Crossing The Gulf Stream back to the USA. Rough Waters Off the Coast of Miami. E140

[@abguy4]

SOMEBODY IS BECOMING AN EXCELLENT VIDEO EDITOR. NICE WORK YOU GUYS XOXOXOX

[@tryingnottosink9107]

I guess I have been getting some practice. I wish I had more time to make them better. I am envious of the fulltime boaters who get to spend days editing before releasing a video. I give it one day and do the best I can in that time frame.

[@rogerblackwood8815]

There's a nice relaxed vibe around this channel👍 No look at me types, just two nice people and some friends enjoying a lovely boat and using it for what it was meant for! I might be wrong, but I think this is the only boating channel with engines and no sails that I have seen on the tube? I admire the sails type, but give me an engine and a 10Kn cruise any day😎

[@Prototheria]

There are a ton of stinky boat channels out there, but most are just loopers. There's also Searching For C-Shels, Mermaid Monster, and a few other "also rans" that I can't remember. They're out there, though. TBH, I think the best cruising channel (blow boat or otherwise) was The O'Kelly's before they stuck their name on a bag of coffee.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks. We appreciate that. We try to be as realistic as we can when we shoot the videos. The good and the bad. There are a couple of other good power boat channels but no where near as many as the sailing channels. We like Oloh and C-Shells, but there are a few others.

[@rogerblackwood8815]

@@tryingnottosink9107 Thanks for the tips, fair seas to you both🍻

[@RoyDu812]

Great video, Merry Christmas Lynn and Captain Ed. I appreciate your videos this year it added some light in a sometime troublesome world.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks, Merry Christmas to you too!

[@shawnboren2933]

I love watching and pretending to ride along. :) Someday I hope to have my own boat and bar hop and follow the best weather with you guys. Stay cool and best wishes!

[@tryingnottosink9107]

You can do it! We'll save a seat for you!

[@steelerdog1456]

Love your adventures. Nice shirt! I'll be at Caribbean Jacks tomorrow for a couple. Safe travels to the two of you Captian and happy holidays

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Happy holidays! Lyn keeps buying me t-shirts. I don't know why.

[@Niagra2011]

My pet peave with the weather band was announcing seas 3’ or less and I am getting hammered out there saying yeah this one is a 3’ White Cap on top of a 5’ Breaker! Great channel you two. Thanks for all you do.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Although it is nice when they tell you 3 footers and it turns out to be 1 foot!

[@CaptainJack-Marshall]

Enjoyed the ride along today, very relaxing to watch someone else deal with the helm (LOL). See you on our next adventure. It’s a Pirate’s Life for Me.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@etc-and-more]

Had the same t-head at Las Olas last year when we had to come in for repairs. Nice place to be, lots to do. Also seem to have frequent issues with wave forecasts from various sources, doesn't look like you had too many issues but we've certainly turned around heading back to Port Everglades from Bimini and from Key West to Miami - a flexible plan is always the best plan.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

You are right, a flexible plan is a must for boaters!

[@xpresident]

Awesome video again! Too funny watching your wife get a cold drink! Hysterical

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks 👍

[@JScott-pt6hm]

CHEERS!!!!!!!! Cannot wait to see the Keys... ENJOY!

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Cheers!

[@Corvette_pilot]

5:59 I love that Sportfish yacht! 😮

[@ivanbrgic]

Thank you for great relaxing video

[@tryingnottosink9107]

You're welcome 😊

[@anthoneyking6572]

Great to see you both very Relaxed and looking really good Great Vlog Stay Safe thank you

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thank you 😊

[@timothyzingg4226]

I loved the footage of her getting the drink, like running a gauntlet.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We know it is getting choppy when Ed needs to sit down to pee!

[@twade36577]

I just discovered you guys. Great stuff! I could watch this all night. Fort Lauderdale boater here. Would love to live on a big Hatt someday.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Awesome! Thank you! Plenty more videos are on the way!

