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I finally did it, going around south Florida in a boat. Some call it the FLOOP, some call it The Smuggler's Run, I call it pure adventure and fun and all within 2.5 hours drive distance from home. All of it could be done in 2 hours by airplane but what's the point of that when you can take your time and enjoy the best of boating life.
This amazing trip took 7 days, 5 locks to cross Lake Okeechobee and 5 fuel top offs. I hope you enjoy this incredible adventure almost as much as I did.
Special thanks to my best friend Nick for taking time away from everything to come help. I couldn’t had done this without him. Also my friends Bryan and Justin with Five Star Yacht Management for helping with the preparation for this trip and the support along the way. Best team!
EPISODE CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Day 1 Boca Raton to Stuart
03:00 - Day 2 Stuart to Moore Haven
08:19 - Day 3 Moore Haven to Fort Myers
14:50 - Day 4 Fort Myers to Marco Island
19:06 - Day 5 Marco Island to Marathon Key
23:05 - Day 6 Marathon to Miami
26:25 - Day 7 Miami to Boca Raton
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FAQs
- What boat is this? This is a 2014 Prestige 500 Flybridge.
- Do you stay on your boat and sleep on your boat? Yes, when I use the boat for long trips I sleep work and live on the boat. This is a very roomy type of boat that some people use as their house.
- Are you changing the channel to a boating channel? No but it's nice to mix the content up sometimes.
- Do you prefer boating or flying? Flying is my happy place but it's also professional work although I'm not a professional pilot, flying is a serious business. Boating now is fun but it too has its challenges. Being a pilot has made me a better boater with a deep understanding of weather, navigation and logistics.
- What do you use to record your videos? I use 3 GoPro cameras (models 10). I use a Sony FRD-AX53 4K camera with mechanically stabilized optical zoom, my iPhone 13 PRO MAX for many of the video shots you see when the 4K camera is too bulky to carry.
- What software do you use to edit your videos? I use Final Cut Pro on a MacBook and iMac
- Where do you find good royalty free video clips? I use artgrid.io
- Do you do all the editing? Yes, all this work other than some filler video clips and music is my work 100%
- Do you promote products? Never! I keep my videos sponsor free and continue have unlimited and unrestricted fun without a "boss" or watching my words.
- Where are you from originally? I was born and raised in beautiful Greece and came to the US as a College student. Loved the Country decided to stay and build my career here. Best decision ever.
- How do you afford to own a boat like this? Boat ownership can be expensive. It is 3 times more expensive maintaining the boat than the airplane and it loses its value twice as fast compared to the airplane, but it's 100% fun.
Music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com)
On this episode you can hear:
- Bones
- Disruptive Storms
- Slow Beginnings
- SunRise
- Ride Baby Ride
- Kasuga Rain
- Hooch
- Indian Summer
- First Sunrise
- Foxtrot
- Power of Freedom
- Open Seas
- No Hay Trabajo
- Tranquility Coast
- Come 2gether
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