I lived in Port Huron from birth to 18 and absolutely love Lake Huron, sailed this lake with my uncle on his sailboat. Moved to Georgia and have missed the clean water and lake life so much.
The Great Lakes have so much beauty. Such a great and pretty place to grow up and live. Thank you for watching and sharing! Hope you can make it back to the fresh water soon! Cheers
I was born and lived my entire life in Michigan and have been to most of the places you covered but I really enjoyed your perspective coming in from the water.
Lake Huron is not to be messed with. Several years ago a friend from work invited me to go on a fishing trip. We took the Saginaw River to Lake Huron. Started out as a pretty nice day, but took a turn for the worst. There is a man made island not to far from the mouth of the river that we took cover behind because it would have been too rough to fish otherwise. After a couple of hours of fishing we notice many big yacht's struggling to get back to the river so we decided to cut the day short and head back ourselves. Turns out the waves were now too big for the boat we were in so we all put our life vests on and we began to zig zag to avoid hitting the waves head on. It tooks us what seemed like forever to get back to the safety of the river. I had always heard of stories when people got in trouble on Saginaw Bay (which is part of Lake Huron). We learned that lesson the hard way.
Very glad to hear that! Thank you for watching and sharing your feedback. I wrestled with whether people would actually want to watch this style so your input is helpful. Cheers!
I did forget to get a walkthrough of the engine room on this one 🤦🏼♂️ hopefully the rest of the video was enjoyable. Thank you for watching and for commenting. Cheers!
That was fun - and you visited my daughter’s home (Harbor Springs) and one of our favorite places to getaway (Saugatuck) before coming to my brother’s city of Chicago. Lovely. You can’t go wrong with any lake town, really.
Outstanding! I have swam in Lake Huron several times. I felt the chill when you were in the water! 😃 Such a beautiful vessel. Fuel consumption spooked me, but I imagine that is normal at that running speed. Keep on posting please.
Absolutely Great video Love those passages, more of them please. if possible next time slow the video speed during casting off and going along side as they are so excited moments to watch and informative. appreciate the effort captain. Lovely vessel and the distribution is so comfortable. Keep them coming please.
This trip I could have gotten some more of the docking set ups but leaving the dock in pitch black didn’t help for any footage. Planning the shots and camera angles is ever changing especially with docking situations being ever changing so I don’t always have enough time to plan in advance. I’ll definitely work on getting better on that for sure. Thank you for watching and for your feedback! Cheers!
I watch a lot of boat walkthrough videos , I must say I like the fact you cover captain tips ,docking ,wind explanations along with local flavor comments. Thank you I felt like I made the trip with you.
This is very nice to hear. It’s great to know the videos are appreciated by avid watchers of this type of content. Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts🙌🏼 Cheers
Even though I live in west Michigan, I never get to the east side. Spend all my time in Boyne City, Bay Harbour, Petoskey are during the summers. Still want a big boat to cruise around in. Great content!
Good to be back my friend! Love to hear the video has been received well and people seemed to enjoy it. Thank you for the support and feedback! Cheers. Hope to see you in Miami/Palm Beach
Great Trip - great to see many of the ports I visited with my parents as a kid in our 1962 Chris Craft Constellation. Only thing we missed seeing was the engine room on your trip. Thanks again for a great time on the Great Lakes.
You were an early subscriber and I appreciate you sticking with me! Plenty of improvement along the way and I keep working to be better for you guys. Definitely learning along the way so thank you for your patience through it ha. 🙌🏼
Michigan born and raised! I love the Great Lakes! They really are like inland seas; incredible that middle of Lake Huron is more than 50 miles from land in any direction in parts :D
Couldn’t find anything interesting on TV so I put on TH-cam and this video popped up. Thank you so much for taking us along on this fun delivery trip! This was really interesting and inspiring! Had me daydreaming of selling everything and buying a live aboard- not that big, of course!
Just met your guy Zach Mann at the Oshkosh boat and rv show, he told me about your TH-cam channel and turns out I was already following you guys! Love the content!
@@ElevateYachtDan, I enjoyed every moment of this video! I’ve never seen anything like it before and the grand tour of Michigan with its little marinas and towns was so great.
I grew up on the straights of Mackinac St.Ignace Michigan I am from a family that spent their lives commercial fishing. My family originated from Mackinac island my great grandfather x4 was stationed at fort Mackinac from 1796-1803 and was was the first hotel owner on the island. I worked commercial fishing for a couple of years during the summer and the winter and I have experienced every type of weather out on the lakes . I have been out in 10 foot seas which was terrifying especially when you boat is only 22 ft. Been in fog banks and almost getting rammed by a 1000 foot freighter. I no longer live there but my family still does it is always home thanks for the video.
Really enjoyed the video and interesting sights. I couldn't see if you had an anchor out when you were both in the water, but it might be a good idea. Safety first! LOL! Subbed.
My ex-wife lives in Cincinnati or rather Bethel. That's about as much as I know about Ohio besides the Trriple F Collection is there too. The Prestige is a pretty neat yacht. I remember seeing yachts when we were in Minnesota and I was told that if the yacht was over 45', they came in on a freighter and if it was under 44', they transported it via rail or on a trailer. On Lake Superior we saw a 110' Cheoy Lee explorer yacht. That was the coolest thing I had ever seen there and this was about 23 years ago when I had just gotten out of yachting. It gave me hope.