[@garypoltonowicz7950]

Great video! Like the relaxed part at the end especially! Quiet with just the 2 of you now… no worries about hosting lol

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Glad you enjoyed! But it is only a matter of days before Lyn throws me into the ocean!

[@phillipsiviter2024]

A really great update, wishing you both a very happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous new year.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well!

[@dirtyoldfarmhand3]

Awesome

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks!

[@paulkelly4731]

The Hatteras you were berthed beside at Las Olas was a Sister ship to mine, 63MY. Safe travels.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Nice yacht! The owner was nice as well.

[@TERMIN8TOR99]

Were from Michigan too, we boat on Lake St. Clair.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

They are from Vicksburg.

[@craigc.7033]

Me to, Michigan and boat on Lake St. Clair.

[@krautAmerican]

@@craigc.7033 I am at KAM marine Detroit.....lake st clair

[@krautAmerican]

me too my 36 grand banks is at KAM marine Detroit

[@krautAmerican]

you got some new Bob Dylan shades very cool

[@tryingnottosink9107]

I lost my previous pair in the Bahamas when a gust of wind too them off the bow. Learned my lesson - do not set them down on the deck box while in deep water!

[@Dullbg]

Dude, you should understand that 4-5 secs intervals on 2-3 ft will make your ride bumpy. It will be bumpy even at 6-7 secs intervals. Above 7 secs is more like a rolls and the ride will be smooth. You can have a 4-5 ft sea at 10 secs and great ride, but experience bumpy and super chopy seas at under 6-7sec. Wave intervals are very very very important.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

I do understand that. It was one of the first things I learned when I started going out into the ocean.

[@waynecummins9713]

Great video as usual 👌 🇬🇧

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks!

[@timswope8423]

Publix heaven

[@krautAmerican]

Merry Christmas Ed and Lynn and family and the birdy

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Merry Christmas to you as well!

[@kusrindhamawongse2670]

Hat Off for both of you! GF

[@tryingnottosink9107]

"Hat" off. Very funny! See you tonight!

[@12000Jetlag]

Another great video! Thanks so much sharing your adventures. My boat is currently under wrap for the winter on Lake Erie. This gives me my boating fix! Safe travels

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks! We are stuck in our Pier 5 slip all winter, but at least I get to edit the videos from summer.

[@yachtnut5201]

Nice video. Same here on Lake Erie also. Boats in a building for the winter. Merry Christmas all

[@12000Jetlag]

@@yachtnut5201 what part of Lake Erie? I am in Huron Ohio

[@yachtnut5201]

@@12000Jetlag Catawba island west harbor

[@12000Jetlag]

@@yachtnut5201 I have been considering a move to that area from Huron. I have a flybridge and constantly have to worry about water levels to get under the railroad bridge.

[@Theyrun]

Another great video, Ed is that your Twin Brother?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks! David is 9 years younger than me and about 5 inches taller!

[@bnkwupt]

Nice trip! Any chance we can get another video just showing the sights and sounds of a crossing like this? You all have a super nice Hatteras!

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We have crossed three other times and they are in previous videos. I believe we spent more time on the crossing in those videos.

[@bnkwupt]

@@tryingnottosink9107 thanks I’ll check them out.

[@bobfinn346]

You 2 are Great !

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Cheers!

[@terrykeever3280]

Another cool video

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks!

[@AlbuquerqueImaging]

Hi from New Mexico! I found you guys living my dream as I youtubed videos about those Detroits another dream life is a dream

[@tryingnottosink9107]

It was our dream as well. Then we decided to make it happen. Hope you can to some day.

[@AlbuquerqueImaging]

@@tryingnottosink9107 Ha! someday came and went in the 1970's lol I still tie and practice knots. The sea is a wicked master and She along with Circe will whip you freeze you and work you hard all night gone by breakfast. I have lowered my standards!

[@bradwhite6254]

Thanks for taking us along. I wonder what the rough seas would be like in my 28 foot sailboat if they shook your big boat.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

I see people doing it. I see people on that size crossing over to Bimini. In fact, every time I get scared, I look around for a small sailboat on the water and it calms my nerves knowing they are out with me.

