S2E21-GREAT LOOP-LEG 22-Coffeeville AL to Fairhope AL
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- HOW BAD IS IT? We have an incredibly long day ahead from Coffeeville, AL to Fairhope, AL. Unforeseen events make it even longer as our worst nightmare comes true...
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Hello! I'm the Commodore of Fairhope Yacht Club and I am so glad we could provide you safe harbor and hospitality for a few days. Glad you got to visit but sorry about the circumstances. Looking forward to hearing more about your adventures and how things are going. Please look us up again in your future travels.
Hi Phillip! Thank you so much for commenting! We had an incredible stay at your club. Everyone, was so nice and helpful. Your club is in such a beautiful setting and all the members we met were so kind to us. What a great place! We hope to be back to visit someday. One of our favorite stops(other than the accident) so far on the Loop! Best to you all!
Great story watched all of your videos
Thank you so much Bob! So happy you are joining us! :)
Hey guys just want to say y’all did a great with this situation. Remember this about tugs they put out a prop blast down to about 40 feet and kick stuff off the bottom, so try not to pass on the outside of a turn when passing if you can. Good luck we really enjoy your videos.
Thank you so much! I am so glad you said this. We also noticed making the video, it appears to be right where a huge logging facility is operating....Lesson learned for sure! Thank you :)
OMG….. every boaters biggest fears! First of all, we are happy you made it safely! Second, I know that there is no way either of us would have been able to record any footage while under stress like you were! We would have been looking, listening and feeling the boats every move and motion. Third…. You had both of us in tears with the radio call when entering Mobile Bay! The response from the other vessels was amazing and made us feel safe and protected.
There has never been a TH-cam video that has hit our emotion like you just did. We look forward to following your adventures and will keep our fingers crossed for a safe journey for the rest of your trip.
I cant thank you enough for the kind and thoughtful comment. It really means a lot to us that you would take the time to let us know your thoughts and emotions on this episode. I really really appreciate that. It keeps us inspired and motivated. Thank you and all the best to you!
No boat trip is ever complete without some kind of problem. The great thing is you made it to help and no issues to your persons.
You are correct Mike! :) Thank you for your support! We appreciate you!
I just want to say Outstanding Job!, on the way that you conducted yourselves in this situation! I hope that others who watch this learn something by the manner you stayed composed, and safely got to port. My hope for you both is that the damage is minimal, and can easily be repaired. I wish you nothing but good luck on the remainder of your voyage! Glad you are safe! ~Lou
Thank you so very much Lou! We appreciate your support and kind words :)
To me this episode is the saddest for me but you make it to Fairhope, a very beautiful small town on Mobile Bay, we lived there for a year and loved it. You guys got me hooked I have liked every video with the thumbs up...I am so glad I found this.
Thank you Larry. It was a rough day. But we made it. And we made it to a great location. There is always a silver lining! Thank you so much for your support. It really means a lot to us!❤
I have to say you guys handled that situation very well. You were sorely tested and clearly up to the challenge. Great teamwork. Thanks for sharing. Wish you the best.
Thank you very much for the kind words. It was quite a day. We appreciate you following along and thanks for commenting. Best to you!
Not a fun day, but I have no doubt you will persevere. Some boat humor... When I was 18 and cruising on my Dad's 33' Chris Craft cabin cruiser on Peoria Lake in Illinois, Dad told me to throw out the anchor which I did. A short time later while Dad was sitting in his chair and was enjoying a cold drink he noticed we were drifting and hollered "did you tie up the anchor?" I said "No". He said "Why the h*** not?" I said "You didn't tell me too." We recovered the anchor thankfully and I guess we will call that my first boating lesson.
This also includes boat humor. Sunday morning, nursing a hangover, at Harbor Docks, Destin Harbor.
Working on a "cold drink ", Bloody Mary. And a dozen. oysters
You would be surprised how often not tying the anchor on happens. I heard of one person throwing the anchor over without tying the chain to the anchor.
GREAT STORY! Thank you for sharing. I will share a good one....years ago on our 24' Regal, we had just put the boat back in the water after repairing an engine that sucked someone's trash in to the intake, on our shake down cruise we tangled in a rope. I climbed in to the frigid Lake Michigan waters cursing people who liter in the lake! Only to trace the rope up under the boat to my own bow! hahaha! The anchor clip had broken and we had spilled out all our rode. Embarrassing! Thanks for the great comment!
