The Top Marina in the Florida Keys (Bahia Honda State Park)

After a long first day on the Loop we pulled up the anchor from a calm nights sleep and left Newfound Harbor. With a split cruise in store for today, we are stopping by the TOP marina in the Florida Keys before arriving at our anchorage for the evening at Boot Key Harbor, Marathon.
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🎥 Episode 202 | Filmed on March 3rd, 2022
🇺🇸 America's Great Loop | Newfound Harbor, Florida
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:20 Anchors Up
02:06 Leaving our protected anchorage
02:58 Entering Bahia Honda
04:11 Why Bahia Honda is one of the top marinas
06:16 Hiking around Bahia Honda
07:35 Its a hot day
08:23 We have to leave
09:24 Out of the protection into the ocean
11:50 Entering Boot Key Harbor, Marathon
12:43 Anchors Down Marathon
14:30 Bloops
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Hi! We are high school sweethearts from Atlanta, Georgia who decided to take a year off to travel around the world. Together we decided to create vlogs for our journey as a fun way to remember it. On September 15, 2019, we left Atlanta with 3 bags, 2 one-way tickets, and 1 goal of traveling for a whole year. Little did we know, 6 months later we would find ourselves in a nationwide lockdown in India. After spending 5 months in India, we came back to the United States and decided to purchase a 34’ Trawler, dive head first into boat life, and kick off America’s Great Loop.
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[@tinalouisehenderson8545]

love to see you back at it!!!

[@jhoda141620]

Love the new intro and especially the addition of the map with your location! I’m on a serious Scho & Jo binge trying to catch up to present day! Hope you all are well!

[@SchoandJo]

Thank's so much!!

[@frankrice5364]

Awesome place

[@Bubba-tx1vx]

Just Found you two . love what I see so far and looking forward to binge watching to catch up 😀

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks!

[@mikecopenhaver3707]

Enjoying your videos. Ironically we were in Newfound Harbor the same night as you. We were on a Beneteau Swift Trawler and you can see us anchored in the background at 1:22. Newfound Harbor is one of our favorites.

[@SchoandJo]

Oh sweet!! Love those Beneteaus! Small world 😁

[@lorihutchinson7883]

Love your videos! ❤

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks so much Lori!

[@frankrice5364]

Awesome shots of the sea thank you

[@MrHunkyTony]

Congrats!

[@ClassXIRoads]

Nice ride along thanks for the effort you put into editing and posting.

[@SchoandJo]

Thank YOU for watching James - it is a lot of work but worth it!

[@pap91rt50]

Super melagorgeous!! Will be watching all of your travels. Cheers

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks so much Larry!

[@buckpowers4837]

Great trip and lots of good info for others . Enjoy

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks for watching Buck!

[@mfhairstream6812]

Great state park

[@SchoandJo]

We’d like to go back and spend a few days!

[@tmac709]

Wow....Marathon had tons of all kinds of boats anchored there. Impressive!

[@SchoandJo]

It was like a parking lot 😂

[@COPPER71]

That sure is a lot of boats holy smokes

[@AdventuresofAplusK]

Wow that beach is gorgeous! 😍😍

[@SchoandJo]

And even better on a hot day 😁☀️🏖💯

[@ThePassportCouple]

Ollie in the front window 😂 Bahia Honda looked awesome, definitely adding it to our itinerary after you cross your wake 😉

[@SchoandJo]

Haha for sure! Gotta check it out again!

[@luckymunkey77.]

Hi guys. Well, you guys inspired me to get a boat. She’s a oldie. 1975 Albin 25.. she needs some lovins and a little rubbing…. I’m not quite ready for my loop adventure. But It won’t be too much longer.

[@SchoandJo]

Albin makes a great boat, we met a looper with their 25. A fantastic boat for the loop 😁

[@thomasellwood9699]

I like these daily videos, we wish we were there!

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks Thomas! Hopefully we can keep the videos coming - lots of work but its worth it!

