safe!

[@williamswezey6715]

i like sierra's driftwood idea!!!!! can we add a few boats??????

[@zzzxxzzz3248]

Thanks for sharing!

[@carlroberts7830]

west coast of fla is considered the lee ward side of the prevailing winds hence more protected and developed areas

[@meadowbrookguideservice8359]

Loved your video! We are in the Keys now. Love visiting here. I'm working on trying to talk my husband into a water cruising vacation. Will def. continue with that idea. Love your videos. Thank you for sharing.

[@joshs199]

I remember going to cabbage key. Back when I was beginning when I was 11 years old. He had a little 16 foot with a 35 horse. We would take from the Estero river. All the way to cabbage key. It was going to get the $50 hamburger.good times.😁👍

[@Ladybirdsin16mm]

Yes, water proof drone needed!!

[@puzer1]

...you guys hit the nail on the head, Cayo Costa, Boca Grande and the surrounding area is what sold me on the West coast of FL...it's still somewhat less developed and rural than most other parts of the FL coasts...

[@toddatstone_city_outlaw8714]

Will be down there in 3 weeks!

[@fredbrillo1849]

In WW2 those Mermaids Perls would get polished in the surf and turn into something really beautiful. My dad told me that when he was a Marine in the pacific, they collected and traded them.

[@bobbates6642]

You both seem very happy

[@RiverWoods111]

I am from California, and Paradise was the town up the hill from where I lived that burned to the ground. Paradise has a whole different meaning to me these days. 75 % of my friends lost everything!

[@richardmiller4442]

I`m from Grass Valley originally.

[@gutyup101]

Maybe you should try a waterproof drone, Spy+ by Swellpro. I've never used one but I've seen them in use.

[@nelsonreau3842]

Yes, very good drone, we call it the splash drone, by swellpro like you said. It also has payload release to fish with or drop a life preserver if needed

[@seandelaney1700]

@@nelsonreau3842 A PFD, are you kidding? It might work.

[@cruisingwithlarsen4576]

Hey guys. Loved this one! Thanks Pete

[@banjonichols3063]

Enjoyed the video...Thank you for sharing.

[@robertadamsmetaldetecting6324]

Makes me me super excited to go spend four or five days in that same area! We leave tomorrow morning to sail up to Cayo Costa from Cape Coral.

[@donnakawana]

Have fun playing cards. I liked this video because you showed so much of what you were doing. I love your vids an looked like a beautiful place an lottsa fun✌🏻💗☺️❣️

[@darcygoesfast]

you'll need snorkel/dive gear for bottle hunting. I'd expect the best old bottles that are still to be found are along river and lake bottoms, near human habitation. My brother would bring home great old finds every day he was diving along the St. Clair river. Love the 880!

[@paulkeating6898]

Love cabbage key.

[@Chris.E.]

Great video. Pros: cool to see the West coast of Florida. Not a frequently shown area with KZbin cruisers. Great to see Jetty exploring. Cons: Just the total number of ads in this length of video.

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

My Autel Evo drone is set to discharge battery power after six days, it's supposed to be better on the battery. It had been over six days since I last flew it and pushed the battery life meter button on the battery, 3/4 full, awesome and plenty of time to fly it down to the lake shore. Or so I thought. I made it to the lake shore and noticed my battery life was dropping one percent every second. I just barely got the drone back in the yard before as it was about to fall out of the sky. I suspect your battery has the same discharge option as the Autel or something similar. In the menu I can set how many days before the battery goes into discharge. I'd suggest placing the battery on the charger if its been a few days, just to make sure it's not in discharge mode. Your drone menu will probably show the settings.

[@ronaldharris6569]

Holy cow sliding onto a beach in that much boat with no worries is a good demonstration of what the corsair can do. Whoever thought loaning that boat to you ,had a good idea, I bet the company is high fiving and printing out captain jetty glam shots on their boat

[@kennypool]

You can use drones as centerpieces.

[@jshrawder49]

I live in Ft Myers a and Naples it is the best place in Florida I think. So many places to go by boat!