Great Loop Route

Welcome to What Yacht To Do, a Great Loop Documentary. Today Rev and Sam are moving from Harborwalk Marina in Georgetown, South Carolina to Osprey Marina in south Myrtle Beach and then on to Myrtle Beach Yacht Club in north Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
We are cruising around America's Great Loop and selected a Carver named the Here's To Us!! as our Great Loop boat. So much goes into Great Loop planning and we share every trip with you. Welcome aboard!
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[@imperfect2013]

That boat looks like a Fleming to me. Check out Tony Fleming KZbin channel, FlemingYachts for some amazing video logs of his travels aboard 'Venture'.

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Thanks!

[@imperfect2013]

@@WhatYachtToDo, Sam, check out the Fleming boat monitoring system in this link kzbin.info/www/bejne/poSXi3VojJiFhsk

[@lindacothran8906]

Sure enjoyed your videos....

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Thanks for coming along with us, Linda!

[@danielberube7436]

Looks like a Fleming

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Thanks!

[@thomasdoig7227]

I'm curious as to why you choose to use "securite" vs. "pan pan"?

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Sent you an email, but briefly, MAYDAY - Immediate Danger: PAN PAN - Urgent Situation; SECURITE - potential navigational hazard.

[@elmiguel6725]

Pop corn??? No gobba gool

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[@chrisrourke8404]

Nice job docking both of you. How do you choose bow in or stern in?

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Marinas will dictate sometimes. If not, you can choose. Then take depth, location of power, and view into account.

[@TheFincastleHokie]

Great info on passing through the Rock Pile...I had seen that as a problem area in my reading and wanted to see how someone actually navigated it...

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Not too bad if you stay in the middle! Looking forward to technology of forward looking sonar being made affordable.

[@richardbohlingsr3490]

My daughter and her family like Myrtle beach and spend a lot of their vacation time down there. Both her children are AFROTC one senior at USC Columbia and one freshman at Clemson. I hope you had a great time there and had lots of yummy food and drink as well. I thought your bow in docking went very well and safe.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thanks for sharing! Sam did 23 years in the USAF! ✈

[@EllwoodSunnell]

Very nice video. We live just North of Myrtle Beach (OIB) and know the water you traveled well. Good idea to call the swing bridge for traffic before entering the Rock Pile area. Like your idea of using NavX and Live Captain for routing. I'm going to try that myself.

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Thanks for the note and for following us!

[@captainskippy6622]

Interesting video. I love the water but yachts are not in my retirement check! We do the land yacht with a 37ft fifth wheel. Could you tell me where the RV park you passed early in the video was? Hope you’re hunkered down for the tropical storm headed our way.

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We are okay, thanks. I think the RV park was around Mile Marker 340.

[@budgrazioli116]

At the 8:40 mark of the video, that is the Bucksport Marina and RV Campground. bucksportplantation.com/

[@tomkelly2497]

Fleming 55, and that is the boat I want to do the loop on!! Someday!!??

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It's a beautiful boat for sure!

[@chrisrourke8404]

It’s too bad there isn’t a Fleming 45 Loop Edition... would be perfect!

[@earnestmetz9834]

At 9:12,looks like a Fleming 55 or 58.

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Got it! Thanks

[@jimgavin1761]

Yeah it's a Fleming.

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[@robertellingson5457]

fleming

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Thanks Robert!

[@billransom1065]

Sam and Bev, thanks for the tip regarding Navionics, Active Captain and Garmin. I just created a track by following your instructions. Love your videos!!!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Hi Bill, So glad we were able to help! Sam & Rev

[@stevebelmonte1713]

I really appreciate you showing more docking. Love it and it makes it so fun to watch you both communicating. Keep showing some of the docking from Rev’s perspective. We bought the headsets you recommend on your website and absolutely love them. We will be leaving Seabrook Texas hopefully in October weather permitting. We will be heading down to our home in Big Pine Key Florida and then leaving January for the Bahamas. Then in April we will continue the great loop.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thanks Steve. Always love hearing from a fellow Texan! Hopefully our paths will cross in the future. Be safe and fair winds and seas to you! Sam & Rev

[@davidingraham1989]

“The Rock Pile” - I don’t know about that. This would require a discussion with the Admiral. Great video.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

It is really not a problem, just requires staying on the line! Cheers, Sam

[@larrydicenzo987]

Great video, loved your filming of docking at the end. Good job Captain and First Mate.

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Thank you Larry!