Every boaters nightmare and ya'll handled it. Well done you two. Best wishes for the repairs to be minimal. Be well you guys.
Thank you! We really appreciate the comment and the kind wishes..it means a lot to us. Thank you!
Good Lord guys.
I could see the tension and apprehension is your faces from the train bridge throughout the rest of the video. Good job on bringing her to a safe port. You both did admirably!
Bravo Zulu
Thank you David! It was quite intense! Thank you for the kind words :)
I was on pins and needles too, and I'm safe in my office chair. Can't wait to watch next episode. Good luck.
Ha! Thanks Brian! Love this comment! Thank you for your great comments and your support. We appreciate it very much!
Oh my gosh! My heart sank. My thoughts and prayers are with you. So glad you're safe. Maybe take a few days and explore the area. It's beautiful and has plenty of liquid adult beverages for calming those nerves.
Thanks David! Great suggestions! And we did just that! Thank you very much for the nice comment and well wishes! We appreciate it very much! Thanks!
Wow! We hit something on our last leg of the rivers also. Crazy that nobody in front of us or behind us saw it too! Glad you got to Fairhope safe!
It seems like quite few Loopers hit or bumped something this year...maybe the low water levels are kicking stuff up off the bottom??? who knows...Thanks for the nice comment! :)
Thank God you made it to port safely. You proved your seamanship this day. To take on unknown damage in unfamiliar territory and continue to a busy traffic port in bad weather - BZ Captain!
I hope the rest of your trip is less 'exciting. '
Thank you Phil! Really kind of you to say. Thank you for taking the time to comment that. It means a lot to us. All the best to you!
What a trip. way to hang in there. I hope the repair is a reasonable yet quick fix. Will be watching.
Thanks Todd! We appreciate the kind comment and thank you for following along!
I have been waiting for this video for a while to learn of what happened and how it was addressed. I am so happy it wasn’t worse than it was. Although it was scary, you two handled it amazingly. Hope to see you on the water some day soon ❤Bell
Thanks Bell! You are awesome! Thank you for following along and always with great comments! We appreciate it! :)
So sorry to hear of your trouble. River life always catches up with those who spend enough time of the river systems. Good luck guys!
Thank you! We appreciate your support! :)
Great job to both of you! Glad no one was hurt!
Thank you so much Anthony! We appreciate your support! :)
Great video (we all feel your pain) glad you are safe.
Thank you Marty....thanks for the kind comment and thank you for watching!
Hoping the best for a speedy return to the loop.
Thank you Mike! We appreciate that! :)
Thank you for sharing your harrowing journey.
Thank you Big Guy for watching and the kind words! Best to you!
Oh no!!! I'm just glad you made it to the next port. That stinks but it seems like you both did a good job of keeping a cool head. This type of thing happens, and you have to count your blessings and move on. I know this event has long passed, but I'm still sending positive vibes out to you both!
Thank you so much! We appreciate all the good vibes we can get! :)
Thank goodness you had control over both engines, even if not at full power. I’ve following your videos and was really hoping something like this wouldn’t happen. I hope the damage isn’t to severe
Thank you! Yes, I agree....we were fortunate to have both engines. We are finding more damage than we thought. Check out todays episode. Thanks for following along!
Sounds very difficult when all that is happening . Glad you guys were ok . I would think you have to be prepared on a 6000 mile journey that eventually you will hit something or run aground . Your boat and crew seemed to be prepared for this . All you can hope for is that there wasn’t to much damage . Safe travels .
Thank you Dave. You are correct, you almost have to expect something....in fact several boats traveling down the rivers bumped something, with different degrees of damage. Most river impacts result in retuning a prop, usually done by a diver. Ours unfortunately was a little more serious. Thank you for the nice comment and for following along!
Sorry for the problems but from what I have seen y’all can handle it. Hope the repair is minimal and quick. Looking forward to the next video!
Thank you! Thanks for following along with us and for the great comment!
Well done captain, praying for safe travels
Thank you Harold! Thanks for the kind words. Much appreciated!
Im glad you guys are ok... Sorry for the troubles. A few drinks, and a good story. Fingers 🤞 guys
Thank you! We appreciate the kind words!
