Solo ICW Boat Trip - NY to Florida ep22 - Daytona to Merritt Island

[@admiralbrigitt]

Can’t wait to be back on Happy Ours 🍸🥂

[@robertrusnak620]

What you’ve done is a true test of a captain.

[@Lordlindef]

Hope your have gat license ore at least went on school to learn your mistakes

[@mattw919]

That Coast Guard boat shown in the video is a aids to navigation team (ATON) small boat working buoys on the ICW. Every buoy or aid normally has a periodic maintenance schedule to scrape them, repaint them, change out broken equipment. It's hard work, so if you see them out there working make sure to say special thanks for keeping up the network of aids to navigation. It's a thankless job and doesn't have the glorious rewards like the other CG missions do, but it also one of the most important missions the CG has.

[@runltdan]

Thanks for flying the Blue Line flag. Retired from DeKalb Ga after 28 years….HellOfARide🤪🤣👍🇺🇸

[@scotthall3816]

Everyone that I know called it a gang sign ???? I laughed at them because its a very rude to say it is a gang sign people have lost all respect for the people who do good things for us citizens. I would like to thank you for your service sir much love to you and your family.

[@runeshadow]

I love boat names, too. "Fire in the Hole" 😅

[@seaberry6]

At 9:05, Thsts the VAB, Vehicle Assembly Building. They used to assemble the shuttles in there.

[@richardingraham-yy4sz]

That was a good video I would love to do something like that one day. PS be safe on your journey

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Go for it!

[@B1g5t1nk]

Awesome, One day I hope I can do this

[@seaberry6]

Lived in Cocoa Beach for 51 years. Father retired to PAFB, then worked on Gemini and Apollo rockets as an engineer.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Interesting career!

[@mattw919]

What would be really neat is to have a polarized lens on the camera to show the shoal water as to put it in perspective how narrow the channels really are on the ICW. Great video series

[@bacondad6960]

I lived near Melbourne/Merritt Island when I was a kid. We used to drive over the Pineda Causeway a lot when we went to Patrick Air Force Base where my dad was stationed. Went to many shuttle launches including the Challenger which was a sad day.

[@scotthall3816]

The video is wonderful 👍 brother much appreciated and love to you Sir 😊😅

[@Nobamaable]

Great video. It reminded me of my two years stationed in Cape Canaveral with the Coast Guard back in the mid-eighties. My wife and I loved to watch the regular space shuttle lift-offs back then. The night launches were really impressive and shook our apartment building. Unfortunately, we were there when the shuttle Challenger blew up in 1986. Sad times around the space coast when that happened.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

I’ll never forget that day. The museum there does great justice to those lost in the space program.

[@jdoggyboxer]

The Garlic is actually a well established restaurant in NSB and I believe that is the owners boat

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

I was hoping someone would give me the deets on that! Lol. Thanks for the info!

[@nsbstrong3624]

Exactly...

[@t_crom]

my favorite NSB place to dine

[@bpagan7781]

Keep em coming! Nice to be back on the boat again! (virtually) Heck of a trip.

[@jamesberlinger6432]

Welcome to Rockledge!! Didn’t know you were stopping by! Another northern transplant saying hi and safe travels.

[@Babsnray]

Thanks for sharing your journey ! It has been so fun to watch. We pick up our boat next Thursday and it sure is fun seeing some great areas in the IWC to boat, not far from us in Sebastian. Many of this boats that are sunken are from storms and it takes many organizations coming together finding the owners , legalities , permits and monies to get them removed, sadly. We have one in our town that is still here years after hurricane Nicole. Thanks again and looking forward to checking out your other adventures now that we found your channel. Fair winds and following sea!

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Congrats on the new boat! Enjoy and thanks for following along!

[@vincentconnolly2597]

Vero Beach Florida 🏖️⛱️🏖️

[@ronschultz1977]

You did well to avoid the shallows! Great job and nice video!!!

[@Ryanrock2]

I don't want this trip to end, these videos are very good

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Thanks for following along. When this one ends, another begins!

[@davidfranklin5430]

It’s great watching your videos, I helped my dad bring his boat back from Fort Myers’s to palm coast back in the early eighties a great trip , look forward to seeing more of your videos.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

You can’t beat Florida boating.

