FROM THE BAHAMAS TO THE BVI! REPOSITIONING MY AQUILA 54 AND WHAT DOES IT COST?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ค. 2023
- Doing a little repo of the Hillbilly down to the BVI. My dream come true.
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So beautiful!!!! Hope Miami was good to you!!
$19K and worth every penny to have her in the BVI's finally. Now your next Chapter in relaxing can begin.
Thank you so much!!!!!
Great breakdown.
Oh man....live'n the life. Been there once while I was in the Navy (US). Flew in, flew right back out, got to see it from the air. Hope "Island Fever" leaves y'all alone and, you get to enjoy it to the fullest.
Thank you!
Yes, it is a 36 foot. We chartered that very boat in June 22. Loved it! Although, we were “on a budget” spent $1,600 on fuel for about 100 miles. Planning another trip but will do catamaran sailboat and go slower. Love your videos….keep them coming!
Just amazing. I got married on Hawksnest Beach! You’re living my dream. Filming, boat, islands and all. One day I may see you down they’re!
Maybe one day! Thanks for watching
No Hill for a Stepper!
Awesome!
Had tears in my eye seeing her come into Nanny. Can’t imagine what you were feeling. Welcome home Hillbilly!
Thanks so much!
Absolutely love your videos!
Thank you!
Beautiful kitchen and the sconces pop.
Great info
Congratulations Alan! Very excited for you!
Thank you
Congratulations on safely arriving in the BVI! I've been following your Odyssey for months and I feel like I know you and your family. Thanks for sharing! Your new home promises to be an exciting and beautiful place to explore, and I'm sure the Wondering Hillbilly will be a perfect vessel to take you on many new adventures in the years to come. May you continue to enjoy the beauty and freedom of the open sea, and I wish you all the best in your new chapter.
What a beautiful comment. Thank you so much and thanks for watching
Awesome, Congratulations on the move.
Thank you
Congratulations!!
Thank you!
Thanks so much for sharing your passage to the BVI!! Have a great time!!🥰
Thank you!
Great video !!! Nice to have two great captains you can depend on.
Yes! Thanks for watching
Congrats, Alan! It must have been so cool to see her arrive in BVI. I know you’ve been working towards that for some time. Now, the fun begins!
Yup! Thanks so much
Great update, can't wait to see more vids from the BVI. Congrats you are living your dream. 🙂
Thank you!!
Great update, congrats on getting your cat to the BVIs. The restaurants in Ft Pierce miss you!
And I miss them!!!!! It was a sweet time in Ft Pierce. Great memories. Thanks!
It must be such a relief that you finally got to Tortola. Your video blogs inspired us to visit BVI, and get married there, and we weren't disappointed. We can't wait to go back, and book with MarineMax to charter one of their yachts, so that we can get the full Wandering Hillbilly experience. Loved the chickens... they ARE EVERYWHERE! Paul and Vicki
Omg this is the best!!!! You got married there?!? Absolutely wonderful. Thanks for the comment abd thanks for watching!
@@thewanderinghillbilly No thank you for
For being the impetus on this destination wedding of hours. Moreover we are now in communications with others and our family for this coming February 2024 for our own 54 power cat adventure. We are so excited and can't explain how lovely if we find these islands and the people who inhabit them year-round. Many blessings then continued safe travels my friend. Paul
Man! Talking about realizing a dream! Gotta be the coolest thing to see your vision come to pass. Just think of everything you went through to finally get there. And you are encouraging others along your journey. Celebrating here with you from Houston. Where I pray one day my vessel will be in a marina close by either in Kemah or in Seabrook. Thanks for all you do keeping my dreams, hopes, and prayers alive. Blessins to you, the wife, and your family. Congratulations 🎉!!!
We used to go fishing in Kemah when I was a kid! Dream big baby! Dream big. Thanks for watching
Great video
lovely footage
thanks for sharing the break down explanation of the fees and relocating cost.
Keep them coming please.
You’re welcome!
Livin the life. Love it
Thanks!