Don't know how your channel popped up in my YT feed but glad to see you safely made it to Fairhope. Although most of my boating has been coastal cruising on a SV out of Panama City FL and inland lake power boating on Lake Martin AL, I can only imagine the stress and the tension of that transit. Y'all really deserved a few relaxing days/evenings at the Grand Hotel in Fairhope. Following along to see how Fairhope treated y'all.
Thank you John! We found Fairhope and the whole panhandle area, including Panama City to be really great! I imagine it makes for excellent sailing! Thank you for taking the time to comment and thank you for the kind words. We hope you continue to following along! Best to you!
The only cruising I have ever done is overnight cruises from Montgomery, Alabama on a pontoon boat on the Alabama, Coosa, and Tallapoosa Rivers.
Rivers seem to have a lot of junk in the water, at times.
In floods, I have seen trees (with and without tops), branches, telephone poles, dead cows, and, once, an electric stove.
They were all headed downstream in the current. It seems the current just scours stuff from the riverbank and sends it on.
I'm sorry you had such a horrendous event in the Tombigbee, way down here in Alabama.
I'm glad you got past it all after spending so much time at Orange Beach.
I have seen every episode from this one up to the bad weather at Norman's Cay.
i have subrscribed, and I hope now I can watch your future episodes as they occur.
Thank you for making such an intesting presentation.
Thank you so much for joining us George! We were so lucky to be "stuck" in Alabama! Everyone was so nice there! We will definitely be back!
My wife and I live on the banks of the Tombigbee River roughly seven miles north of the Coffeville Lock in a community of camps on the West side of the river. We are truly sorry to hear of your troubles. However everyone in our community has a problem that we encounter almost daily and that problem is Yatchs! I would say that at least 75% of the Yatchs that pass our homes do so at wide open throttle showing no respect for our docks, piers or the boats that we might have tied up to these docks. Even though the fist statement in the Alabama boaters book states that no one should operate a vessel in a manner that will cause damage to another vessel or personal property, we can’t seem to get any help with the problem from the state level. I personally have had boats damaged while tied up to my dock by passing Yatchs. So if you are one of the 25% that slow down and show respect then I am truly sorry for the troubles that you encountered. If you are part of the other 75%, well………………
I am so sorry to hear this, and we definitely saw boaters NOT slow down at all for the houses and docks. You could just see how their wake affected the homeowners and boats. Hopefully something will change! Thank you for sharing this! :)
Wow. Looking forward to the next video! I’ve seen a few videos this winter of loopers getting props bent up but nothing like this!
We are hoping to get our boat launched later this week in St. Joe, MI.
Thanks Brett! It seems like the last couple years there have been more and more dinged up props from the rivers....maybe low water levels have something to do with it....Enjoy your upcoming boating season! We both know it way too short in Michigan! Thanks for watching and thanks for the great comment!
Ugh, I felt your pain. I HATE when mechanical failures happen, so helpless. Happy to see you on the water again.
Thank you! I agree! It was a rough one! The length of time it took to get to safe harbor made it worse! Thanks for watching and thanks for commenting! Have a great day!
Will you be back by the 4th?
Thats the plan!
See ya on A dock! Kathy and I love your videos,
Thank you so much! See you guys soon! :)
glad you ladies made it ok
Hahaha! Thanks!
Holy crap. What a horrendous experience. This explains why I’d heard from somebody in Ludington that you’d ’encountered some difficulty’ down south. Yikes. Will look forward to the next installment to see what happened next. BTW, excellent storytelling in the video - the suspense was worthy of Hitchcock (and I’ll even give you a pass for not including Ollie in this one 😂 🐾)
YES! It sucked! Thank you for the pass on Ollie Time...I will do better in the next episode just for you! Thank you so much for following along and the great comments!
Grew up on the Tombigbee in Jackson and ate at Bobby’s Fish Camp quite often. As I’m sure you saw, from Jackson to Mobile is covered with factories of all type and plenty of debris is floating around that area. Best of luck on your adventure !
Thank you for sharing that! We did notice the increase, especially when we made the video. and could see what kind of factories were there. Mobile was quite the busy port! :)
Things happen sometimes out of our control so don't get too down. You're out living your dream and doing things others only dream about. Don't cross the state at lake O because there are several locks on that route. The keys route is incredible and don't miss the Bahamas my favorite boating place anywhere.