[@sidvid5104]

Came here after watching almost every video from last year, really surprised to see you don't even have 10k subs!!

[@SchoandJo]

One day!! Thanks for sticking with us Siddharth 😁

[@haroldconnell2973]

Great video

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks Harold!

[@brianflanagan4889]

Spent the last two winters living-aboard our sailboat at Bahia Honda. The State park has a program that in exchange for 24hours/week of volunteer work we got a tie up with power and water for three months in the NOOA basin adjacent to the main marina. We took the position during the COVID winter and liked the place so much we retuned this winter.

[@SchoandJo]

Oh thats super cool! Awesome to find those work / stay arrangements!

[@johnsurratt5831]

I camped at Bahia State Park in 1972. It looks totally different, a lot of development. The snorkeling then was fantastic.

[@SchoandJo]

Neat! I bet a ton has changed since then....

[@bobr9689]

Enjoy your daily vlog, especially when you get to the Dismal Swamp Canal. Happy sailing!

[@SchoandJo]

Right on - thanks so much Bob!

[@Janchez]

Smart to have hand signals sorted out for anchoring. As for beam seas sometimes you just have to tack/zigzag to get a comfortable ride by changing you angle to the seas. I think you mentioned this in a prior video. If not we'll that's my tip for the day🙂

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks for the tip Jan!

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

Marathon does look really crowded, but where would you go if a hurricane was coming?

[@krautAmerican]

next episode......bahia toyota

[@SchoandJo]

😂😂

[@CruisingThisOldBoat]

As a kid growing up in South Florida, we camped at Bahia Honda every summer. Great place! I have wanted to revisit by boat but the stated controlling depth is 3.5ft which would be too shallow. What did you see when you were there ?

[@SchoandJo]

Oh neat! We saw plenty, I think towards low tide we saw atleast 5? We draw 3.5, and I asked if 4 would clear and the office said it would 😁

[@TLee-kt5ff]

Best marina on the East Coast is in Oriental North Carolina, River Dunes Marina. The swimming pool, hot tubs, and the steam showers are just a few reasons you need to stop. We always stop on our way back to SC to rest and enjoy all of their amenities.

[@SchoandJo]

Interesting - never heard of this one. Might have to check it out... its hard to pass up the free docks in Oriental though haha

[@TLee-kt5ff]

@@SchoandJo yeah free is good, but if you are in the area and you need to do laundry, provision, and just relax for a few days this place is like a resort. only 2.25 ft.

[@SchoandJo]

@@TLee-kt5ff Makes sense! Will consider it 😁 - thanks for the recommendation!

[@jacktyler7599]

A suggestion for all your stops to come: Include an image of the location(s) your video is presenting. Always helps to have a pic and offers a geographic context for the viewer. That's doubly true when the direction of anticipated weather is mentioned in the story.

[@jacktyler7599]

And when we lived in the Keys, it was always baa-HEE-a Hon-da

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks for the suggestion Jack!

[@trevorzander9387]

Are you planning to come to Canada this summer

[@SchoandJo]

Yes, that is the plan!

[@fredbrillo1849]

Not that it's real important but Bahia Hinda is pronounced BA HEE YA HONDA. I'm old enough to remember driving south over the old bridge in a motor home and swapping side view mirrors with another RV headed north!

[@SchoandJo]

Sweet thanks for the info Fred! That's crazy that you were on the other bridge, can't imaging how tight it would have been with two RVs!

[@fredbrillo1849]

@@SchoandJo Bahia Honda and the 7 mile bridge put a lot of nibble marks in the drivers seat.. it was scary.

[@russgaulke1364]

Hope these new fuel prices are not going to put a crimp in your cruising plans. It seems like the only thing for certain these last couple of years is that it will get worse before it gets better.

[@SchoandJo]

True that... we are just going to keep trucking along a 1.5 gallons an hour and not an ounce more (hopefully) 😁

[@carolwestermann5309]

Hope Ollie had some frozen broccoli after that walk.

[@SchoandJo]

Oh, you bet she did 😁 She deserved it!