We Ran Aground... and that wasn't the worst of it | Great Loop Disaster

[@AbroadReachTravel]

I know this was one of your worst days but we wouldn’t have met otherwise and meeting you all was one of the highlights of our trip north! 🥰 Also…at 08:10 when you passed us, was the closest I’ve come to running a ground on the ICW, the depth sounder said zero 😂 That section between Charleston and Georgetown is no joke!!

[@SchoandJo]

For real! This was the silver lining… y’all are amazing 🙏🙏

[@chrism1164]

Wow! What a day! Good job! 👍🏽

[@ThePassportCouple]

Great video guys, way to stay cool and push through it all. You did an awesome job with tough circumstances 👏

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks y’all!

[@danaligon2562]

Wow, best episode yet for us dreamers…to learn about the good and the bad. What an awesome boating community there is out there. Thank you for the videos.

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks so much Dana! Today wasn’t the best but hey, there’s always room to improve!

[@ohbuoy4570]

Great job figuring out where to anchor. It is a learned skill...sometimes by trial and error LOL. It may not feel like it, but you are doing every right!

[@SchoandJo]

Haha thanks… sometimes it’s a big learning experience like today, others it all goes according to plan. Thanks to your advice for anchoring in Georgetown, we did much better later!

[@turbo2ggst]

Used to live in Charleston. Next time you guys swing through. Check out the West Ashley area and Folly Beach.

[@SchoandJo]

Funny that we are actually cruising there today in real time from Beaufort 😂 thanks for the timely recommendation haha!

[@turbo2ggst]

@@SchoandJo aw! No kidding! I'm ironically headed from Ohio to Michigan to prep our F-32 Trojan for a late April Launch back to Ohio. If you guys need a dock spot in the Western Basin of Lake Erie let us know! Randy Patience Liam and our doggo Boone. Ps-Pearlz in West Ashley was my favorite!

[@kCI251]

Bull Creek near Charleston is a great place to visit. The shoals and shifty bottom sands do make for poor anchoring. Bull Island is a great place to stop, it's uninhabited and has an incredible beach.

[@Natter20002]

Nice you can easily hear each other from the bridge to the bow so you don’t have to additionally shout to each other on top of stress

[@SchoandJo]

For sure - otherwise we'd need headsets (or "marriage savers" as their called) 😁

[@lowready2991]

Your officially a Capt now that you've grounded lol

[@SchoandJo]

Haha! There’s the bright side

[@SchoandJo]

Do you have recommendations for future stops along America’s Great Loop? Please share them with us here! forms.gle/WsnG16jUfMRYtCyp9

[@carolwestermann5309]

Dolphins, dancing, biscuits, running aground and dragging anchor. What a day.👍👍👍

[@SchoandJo]

Highs and lows! Boatlife….

[@debakey7111]

I know everyone has opinions about anchors but you might want to consider spending the money on a Mantus anchor. We slept like babies with that anchor. It works well on any bottom except rock. Cuts right through grass. We'll never have any other Anchor again.

[@SchoandJo]

Funny enough we actually just decided to invest in a mantus and sized up! We are super excited to give it a shot - glad its your recommendation as well!

[@debakey7111]

@@SchoandJo you’ll love it!

[@Natter20002]

@@SchoandJo that’s what I bought but I’m up north and everything is frozen so I haven’t tried it yet. Do you like it ? Ah actually just looked and I guess mine is called a Manson Supreme

[@rodneythetall8877]

I know this well past the time of this video but at time marker 6:08 your helm seems to be loose, you should check the nut under the center cap to see if the nut is coming loose. There should be a cotter pin in it to keep the nut from coming off but it may have been left off. Enjoy your videos. One day may be.

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks for the comment! You are 100% right, and actually, in a few videos, the wheel did come off as we were cruising... wish we had known the signs but all worked out!

[@rodneythetall8877]

So sorry to hear that. Oh no spoiler, just kidding. Just watching your videos now with the very remote dream of doing the loop.

[@SchoandJo]

Hopefully, it works out and you can find your way out on the Loop! Otherwise, we hope watching our videos gives you some enjoyment @@rodneythetall8877

[@COPPER71]

I highly recommend a large danforth anchor. I've never really seen an anchor like the one you use but I've never had a danforth anchor lose it's hold on the bottom. Just drop it in let it your chain out then set it by bumping the boat in reverse until it grabs and holds against the power of the engine

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@r.williamcomm7693]

At one time the markers above Charleston near McClellanville were reversed. Look at the tragedy of the Morning Dew sailboat.

[@SchoandJo]

Wow... just read an article regarding that. What a tragic event...