[@user-ht5fl6np7b]

謝謝你的分享！祝你好運👍！

[@davidsharpe426]

Nice trip!!

[@smokeshow2351]

The Garlic is a restaurant in New Smyrna Beach, I assume he owns the restaurant. I live in New Smyrna.

[@scottpittsinger1654]

nice, you going to Ft.LAUDERDALE? MY HOMETOWN. lived in Wilton manors, graduated ft.lauderdale L'S 1982

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Not that far south. We head through lake O towards Cape Coral.

[@mickemike2148]

It is truly sad to see all those boats just left there!

[@dpoulos3633]

I wonder if the damage to those boats are due to hurricanes and maybe the owners didn’t have insurance to have them removed🤷‍♀️

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

@dpoulos3633 most likely that’s the case.

[@mrstrangetiger3228]

derelict boats are a massive hazard here in the Florida Keys, they spill oil, fuel and sewage. liveaboards down here also pump sewage straight into the water. Nobody checks to see how often boats are pumped out.

[@salvaje20]

Went through my old stomping grounds in Merritt Island

[@gomezadams9900]

Great video! Any chance you will be doing the keys as well? I've always been interested ever since watching Key Largo, but other than seeing them on maps have never really seen them. It would be great to see them from your prospective if it happens to be part of your travels.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

We can’t wait to do the keys! Hopefully in the coming year.

[@RCRoss]

Cool videos. Thank you. I see you utilize your tablet with your GPS MAP. What app do you prefer for the tablet. Thank you.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

I use Navionics on the tablet to supplement my boats chartplotter. I find it to be more accurate and updated with current info.

[@OutOnTheReef]

Hello captain you are now in my fishing waters Especially mosquito lagoon and Cape Canaveral Navigate safe captain

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Beautiful area!

[@elijahmckinney9134]

I have been following you for a year now. My wife and I bought an 07 341 last December. I have learned so much from your videos. Thank you for the hard work and time you put in to producing them. I would love to sit down and swap repair stories over a cold one. It has been a challenge to get " The Life" ( our boats name) ship shape but I love working on her. My wife is dead set on being at the coast. We are on a large fresh water lake in upstate South Carolina. I have boated on the intercoastal in Wilmington NC. I prefer fresh water for many reasons. Our question to you is, after the trip and the hurricane is it worth it being in Florida?

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Congrats on your Meridian! I enjoy sharing my experiences and my hopes are always to help others as I learn myself. I have no regrets being here in Florida. Even after the hurricane. It’s a once in a lifetime event and likely won’t happen here again. But if it does, I’ll be better prepared. Paradise comes with a price. The boating here is amazing.

[@admiralbrigitt]

As emotionally devastating as it was especially since we just settled in, I too do not regret it one bit! Love it here!

[@Keithtimes]

I think I just passed you in Maryland at Kent Narrows. I Boat has the same name as yours.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

I’m in a florida now, so unless that was back in early July. It wasn’t us. 😁

[@paulkravitz4306]

The Garlic is named after the restaurant he owns

[@mfredricknew]

brevard county... my neck of the woods..

[@AdventuresCG]

They were cast neeting for shrimp. It was actually a good season for them.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Shrimp ? Nice. I didn’t think they were on the ICW. I assumed baitfish like bunker we have up north.

[@AdventuresCG]

@@AdventuresofHappyOurs there are white and brown species around Central Florida. Usually the whites are caught during the day light with cast nets during summer months. Browns are caught at night during the winter months.

[@fatdaddio3796]

Excellent video, what percent of the route on this video is a 6 mph no wake zone

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

I don’t recall exactly. Some zones are 25mph or so for Manatee. Maybe 50/50 restricted speed zones.

[@jrac863]

Do you ever plan on taking the boat back north or are you guys in Cape Coral for good?

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

We are true Florida residents now but love to travel with the boat and who knows, may head north again one day to visit so many places we had to race through coming down.

[@Resort_Fans]

You're anchored less than half a mile south of our house.

[@rsbrehm]

I'd like to own a seaplane one day and charter flights in the Caribbean.

[@rsbrehm]

@3:20 must be so he doesn't have to worry about sea vampires.

[@billmead5052]

The Garlic is owned by a family that owns a restaurant by the same name in New Smyrna Beach.

