Stuck on a sandbar at Stump Pass

February, 2021
We head north this time from Punta Gorda with the new 60 Princess to an old favorite spot, Stump Pass. Well, the winds shifted and we woke up on a sandbar. But, with some ingenuity and sweat, we persevered.

[@ronaldsimmons8346]

Love how the music keep raising till the speakers get blown.

[@BH-gm2zj]

Very cool. Spent many times at Stump Pass and Gorda. Well Done!!

[@HoustonBrownPhotography]

Right now I’m answering you from that very place but, LOL, and we hit the dirt again. Got ourselves off again. They’ll be a video on that coming soon. Have you ever been to the lighthouse Grill at stop Pass? That’s where we are now.

[@barryholiday8998]

Glad I found your channel. Going to watch your other videos now.

[@jeffalexander544]

Yuengling for a sundowner… 😜🍻 Great shot of the dolphins!

[@HoustonBrownPhotography]

Thank you jeff

[@timborek7109]

Fantastic shots of dolphins playing in your wake!

[@Javservice]

This is why you spend the $200 on a SeaTow membership.. you can tell these people are rookies…

[@jonboatnationandstuff3301]

I couldn't help but notice that you guys might share the same canal with Happly Ours!

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Not this Happy Ours! We’re in Cape Coral!

[@jimmclaughlin5930]

Nice!! Living in PG isles when I win the lottery I to will be there LOL I did two beautiful days on Charlotte harbor last april coming back down this april for home hunting and more fun just not in the isles thank god for holidaze boat rentals made a visit to stump pass park and Boca Grande will be back in april Thank you for this great video I love it!! And PG.

[@GBMG48220]

Question? Is the sand soft enough not to hurt the drive system, or was it luck? I have seen a few videos of boats getting stuck on sandbars, and usually no damage. Used to being on lakes where I live. We don't really have that problem.

[@HoustonBrownPhotography]

It does not take much to bend a prop with that much weight and momentum, even at super slow idle or even drifting. This grounding did bend a prop. :(

[@markjacobsen3860]

You should trade those pods for tank tracks for all the skinny water you like running in.

[@HoustonBrownPhotography]

No pods on this boat but I hear you about the tracks. The owner likes to ride the edge and takes the boat into places that others may not venture. Most of the time he gets away with it but sometimes we don't. All part of it I suppose.

[@ronaldharmon9891]

3:50 nice Horizon 👍

[@HoustonBrownPhotography]

Agreed but the captain was an ass. He waked us and knocked all kinds of gear off our tables. Not a courteous thing to do at all.

[@ronaldharmon9891]

@@HoustonBrownPhotography I saw him coming up from behind later in the video. Grrrrr

[@joewilliams918]

@@HoustonBrownPhotography The world is full of assholes that don’t care about the wake they throw.

[@neillee3793]

Is it typical to anchor in that spot, looks like you're in the channel thoroughfare?

[@HoustonBrownPhotography]

We are pretty much out of the main channel where the actual traffic goes by but there is really not much of that most of the time.

[@zonzeven]

Music is very loud.

[@williamkinn5959]

Good video but the vaping turns me off.

[@HoustonBrownPhotography]

Not a fan myself but you can't please everyone.

[@bigcheezmoe]

Yawn........

[@johngrant7696]

Question. That wasn’t a paid captain was it?

[@HoustonBrownPhotography]

Owner operated.

[@johndodi]

Doesn’t that overpriced boat have a depth gauge alarm? My 16 foot John boat has a depth gauge alarm ‼️

[@landandseaadventures]

generally don't here it in the overpriced beds down in the cabin when you are asleep. 😄