2nd Time Driving my 70' Yacht! Part 2

This is the second half of my second driving lesson. We pick up at the Hillsborough Inlet bridge and come back down the ICW to the New River. Then back through downtown Fort Lauderdale and them darn Wiggles and back to the dock! Not sure why, but the inbound portion was uneventful and a huge improvement in both skill and comfort level than the outbound portion.

I am learning to drive my 1981 70' Hatteras in one of the worst places do drive a boat!!! The New River in Fort Lauderdale is one of the hardest waterways to navigate. In fact, it's so difficult that the insurance companies require anything over 100' be towed in. Also, it was the day after the crane fell on the 3rd Ave bridge, so it was touch and go if we'd even be able to have the lesson. The bridge was still closed at 1am when I finally gave up and went to sleep. Luckily, it reopened the next morning just in time. The journey out was a bit rough, (you can see it here    • 2nd Time Driving my 70' Yacht! Part 1   ) but the inbound was cake. =-)

Captain Jim Hensen is here to teach me to drive the boat! Sven, another proud Hatteras owner, came along too! He's been a little gun shy about driving his 65' Hatteras, so he wanted to see first hand what it was like to drive down the river as a noob!

Shout out to Chris Gooseman, aka the Goose! He cleaned up the audio on the flybridge so you could hear the captain giving direction. www.baselineaudio.com

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