The Great Debate: Ocean Hopping vs. ICW for East Coast Explorers!

This week we touch on a hotly debated topic, should you ocean hop your way down the East coast of the United States or slowly motor your way down the ICW! We are a bit too new to want to sail around Cape Hatteras, so are taking the inside route until we can get back out on the ocean and sail around way down to the Bahamas. In the meantime we knock out a couple boat projects tuning our loose rigging and fixing our canvas enclosure thanks to the help of Friends! With Brett and Marisa hauled out, Trout teaching Patrick how to Rig, Charlie and Kayleigh sewing up our enclosure, and the absolute legend Jerome Rand inviting Patrick onto his Podcast, it really is an episode filled with Cruisers coming together for Thanksgiving! We hope you are enjoying our journey south and can't wait to share more of what living on a sailboat is with you next week! Check Out Our Merch Store! https://shop.patrickandmichaela.com Use Code: HOLIDAY10 Follow Our Friends Sailing With Trout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_56n_H3At43HpUqEvpYPBQ Bret and Marisa: https://www.youtube.com/@Bretandmarisa Sailing Into Oblivion: https://www.youtube.com/@SailingIntoOblivion Become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/patrickandmichaela ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our ICECO Fridge Freezer: https://icecofreezer.com/PM12 Check out MagicMind! https://www.magicmind.com/pandmbf Code PANDMBF gets you up to 50% off your first subscription ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow us on Social Media Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sailing_thalia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sailing_thalia/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patrickandmichaela/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Business Inquiries please reach out to business@patrickandmichaela.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Audio Credits Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com Song: Distant Call Song: Distant Call (Instrumental Version) Song: Don't Need An Answer Song: Don't Need An Answer (Instrumental Version) Song: In Our Hands Song: In Our Hands (Instrumental Version) Artist: Ten Towers Song: How Will I Cope Song: How Will I Cope (Instrumental Version) Artist: The Eastern Plain Song: I Don't Wanna Go (Instrumental Version) Artist: Cody Francis Song: One Bad Movie (Instrumental Version) Artist: Bjurman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:08 - Ocean VS. ICW 02:10 - Alligator River Bridge 04:26 - Making Lunch Underway 06:33 - Alligator River Canal 08:35 - We Made It In Time! 09:12 - Are We In A Horror Movie? 09:59 - Tuning Our Rigging 10:58 - Meet Trout! 13:29 - Bret And Marisa Haul Out 13:51 - Dogger Repair 17:42 - It's All Coming Together 18:17 - Sailors Thanksgiving! 19:42 - Outro