CHALLENGING our ALL ELECTRIC SAILBOAT on the Okeechobee Waterway
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- What will happen when we try to take our all electric sailboat through the Okeechobee Waterway only powered by the wind and solar.
Part 1/5 of our sail through the Okeechobee Waterway.
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Captain Ken of the Schooner Stephen Taber in the Penobscot Bay in Maine yells "Ollie Ollie Oxen Free" as the lowered topmost passes under the Deer Isle Bridge seeming VERY CLOSE to all of us from the deck below looking up sharing your fear of not clearing it. 😮😮
ooh maybe we will adopt that! "ollie ollie oxen free!"
Jumped over to feed that YT algorithm. Really enjoy the drone shots of Saoirse going under the bridges. Take care you two.
Youre the best Matt, your extra support is always appreciated!
Cleaning your solar panels calls for one of those long handled squeegee/songes that truckers use for their windshields.
Came to say the same thing, that's what we use and it makes life easier
now whats the fun in that. can't see Beau almost topple over the stern. come on. lol.
I was "holding my breath" on the Wilson Pickett Bridge opening but you guy's nailed it...Good Job Saoirse
Thanks LeRoy! Cool that we could do it under sail!
Is that a Beau-larina balancing on the stern rail? A man of many many talents.
hahaha beaularina LOL
Brian Johnson (A/C D/C) lives on Bird Key.
Hello from Siesta Key Florida.
There's talk about reopening Midnight pass again. 😊🤞🤞
maybe he was the one that was using a chainsaw at 2 am! lol
I always enjoyed going through locks. It is fun watching someone that has never gone through one tying off lines!
movie magic, it was untied as soon as he started to lower.
Great job sailing Captain Brandy...1st video I seen you both in jackets & knit hat 😂
Great to see someone actually sailing on an inland waterway.
I have sailed narrow rivers on cabin cruisers with no engine at all… tacking all the way.
I live in the UK and aim to start full time cruising.
I have always been fascinated by the Okeechobee waterway and a friend recently moved to a house in Cape Coral with a dock. Hope to come through from Atlantic side and be able to visit him and use his dock.
It's a really interesting way to see Florida, we were surprised on how much we really loved it. so beautiful
@@BeauAndBrandy the houses by the water looked so cool. Reminded me of a lot of rivers here in the UK.
Looked scary crossing the lake, it being so shallow.
My friend in Cape Coral had no idea there even was a canal across Florida until I told him.
I would love to try and do the loop up the river and canals from New York and across to Chicago and back down the Mississippi to the Gulf… but the boat I plan to get would be too big… and you have to haul out to get round a low bridge (something like that).
Great video you two. Great job navigating the draw bridges Brandy .
I loved this video! I’m currently stuck at Indiantown marina waiting for the RR bridge to be repaired. I’m looking forward to next weeks video and maybe a chance to continue our journey to the east coast when the bridge finally opens again. I don’t think many people sail across the Okeechobee waterway, y’all are sailing legends!
What boat are you on, we will keep an eye out for ya? where you headed to after Indiantown?
can you not kneel the boat on its side and cross under the bridge.. just an idea..
I cant believe you came passed my house in Cape Coral! Sorry i missed you🤪😝🤣✌️💜
I love that you guys aren't always confident and bounce off each other to get the job done. It makes it more real for those of us that live vagariously through your adventures. Great job guys! Congrats on your first lock. And those bridges are super scary watching from here. lol.
Thank you! We really hope that the reality of it does show through. we think its important to share the inadequacies along with the triumphs, we appreciate that you see this! not everyone does 💛
Better watch that vagarious living. That could get you into some serious trouble.
All those bridges are so those bandits can scope out the Babe Flying the Helm!!
Broken shoulder is on the mend. Keep the videos coming!
Peace Y'all Sean
Thanks Sean!! lol.
I’m only three minutes into the video, but have been watching more than 10 minutes due to all the ads. At this rate, it will take me 100 minutes to finish a 30 minute video.
That was some fine sailing through the Wilson Pickett. Brandy with a sheet in one hand and spinning the helm with the other. Duly impressed!
😊 aww thanks!
Bridges & locks scare the crap out of me! You guys killed it! Great video. We miss you!!