All Prestige vessels are built in a factory in France, so no matter the size, they do have to some here on a freighter, then either finish their journey via water or land depending on their size. You are pretty correct about vessels under 45-50' being typically able to be transported on a semi trailer, as long as it's not too tall. We get our new yachts delivered to Cleveland off the freighter so we have shorter distance to bring them back to Chicago. Typically have 5 new yachts a year that will need water transport from Cleveland to Chicago. Thank you for watching and sharing your experiences. It's always pretty crazy to see the big boy vessels of 100+' out on the Great Lakes. Cheers!
I grew up boating & sailing on the Great Lakes in Michigan. We often did the North Channel. We were dazzled one time when a Cheoy Lee cruised by our little secluded anchorage! Felt like a cruise ship had arrived! Such a cool vessel. We were on a Tartan 37 so not a dinghy! Cheers.
the biggest and best reason for raking the windshield that direction is to keep the glass in it under high seas... huge waves trash vertical or, rear sloped windshields with much less pressure.
Just found your channel. Great video! I’ve subscribed and I’ll be watching older videos as I can. Thanks for all of the information. Fair winds and safe travels! Cheers! 🍻
OMG Felt like a home tour! born in Cleveland, raised in Detroit, have cottage & family in northern Michigan near Presque Isle and Mackinaw, and worked in Saugatuck for over a decade. lol, thanks for the memories!
Used to pull into Presque Isle as a kid on my parents boat back in the 70’s; there wasn’t a house within many miles. The only road to the marina was a very rough two track. You could watch Sturgeon swimming in formation under the boat with black bears playing on the shore. Great place and good memories! ❤
Loved this! New sub here. I grew up here in Michigan. Was lucky enough to crew on a Tarten 37. You need to experience the Bayview Mackinac Race sometime! You just did the course! But sailing it is a joy -or a nightmare - depending on that weather. We actually won several times! Celebrated by doing the North Channel, the Benjamins, etc. So many wonderful memories. The Great Lakes are so special. Thank-you for sharing your trip. Looking forward to many more. Cheers! PS. The big bridge is called the "Mighty Mac"! You can walk across it every Labor Day! Really cool. And try to stay at The Grand on Mackinac sometime. It truely is magical. Enjoy some smoked whitefish & a glass of something nice from the Michigan vineyards. Go Blue!
Love all these great details and tips! I always hear “Mighty Mac” but wasn’t sure if that was slang or official. I’d love to spend some time on the island. Seeing pictures of winter on island and that actually looks amazing too, with snowmobiles everywhere. You’re absolutely right, the Great Lakes are so special. Love them. Thank you so much for watching and for the great feedback you shared. So glad you enjoyed the video. More to come! Ps, I’m a Hawkeye, so it somewhat pains me to say go blue but, you guys deserved it this year for sure! Cheers!
Well done sir! First video I've seen ofits kind on the great lakes and I completely enjoyed it...spent some yrs off Waukegan harbor, loved the white-capped days.
The problem I’ve had with calling ahead and expecting any warnings or alerts is a lot of the marinas on the Great Lakes employee young uninformed summer help. I’ve had a few mishaps because of this. Presque Isle is a great place but it’s pronounced Preesk~eel I had family that lived there and I call Traverse city home while traveling the lakes in the summer Our company built the yacht club in Bay Harbor as well as several of the homes just a beautiful place. Great looking yacht and a top notch video I enjoyed it all.
I did the great circle tour with my dad...florida to sheboygan WI, then back to florida via chicago and the rivers southbound. Great trip. Huron was a rainy stormy bastard when we were on it
Love your trip. I’m 76 and been boating the lakes since my uncles and dad would take me fishing not too far from Port Austin in Lake Huron. Usual trips were Lake Huron, Upper Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and a little Lake Erie. Even made to Isle Royal in Lake Superior 56 miles from the tip of the Keewenaw Peninsula. Did the trip in a 32’ go fast boat on a dead calm day. Had to do the equivalent of breaking the sound barrier while passing the carrier. We went wide open exhaust in the inner harbor to amuse the lover of the peace and quite. Sorry.
Wow! Such a cool story! I’ve been wanting to get up to Isle Royal. Was just talking about that spot with a client last week. Sounds like a perfect day to make that trip. It’s a rare thing to have that flat of water up there for sure. I’m really happy you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching and for sharing your on water experiences! Cheers!
Isn’t that the truth! Most people who haven’t spent time out here think, it’s just a “lake”. And that’s where many are greatly mistaken. These lakes are like inland seas (Lake Superior actually is!). Thank you for watching and sharing your experiences! Helpful for others to hear. Cheers 🙌🏼
Very nice video. Nice to see the small towns around the area. When you mention Chicago and Detroit I immediately think urban jungle, good to see the other side.
@@xtravelling7154 Mitchell was using his DJI Mini2. The drone did great and got some amazing shots. Mitchell did great work there. For launching and landing the drone, I will slow the boat to idle or neutral while the pilot can do their thing, then off running again. Thank you for watching and for the great questions! Cheers!
Grew up in Northern Mi and got to boat Lake Huron and Lake Michigan with my dad in our 32ft Chris Craft. Have gotten to visit Presque Isle, Bay harbor and all the surrounding harbors. Great video. Brought back a lot of good memories
That’s so cool to hear! Memories from growing up on the water are the best! So glad I could help bring some of those back. Thank you very much for watching and sharing your story! Cheers!
