Tips Traveling the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW)

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Rusty Keller - 5 years ago

Watch the video titled: "Mistakes I've made sailing the ICW." You'll see that you are not alone, being confused by the simplicity of charts.

Life Media - 7 years ago

Great stuff guys see you in Florida soon Brad and Lilly

meg black - 8 years ago

what show are you watching on the laptop? The title was garbled in the vid.

meg black - 8 years ago

thanks, gonna look for it on DVD

Wicked Salty - 8 years ago

black sails

SV BellaLuna - 8 years ago

right on.

Matt - 8 years ago

Isn't it easier to sail up the east coast? And the ICW just for going south?

Alex Freire - 8 years ago

nice! Kiki said we will use this!

JohnnyRooks - 8 years ago

CAPTAIN RON OR DIE

Joe Russel - 8 years ago

How come you don't sail out in the Atlantic up the coast instead of messing with the ICW and its shallow areas?

Matt - 8 years ago

My question exactly.

smacksman1 - 8 years ago

Those rain squalls are when you grab a bar of soap, strip off, jump on deck and have a lovely cool shower!
I agree with you - the magenta line on the chart just shows you which river to go down. Mark I eyeball tells you where to follow the channel marks and even then, keep a close eye on the sounder.
Fair winds.

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Silverphox13 - 8 years ago

So why the ICW? Why not just sail the coast?

BobbieGWhiz - 8 years ago

Hi, On a different subject, I enjoy star gazing, and imagine that without terrestrial light pollution, the night sky must be amazing. I never see videos showing the night sky. Is this because it's difficult to photograph? If possible, could you include starry sky videos in one of your videos? Thanks

Wicked Salty - 8 years ago

+lisarob5767 That's a great idea! It is definitely more of a challenge then daytime but anything is possible.

Waki Siffredi - 8 years ago

7:06 I like those squalls like i like my women

Rich Allcorn - 8 years ago

Why are you hanging around the ICW? Why not the Caribbean Islands?

Chris Smith - 8 years ago

Just got back from our first extended sailing trip and discovered your videos...been enjoying them! Crazy how similar our experiences were, we too had a rough, aborted Gulf Stream crossing, among other things. Looking forward to following along with the new adventures.

Eric Schuler - 8 years ago

Thanks for the video Wes. I would love to do the ICW some day. Love you guys :-)

Jean Mondeau - 8 years ago

Looks like a very peaceful place. I can hardly wait for my own trip June 2017. Of course for my first trip I will be doing it in my small 20 foot Aquarius sailboat boat with its retractable keel. Wohoo only 8 or so inches of draft with the keel up. Yessss. That is wicked salty shallow. ;-)

Wicked Salty - 8 years ago

+Jean Mondeau You'll be able to go everywhere with that draft! Excited for you Jean.

Les Pendleton - 8 years ago

Wes, I am amazed at how many people (sailors) I know who have watched all of your videos. We do sunset sails out of New Bern, NC (just down the road from Oriental). Last night we took out a young couple from Utah who want to buy a sailboat and go cruising just like you and Kate. I told them they should watch your videos and they said they had already watched them all. To me, (sailed for over 60 years) what makes your videos so charming is that you didn't attempt to hide the fact that you were a novice when you and Kate just 'took off'. You made the expected newcomer mistakes and just said 'whoops' look what I did. It was refreshing and very entertaining. I could see how much you had grown and learned over the time you were filming. Hated it when you had to go home. Get back out there ASAP!

Les Pendleton - 8 years ago

Wes, admit it...you 'stole' the line about squalls from Captain Ron! "They come on you fast and they leave you fast".

Wicked Salty - 8 years ago

+Les Pendleton Just seeing if anyones paying attention ;) definitely one of our favorite movies!

Wicked Salty - 8 years ago

+peoplewatchingpeople 10 meters, that is insane. Talk about needing to play the tides. Thank you for following along it makes it all worthwhile, we will keep it up!

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Pulpito - 8 years ago

Black sails I watched the first three seasons over a weekend, hoping there will be more :) ps you should see some of the 20ft tides in the UK!

Wicked Salty - 8 years ago

+SV_OrangeZeus Crazy! Black sails is awesome.

zzzx xzzz - 8 years ago

Wes, check out the seaward 46 rk by Hake yachts. rk stands for raising keel. all the way up and the boat can sail or motor in 2 1/2 feet of water. the rudders are raised also. This would be a great boat for the exumas or icw. see all the youtube vids about this boat. I like the ones where people step off the boat in 3 ft of water at the beach ! :-)

Sven L - 8 years ago

Any update on the boat sale? Have you started looking at other boats yet?

IntermittentSailingWithKids - 8 years ago

Thanks for sharing Wes. Independence, my Catalina 320 goes into the water next week. Hoping I will have everything done. My 5 year plan is to retire, and take a trip down the ICW and hit the Bahamas. If two kids out of high school can do it, so can we! Good advice on the "follow the marks, not the GPS". Its funny, if you ever get back up to the Chesapeake, specifically the Sassafras River, same thing, GPS course is WAY off. Actually the compass starts spinning the wrong direction as well. Micro black hole? Maybe.

Wicked Salty - 8 years ago

+IntermittentSailingWithKids Sounds like you have some adventures coming up! That is great!

William Montgomery - 8 years ago

Captain Ron quotes, loving it! My favorite movie! "If anything gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there!"

bubba - 8 years ago

Go out and sail. F the ICW. Duck in at night or when you have to. Perhaps a boat with a shallow draft for ICW cruise To each their own. Have fun.

Wicked Salty - 8 years ago

+bubba This is tips for traveling the ICW video, hopefully to help others looking to do so.

FLX SUKI - 8 years ago

What kind of boat is this? Like the brand and the make?

John - 8 years ago

+Wicked Salty My goal is to buy sometime around October. If it's still available then please contact me.

FLX SUKI - 8 years ago

+Wicked Salty ill check it out im trying to finish school then get into sail boats. Ur boat is amazing i will love it

Wicked Salty - 8 years ago

+FLX SUKI She has great lines. Actually for sale http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/54233 we would go as low as 15000 just have to drop that listing price. Currently saving for another slightly larger sailboat.

FLX SUKI - 8 years ago

+Wicked Salty oh ok thank you i just love your boat

Wicked Salty - 8 years ago

+FLX SUKI 1983 ericson 30+

Tony Tiger - 8 years ago

These are not the magenta lines you're looking for. May the fourth be with you Wicked Salty!

Wicked Salty - 8 years ago

+Tony Tiger Haha yes obi wan

cycling with kiwi - 8 years ago

cool

Allyn Onderdonk - 8 years ago

Oh yesss!!!!

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Wicked Salty - 8 years ago

Caught my first fish of the year yesterday! Brought the salt back to the wicked salty wes vlogs. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNt7T4A8Glw

Recon Brad Vaughn - 8 years ago

can't wait keep up the good work

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