I enjoy following your journey around America's Great Loop. Your vlogs are inspiring and give me great ideas for future travels - keep up the great work.
Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words. Perhaps we'll see you out on the water or somewhere along America's Great Loop. It's been an epic journey so far. 😎
I have friend who is more or less bedridden. She enjoys your travels a lot! Gives her the chance to get out and see the rest of reality!! Thx for your videos.
We could obviously live without the mast-we did for a couple thousand miles-but the mast serves a couple functions that make it worth hanging onto. For one, the mast is an integral part of the mast-and-boom that we use to deploy and stow the dinghy on the boat deck. We usually don't need that function because we hang the dinghy from the back of the boat in a separate dinghy davit, but we do stow the boat on the boat deck for big water crossings or if we're anticipating particularly rough seas. The dinghy is just more secure up there. Additionally, the taller mast gives us space for our radar (higher radar generally gives greater range) and other equipment, such as our wind anemometer and anchor light. We really enjoy having the lower height so we don't have to pause for as many bridges to raise, but it's generally better for us to have the mast up. Thank you for asking! 😎
We did need passports for the Canadian part of the trip. Both Canada and the US have nice, easy-to-access and use border crossing systems for boaters. The process on both sides can be done completely over the phone, although there's always the chance that a border control officer may decide to come aboard to conduct a search, view documents, or ask additional questions. We crossed into Canada and back into the US twice on this Loop, and the agents all four times were friendly, professional, patient, and efficient. It was all easy-peasy!
I enjoy following your journey around America's Great Loop. Your vlogs are inspiring and give me great ideas for future travels - keep up the great work.
Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words.
Perhaps we'll see you out on the water or somewhere along America's Great Loop. It's been an epic journey so far. 😎
I have friend who is more or less bedridden. She enjoys your travels a lot! Gives her the chance to get out and see the rest of reality!! Thx for your videos.
That encourages us! Thank you for letting us know, and please tell your friend HI from us...and Sailor too. 😉
If your antennae are down for thousands of miles, why does the boat need a mast of that size? Is that more for when you’re out at sea?
We could obviously live without the mast-we did for a couple thousand miles-but the mast serves a couple functions that make it worth hanging onto.
For one, the mast is an integral part of the mast-and-boom that we use to deploy and stow the dinghy on the boat deck. We usually don't need that function because we hang the dinghy from the back of the boat in a separate dinghy davit, but we do stow the boat on the boat deck for big water crossings or if we're anticipating particularly rough seas. The dinghy is just more secure up there.
Additionally, the taller mast gives us space for our radar (higher radar generally gives greater range) and other equipment, such as our wind anemometer and anchor light.
We really enjoy having the lower height so we don't have to pause for as many bridges to raise, but it's generally better for us to have the mast up.
Thank you for asking! 😎
Did you need passports for the Canadian portion?
We did need passports for the Canadian part of the trip.
Both Canada and the US have nice, easy-to-access and use border crossing systems for boaters. The process on both sides can be done completely over the phone, although there's always the chance that a border control officer may decide to come aboard to conduct a search, view documents, or ask additional questions.
We crossed into Canada and back into the US twice on this Loop, and the agents all four times were friendly, professional, patient, and efficient. It was all easy-peasy!