Another great video. Thanks for the cost break-down. That fuel mark-up in T&C...wow.
Well they got you by the boys don’t they?!? Lol. Thanks for watching
I wish I had it like this - that doesn't suck - So cool!!!!
Dream on buddy. You can do it. Thanks for watching
Elm Mott, TX!! We are just west a few miles in China Spring. Very informative. We hope to be there in 10 years or so. Thank you for sharing the journey.
Yup!!! Connally High baby!!!! Love me some China Spring! Thanks for watching!
Great video - again. Trust its a big relief for you to have her now after soo many troubles to have her ( i hope ) trouble free at " your" place. Undetstand you would like to be part of this journey, but sometimes you need to work for something you wish to effort it 😊. Have lots of great fun overthere whenever your time and not forget health allows. More videos to come i trust - 🎉🎉🎉
Absolutely! Thanks so much for watching. Means a lot
Congrats on getting the Hillbilly to the BVI Alan! I hope to run into you down there sometime soon!
Thanks
Enjoy, see you on the water down there
Indeed!
God bless you're Wallet. You deserve-it brother. Enjoy the new home BVI.
Hah thanks. It needs a rest!!!!
What a wonderful and rewarding video this must have been for you to produce. A bite out of the pocket book to be sure. However, She is home now and eventhough I (like many others) can imagine being in your circumstance, we can't come close to all the thoughts and emotions you must be experiencing! Talk about reaching one of life's milestones and making a huge dream a reality. Damn man- CONGRATULATIONS!
As always, thanks for having us all onboard and alongside. One day I would like to meet you and just take a second to shake your hand. Way to go buddy.
Well Done Indeed!
Thank you so much. Means a lot
Brilliant video, just wow; so beautiful (and expensive, lol).
Thanks for watching!
I got goosebumps from head to toe, over and over watching the Hillbilly coming in. A rumor is going around that tears sprung from my eyes but that’s not true…congratulations!! Big day in the life of the Carters. 😂❤🎉
When u coming down chick??
Need to speak to my travel agent. Stay tuned! 😅
Captain. I know your glad to have her there. But will miss you all here in Florida
And I will miss you guys!!!!
Outstanding video Alan! I see all of the other Aquila's at the docks and the first thing that came to mind with 20 years in the Navy was "LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE SPARE PARTS" 😂😂😂😂
Exactly!!!!!! Not to mention the mechanics!!!
What a great video, you are my hero!!
Thank you!’
Alan, Congrats on her arrival! You're giving me goose bumps! Seaside Breeze II is scheduled to arrive in Nanny Cay @ end of June and hopefully BVI registration will be complete for my first boarding and eyes on her in early July. Can't think of a better way to kick off our retirement! GOD has Blessed us beyond what is deserving! Hope to see you at the Soggy Dollar, Willy T's, Bath's, Scrub Island, ...... Did I mention the Goose Bumps, LOL. Again, how blessed can one be!
So blesssed!!! Hope to see you there! Thanks for watching
First video I’ve watched of yours, very interesting to understand the costs, route, and enjoyed the footage. (Definitely expensive, I think I need a bigger pocketbook)
Thank you.
You’re welcome!
Great video as usual, fuel is real cheap compared to here in Europe, around €1.85 per litre ($2.04 approx). Good times ahead for you and family, enjoy.
Add your videos to things that "don't suck"! Love love love them!!
Tha k you so much!
I liked your comment when walking through nanny that you felt like you were home… it’s a wonderful spot! Looks like you are on c dock… my boat is at Hannah, just as you come into the inner I’m to the port… sadly my boat is for sale😢
Well hopefully I’ll see you down there soon! Come say hi!
Can"t wait for the long awaited videos of you getting to enjoy the Hillbilly in it's new home.
Thank you!!!!
Wonderful to see the master plan unfolding as it was planned. :-) Way to go! It was great to learn about the cost of transferring Hillbilly using a hired captain and crew. I'm guessing yacht transport ships aren't used due to the draft and multiple potential drop-off locations. Thank you for sharing Alan.