Fully agree! Wish I could have stayed longer. That was my first time there and definitely didn’t get the full experience. Thanks for watching and sharing! Cheers
Awesome you got to tour our little summer town of Saugatuck! Definitely the best place to visit in Michigan!!! I love my summers there and we have tons of Chicago people living here too!
I live about a half hour west of Rogers City and it was really awesome to see you pulling into that town which I am very familiar with. Thank you for sharing your videos
I live outside of Cleveland. I'm not even sure how your video popped up but when it did I watched the whole thing continuously... Have never been to the upper peninsula of Michigan..... Yet.... Anyway, your yacht was beautiful, and stopping by the little towns with all the info you gave was great! I'm now a new subscriber 😎
I’ve stayed in Port Austin a few times. Really like that spot. Sunrise and sunset over the water. Cool views. Most people who aren’t from the Great Lakes don’t believe the waves get so rough. Thank you for watching and sharing. Glad you enjoyed the video! Cheers
Good example and explanation against the naive simplicity of not just going out and buying a boat and simply setting off into the horizon. The presenter highlighted the important safety aspects one must take into consideration regarding weather, sea state, tides etc. one must be proficient in passage planning and preparation.
Great boating area you’ve got by you! Put-In-Bay area seems like a lot of fun. I’ll plan to get another distance trip in the future for sure. Thank you for watching and for your feedback! Cheers
@EdWisneski-gy6jl I visited briefly one evening with a broker friend in the area. Unfortunately, most of the time I’m in that area is on a delivery trip so I don’t get to stay and play. Maybe we’ll experience a “mechanical issue”‘that holds me over in that area for an extra night or two 🤔
Great to see this trip. Very fun To watch. Love the style of this boat. It looks speced out ~ except no dishwasher ? Why do people spend millions for a boat and not a dishwasher is beyond me, that would be a dealbreaker ? I know it takes up space~ but you better keep the kitchen people happy, if not nobody is happy. Like the option for V Drives ~ eliminates the expensive pod seal problems ( I hear expensive) .
Great point about the dishwasher. This vessel can easily have one added, it would go in the one cabinet underneath the sink. You’re right this vessel is very spacious and great open layout. Pods can have seal problems but that was more of an issue back when Cummins Zeus pods were first released and not nearly as regular of an occurrence as of late. Thank you for watching and for sharing your input. I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Cheers
Spent my youth on long distance sailing on the great lakes one thing have trouble getting used to is the unlimited usage of electricity you get on a power cruiser.
I was wondering if you could not fast forward during your docking process so we can hear what instruction you would give. Also, are fenders really needed on a fixed dock?? They don’t seem to be doing much.. One more thing, if you ran the boat at 80 percent of rated wide open throttle, you would get a more efficient cruising speed/fuel economy versus .42 total mpg @ 2700 rpm. Great video!
I commented once to another question, but yes I should and can in the future slow the docking. The dockings during this trip weren’t overly technical since most delivery trips consist of laying up along a T dock or face dock. We don’t always know the dock situation ahead of time so we always have fenders deployed but find that many places in MI have fixed docks with large pylons protruding making fenders useless like you see here. We were running the boat at 70-80% throttle as recommended by the manufacturer. Efficiency is not the number one priority on a delivery trip like this since we are working to get the brand new vessel back to Chicago to start the detailing and sales process so time is of the essence with a mid summer delivery. If it were an owner owned vessel and we were punching Pennies, yes efficiency is important. Thank you very much for watching and for your great questions and feedback. Cheers! Glad you enjoyed the video
Hey! We bought that yellow hull 45 chris craft in saugatuck! So funny to see it in the video! She's in lake erie again now. Great video especially since we just did that trip in reverse last September!
Holy cow small world! Great vessel by the way! Congrats on your new baby. I hope she treats you well. I’ll look for you next time in out on Erie. Thank you for watching and sharing your story! Super cool. Cheers!
He was a member of the Singapore Yacht Club. He even caught a record setting Pike while he was there off the back of his boat while moored in his slot.@@ElevateYacht
26:15 I am not used to seeing so much fresh water and massive navigable lakes, channels and locks for the different lake elevations. I really don’t like swimming in salt water, but fresh water swimming looks incredible!
It is! And no sharks or jellyfish! And it actually cools you off on a hot summer day. Esp if you're just barely Up North! It's beautiful even in winter too!
Dan, thanks for making and sharing this video. Nice work! The only thing missing for me was a bit of technical data and maybe an engine view. Even a quick oil check would be cool, it would be as much a part of your daily life on this boat as the accommodations unless you hired a captain and deck hand to travel with you. (Of course I can’t afford this vessel so maybe that’s exactly what people do :) Thanks again!
The engine view was definitely something that slipped my mind. The mix of focusing on the safety of this brand new vessel, dealing with conditions, entertaining a client, all while trying to get quality content, a few things got missed 😖 Doing all the content and editing on my own, while also working can get to be a lot. it would be easier if I hired someone to simply follow me around and shoot…maybe some day. I’ll work to get more of this style of content though! Baby steps :)
Nice job. I did a 12-day delivery from Norfolk, VA to Sarasota, FL on a 62ft Vicem over the Christmas holiday. I'm from Chicago but I haven't been back there since visiting in 2013. Hopefully back this summer. Cool channel, subscribed. Bear Down!
