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ondaroadagin · 05-09-2016, 11:18 PM

How many of you have been on the "road" with, adventured, learned and been entertained by, those wacky Wynns as they RVd around the US, with their "earnest themed" Youtube videos?

Now, they've sold the RV, transformed from a terra firma lifestyle to a full-time water world.
THOUGHTS?

ROBERT CROSS · 05-10-2016, 05:33 AM

Nope....we do our own OTW, way more fun.

Bob

Hittenstiehl · 05-10-2016, 10:20 AM

What, Wynn's on the Waves? Really had not realized they switched transport modes. They'll make it fun.

Tn Traveler · 05-10-2016, 10:42 AM

Yep, they should have fun. They entered a whole new world. The cruising life is very different from RV life. I have been doing it for for 50 years. All along the coast from the Chesapeake to Louisiana including many trips over to the Bahamas. The learning curve for them will be steep. A lot of things can happen out on the water in remote places. It will be interesting to watch them.

KJRitchie · 05-10-2016, 10:52 AM

Ever since the Wynns posted videos of their catamaran search I've been watching youTube videos of sailboat cruising.
Looks scary when they are making the crossing from Panama to the Marquesas Islands and you are out for 3 weeks.
While I'm a little tempted to try something like this there is NO WAY my wife would entertain such an idea. Maybe just as well, I'd probably be seasick most of the time.

Kelvin

Tn Traveler · 05-10-2016, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by KJRitchie

Ever since the Wynns posted videos of their catamaran search I've been watching youTube videos of sailboat cruising.
Looks scary when they are making the crossing from Panama to the Marquesas Islands and you are out for 3 weeks.
While I'm a little tempted to try something like this there is NO WAY my wife would entertain such an idea. Maybe just as well, I'd probably be seasick most of the time.

Kelvin

Kelvin, you would get through sea sickness after getting sea legs. The definition of cruising is "fixing your boat in exotic places". Boats in saltwater are in a hostile environment. They take constant maintenance.

FCStreamer · 05-10-2016, 11:21 AM

It is interesting to watch. I came the other way. After 15 years of boating I sold the boat and got an Airstream. As long as the adventure continues....

sgschwend · 05-10-2016, 08:10 PM

We have both, any glad we do. Last weekend on the boat.

Dizzee2020 · 05-10-2016, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by sgschwend

We have both, any glad we do. Last weekend on the boat.

Absolutely incredible!

Tn Traveler · 05-10-2016, 08:33 PM

Landing and swimming on absolutely deserted beaches is not a bad way to go.

Zybane · 05-10-2016, 08:37 PM

I couldn't imagine being locked down to only shorelines. And open water is seriously boring. But different strokes for different folks!

I remember watching the Wynn's once and the guy didn't even know how to change a wheel. I wonder how they will hold up if something breaks out away from land.

Hittenstiehl · 05-10-2016, 10:28 PM

TN Traveler, that looks gorgeous.

That's the kind of thing I'd like to try with an experienced person some day. Maybe even with a kayak.

I'm also looking forward to park the Airstream on the actual Beach someday.

rmkrum · 05-10-2016, 10:32 PM

My dad, a professional yacht captain often called a boat "Simply a smallish hole in the water lined with wood, metal, or Fiberglas into which you pour lots of money." I saw how hard he had to work to maintain the boats he worked on, and I learned a lot about keeping water out and building stuff where the walls are not straight. That said, I would never even consider owning a boat.

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nickclifford · 05-10-2016, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ondaroadagin

How many of you have been on the "road" with, adventured, learned and been entertained by, those wacky Wynns as they RVd around the US, with their "earnest themed" Youtube videos?

Now, they've sold the RV, transformed from a terra firma lifestyle to a full-time water world.
THOUGHTS?

love their video blogs ... often wondered how they make a living and pay for their lifestyle !

PKI · 05-10-2016, 11:38 PM

If you ain't boat'n or RV'n, you ain't living. The advantage of an RV is it stays in one place when you park it, usually. There is nothing like a cup of coffee in the morning or a glass of wine after a long day with either to make life worth living.

You all travel safe now! Pat

ROBERT CROSS · 05-11-2016, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by PKI

If you ain't boat'n or RV'n, you ain't living. The advantage of an RV is it stays in one place when you park it, usually. There is nothing like a cup of coffee in the morning or a glass of wine after a long day with either to make life worth living.

You all travel safe now! Pat

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Yep....both way fun, quick on the water, slo'n'steady on land.

Bob

Tn Traveler · 05-11-2016, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Zybane

I couldn't imagine being locked down to only shorelines. And open water is seriously boring. But different strokes for different folks!

I remember watching the Wynn's once and the guy didn't even know how to change a wheel. I wonder how they will hold up if something breaks out away from land.

No, it doesn't have to be different strokes. We have the boat, the Airstream, and a mountain cabin. We love the interior of the country, and travelling abroad. So, you see it can be multifaceted. Our boat is kept so we can be on the Little Bahama Bank in 2 1/2 hours. We can anchor overnight in almost any cove with nature all around, or we can just pull out of the channel a ways to anchor overnight. That beats a Walmart, truckstop, or rest stop. However, we have chosen to do it all as long as we can. Our dinghy is our toad. We can explore or take the puppy to shore with that.

Our Airstream we also consider an escape machine. However, we live much more luxuriously and with much more space on the boat. For instance the generator on board is 12kw.

The above beach pictures were made when we were anchored off Great Guana Cay, Abaco, Bahamas.

FCStreamer · 05-11-2016, 08:17 AM

Yes, I would agree. The boating thing is just "different". There are a lot of similarities. As with RVs, there are all sorts of boats. We started with a 27 footer and ended up with a 38 footer. We went to Key West three times, and we stayed on it almost every weekend.

I wish we could afford to keep it and go RVing, but in our case we couldn't. We had to pick. So we picked RVing, and after a couple of years of trying to sell the boat we finally did it. We had a chance to buy an RV lot with a dock, and we thought about it. But in our case, we did the boating thing for 15 years and enjoyed it, but decided we are done. We prefer a shady spot now instead of being out in the sun. We might get some kayaks or maybe a small 20 footer or a pontoon since we are next to the Kissimmee River, but that's a big maybe down the road.

There are a lot of similarities between boating and RVing. A lot of the same products. I appreciate people's comments about towing a 30' trailer. And I know it is not the same. But docking a 38' boat is not as easy either. Both take practice. And there are all sorts of shapes and types of boats and RVs to fit everyone's budgets and tastes.

Enjoy your boating! I know we did.

Tn Traveler · 05-11-2016, 09:08 AM

Shady? Yes. Here are a couple of shots from my recent scouting trip along the National Forest dispersed camping spots in the Tennessee mountains. Actually, up near the NC line. Camped in the Airstream in a boondocking spot along a mountain trout stream is great.

m.hony · 05-11-2016, 10:36 AM

I subscribe to Gone With the Wynns.
I have often wondered what they do for a living.
The RV was a sponsorship deal. They have to give it back.
I never quite understood the progression of their RVs, unless maybe that was a sponsor driven.
I remember them on an RV show on HGTV where they picked a small front engine diesel.
Then it seems like they had a diesel pusher- maybe an Allegro Bus?
Then they had a Bounder Classic front engine gas.
They actually had to buy the catamaran.
My favorite part of their videos is footage of the 2 feline traveling companions.