They are used occasionally but that part of the world is used less often. Thanks so much for watching
$19+k well spent. Brings back memories of my MMV charter in January. Enjoy your time. I’m retired so if you ever need a deck hand. . . 😂😂😂
Indeed! Thanks so much and enjoyed your well deserved time!!
Thanks very much. Very good intel. Be nice if you could break all the fees down that you paid. Enjoy Paradise. Glad you seem to have most of your bugs worked out.
Soon! Thanks!
😬 cost of living the dream. Happy for y'all.
Thanks friend!
Well to fill baby (60’ Sunreef power cat) it would have been $3.80 x 2650gal but at around 7.5knots you could gone there and back and back again. She’s slow but steady⚓️🌴😎
Sounds great! Thanks for watching
Glad the journey down there went off without a hitch. Looking forward to more of your adventures over there. Off subject but did you happen to check out the "City Connect" uniforms for the Rangers? I think they are pretty slick. I picked up a "City Connect" hat. Enjoy and Go Rangers!
Go Rangers indeed!!!! First place! Thanks for watching
Nanny Cay!!! Oh man, I sure wish I were there right now playing hook ring instead of here in my cubicle! That or playing beach volleyball with the deck hands. You can ask a few of them if they remember us, we were there for 2 days and we had tournaments, so much fun! It's also where our friend Mandy runs her Where Land Meets Sea charters. Anyway, glad your boat is finally there and hopefully, hopefully without issues! Cheers! 🙌🍻🥃
Thank you!!!!
Was on Jost Van Dyke today and saw many beautiful cats. We sailed over on a rented 55' with a few others .
Have an amazing time!
You too and I know you will. So cool to see your boat at Hawknest. We spend two weeks on St. John and spent most days around that beach or the others nearby.
Great video as always. Would you have considered joining them for the trip or having 1 less captain on board to save on the costs & gain some more "blue water" experience?
Thinking same thing...did you want to ride along?
So lucky to have such calm weather. I've read that trip can be a horror story.
Yup. Very lucky. Thanks for watching
Love watching your cruising experiences in the BVI. Wondering if you could recommend a charter group that offers cabin rentals. My wife and I wanted to spend a week in the BVI aboard a catamaran tour. Thanks
I'm really not aware of cabin rentals although I'm sure they are available. Look on BVI websites to find. Thanks so much for watching
Headed to the BVI in June!
Come see us!!!
I kept waiting for you to dive into the water like Forest Gump chasing his shrimp boat! Hoping for much happiness for you and your wife and thanks for sharing the adventure! talbre1
Now that we have hindsight, would your boat situation had been "easier" to deal with if you were nearer to Florida (based in the Bahamas)? In other words, and maybe this isn't an option, but would you be able to tow your boat to Florida and get it fixed with less cost/hassle than down there in the BVI/AVI? I see that Marine Max is there, but do they have the facilities to fix hull damage and engine issues there? I hope so!!! I've always wondered what the risk is taking your boat far away from the US coast when maintenance issues arise, let alone major issues like the ones you are tackling now. Looking forward to an update, and wish you only the very best.
Excellent job on keeping up with stats! Now hit up Sharrow Marine and tell them you want to be the public face of toroidal propellers!
I'd certainly be interested to see if you get a 30% increase in efficiency.
Thanks for watching
All of the sudden those @Silent Yachts start to make sense if you want to move around often :)
Indeed! Thanks for watching
Great video Alan - that works out at around USD22 a nautical mile of which USD9,788 was fuel at an average price of USD 5.93 - we just filled up in Langkawi to cruise back to Phuket at USD 1.82 !! Hope you enjoy the BVI mate.
Don’t make me sick!!!! Wow. I’m on the wrong side of the earth! Thanks buddy
@@thewanderinghillbilly Final question how much fuel did you have in the tanks at the end of the trip compared to when you started? Have fun mate
1.82 A Litre ?????
@@timlucas4014 Yep amazingly cheap - filled up at Telaga marina - Petrona have a marina fuel wharf at sea level and “upstairs” a servo for cars etc….. very civilised ! And immigration, customs and the harbour master are part of the same complex.
