It has officially been 1 year and 6 days since we splashed our 1989 Marine Trader and we have come to learn a ton from this huge life shift. From conservation, to projects and maintenance, to just mental shifts in how we approach our daily lives - we discuss it all as we cruise from Islamorada to Marathon in the Florida Keys. Thanks for watching! Cheers from the Loop, Jennifer and Elliot #greatloop #boatlife #trawler 🎥 Episode 199 | Filmed on February 11, 2022 🇺🇸 America's Great Loop | Islamorada, Florida _______________________ BLOG https://schoandjo.com/blog ☝️ Read more and check out behind the scenes at the blog _______________________ AMERICA'S GREAT LOOP CRUISERS ASSOCIATION Join AGLCA for information on planning and completing your Great Loop adventure. Visit https://www.greatloop.org/ _______________________ SUNDAY SUMMARY We send out a weekly email with our travel updates 📧 - https://schoandjo.com/sundaysummary/ _______________________ SUPPORT Free and Paid ways to help support our channel 🙏 - https://schoandjo.com/say-thanks/ _______________________ GEAR From camera gear to travel, boating, and hiking must-haves, it's all here 📷 - https://schoandjo.com/gear/ _______________________ CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 00:33 Engines On and Anchors Up 01:18 Introducing our Boat Crew 02:48 Our Perspective and Experience 03:02 The Highs and Lows 04:36 Preventative Maintenance 05:50 Water and Electrical Conservation 07:48 How to move a Boat 08:34 Dealing with Weather 09:21 Entering Marathon 09:48 Final thoughts 12:17 Bloops _______________________ MUSIC We get our music and sound effects from Musicbed and Epidemic Sound Epidemic Sound 30 day free trial here: 🎧 - https://bit.ly/sj-epidemic ________________ FRIENDS + Blog: https://www.schoandjo.com/ + Facebook: https://fb.me/schoandjo + Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schoandjo/ + Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/schoandjo/ + Twitter: https://twitter.com/schoandjo + TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@schoandjo ________________ ABOUT US Hi! We are high school sweethearts from Atlanta, Georgia who decided to take a year off to travel around the world. Together we decided to create vlogs for our journey as a fun way to remember it. On September 15, 2019, we left Atlanta with 3 bags, 2 one-way tickets, and 1 goal of traveling for a whole year. Little did we know, 6 months later we would find ourselves in a nationwide lockdown in India. After spending 5 months in India, we came back to the United States and decided to purchase a 34’ Trawler, dive head first into boat life, and kick off America’s Great Loop. The good, the bad, the ugly – and most importantly, the real and real funny. We’re not here to tell you “how it’s done.” Just how we’ve done it. And that whatever it is that’s calling you - the way you’ll do it is much more attainable than it may seem. Thank you for following us along our journey! ________________ Note — Some of these links are affiliates. We recommend stuff we love and if you like it also they might give us a small kick back. Thank you!