The New River in Fort Lauderdale - North Fork

I love going to the various parks on the New River.
Why is the name "The New River" you might wonder? Like many things, no one seems to know for sure. Some say, it was named the "Himmarshee" River by the Seminole Indians - which Translates to "New Water" - because the river appeared after a storm.
Others think it was named by American map makers in the early 1920s because the river kept shifting its course - and they had to regularly update the maps and would designate it on the maps as the "New" river.
But since I don't have a boat [and don't want a boat] exploring the river by air is plenty good enough for me - all the places you can only see by boat - or by air.
This was my initial survey of the river - most of this I flew it at 100 feet - so I can see how high the sailboat masts are before I create a scenic video.
the part near the end?
I was at 68 feet and as you can see - there is at least one mast only slightly shorter than that.
Val

[@riverreachisland7915]

Great job and thanks for sharing! Cool boat life here in Fort Lauderdale.

[@valgetv]

thank you for your kind words

[@JamesofQPR]

Nice video..Thanks

[@valgetv]

thank you for sharing that. shine on!

[@carolyn_s]

Wow, those are some tight corners for those big boats. I enjoy how smooth your videos are and foloowing along on the map.

[@valgetv]

Thank you for your kind words! Val

[@CaptHank]

Had to go up this river to Jackson Marine Center to have major repairs to my vessel, after the 2004 hurricanes.

[@slosher42]

nice job

[@stefanhakansson7316]

So beautiful and wonderful 🇸🇪

[@valgetv]

thank you!

[@user-on4km7no8e]

that palm frond falling(: >)

[@valgetv]

i felt the exact same way lol. val

[@derjaeger3321]

Is that a Riva? I cannot identify the brand of Yacht. What ever she’s a beauty and the pilot has some skills dealing with tight waters.

[@valgetv]

I dunno. i tend to fly high enough so that peeps cannot really see or hear the drone… so not close enough to see yacht names or brands. and ya the guy is good for sure. some yachts here are so big it takes 2 tug boats - fore and aft - to navigate around sailboat bend. val

[@derjaeger3321]

@@valgetv Yes large boats. As my old college roomie always said ‘You gotta have the cash’

[@valgetv]

love is all there is. just sayin. val

[@Gravitationalist]

I've been getting to know the downtown area recently. Love those old neighborhoods.

[@valgetv]

me too! have you see the old place near cooley’s landing marina that has a railroad car parked next to the house? its trippy

[@valgetv]

just saw your videos - brother from another mother 🦋 rock on dude!

[@Gravitationalist]

@@valgetv That's the marina under the bridge if I'm remembering correctly. I don't remember seeing the railroad car but I may have just forgotten. I'll keep an eye out.

[@valgetv]

the address of the place is 712 Bryan Place. There is a big hedge, but if you stop at the driveway, there is a wide view of the place - and to the south of the big house is a railroad train car. It caught my eye, and i stopped because i was like “Whoa, is that a railroad car [caboose?] next to that house? And yep it is lol. Val

[@Gravitationalist]

@@valgetv I've been down that street but didn't notice it. It's on Google street view though so just took a look. Cool!

[@patentexperts1675]

Interesting

[@ricardoarnal2049]

It´ll be very interesting to film a video from the beginning (at the sea) to the inner part where the big yachts arrive, ( including some of the most important ramifications), in order to know a litle bit more this river so important. I know it´s a hard job, but very interesting ... How do you see? Thanks.

[@valgetv]

I will do most of the river, as well as the tarpon river. I cannot follow the boats out to sea because you cannot get FAA LAANC approval for the port of everglades [where the boats enter the sea] - because the FLL airport is sooo close. I appreciate the comment. 😘 val

[@ricardoarnal2049]

First of all, Thank you for responding. I figured it wouldn´t be easy to get an approval, may be filmed from the SE 17 th St. bridge ... There´s another posibility to film the video from a boat, with a wide-angle camera that can record both banks of the river at the same time. Greetings.@@valgetv

[@gamakoadventure2742]

This use DJI air 3 drone ?

[@valgetv]

yes

[@LTTUSA]

And thats how you steer a twin engine boat without touching the steering wheel ..

[@valgetv]

gotta love peeps with skills. i totally respect that. develop a Mastery of something, anything, whatever your heart desires. Because you can. Thanks for your observation. Val