How great is it being wealthy brother? I love your boat and your videos.
How great is it being happy? That’s the question I ask all the time. Doesn’t relate to money friend. Grew up DIRT POOR. but hard work as me here and I’m happy because of my hard work….thanks for watching!
Hello, Just cam across your channel & cannot stop watching. I from Miami Fl. & now live in Malibu Ca. What do you do for a living if I may ask. I like the way you roll.
Hah. I’m a director. Do The Voice among other things. Thanks for watching!!’
@@thewanderinghillbilly Thanks. your weight loss video hit home for me. inspired me same situation. keep living life!!! luv the videos
Nice video, I'm amazed that it cost so much to move down there. That's to much money for filling out some paperwork and it never gets seen after that. Hope you can find your dreams down there. I'm not sure if I have a favorite place I'd move to and want to live.
Thanks for watching
Congrats! When you say mog is about .6. Mpg is that at ten knots? Nanny cay dinner on the beach does not suck!
Thanks for watching
How do you calculate a tip on a trip like this, considering coming in under budget and all the extra knowledge you gained?
Nice video. You forgot to mention that 36 is for sale for about 450k if I’m not mistaken. Raul would appreciate! We will be there over the 4th on our 44. Hope to run into you.
Well I should ask for 10%!!’ Hah. Thanks for watching
Thoughts about using sparrow props for future long distance voyages?
No thoughts on it cause I don’t know much about them. Thanks for watching tho!
'Home' at last!
Enjoy!
It's been a long, sometimes fractious journey, but you got there in the end 🎉
Enjoy it 🎉
Thanks so much!
The Hillbilly is a beautiful boat but she's also big with a lot of systems to maintain. What software do you use to track maintenance?
CZone. Works great. Thanks for watching
it's all relative not sure how I got this channel but feel lucky, moving my viking my fuel costs were quadruple, at 30 kts I'm a little over 2 gallons a minute. and I don't run slow I do west palm to long island in one day at over 2000 gallons
Yikes! I’m assuming your younger than me. My “fast” moving days are long gone. Thanks for watching
I'm curious about the Mona Passage. What time of day did they make the crossing, was it a rough trip, and how did the boat fair?
Hi Capt Matt here. We crossed the Mona beginning about 12:00 PM for an arrival in Puerto Real at 7:00 PM. The entire trip was uncharacteristically mild! Very little wind driven waves, just ocean swells. I know there is a lot of discussion about the Mona Passage being fierce. It can be, when its northerly current opposes a North wind waves can stake up. Of all the trips from TCI to PR I've found the Mona to many times be better than the open ocean. As you approach the Mona you get in the wind shadow of PR and it gives you a break from the trades.
@@matthewhahn9013 It's great that you had a day time crossing with fair weather. You always hear about how dangerous it can be even at night. Did you see any whales?
@@dwb73 No Whales this time through. It was getting a little late for the humpbacks. The biggest concern I have with the Mona is the FAD's (Fish Aggregating Devices) that are anchored in thousands of feet of water with a stainless steel cable. They will definitely make for a bad day... we usually time the crossings to go through during the day specifically because the FAD's are almost impossible see at night.... very dim light (if they even have lights).
@@matthewhahn9013 I've heard other stories about all the fishing buoys you have to dodge. Glad you made it across safely, and thanks for responding to my inquiry!
Where do you reposition during Hurricane Season?
I don't! we will either stay at Nanny Cay or go aground. Thanks for watching!
Give Fayola a Big Hug for me! 🙌
I will!!! Thanks for watching
I think I'd prefer an open flybridge in warm weather when you have an airconned main salon. Closed maybe for Alaska or the med. Why did you go for a closed flybridge?
Air conditioning!!!! And it gives us another place to have dinner!
How much fuel could you have saved if they cruised
Lots! Had to do with timing…thanks for watching
I'm curious how the pricing have been impacted if the delivery guys had gone at "trawler speed" (8-9knts) to reduce fuel consumption? Would the fuel savings have offset the additional time costs of the delivery crew?
