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🎥 Episode 415 | Filmed in May 2024
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
0:32 What is the most important thing for new loopers to consider?
2:00 What areas of the loop would you prefer to go back to spend longer or less time in?
3:16 How did the diversity of landscapes on the loop change our perspective of boating and adventure? Will we loop again?
4:44 What was the most challenging section of the loop in terms of a skills perspective?
7:19 Did you consider aborting your loop? How was your budget? Was it higher/lower than you expected?
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8:19 Was any one of us more hesitant than the other to start this adventure? Any advice on calming the fears of someone who is apprehensive?
12:08 How did you like your electric motor after a year? Did we wish we went gas? Pros & Cons
14:08 How much food did you provision at a time? (Discuss deep freezer and refrigerator)
15:11 How much fresh water did you have and how long did it last? Where did you get, as sometimes docks don’t have the best water?
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16:42 How did we pair down our clothing when moving aboard Pivot? How often did we go to a laundry mat? Would we bring more or less of a type of clothing next time?
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19:09 What are your favorite apps for navigation and for finding anchorages and docks? Did we ever worry about our tablet losing signal?
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20:43 Do you wish you had bicycles?
21:50 What is the one piece of technology that you wish you had while Looping?
23:03 Would you consider going all in? i.e. 24/7/365
24:12 What are the most important spare parts to have on your boat? Are their any parts you wish you would have brought?
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26:13 Suggestions for Boat Insurance and Medical Insurance?
28:14 How did you take care of our medical issues while traveling? For example, scheduling a dermatology appointment?
29:53 How did you handle mail forwarding?
31:33 How do you Meal Plan? Where do you get your recipes? Was it challenging Looping while Vegetarian?
32:40 What happened to Pivot?
33:35 What was your family’s reaction when you told them you were doing the Loop? Did you have any fears before you started that were unfounded?
34:27 Will we go back to boating? If you continue boating, where would you go, and what boat type would you choose for that?
35:20 What Video Editing Software would you suggest for beginners? What sound services do we use? Were you self-taught, and how was it with the year's delay between editing and filming?
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38:10 What's the story of Ollie? Have we thought of getting her a Dolphin stuffed animal? While we were eating fantastic meals, what did Ollie eat? How does Ollie like land life?
38:52 How did Elliot and Jen become Scho & Jo?
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38:28 Marriage? Children?
40:00 What are our plans now that we have finished Looping?
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