Nice video years ago I had a 40 ft goodroow?? Built by them in their shipyard in Canada it was very unique made of galvanized steel. Needless to say I got married she didn't like boats it had to go😢.. now 30 years later I would gladly trade back😂 would have been nice to see what type engines you had . I love the Cummings six cylinders give a lot of room in a boat and they have a lot of torque
Hi I Just subscribed but I have to mention that you and I have the same bi-color hands lol, vitiligo is a distinction we both have, I´m getting a lot of knowledge with your channel but I have never sail as captain in a big boat, I do have my boaters license but its not for big boats.
Very cool! Vitiligo is actually a lot more common than I initially expected. I’m very happy to hear you’re enjoying the channel and learning from it! That’s great to hear. Thank you very much of watching, subscribing and for sharing your thoughts. Great to hear from you. Cheers
Excellent video!!!!! Really enjoyed the journey and the education you share. Keep it coming.
Great to hear you enjoyed the video! Thank you for watching and commenting! Cheers 🙌🏼
this is what youtube is all about. thank you for making this content.
I lived in Port Huron from birth to 18 and absolutely love Lake Huron, sailed this lake with my uncle on his sailboat. Moved to Georgia and have missed the clean water and lake life so much.
The Great Lakes have so much beauty. Such a great and pretty place to grow up and live. Thank you for watching and sharing! Hope you can make it back to the fresh water soon! Cheers
What do you mean, you guys have muddy LK. Lanier that is drying up partially due to human incompetence.
@@johnthomson8332all the “lakes” in the south are fake resiviors.
You should have stayed in port Huron. You made those people work late in Sanilac. Shame.
@@johnthomson8332she’s talking about missing the clean clear water in Michigan
One of my favorite times is coming up on deck in a stiff breeze with my coffee to watch the sun come up.
we need more great lakes boating content! thank you for showing what the great lakes have to offer!
I was born and lived my entire life in Michigan and have been to most of the places you covered but I really enjoyed your perspective coming in from the water.
You rock, Captain Dan - I'm learning so much! Thanks
Lake Huron is not to be messed with. Several years ago a friend from work invited me to go on a fishing trip. We took the Saginaw River to Lake Huron. Started out as a pretty nice day, but took a turn for the worst. There is a man made island not to far from the mouth of the river that we took cover behind because it would have been too rough to fish otherwise. After a couple of hours of fishing we notice many big yacht's struggling to get back to the river so we decided to cut the day short and head back ourselves. Turns out the waves were now too big for the boat we were in so we all put our life vests on and we began to zig zag to avoid hitting the waves head on. It tooks us what seemed like forever to get back to the safety of the river. I had always heard of stories when people got in trouble on Saginaw Bay (which is part of Lake Huron). We learned that lesson the hard way.
Shallow lakes make for quick weather changes for sure.
I've watched yacht tours but it's great to see one actually travel. especially on the great lakes.
Great job with this video. I've done plenty of boat transport jobs. Nice accurate description of how boat moving works. I enjoyed.
I really enjoyed this episode! You really showed what it’s like to travel on a yacht!
Very glad to hear that! Thank you for watching and sharing your feedback. I wrestled with whether people would actually want to watch this style so your input is helpful. Cheers!
As a sailor its fun to watch how easy the "other" yachting is
🤣 yeah it’s a bit different than your side. Come join the dark side 😜
Very interesting. Thanks.
The only thing I missed was an engine room explanation.
I did forget to get a walkthrough of the engine room on this one 🤦🏼♂️ hopefully the rest of the video was enjoyable. Thank you for watching and for commenting. Cheers!
That was fun - and you visited my daughter’s home (Harbor Springs) and one of our favorite places to getaway (Saugatuck) before coming to my brother’s city of Chicago. Lovely. You can’t go wrong with any lake town, really.
Outstanding! I have swam in Lake Huron several times. I felt the chill when you were in the water! 😃 Such a beautiful vessel. Fuel consumption spooked me, but I imagine that is normal at that running speed. Keep on posting please.
Absolutely Great video
Love those passages, more of them please.
if possible next time slow the video speed during casting off and going along side as they are so excited moments to watch and informative.
appreciate the effort captain.
Lovely vessel and the distribution is so comfortable.
Keep them coming please.
This trip I could have gotten some more of the docking set ups but leaving the dock in pitch black didn’t help for any footage. Planning the shots and camera angles is ever changing especially with docking situations being ever changing so I don’t always have enough time to plan in advance. I’ll definitely work on getting better on that for sure. Thank you for watching and for your feedback! Cheers!
I watch a lot of boat walkthrough videos , I must say I like the fact you cover captain tips ,docking ,wind explanations along with local flavor comments. Thank you I
felt like I made the trip with you.
This is very nice to hear. It’s great to know the videos are appreciated by avid watchers of this type of content. Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts🙌🏼
Cheers
Even though I live in west Michigan, I never get to the east side. Spend all my time in Boyne City, Bay Harbour, Petoskey are during the summers. Still want a big boat to cruise around in. Great content!
Michigander here! Love our Great Lakes. Saugatuck is a great little town. One of my favorite places.
very cool man good video
1 of the very best boating videos on TH-cam. Keep it upn
Wow, that’s super nice to hear! Thank you very much for watching and for the kind words! New video coming soon! Cheers!