Even though we know we can fit its still nerve wrecking haha. miss you bunches!
I was nervous for you going under the first bridge that opened! 😂
So much fun! ⛵🌉
Thank you guys for such a fun video from an old arm chair sailor. Keep up the good work.
Thank YOU!
Bridges, we too always look up with a little stress and yet laughing. Even when we know we have 3ft/1 meter spare. It is scary, we never get used to it.
Nice video again. Narrated moments, drone shots, male doing the cleaning, serious manouvring, some Victron erotica, passing locks is always fun(especially salt-sweet exchange currents in the lock).
Loved the drone shot of you guys going through under the bridge. Sandy said "Whoo, Hoo" to the shot of Beau doing his little dance.
HAHAHA! I can see her laughing about it 😂
I also worked at a power plant in southern Connecticut for 27yrs as a unit operator. I ran units from 85MWs to 300MWs. This was certainly my dream job.
Lovely sail, you are having fun! Relaxing...almost!
Did the Atlantic side in Stuart all the way to ft Meyers on a jetski a couple of times, stayed the night and returned the next day.
that sounds like it would have been a fun ride!
You both do such a great job sailing your sailboat. Be safe.
Thank you so MUCH Roberta!!
Thanks for sharing i enjoyed
Hi where you were my mom use to live right across from there Pelican Cove it's a beautiful condo complex covered In trees and that is where bird key is and I use to live in Cape Coral Florida and I know where you both are and I love Fort Myers it's a great city
Sanibel and Captiva and I miss Florida
Its SUCH a beautiful area of Florida!
Love watching yalls adventures!!!
The canal and the lock are bigger than I thought, It is easily navigable after all. Cheers
Very successful maneuver in the canal! Keep it up!
Thanks so much Donald. It sure was a pretty sail!
nice aerials!
Nice drone shots of the bridges! Can't wait to see the big O and the intercoastal.
Thanks Denny! __
This passage was a busy one. Thanks for letting me ride along.
We were looking at the same route and the bridge heights - we have 54 feet with our mast. Don't think we gonna make it under some of those. Thanks for the video!
yah would be calling it REAL close. most of the fixed bridges were 54-55 but.... then again, you'll see coming up their is a railroad bridge in port macaya that is only 49 ft. but you could do the limbo under it, depending if you could list your boat that much.
@@BeauAndBrandy Haha - do the limbo - exactly.
Nice job, Brandy!
Thank you!!
Had to haul out in port Canaveral. My max prop wasn't adjusted correctly by our last contractor. Getting the prop adjusted , installing a new through hull for our new water maker, fresh bottom paint, then back to heading to marathon fl to wait out hurricane season. We did get a good shake down accomplished last month though. Can't wait to get down to the Caribbean in November.
That drawbridge passage was intense!
it was pretty cool, nice and slow, it was awesome to experience.
Super cool!
Totally impressed! Bravo!
Great job Brandy.
Thanks 💪⛵
Good job guys.
Great drone work.
I wish I would have known that you guys were going through lake I live right off of the lake.. in Lakeport Florida
We did this trip little over a year ago in December. Every single bridge freaked me out. :D
lol! we feel ya!
Sure enjoyed the video. Great drone shots
Way to go guys! Yes, sailing through bridges can be nerve wracking..even after doing it many times. I echo a previous comment, the drone shots of sailing through the bridge were awesome. Enjoy FL, hope its not too hot!
Thanks Ann! Its definitely Nerve wracking, but so fun and serene! love seeing the sail under the bridge.
Girl power!
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Well done guys
Made that trip was fun hope you stopped at Roland Martin fish camp on the right when u enter the lake good restaurant
Good and cheap food there. Gator bites are some of the best. Cold draft beer was perfect after a stressful day on the water
Used to be free dockage for the night don't know about today
I didn't know you could traverse Florida that way.
US EITHER... and we are from florida! lol. things we didn't even think about before owning a boat.
Good Job Guys'...
Beau said it best - crushing it!!
💪⛵ TURBO SPEED! lol.
I am waiting for someone to show this going under the bridge with a camera on top of the mast. Would be a great comparison between the deck view and the view from the top of the mast.
that would have been cool!