[@rusdavies3831]

Awesome! UFT - Unidentified Tow (no AIS) and the "Rock Pile", you are still having new experiences as you travel along America's Great Loop. Great educational segment on route planning. You and Rev are now are operating like a well oiled machine!! The docking segment demonstrates this very well.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Yes, it is one surprise after another. But it keeps us on our toes!

[@sop2510]

Other than burning very expensive diesel fuel and going nowhere at speed, what is the purpose of these trips?

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Going nowhere? We have seen parts of Canada and the US that we have never seen before. We are on the Great Loop - a 6,000 mile journey around the eastern part of the US and southern Canada. We only have about 20 more miles left. You can see a map of our route on our website at WhatYachtToDo.com

[@craigrelan2346]

The boat that passed you going North was a Flemming, it looked about a 55 footer

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Thanks Craig!

[@garyfilipas8747]

Big thumbs up on the docking......slow and steady baby!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thanks Gary! Hope you and Kim are doing well!

[@sop2510]

It is the Siau Bridge, built in the early Seventies. The Lafayette Bridge was a twin-span swing bridge, built in 1935-36.

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Thanks Bob!

[@jomarkelly3932]

Nice job docking! Safe travels...

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Thanks! :-)

[@dcbarnum]

Did you pick the barge up on AIS?

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[@leodimonda5328]

Great Video. You guy's Rock

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Thanks Leo!

[@byronstyron3893]

Another fun video Rev and fine example of boat maneuvering Capt. Sam. Do you guys have a favorite type of scenery? Thanks again for bringing us along, smooth sailing and fair weather wishes.

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Thanks Byron! We loved the Georgian Bay and North Channel the best!

[@waltsmith9583]

The boat is a Flemming 55 - approx 9 minute mark.

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Thanks Walt!

[@donkeller9044]

Yep it's a Fleming. Once you know them you can spot them a mile away. A good way to identify the Fleming's as it's passing is,they have a Blue and Red/White "F" at the just above the rail at the end of the portuguese bridge, (Midship). Not to mention they are beautiful boats and have a really classy style. There were a couple traveling the loop last year. Golden Daze was one I remember. I'm enjoying your adventure and thanks for all the great info!,

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Thank you Don. Yes, we met them and another Fleming. That's why it looked familiar, but I could not place it. Thanks for the tips on how to identify! Sam

[@yumpinyiminy963]

Boating people with larger boats are the best! Totally different life style.

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We are loving it! Sam & Rev

[@reloksat]

Our former Mayor Phil Hardberger owns one and did the Great Loop with it a couple of years ago. He also flew B-47s before he became a lawyer, judge, etc...

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Excellent! 😎

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Very interesting and small boating world!

[@dcbarnum]

You answered that question in the video, thanks.

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[@reloksat]

Great boat handling Captain!

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Thanks Dwight!

[@fergiedi69]

I believe that boat you saw was a Fleming, nice boats.

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Very nice indeed. Thanks. Sam

[@BIGDOGS05]

First timer, this is really cool ,and learn a good bit, ps be on the look out for a barge .Great video

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👍

[@richardkaiser2969]

Another nice video - thanks for the tips on Navionics and Active Captain - very helpful!

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Glad it was helpful for you! 😎

[@richardkaiser2969]

Next video demo we're looking for is exporting Bob's course to Garmin. That would be helpful. I hope you get back to Cutters before the hurricane tracks north. If you need a slip a bit south of the Bay Bridge and on the protected east shore of the Chesapeake, let me know and you can use my slip at Bay Bridge Marina (since my boat is still in Connecticut). It's 50 x 19.

[@yumpinyiminy963]

What's your air draft?

[@WhatYachtToDo]

We can get down to 17' 3" if we fold down the anchor light, wind vane and FM antennae.

[@stevetadlock5223]

Nice boat handling!

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Thanks 👍

[@terrycraven9125]

Thanks once again for a wonderful experience , love traveling with you as you go along the great loop . Hope to join in next year as I retire and plan to get my marine trader out on the great loop . The boat is In Delaware right now but planning to head down to New Bern NC later this fall . That will be my home starting point . Form Duck Creek Marina .

[@WhatYachtToDo]

So great to have you onboard. Maybe we will see you out there on the water! Sam & Rev

[@johnwootton836]

Fleming

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:-)

[@timmoore7282]

Fleming

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😎

[@barneyrubel8703]

That vessel was a fleming yacht. Getting close now. Can we expect loop 2.0? 😆

[@WhatYachtToDo]

Oh, YES! Once is not enough!