Great Loop Travel Day 7 - Burnt Mill Creek to Carrabelle Fl

Great Loop Travel Day 7 - Burnt Mill Creek through Panama City and the destruction of Hurricane Michael onto Apalachicola to Carrabelle . 104 miles and 10.5 hour trip captured in this 5 min video

[@patflynn4550]

Been there, done that. Great video footage of an awesome "bucket list" adventure that I took with a best friend in late summer and fall of 2018.

[@jackshuff7417]

Enjoy the video's. What is the bridge clearance on that fantastic boat? How quickly did you complete the loop?

[@SeaBaticalRickandKimBrunner]

18 ft is the air draft if you don’t drop the arch , which I didn’t 14 ft if the arch is down . Loop restrictions are as follows: Restrictions along route impacting Vessel Choice
- Bridge Clearance 19' 6” to clear fixed bridge on Illinois river south of Chicago , lower if better.. but with that said The railroad bridge at mile 300.6 has a height of 19.7 feet based on a pool level of 576.2 at Lockport Loc. There is no alternative route, if the river is not low and you are greater that 19’6” The great loop could become a great u turn ;) there are services that will remove mast, raider units etc...at the bridge for a fee but if the river is at level, you must be under 19’ 6” with everything removed and lowered that can be.
- Under 17.6’ to clear a fixed bridge at mile 320.4 on the Chicago river if you go through Downton Chicago, there is an alternative route by taking the Calumet River , so not a hard limit.
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- Ideally 15’ 6” to clear a fixed bridge on the Erie canal , not a hard limit, there is an alternative . Note : That limit of 15'6'' of height for the Erie Canal should be taken with a caution. If any of the bridges in the western section has work being done on it, the cables and tarps hung under the bridge will further reduce this clearance. Per alga member [e-mail].
- Note from an algca member [e-mail] - Waterford to Oswego is the railroad bridge at Lock 19. This bridge is barely 21 feet at normal pool.
- Draft , fully loaded

[@larryfalco4841]

What kind of boat is that? Love your videos but there seems to be a gap. One video your in Florida the next your in NY?

[@SeaBaticalRickandKimBrunner]

Larry Falco it a 2000 Ocean Alexander 510 Classico . Yes we completed our loop , posting footage as I get time

[@larryfalco4841]

SeaBatical - Rick and Kim Brunner Great job on your videos!! I recently bought a 41 sea ray and hope to do the loop in the next few years.

[@OneBlueFroggy]

Too bad you are in such a hurry to complete the loop and to show your videos. It would be awesome to watch, you have some great footage, but you are cherry picking and speeding along !

[@DBryan1981]

I'm actually enjoying the highlight reel style videos. There are quite a few Loop documentaries where people explain in great detail every single little aspect of their trip. That's fine, but that's clearly not what these folks were shooting for.