Thank you for that! You are so right! They said the highs would be incredible, but so would the lows. It is so very true! We are in the Bahamas now, and are just blown away by the beauty here. Thank you for watching! :)
Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Take it one day at a time. Happy you are safe in a marina. Everything can be repaired... your safety is most important.
Thank you Mark! You are correct...the crew is safe, the vessel is secure...thats what matters. Great comment! Thanks!
Thank god you were not on the open sea!!
I agree! It was so very scary! Thank you for joining us :)
Very cool video, intense content, glad everything worked out. In the opening contents you stated Coffeeville would be your last lock until you reach the Erie Canal, that's wrong, you have 5 sets of locks between Ft. Myers, Florida and Stuart, Florida on the St.Lucie River...
Thank you! I guess it depends which route you take. We are going around Florida and crossing to the Bahamas for a side trip. So we are not traveling through the Okeechobee. Thank you for sharing that for others who may be planning their routes. :)
Man that’s tough. Sorry yall had to go through this.
Thank you Mike!
1. Bring it home son is about as southern a hospitality as gets ….
2. All those years up north, be honest, you was surprised at how welcoming southern folks are
3. While you’re here, and boat getting fixed, go to dauphin street in mobile, great food. Take a drive to Pensacola Beach, whitest sand in the world ….. great restaurants out there too
Exactly! We were blown away at how kind, helpful and welcoming everyone was! We really loved the area and we will be back! Thank you for your support!
to the USCG "Taking on water" sounds like an emergency. You didn't have an "emergency" did you?? You traveled 9 hours after the logstrike. with both engines working and transmissions unaffected....
Well, if we slowed down to idle speed, we took on more water. So we shared our emergency status going through Mobile Bay so all of the barges and such new why we were going faster than normal. They all responded with "get her home son" and other supportive comments. Thank you for watching :)
Looks like a fairly newer boat yet there still aren’t any systems to prevent or attenuate these occurrences. I saw a 50’ yacht coming into a Lake Huron port. The owner had given the pilot the day off. The owner takes the buoy on the wrong side and $20,000 bronze prop looks like a pretzel. I forget the bottom line on the adventure , diver, remove prop, take to Bay City (about 80 miles away), bring back, call diver, install prop, inspect shaft, insurance calls owner and tells him he’s not allowed to pilot the boat until he gets a CG certification. Big deal in a town of 200 people in late summer.
Thank you for the great comment! I agree, I feel like some kind of forward facing sonar may have helped??...maybe not. Sometimes it is just luck. The boat in front of us was on the same track...and he missed it. You are not kidding about boat repairs in small towns....it can be almost impossible at times! Thank you for sharing and thanks for following along!
I have been following on NEBO and it seemed like something was up. It stinks but it's another loop story, one of many for you guys.
Thank you for following along!
Darn!!! Sorry to hear about this!!
😢
Thank you! It was quite the day! We appreciate you watching!
What speed / RPM were you running at at the point of impact?
Thank you Bob! Great question! We were traveling about 9 knots, maybe a little more or a little less. That puts us at about 900 RPMS-ish. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Wow 😮 😢sorry to see this episode doesn’t sound good glad you all and your dog safe. How bad is it? you may know by now and what’s your time frame to continue on your journey? When can we anticipate your next video?
Thanks Steve! Thank you for the support and the great comments. Really appreciate you following along with us. We are doing our best to get an episode out weekly...Stay tuned! Thank you! :)
Oh man, so sorry for you guys!!! Gotta be a stressful situation but looks like you handled it like champs. Boats can be fixed, glad you’re safe. Was curious as to what your speed was when you hit. We will be looping soon in a similar boat and would be helpful to understand.
Thank you Mike! We were going about 9 knots at the time. We really appreciate the kind words and the nice comment! Thanks for following along. All the best to you on your loop. Feel free to email anytime if you have specific questions.
I look forward to seeing your weekly post. What happened to todays post? I hope all is well and there wasn't a lot of damage.
Thanks Mike! We just posted this week's episode! Thank you for your interest and thanks for following along!