[@jeff_newriver6350]

Hang in there! What an adventure!

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks Jeff - we appreciate you watching!

[@jameshamre8778]

You haven't done the ICW unless you've touched the bottom. I know this is months late but that flapping life vest belt around the chain when it was coming up up was scary. Tuck it in or cut cut it off! Loose clothes around the windless can be a real hazard. I'm enjoying your trials and tribulations, good luck and enjoy the adventure!

[@SchoandJo]

Good call James - we'll look into that! As we've heard it said, you're a captain of the intracoastal once you've touched the bottom so 👨‍✈️👍

[@AdventuresofAplusK]

What. A. Day! 😱😅 But ice cream makes everything better! And dolphins!

[@SchoandJo]

One that we won’t ever forget… it was a few days in one haha

[@donaldjackson278]

This video shows that you made a Great choice on choosing your boat. Having a single engine Trawler with a keel that protects the prop and rudder was a Great decision. You need to change out that anchor to feel safer you have lost confidence in the one you are using now. Thanks for the videos from a future looper.

[@SchoandJo]

Right on point Donald! This was one of our key factors in picking this boat - it is great to learn. Very forgiving for new boaters!

[@harryfritter8266]

I live in Colorado in the mountains and I've always wondered about something. When you run aground, could you use a heavy anchor and long rope and a winch to get unstuck? I have a land anchor on my jeep and use it when a tree isn't available. I went sailing in the Bahamas once and we ran aground and was thinking it might work with a long rope to get a good pull angle. A 15k winch for a truck isn't too expensive. I won't bug you guys anymore, I really like your channel

[@SchoandJo]

I think that is definitely possible... There is a technique called kedging and I think people can use that to help get off the ground. Hopefully we never have to use it but I think the Chapmans book (which we have onbaord) talks about it. Sounds very similar to what you have with your Jeep!

[@stan4d1969]

Might be time for a newer/bigger anchor..?

[@SchoandJo]

100% stay tuned to figure out the one we get!

[@haroldconnell2973]

You are now a boater, good job staying cool

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks Harold!

[@pappyshea2944]

Be carefull of your extra long strap on your life vest, if it gets in the chain, it would drag you into the windless. Otherwise, i am enjoying your voyage.

[@SchoandJo]

Great advice, thank you!

[@davidingraham1989]

I kinda knew that sooner or later… . I’m sure that my turn is coming. Thanks. D.

[@SchoandJo]

We were warned about other sections of the ICW but this one should have been fine according to all our navigation sources… oh well - it was a great learning experience 😃

[@Godofthemoon1]

You will figure it out nobody is born with this knowledge we all have trial and error moments nobody got hurt and the boat is good so your fine

[@SchoandJo]

Definitely learning those lessons... Totally agree, no one got hurt and no expensive damage - so good lessons to learn! Just lost a little sleep and maybe a few more grey hairs.

[@daveperkins7645]

I dont know if anyone has pointed this out, but you should have your pfd fitted and the excess strap rolled and taped. Your tag end flopping around next to the operating windless had me feeling like I do when I watch somebody doing shit up high, like that horrible lower gut stuff. Obviously, even if it got wrapped around the chain there would be fail points on the pfd that would just tear it off you, and not take you with it (hopefully) but at best you could jam up your anchoring system, at worst you could get injured directly or be knocked off balance and suffer potential fall injury. I know you guys have gorrilla tape or duct tape on that rig. 2 min of your life and $0.07 of tape to eliminate a potential safety issue seems quick and cheap to me. I know how I sound, but I just hate watching that stuff, cause of that one in a million freak occurence that ends up as a cautionary clip on GMA, dont want that to be you guys, you seem cool enough, and the puppy force is strong with you, and you are literally beginning the dream life that I'll never have. I now plan on living it vicariously through you guys, so let's not take unwanted risks. (Makes it easier on you anyway, in my experience anyway, put on ur pfd, snug it to where you want it, back off an inch or 2 on each side, roll or fold the tag end, wrap that a time or two with tape. Now your still a little adjustable but your 90% fitted and no catch hazards flopping around in the wind. Just sayin) Anywhoozle enjoy every second, even the terrifying ones ("calm seas, do not a skilled sailor make"- er... Yoda?) If I ever play and win a lottery I'll be doing it myself one day and thereafter until I pass on, that's the dream. Best wishes, look forward to more from you guys. Rant complete.

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks so much for pointing this out Dave! We are going to be fixing it, good call!

[@br5498]

Jenn wasn’t at the wheel…. You ran aground….just sayin’

[@SchoandJo]

Haha yes! At least now I'm a captain of the intracoastal (as they say) 😂