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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?
For more information on our Great Loop budget: https://schoandjo.com/great-loop-expe...
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?
For more information on our boat: https://schoandjo.com/our-boat/
For more information on Great Loop boats: https://schoandjo.com/great-loop-boats/
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?
For more information on what we constantly wore on our boat: https://schoandjo.com/what-to-wear-on...
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?
For more information on our boat maintenance tips: https://schoandjo.com/maintenance-boat/
For more information on our boat tool kit: https://schoandjo.com/boat-toolkit/
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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