Would it have been better to put the boat on a lowboy trailer and drive it over there with a oversize permit?
Harsens island. San souci bar. Harbor springs. Port Austin. Ludington.. downtown Detroit. Definitely would love to see more Great Lakes content.
My great aunt had a cottage on Harsens island i remember visiting as a kid about 50 years ago
@@CM-gx8tu I grew up there.
@@CM-gx8tu San souci sold and is now open again
@@goateemike72 i live near ferry to Harsens Island. My aunt and uncle own the airport.
@@goateemike72 I have not been inside since it reopened.
Thanks for the tour. Cheers from the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Thanks for an awesome video, your tips and advice are much appreciated.👍👍👍
I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you for watching and commenting. Cheers!
Just started following you yesterday...love the content!
So glad to see you back! I love your videos because of the great knowledge you share and how down to earth you make the experience. Great job buddy!
Good to be back my friend! Love to hear the video has been received well and people seemed to enjoy it. Thank you for the support and feedback! Cheers. Hope to see you in Miami/Palm Beach
I agree, Dan really knows his stuff!
nice boat - but rather than own one, I'd like to be the company delivery guy. All the fun of it with none of the expense.
Get to use it for free and get paid to do it. Can’t beat it. I pinch myself daily.
Thank you for watching and commenting! Cheers
Great boat, thanks for taking me aboard.
I’ve lived in Toronto on Lake Ontario my whole life. I know so little about this lifestyle. Thanks for sharing.
Great Trip - great to see many of the ports I visited with my parents as a kid in our 1962 Chris Craft Constellation. Only thing we missed seeing was the engine room on your trip. Thanks again for a great time on the Great Lakes.
This was a very enjoyable video format! Please do more videos like this as trips allow! Thanks for the tour!
Great feedback! Thank you very much for watching and for the follow up! Cheers
I will continue to watch! When I first subscribe to your channel, you had maybe four or five postings, now look at where you’ve gotten to! Keep it up!
You were an early subscriber and I appreciate you sticking with me! Plenty of improvement along the way and I keep working to be better for you guys. Definitely learning along the way so thank you for your patience through it ha. 🙌🏼
Michigan born and raised! I love the Great Lakes! They really are like inland seas; incredible that middle of Lake Huron is more than 50 miles from land in any direction in parts :D
Couldn’t find anything interesting on TV so I put on TH-cam and this video popped up. Thank you so much for taking us along on this fun delivery trip! This was really interesting and inspiring! Had me daydreaming of selling everything and buying a live aboard- not that big, of course!
Just met your guy Zach Mann at the Oshkosh boat and rv show, he told me about your TH-cam channel and turns out I was already following you guys! Love the content!
Oh cool! Glad you got to meet Zach. Great dude. He told me about your channel, I’ll check it out! Cheers. Thank you for the follow 🙌🏼
Welcome to my home city in Cleveland, Ohio. Lake Erie can be very dangerous at times. Stay safe.
You didn't show engine room ?
It's his video. He doesn't have to. Keyboard warrior
Brownie hates life
@user-ph8sh9kt9v Jesus why so aggressive
Welcome to the Great Lakes!!
Captain Dan, it's awesome to see you again!
Glad to be back. Hope you enjoyed the video. Cheers
@@ElevateYachtDan, I enjoyed every moment of this video! I’ve never seen anything like it before and the grand tour of Michigan with its little marinas and towns was so great.
I grew up on the straights of Mackinac St.Ignace Michigan I am from a family that spent their lives commercial fishing. My family originated from Mackinac island my great grandfather x4 was stationed at fort Mackinac from 1796-1803 and was was the first hotel owner on the island. I worked commercial fishing for a couple of years during the summer and the winter and I have experienced every type of weather out on the lakes . I have been out in 10 foot seas which was terrifying especially when you boat is only 22 ft. Been in fog banks and almost getting rammed by a 1000 foot freighter. I no longer live there but my family still does it is always home thanks for the video.
Wow! This is such a cool family story. Thank you very much for sharing. What a history. Thanks for watching and for sharing. Cheers!
Watched while Hudson napped. Loved the different POVs 🙌🏼
Maybe he will learn by listening while he sleeps. Never too young to learn! Thank you for watching!
Really enjoyed the video and interesting sights. I couldn't see if you had an anchor out when you were both in the water, but it might be a good idea. Safety first! LOL! Subbed.
When you passed the Samuel DeChamplain ship, I have a cottage on Black Lake, just north/west of your location. Great video and channel!
Many fond memories of chartering over the years, including warm fall waters and great anchorages along the North Channel. Now on the West Coast.
My ex-wife lives in Cincinnati or rather Bethel. That's about as much as I know about Ohio besides the Trriple F Collection is there too. The Prestige is a pretty neat yacht. I remember seeing yachts when we were in Minnesota and I was told that if the yacht was over 45', they came in on a freighter and if it was under 44', they transported it via rail or on a trailer. On Lake Superior we saw a 110' Cheoy Lee explorer yacht. That was the coolest thing I had ever seen there and this was about 23 years ago when I had just gotten out of yachting. It gave me hope.