[@bradwhite6254]

@@tryingnottosink9107 Ha, we plan to give it a try in a year or two. Might try for the Dry Tortugas first.

[@charlesdavenport2543]

I agree. There's no sense going in to No Name harbor. It gets pretty loud over by the beach bar.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We prefer to stay right outside. The hold is great and it is "supposedly" a no wake zone because of Manatees. But, as you can see on the video, not everyone pays attention to the rules.

[@marktheshark7754]

Do you get the National Weather Service channel on your marine VHF radio? They broadcast locally and are fairly accurate for the next 36 hours. They get local wave height information from weather bouys just offshore.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

I do put that on occasionally, but mostly use the NOAA web site and Windy.com

[@eyeconspiracy]

Check the surf cams on surfline.

[@tuckermogren]

I am curious is there a reason you don't use the lower helm? I don't think we've ever seen you use the lower helm?

[@bruced9053]

You could’ve run inside, No Name harbor sweet. Yes, Miami people can be jerks. Born and raised here…

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We have in the past. A great place to hide from bad weather!

[@jwwj30]

OK Captain Ed, I have to ask. How does your younger brother get to meet & take photos with Bon Jovi? Through his job, big time donation to Bon Jovi’s foundation or just a huge fan? Love all your videos, can’t wait till your next one.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Bon Jovi does yearly concert cruises on one of the big cruise ship lines. The ship is full of hard core fans and he takes time to meet them and sign autographs. They have met him enough times that I think they get invites to small venues that he shows up at.

[@campervanmark3410]

Long time no see

[@tryingnottosink9107]

?

[@markgiven3543]

Did you ever do the Great Loop or have plans to do it?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Not yet. Perhaps in a few years. We want to explore the Bahamas and Caribbean first.

[@bettermost]

Did you remodel the galley?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Not since we added the counter several years ago. Just a different view I guess.

[@krautAmerican]

I always throttle down when I pass by boats at anchor or if they are fishing.......

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We do as well. Even when they are anchored somewhere they shouldn't. The area we anchor in at Biscayne is actually a Manatee zone, so it is no wake all year.

[@2wheelsr2wheels39]

I really expected you to rock and roll with the size of that wake but didn't see a thing. Was that camera stabilization or did nothing really happen?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

It wasn't real bad, and yes, we were using a stabilizer. We have had sport fishers run just off our bow at 30 knots in that area several times. Once they broke almost all our glasses and much of our alcohol.

[@2wheelsr2wheels39]

@@tryingnottosink9107 they can be excused for breaking the glasses. But for the alcohol you should have called the Coast Guard.

[@kevinmccann938]

@@tryingnottosink9107 you have a stabilizer at anchor?

[@TheFalconJetDriver]

It is those inconsiderate boat operators (not Captains) from up North that behave that way! throwing a wake and not caring about anyone else. I do Mean North of PHL of Course!🤣🛫

[@tryingnottosink9107]

😁😁 We find the worse culprits are usually the Sport Fishers, hurrying to get to their favorite spot without consideration to those around them. We anchor in a no-wake, manatee zone, when in Biscayne Bay, and still they go flying by.

[@TheFalconJetDriver]

@@tryingnottosink9107 People just do not have any respect for others anymore.

[@garyamatthews1]

Did you come back south?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Still in Philly.

[@bend5648]

You call that rough weather LMFAO

[@johnfebaines]

Do you use Autopilot? I rarely helm the boat, just set the course and relax.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We use it all the time. Almost always when we are in the ocean, and whenever possible on the ICW.

[@christopherwickershamjr.es5375]

Your stabilizers not working ?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

They work. Although I plan to have them serviced this year.

[@susansutton8537]

What type of boat do you have?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Hatteras 58MY

[@dshogan6174]

You call that rough water?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Not really. 5 foot, 4 seconds is a nuisance. 8 foot is rough.

[@acnconstruction]

Boat drinks

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Always!

[@mrjlbarrett5556]

Like ir

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks!

[@br5498]

BAF