I got to the 11:50 point about 20 minutes ago, paused at 12:10 because I couldn't see the video any more ... ... slowly regaining composure. =|
Thank you for watching, and thanks for taking the time to post this great comment. Wishing you all the best...thanks!
Wading up a prop sucks. Been there done that. Except I got both sides.
Ugh! Both props?! That is never good. Thank you for watching and thanks for the comment...hope your repairs went well!
These types of boats should have stern drives .. easier to maintain and you can get get the prop out of the water Quickly ..i wouldn't be able to enjoy myself knowing the props are exposed to the bottom......great presentation
Thanks Kenneth...and excellent point. This is our first boat with exposed shaft, rudder, and props. When she is out of the water and I look at the running gear I think the same thing. It seems really vulnerable. Thanks for watching and commenting!
When are we going to get an update on the impact? Been waiting to see the outcome
Thanks you for your interest! It means a lot to us. New episode today. We try to release an episode every week! Thanks for following along!
Why no video of the cruising. Just a map ?
We have lots of video of cruising in most of our episodes. Check them out! This episode has some cruising video, but as you can imagine...it was a REALLY bad day....we did not film much of the trip that day, we were worried about other things. Thanks for following along! :)
I am so sorry
Thank you so much! We appreciate your support :)
Have you abandoned the trip? Nothing posted since the impact
Ouch, awful day! How fast were you going when you hit the object? Quite an impact.
Yes, it was terrible! We were going about 9 knots....Thank you for watching!
I would recommend slowing down to 7 or 8 knots and enjoying the trip, why hurry?Probably you would have been able to see what you hit at a slower speed.
Depending on moon not much visibility on the river. Q Beam a necessity. Logs floating down river fairly common.
Thanks Mark, but absolutely not true. Appreciate the input anyway. We were probably going about 7 or 8 knots at the time...saw nothing.
Everyone has their way to do the loop and we have a certain way we need to do this trip to make it work for us. We appreciate your understanding and support on that. and we support you doing your loop as slow as you want and any way you want.
Thanks!
We were fourth in line of 4 vessels. A USCG vessel had the lead. It was dark, we were using spotlights for about 1/2 mile to enter the lock. By the time we left the lock it was daylight. With good visibility.
You are damaged and taking on water, and your buddy boat left you? WTH
Hahaha! Thanks William...I agree! why would he leave us?! ... In all seriousness, It was actually well coordinated. We were in touch on the radio the whole time and he was only a 1/2 mile/ mile or so ahead most of the time. It wasn't until Mobile Bay that he made the safe call to get himself to safe harbor and prepare to help us land. By then we were being monitored by the USCG. Thanks for watching!
Who was driving?
Just kidding. it could haopen to anyone 1:27 .
There are 2 types of boaters. Those who admit to running aground, and liars.
Haha! That's funny! Thanks Cliff!
Never a good feeling, but she's not on the bottom...... roll of gaffa tape, a can of WD40 and you'll be on your way again....... " always look on the bright side of life " 🍻🍻🍻💙
Spot on Mark! Great comment! Thank you for watching!
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too much nararating for me. I think your story would be more interesting if you filmed your problems instead of narrating them.
Thank you for the feedback. We actually lost our sound on our go pro, so we lost all of our real time narration and emotions. We had to go back in and tell the story. Thank you for watching!
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@@cruisingandromeda Things go like that sometimes. One thing goes wrong and all kinds of seemingly unrelated things also fail at the same time! A case of "when it rains, it pours!" I hope that your damage was not severe. I had a 70 foot long river going houseboat that we ran on the Ohio River out of Cincinnati. I was always worried that something would damage the running gear with all the crap that floats down a river.
That is how it was! Just when you think you "got it" something always pops up! lol Thank you for watching and sharing!
We were in awe of the houseboats we saw! Being from Michigan, I had never seen them. What a fun way to travel! :)
We know what you went through. Same thing for us a few years ago with a Grand Haven dredging operation. No pun intended, but worst sinking feeling we have ever had on a boat. But following your Facebook, sounds like all is good and exciting times continue. You are good people with a very nice boat. We wish you both the best boating has to offer on the Loop. ♥️⚓️🚤
Thank you David! You are correct...it is a gut punch...I would think most boaters have had some kind of event and experienced that "sinking feeling". I hope your repairs went well. Thanks for sharing and thank you for watching!