Yes it would. But I was on a personal schedule. All my fault…and yes I paid for it. Jus need to retire altogether. Thanks for watching
Lol 19200.00 i know theres yrs i never gross that in pay. 😂😂😂 good for you. Some watch others live the dream
How does the Hillbilly handle in a beam sea?
Can be quite “rolly”. But just a little turn and it’s all good. Thanks for watching
Time to break out the spreadsheet and start budgeting for retirement in 7 yrs. 😊
Do it!!!! It’s awesome!
how's the housing market there in virgin islands?
Don’t know. Boating is great!!
Why BVI instead of USVI?
More destinations. Thanks so much!
Because the BVI is the sailing capital of the world! Over 60+ islands and Cays. Breathtaking views, diving, beaches! Be sure to visit the baths in Virgin Gorda and make sure take the excursion to the northernmost island of Anegada and enjoy the world famous Anegada Lobster! Great video!
My husband is a production guy. "This does not suck," is unquestionably my least favorite phrase. Ever. I understand it, of course, I just hate that phrase. That said, your production quality is outstanding and I hope that other TH-camrs pay attention to your equipment list, and stop trying to "create" on their iPhones. That quality DOES suck. Oh, and they need to hold the camera steady and pan slowly. Thanks for the great visuals.
Hah. My wife’s not a fan either but I think it sums the feeling up perfectly. Just like our marriage…perfect imperfection. Thanks so much for watching
Jika nanti saat anda bosan dengan kapal itu harap kirim ke saya di Indonesia negara saya negara kepulauan akan terasa hebat mengelilingi tiap pulau dengan kapal
You didn’t explain why you didn’t sail it yourself? Too dangerous, Busy schedule?
Schedule. Also my inexperience. Thanks for watching
IF YOU EVER DO CHARTERS OUT OF BVI PLESE LET US KNOW, YOU WOULD BE GREAT AT IT
Thanks for watching
Why do you cruise so slow?
Why not? Why are we in a hurry? Enjoy the moment
And…it burns fuel wayyyyyy more
Hello Sir, great posts, I’m in the market for a 50-60 foot power cat, and would love to bend your ear on the 54. Please read the Instagram message I sent you. Look forward to crossing path with you down in BVI. Cheers 🍻
You cant take it with you….There is no price on freedom and lifestyle….Enjoy
Exactly! Thanks!
Yachting is a rich man's hobby.
Yachting is a hard working man’s hobby. I came from NOTHING. Divorced parents…alcoholic dad…no education…mom couldn’t afford it. I did this all myself. Thru incredibly hard work and sweat. Yup I’m rich now…but that’s not a hobby….that’s a HARD working lifestyle. Thanks for watching
That's cheap!! 🦜
right?
😏 'PromoSM'
conyo got to pay to play
Seriously? You didn’t take the opportunity to at least serve as crew and learn along the way?
Some of us do have to work. Thanks for watching!!
This is the biggest load of horse hockey ive seen... Your boat is the biggest cost your will ever see... Fuel and transport from one place to the other is nothing ... Smiles per gallon is the cost and the best...
Thanks so much for watching
Thank you Allen for sharing the amount of expenses to move the boat. Wondering if you wouldn’t mind sharing a ballpark figure for things like insurance, maintenance, etc? I would like to have a boat to live aboard full time but the wife says we can’t afford the insurance. Our current property taxes on the house are 10k a year. Would that cover the annual insurance? Thanks
It would not. Depends on where you keep the boat. A boat this size will command anywhere from 15k to 35k annually for insurance. Thanks for watching!
If it floats, flies, or fcks...! 😬
Expensive! Thanks for watching
I was originally interested , no more! Run your own boat!!!
Thanks for watching!
nice video, But what is your gas mileage on these types of crafts???? I stick with a BERING. Have a great one down in your new slip! If you're going to live in the B.V.I.'S WHAT IS THE DEAL ON VISAS OR TAXES? THANKS AGAIN, AND ...enjoy!