[@tonyrhoton6613]

How does it feel boating alone does it get lonely or ur not out that long just curious

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

It’s quite relaxing most of the time. I was only solo for about 2 weeks of travel days for the 5 week trip.

[@BenjaminModos]

"The Garlic" yacht is named after "The Garlic" restaurant in NSB.

[@AllenIsbell]

Most of those abandoned boats are likely hurricane victims.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Maybe but this was prior to the 2022 hurricane season. So they would be sitting there a while if from a prior hurricane.

[@AllenIsbell]

@@AdventuresofHappyOurs Yeah for sure. I've seen them sitting for quite some time here around the Daytona area. Not sure if the city eventually gets them or what happens to them.

[@dennismcginnis]

Nice ribeye

[@bradleyrupska4988]

Yes, asa Boater in Florida anywhere! You have to watch out for crab pots! They set them everywhere! We have lived down here for four years now! Gotta watch the crab pots!

[@gravis00]

They're shrimping. In the channel there.

[@davidr6585]

I have attentively followed along but the steak was the distraction.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Mmmmm steak

[@George39280]

I am wondering what app you are using for the daily numbers ( Avg Mpg , Gph , Avg Speed Departure and arrival locations, etc etc ). Would you please let me know, I would like to start using it myself.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

It’s just a plain google spreadsheet I put together with some basic formulas to do the math.

[@George39280]

@@AdventuresofHappyOurs thank you.

[@vincentconnolly2597]

👍⛵🎣⛵🌊💯

[@Rock-Bottem1982]

I'm really surprised that their are ad many sunken/abandoned boats as their are. Ide guess it has to do with the owners being responsible for the cost of removal, and if they don't, then ide guess the state gets involved, hires a salvage company to recover the sunken boats then sues the current Owners

[@edwardranno7119]

Imagine navigating that trip without gps

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Electronics definitely makes it easier!

[@gravis00]

Nice man. That's my fishing area.

[@chuckvogt899]

I really enjoy your channel! Do you all have a Seakeeper onboard?

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

No seakeeper. There are times I wish I had one though!

[@edwardranno7119]

If you need a sea keeper you don’t belong on a boat

[@TK-ol6hj]

Like they say in fla brown run aground blue run on thu

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

It’s all brown in the rivers. Lol

[@jackofalltrades5199]

I appreciate the blue lives matter flag. God bless you my friend.

[@Weshopwizard]

I’ll never understand how someone can abandon a boat. There are tons of them where I live. Frustrating.

[@darbovision2672]

I'll wave when you move south of the Pineda Causeway!

[@EnterpriseRacing]

We don't call them "kayaks' on our boat -- instead we call them "speed bumps" 🙂

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Omg lol

[@itsmatty365]

ponce deli on not ponce de leon

[@eprohoda]

Wooohoo~total cool done! wanna more followers?-

[@Del_Monico]

thanks for another awesome video man!

[@Del_Monico]

Dude I wanted a photo of that steak!!

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Lol. It was gooood! Copious amounts of Montreal steak seasoning. 😁

[@RandomlyAwkward1]

Hey Tom… do you have an email to send you a question? Thanks…Mike

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Email us at [e-mail]

[@Lordlindef]

Scared under the bridge????😂😂😂😂😂 Omg tragic

[@georgemulligan8958]

It's a shame that you have to expose the desecration of the American flag. Shame on you. As a captain I would not allow that in my department too many heroes have given their life for the red white and blue

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Desecration?

[@doubled2727]

Before displaying a Blue Line flag, you may want to consider that, while not illegal, many citizens, including those who strongly support law enforcement, have a negative reaction to this appropriation of the American flag. They may also want to consider whether they think it violates the U.S. Flag Code's standards. The provision of the Flag Code that opponents of the Blue Line flag say it violates is: "The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature." I enjoy your videos.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

I fly both flags and support both law enforcement, our military and above all, our Country.

[@Nobamaable]

Wow...some snowflake out there will always be offended... no matter the great intentions of the person. I say any form that represents our great flag, and our law enforcement heroes is fine in my book. Shame on you for questioning this man's patriotism.

[@edwardranno7119]

The guy is looking at the flag all torn up