So, don't forget and do it the next time.
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watchin'!
The Okeechobee can save lots of travel time, if you survive the mosquitoes.
tell us about it 😳😳😳. Florida state bird!! Jerks!
That’s some strategic sailing. Great job 👍👍👍. Teamwork, ubetcha 🙂.
Thanks so much Trent!
you guys are awesome! About to do the reverse of this route through the Okeechobee in our electric sailboat next week so this was good to see!
you'll love it. beautiful crossing!
Amazing video. Loved the drone shots and Brandy your maneuvering thru the bridge like a PRO!!!!
Thanks Jorge! 🙌
Great episode! We are currently on the hard in Nova Scotia Canada, get our boat ready to go in the water. Very interesting to watch the all electric part, as I may consider going electric instead of engineless in the future.
Don't know Beau. I think they call yellow chicken. Seagull....... Just thinking out loud. 😁🤣🤣🍺🍺👍👍
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Brought back neat memories..
Yeah, I did forget about all the stickers boats leave...
Kinda curious,,, I of course was in a power boats on my trips. But,,, do you feel rotor from the bridges affecting your sail? Would think the buildings, if high enough to swirl a bit, but the bridges are so open above and under, didn't know if they put out much rotor!!!
No not that we could tell.
I brought my boat east to west to that canal up to longboat key and then Anna Maria
its a pretty route!
Great job with all the bridges and lock(s) so far.
Thanks Ray!
I've transmitted the okeechobee a few times always on a power boat. Impressive that you are sailing it! Great job!⛵
Thanks Anne! It sure is quite the experience under sail. very relaxing and serene ⛵ (once out of the traffic)
great video guys
Thanks so much! How you been?
@@BeauAndBrandy been great
Sail camp for the kids and having a blast
I had told you to contact me when you came thru Fort Myers! I'm only 10-15 minutes away from the twin bridges and would have picked you up for dinner and any errand running! Oh well, maybe there will come another time.
Meanwhile, this video was really fun to watch and Brandy you handled those bridges like a boss.
Hey! My favorite Sailing couple👍
awww youre making us blush 😊😊
Ild love to bump into these nuts at a bar and hang out !!
LETS DO IT!!! where you at? lol.
@@BeauAndBrandy ...I live in the middle of Alabama! How long y'all staying in Florida??
😮 Good job on the bridges Brandy 🎉😅
Thanks sis! 💪
All these years and I had no idea that you could cut through Florida! Cool
funny enough, neither did we lol. and we are from florida.
When I was in Vietnam on a y tanker, we used a fire hose to clean the chain on the anchor . 😁
HAHA! that sure would do the trick!
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You are in my backyard. I live in Cape Coral. 20 minutes by car to the Edison bridge.
Great Job! Nothing sexier than a women driving a boat that knows what she is doing. Great video.
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Nice.
Incidentally, not sure you should be wrapping those lock lines around your cleats especially if the lock is lowering you.
movie magic, it was untied before he started to lower.
Great job sailing! Are you all ever going to have a roller furler or a windlass? Keep the content coming.
no plans for a roller furler yet, but stay tuned for other installations, the beaulass may be decommissioned soon..
Oh yeah that'd be very stressful...
1st off, I Haven't seen ALL the videos previous to this one Yet. But in an earlier video, when there was mention that the induction cook top used SO Much current (electric), I commented about having propane tanks in that HUGE (as Yawl said, several People could fit into) hole where sails are stored, with a portable 2 burner stove OR Grill to use when abundant Cloudy conditions appeared. I just heard about a Back Up generator. You Do KNOW, a Kit can convert a Gasoline engine to run on Propane ALSO (either/or)??? Correct?. NOW You'd have Several Options for cooking, running the electric motor, water maker, (& could buy a $50 table top ICE Maker @ 20+ Lbs. per day), etc. Plus ( I am assuming the generator is Gasoline, since the dingy uses gas & You don't want to have the need for diesel JUST FOR the generator onboard), leaves more "usable" gasoline for the dingy, IF EVER Needed. TRI-Fuel, Solar, Gasoline & Propane. IF anyone watches SV Delos (#3 money making channel on You Tube) when they converted to induction cook top cooking, they noted, it takes 3-4 minutes longer per burner to cook. That's OVER an Hour & a half of "Pleasure" TIME "Wasted" per week in the galley JUST Cooking!!!! Plus, when Ya catch a fish, there is NOTHING Like cooking it on an open flame on a grill!!! Pan cooking FRESH Fish is a JOKE!!!