All Prestige vessels are built in a factory in France, so no matter the size, they do have to some here on a freighter, then either finish their journey via water or land depending on their size. You are pretty correct about vessels under 45-50' being typically able to be transported on a semi trailer, as long as it's not too tall. We get our new yachts delivered to Cleveland off the freighter so we have shorter distance to bring them back to Chicago. Typically have 5 new yachts a year that will need water transport from Cleveland to Chicago. Thank you for watching and sharing your experiences. It's always pretty crazy to see the big boy vessels of 100+' out on the Great Lakes. Cheers!
I grew up boating & sailing on the Great Lakes in Michigan. We often did the North Channel. We were dazzled one time when a Cheoy Lee cruised by our little secluded anchorage! Felt like a cruise ship had arrived! Such a cool vessel. We were on a Tartan 37 so not a dinghy! Cheers.
the biggest and best reason for raking the windshield that direction is to keep the glass in it under high seas... huge waves trash vertical or, rear sloped windshields with much less pressure.
Just found your channel. Great video! I’ve subscribed and I’ll be watching older videos as I can. Thanks for all of the information. Fair winds and safe travels! Cheers! 🍻
OMG Felt like a home tour! born in Cleveland, raised in Detroit, have cottage & family in northern Michigan near Presque Isle and Mackinaw, and worked in Saugatuck for over a decade. lol, thanks for the memories!
Damn that’s cool! Great spots. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Used to pull into Presque Isle as a kid on my parents boat back in the 70’s; there wasn’t a house within many miles. The only road to the marina was a very rough two track. You could watch Sturgeon swimming in formation under the boat with black bears playing on the shore. Great place and good memories! ❤
Wow!! That sounds amazing! Thank you very much for watching and for sharing such a cool experience. Cheers!
Loved this! New sub here. I grew up here in Michigan. Was lucky enough to crew on a Tarten 37. You need to experience the Bayview Mackinac Race sometime! You just did the course! But sailing it is a joy -or a nightmare - depending on that weather. We actually won several times! Celebrated by doing the North Channel, the Benjamins, etc. So many wonderful memories. The Great Lakes are so special. Thank-you for sharing your trip. Looking forward to many more. Cheers!
PS. The big bridge is called the "Mighty Mac"! You can walk across it every Labor Day! Really cool. And try to stay at The Grand on Mackinac sometime. It truely is magical. Enjoy some smoked whitefish & a glass of something nice from the Michigan vineyards. Go Blue!
Love all these great details and tips! I always hear “Mighty Mac” but wasn’t sure if that was slang or official. I’d love to spend some time on the island. Seeing pictures of winter on island and that actually looks amazing too, with snowmobiles everywhere.
You’re absolutely right, the Great Lakes are so special. Love them. Thank you so much for watching and for the great feedback you shared. So glad you enjoyed the video. More to come!
Ps, I’m a Hawkeye, so it somewhat pains me to say go blue but, you guys deserved it this year for sure! Cheers!
You visited some cool places. I've been to some as well. Great vid.
I WANT YOUR JOB! Great video...thanks for sharing
Well done sir! First video I've seen ofits kind on the great lakes and I completely enjoyed it...spent some yrs off Waukegan harbor, loved the white-capped days.
The problem I’ve had with calling ahead and expecting any warnings or alerts is a lot of the marinas on the Great Lakes employee young uninformed summer help.
I’ve had a few mishaps because of this.
Presque Isle is a great place but it’s pronounced Preesk~eel I had family that lived there and I call Traverse city home while traveling the lakes in the summer
Our company built the yacht club in Bay Harbor as well as several of the homes just a beautiful place.
Great looking yacht and a top notch video I enjoyed it all.
I did the great circle tour with my dad...florida to sheboygan WI, then back to florida via chicago and the rivers southbound. Great trip. Huron was a rainy stormy bastard when we were on it
I used to fuel a boat that made that journey every season. Father and son and they would start out with 1500 gallons of diesel.
My dad made the tour 3x with a variety of people throught the 90's. Maybe you refuled his boat! :)@@blauer2551
That’s such a cool story. I bet some amazing memories were had on that trip. Thank you for watching and for sharing the memories. Cheers!
Awesome video.
Being a Michigander and familiar with all the ports of call you visited made this vlog very interesting! Well done!👏👏👏
Super cool to hear! Love these parts. The Michigan coastline is unmatched. Thank you for watching and sharing! Cheers!
Love your trip. I’m 76 and been boating the lakes since my uncles and dad would take me fishing not too far from Port Austin in Lake Huron. Usual trips were Lake Huron, Upper Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and a little Lake Erie. Even made to Isle Royal in Lake Superior 56 miles from the tip of the Keewenaw Peninsula. Did the trip in a 32’ go fast boat on a dead calm day. Had to do the equivalent of breaking the sound barrier while passing the carrier. We went wide open exhaust in the inner harbor to amuse the lover of the peace and quite. Sorry.
Wow! Such a cool story! I’ve been wanting to get up to Isle Royal. Was just talking about that spot with a client last week. Sounds like a perfect day to make that trip. It’s a rare thing to have that flat of water up there for sure. I’m really happy you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching and for sharing your on water experiences! Cheers!
Nicely done video! Made the trip many times and always respect the lakes. Can see three or four changes in condition and weather in one day!
Isn’t that the truth! Most people who haven’t spent time out here think, it’s just a “lake”. And that’s where many are greatly mistaken. These lakes are like inland seas (Lake Superior actually is!). Thank you for watching and sharing your experiences! Helpful for others to hear. Cheers 🙌🏼
@@ElevateYachtYup… the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Great job captain and thanks for the ride 👍
Awesome video Captain Dan!