Rest assured, we are well-prepared to savor the delights of hot food aboard our vessel. In our nautical kingdom, we possess not only a trusty backup alcohol stove but also a glorious grill, awaiting the opportunity to unleash its fiery prowess so we choose. We revel in the art of cooking, finding joy and fulfillment in the creation of delectable feast however we see fit. We extend our heartfelt gratitude for your sincere concern for the ability to secure hot food and how we spend our time here on our boat.
You were trying to recall, 'Porky's'.....
Heyyyyyyy
FIRST!!! Hey!!
Wow! New cameras?
nope same ones.
Like to make that trip but 63 ft mass
Have you seen the big globs of Sargassum seaweed, as reported in news outlets ? Supposed to be washing on all Fl beaches ?
we saw some, but we were out before it hit the west coast.
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You didn't even mention the results of the motor work. Was it an improvement? Was it worth the time and money?
we are going to be talking about it at the end of the trip. 👌
This was exciting in a different way than being out in an ocean. My family when I was a kid took a reanted 40' twin screw house boar up the Rideau Canal in Quebec that had many locks to deal with and beautiful lakes to anchor in at night between the locks. Never did it with a sailboat.. you all did great.. Oh and one other fun thing is growing up our street number was 445 so your Genoa or what it's called with 4445 brings back fond memories.. 😊
9:28 😂😂😂😂😂😂 ohhhhh a bridge 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ohhhhhhhhhh wow
First timer both ore ???
Never tie up your lines in the Lock. 👍
it was for a split second, so he could had me the pole. we just got in, the gates we not even closing at this point :) guess we should have showed that he released it bc youre not the first to point it out.
@@BeauAndBrandy Don't excuse yourself, it was just meant as Advice.🙂
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I'm getting close to done on an all electric refit on a Manta Catamaran. 3000 watts of solar on my hardtop. I did not think the Okeechobee waterway was possible with a sailboat. What's your air draft?
oooh nice!! our air draft is 45'. it was a fun experience, hopefully you'll be able to do it. although if it gets much pass february the mosquitos will probably be able to carry you through. they are brutal.
Brandy Beau Beau Brandy…. How many days / weeks out are your vids guys…😊
NEVER cleat a line in a lock!
geez tom don't yell at us. beau had to step away for a second from the line, so he did it. it was released a moment later. the lock hadn't even been closed yet.
@@BeauAndBrandy Sorry, I didn’t mean to sound like I was yelling. I noticed something that could be dangerous and spoke up. Love your channel!
How low was the clearance on that trip, even the Manual geared windlass on my Beneteau Oceanis 350 1989 it is very reliable. How high is your Mast? With your Antenna, You guys also need a handheld VHF. I do not understand why you cannot Regenerate from your prop when you sail. Our Starlight has a Winged keel draft of only 4’1”. Mast height of 44’ above the Waterline. 100 gallons of water, One of the things I would love too get is a Water Maker. 20 gallons of diesel for our 27 hp Volvo, In 10 years Think I have Burned about 150 gallons total. For the 7200nm, mostly for Recharging and hot water, two boys Wife our Summer home. Want too Sail the Caribbean in our retirement. So want too refit for that. Only have 500 hours on my Volvo she is very Efficient at 1 liter an hour, For the most part Island hopping and lots of anchoring in little gunk holes. With my two boys looking for Black Beards Treasure but made them the Men they are today.. Wish you well God Bless..
how much regen do you get when sailing?
we have to maintain 7 knots to regen, which is next to never.
Why doesn't Beau use the windlass?
Ge mk5 turbine
curious: what is the maximum mast height that will make it through that canal?
most of the fixed bridges are 54-55 ish. but the kicker is the 49' railroad bridge at port macaya
You guys are sailors,just saying.
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That Wilson pigett or Pickett bridge opener should be fired. What was she waiting on?
:)
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