Bob Evan’s Restaurants in Ohio are one of my favorites! Extremely consistent and tasty.
My bucket list is to eat biscuits and gravy at every Bob Evans in the country! Lol
Presque Isle is a beautiful area, along with the rest of the northern peninsula. We’ll be heading up there next week.
How cool! I can't wait until my schedule allows me to do some similar type trips!
Just realize after 11 times watching this, that Mitchell your deck, mate, is Mr. boat guy! I’ll follow him as well!
Very nice video. Nice to see the small towns around the area. When you mention Chicago and Detroit I immediately think urban jungle, good to see the other side.
You're back with a new video! Glad you're back man😊
So glad to be back! Thank you for watching and keeping up with the channel. I really appreciate you! Cheers 🙌🏼
@@ElevateYachtwhich drone did you use for the shots? Mine always has trouble with winds and all that. How did you land on the moving boat?
@@xtravelling7154 Mitchell was using his DJI Mini2. The drone did great and got some amazing shots. Mitchell did great work there. For launching and landing the drone, I will slow the boat to idle or neutral while the pilot can do their thing, then off running again. Thank you for watching and for the great questions! Cheers!
Great trip! Your content is second to none!
Really appreciate the kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you for watching and commenting 🙌🏼
Grew up in Northern Mi and got to boat Lake Huron and Lake Michigan with my dad in our 32ft Chris Craft. Have gotten to visit Presque Isle, Bay harbor and all the surrounding harbors. Great video. Brought back a lot of good memories
That’s so cool to hear! Memories from growing up on the water are the best! So glad I could help bring some of those back. Thank you very much for watching and sharing your story! Cheers!
Parents have been bringing my brother and I to Saugatuck since we were born. Fun town to visit and walk around in!
Fully agree! Wish I could have stayed longer. That was my first time there and definitely didn’t get the full experience. Thanks for watching and sharing! Cheers
As far as a realistic dream job goes... You've got it. The kinda job you don't have to be blessed athleticly or financially to achieve
Awesome you got to tour our little summer town of Saugatuck! Definitely the best place to visit in Michigan!!! I love my summers there and we have tons of Chicago people living here too!
If you come back, definitely stop by Wally’s!
Great tip! Thank you. I’ll definitely check it out 🙌🏻
I live about a half hour west of Rogers City and it was really awesome to see you pulling into that town which I am very familiar with. Thank you for sharing your videos
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching and commenting! Cheers
I live outside of Cleveland. I'm not even sure how your video popped up but when it did I watched the whole thing continuously... Have never been to the upper peninsula of Michigan..... Yet.... Anyway, your yacht was beautiful, and stopping by the little towns with all the info you gave was great! I'm now a new subscriber 😎
That’s great to hear! Glad you enjoyed and subscribed. Thank you. Cheers! 🙌🏻
Boated for a dozen years around port austin, caseville, tawas. Great boating and the waves are no joke. Great video.
I’ve stayed in Port Austin a few times. Really like that spot. Sunrise and sunset over the water. Cool views. Most people who aren’t from the Great Lakes don’t believe the waves get so rough. Thank you for watching and sharing. Glad you enjoyed the video! Cheers
Good example and explanation against the naive simplicity of not just going out and buying a boat and simply setting off into the horizon. The presenter highlighted the important safety aspects one must take into consideration regarding weather, sea state, tides etc. one must be proficient in passage planning and preparation.
Thank you very much for watching and for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers!
We fuel up at Desmond all the time! They’re very welcoming and helpful 🇨🇦👍😊
This is a job i have always wanted to try out, awesome to see my home harbor (Bay Harbor) in the video!
Love the Chihuly-look chandeliers in Agave & Rye
47:00 "Back up cam & MAP". Spoken like a true over the road trucker!
I lost count how many times the adverb/adjective "SUPER" was used. 👌
"Everything's a boat to me." Words to live by.
Great video Dan! Fantastic vessel.
Thank you very much for watching and commenting! Cheers 🙌🏼
Great Captain and crew. Very knowledgeable . Enjoyed video
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Would have liked to see engine room, and the rest of this fabulous looking vessel...
Great vlog! I’ve been on inland lakes my whole life, now in the 1000 islands & love it.
Oh wow that’s an area I’ve always wanted to spend time in! Super cool area. Thank you for watching and sharing. Cheers!
been on many prestige Corks,,, an inner coastal boat. Good Video Captain
Great vid! Very informative! Live in Cleveland. Do more on the Great Lakes! Thanks
Great boating area you’ve got by you! Put-In-Bay area seems like a lot of fun. I’ll plan to get another distance trip in the future for sure. Thank you for watching and for your feedback! Cheers
If you’re in Lake Erie, you have to stop at Put-in-Bay. It’s the Key West of the North Cost. Ha!
@EdWisneski-gy6jl I visited briefly one evening with a broker friend in the area. Unfortunately, most of the time I’m in that area is on a delivery trip so I don’t get to stay and play. Maybe we’ll experience a “mechanical issue”‘that holds me over in that area for an extra night or two 🤔
Great to see this trip. Very fun To watch. Love the style of this boat. It looks speced out ~ except no dishwasher ? Why do people spend millions for a boat and not a dishwasher is beyond me, that would be a dealbreaker ? I know it takes up space~ but you better keep the kitchen people happy, if not nobody is happy. Like the option for V Drives ~ eliminates the expensive pod seal problems ( I hear expensive) .
Great point about the dishwasher. This vessel can easily have one added, it would go in the one cabinet underneath the sink. You’re right this vessel is very spacious and great open layout. Pods can have seal problems but that was more of an issue back when Cummins Zeus pods were first released and not nearly as regular of an occurrence as of late.
Thank you for watching and for sharing your input. I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Cheers
Really enjoyed it all. Hoped to see the engine room.
Spent my youth on long distance sailing on the great lakes one thing have trouble getting used to is the unlimited usage of electricity you get on a power cruiser.
I was wondering if you could not fast forward during your docking process so we can hear what instruction you would give. Also, are fenders really needed on a fixed dock?? They don’t seem to be doing much.. One more thing, if you ran the boat at 80 percent of rated wide open throttle, you would get a more efficient cruising speed/fuel economy versus .42 total mpg @ 2700 rpm.
Great video!
I commented once to another question, but yes I should and can in the future slow the docking. The dockings during this trip weren’t overly technical since most delivery trips consist of laying up along a T dock or face dock. We don’t always know the dock situation ahead of time so we always have fenders deployed but find that many places in MI have fixed docks with large pylons protruding making fenders useless like you see here. We were running the boat at 70-80% throttle as recommended by the manufacturer. Efficiency is not the number one priority on a delivery trip like this since we are working to get the brand new vessel back to Chicago to start the detailing and sales process so time is of the essence with a mid summer delivery. If it were an owner owned vessel and we were punching Pennies, yes efficiency is important.
Thank you very much for watching and for your great questions and feedback. Cheers! Glad you enjoyed the video
Just found channel, love it! I spend alot of mornings on lk stclair and those sunrises are unlike anywere else
Welcome to the channel! Glad you’re here and enjoying it. Thank you for watching and sharing! Cheers!
Hey! We bought that yellow hull 45 chris craft in saugatuck! So funny to see it in the video! She's in lake erie again now. Great video especially since we just did that trip in reverse last September!
Holy cow small world! Great vessel by the way! Congrats on your new baby. I hope she treats you well. I’ll look for you next time in out on Erie. Thank you for watching and sharing your story! Super cool. Cheers!
Congratulations! I'm jealous. Wish you well and lots of fun & great times on her. Best wishes.
My grandfather kept a boat at Saugatuck from the late 60's to the mid 80's. Great little town.
I’m sure it’s changed a lot in more recent times but I totally agree. It was a great spot to stop for sure. Thanks for watching and sharing. Cheers!
He was a member of the Singapore Yacht Club. He even caught a record setting Pike while he was there off the back of his boat while moored in his slot.@@ElevateYacht
That is awesome!!
26:15 I am not used to seeing so much fresh water and massive navigable lakes, channels and locks for the different lake elevations. I really don’t like swimming in salt water, but fresh water swimming looks incredible!
It is! And no sharks or jellyfish! And it actually cools you off on a hot summer day. Esp if you're just barely Up North! It's beautiful even in winter too!
Very nice! That would be a good gig to have would love to do the same thing! I live in Michigan!
Dan, thanks for making and sharing this video. Nice work!
The only thing missing for me was a bit of technical data and maybe an engine view. Even a quick oil check would be cool, it would be as much a part of your daily life on this boat as the accommodations unless you hired a captain and deck hand to travel with you. (Of course I can’t afford this vessel so maybe that’s exactly what people do :)
Thanks again!
The engine view was definitely something that slipped my mind. The mix of focusing on the safety of this brand new vessel, dealing with conditions, entertaining a client, all while trying to get quality content, a few things got missed 😖
Doing all the content and editing on my own, while also working can get to be a lot. it would be easier if I hired someone to simply follow me around and shoot…maybe some day.
I’ll work to get more of this style of content though! Baby steps :)
It wasn’t about the yacht, it was about the what you go through for delivery of that yacht!
@@leeparker3159 thanks for stating the obvious. Do you think you’d deliver this rig without checking the oil?
Nice job. I did a 12-day delivery from Norfolk, VA to Sarasota, FL on a 62ft Vicem over the Christmas holiday. I'm from Chicago but I haven't been back there since visiting in 2013. Hopefully back this summer. Cool channel, subscribed. Bear Down!
Vicem is a beautiful boat! Sounds like an awesome trip. Hit me up if you make it back to the city. Cheers. Thanks for commenting!
Nice video years ago I had a 40 ft goodroow?? Built by them in their shipyard in Canada it was very unique made of galvanized steel. Needless to say I got married she didn't like boats it had to go😢.. now 30 years later I would gladly trade back😂 would have been nice to see what type engines you had . I love the Cummings six cylinders give a lot of room in a boat and they have a lot of torque
Hi I Just subscribed but I have to mention that you and I have the same bi-color hands lol, vitiligo is a distinction we both have, I´m getting a lot of knowledge with your channel but I have never sail as captain in a big boat, I do have my boaters license but its not for big boats.
Very cool! Vitiligo is actually a lot more common than I initially expected. I’m very happy to hear you’re enjoying the channel and learning from it! That’s great to hear. Thank you very much of watching, subscribing and for sharing your thoughts. Great to hear from you. Cheers