10 | Crossing the Pacific Ocean on a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 24 окт 2022
- We set sail on an ocean passage from Mazatlan, Mexico to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. Sailing across an ocean has been a long-held dream for us, but we were not planning on extending this cruise so far from home. But, we realized that if we were serious about bluewater cruising, the time was right. We decided to take the leap and sail 2800 nautical miles across the open ocean, reaching the fabled south sea islands. Cruising the South Pacific is on the bucket list for any sailor, and completing this passage has been one of the most rewarding experiences we have ever done.
We left Mazatlan on March 23rd, and arrived at Nuku Hiva on April 16th, totalling 24 days and 9 hours at sea. We covered around 2900 nautical miles, used less than half our water and a fourth of our fuel. We motored 35 hours and each of us stood 73 four hour watches.
Julia is an Ingrid Ketch, designed by William Atkin and built in 1960. She is a traditional wooden boat, built of doug fir planking on oak frames. The length on deck is 37.5 ft and the waterline is 30 ft. She handled the open ocean brilliantly, it was obvious that this was exactly the type of sailing she was built for.
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My wife and I sailed from manzanillo to hiva oa in 1989 when we were in our early ‘30’s and spent 6 yrs on our adventure. Ive watched lots of ocean sailing videos, but yours really show what it’s actually like. Great video and editing! I still remember to this day seeing the green hills of hiva oa after 26 days and 3,300 nm. The extreme green almost burned our retinas and the smell of land was intoxicating. I remember arriving in atuona, hiva oa and picking up letters from friends and family from the port captain. We spent a few days reading and replying to letters, telling people to write us in care of the port captain in Papeete where we hoped to be 3 months hence. We also got off the boat and talking to someone else besides your spouse after almost a month was a good thing. We’re still married 45 yrs later and have slowly diminishing memories of our travels.
I did the exact voyage back in 1999 on my 28 foot cutter. We were so nervous for weeks leading up to the departure, but after leaving the marina in Mazatlan, our heart beats calmed down and our confidence increased daily. What an experience that year as we ended that year in New Zealand.
We also were young, little money, but the best decision we ever made to just head out and cruise the world.
Ita
what do you do at night on ocean, did you see any other ships, did you feel safe from pirates, did you sail back?
Sounds Amazing 🤙😊
Exactly what we've been told by our older boat mates. Don't wait just get out in the water and do it. Anti fouling and a paint, sort the second engine and then off we go, but we just have a certain amt of savings so may have to work at Whitsundays or somewhere on our journey with the whole family 😊😊
Am sure many sailors have dreamed of thie and envy and congratulate you on your voyage across the Pacific . I didn't notice the time of year they set sail
I absolutely loved this journey. As a sailor, I especially appreciate the discussion of your reefing strategy, the benefits of a ketch rig, the winds, etc. The narration, pace, cinematography, that incredible boat, and both of you really add to the experience. Bravo.
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Congrats on your passage. I did a similar passage back in 2004, but started in Puerto Vallarta, and I singlehanded the trip. It took me 30 days in a Westsail 32. It was a journey that was both magical, and occasionally terrifying. I remember smelling land a couple of days before I reached Nuku Hiva. Fair winds to you.
Congrats
Yes...smelling the land first is amazing, our crossing from the Galapagos was 23 days
Your chosen music (between 10:14 - 12:14) featuring the cello is possibly the most perfect and appropriate music choice I've heard in a sailing video - and I've seen and listened to many. It sets a great mood for what you are portraying there. A pure delight!
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I admire your sense of adventure. Also think you are crazy to take that small boat out on that huge wide open ocean. Glad you made it.
This made my evening. Best couple sailing without a lot of stupid talk. This video is a keeper. You two are awesome.
I really appreciate that you left in the "was it worth it part" which wasn't answered in the positive or negative, and then put it in perspective. Really gives some insight into the experience.
My longest passages during a 40,000 mile eastabout, singlehanded circumnavigation in a Chatham 33 steel, pilothouse cutter were from Saldana, S. Africa to Tonga via the S. Ocean and Tasman Sea, and later, a passage from San Diego, CA to the Falklands via Cap Horn. Without any long range communication equipment, I was totally isolated and dependent on my own capabilities and the safety of my boat to survive. Being able to fix any broken gear is an essential skill. It was a very memorable experience.
That is seriously impressive!
Wow !!I bet that was an experience .Have you documentated the voyage in or on any medium ,eg book film ,talk etc .?
Raju chhaba house 🏡 village -deh Rajasthan mapaa in searchaa naksa
The editing and storytelling is like a therapy for me . ❤❤❤
My wife and I are motor vessel boaters in Alaska and I have cruised an old 34' Califorinian from Everett, WA but what you guys are doing is so beyond anything that I can imagine. Makes me want to buy a sail boat. What an adventure. Thanks for a great channel. I love your modesty, editing, music, sailing shots and scenery.
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Beautiful peaceful articulate narratively presented,. A pleasure to watch.
" See you when I am looking at you "
Love laughter and light. Fare winds ur already there
Having read Patrick O'Brien's novels over and over again, I am simply amazed that two relative amateurs could accomplish this voyage. BRAVISSIMO!
I love old wooden boats...so much character and yours is wonderful, strong. What a grt video..just lovely.
I crewed on the yawl White Mist back in the early 70's as we sailed through the wine-dark waters of the Ionian Isles of western Greece, homewaters of the most fabled sailor of antiquity, Odysseus. She was a 47-footer, so my hat's off to you all for braving the mightly Pac in Julia! That's some damn fine sailing bravado at its finest! Following seas to ya always!
Having sailed the oceans 45 years ago, your presentation filled me with great nostalgia....and longing, though I had difficulty relating to the intense and dramatic music that accompanied your video. My experience, of expansiveness, aloneness but for the regular visitation of birds, silence beyond the sounds of the sea and the wind, and the puffing of the dolphins and pilot whales, was an orchestra unto itself with God the conductor.
45 years ago , what, so , how old are you now, 189 😂😂😂
I would say 3 people would be minimum. I always like the 4-8 morning and evening.
See every sunrise and sunset.
I just found you and this is DEFINITELY my favorite cruising channel. The sailing, visuals, destination. I was in Tahiti 1972, 73. Marquesas. Mazatlan. Hawaii, Samoa, Acapulco. 150' square rigger, 36' tri.
One of the nicest ocean crossing videos I have watched. For fourteen years I owned a hand built 37-foot schooner and cruised the west coast of Canada. Never made an ocean crossing, even though years earlier I was one of a large group of owners of Schooner Sofia, a 125-foot sailing vessel that circumnavigated in the seventies. Thank you for sharing your voyage. My book SALT ON THE WIND tells the life story of Allen and Sharie Farrell who made the crossing to Hawaii and Fiji from Vancouver BC in 1951 on one of the largest of more than 45 wooden boats built on beaches in British Columbia. Wonderful that the dream is still alive.
I absolutely enjoy your style of filming and story telling. Please enjoy your journey!
I have done a lot of Pacific sailing. But no more for I am now 81. I almost burst into tears at the image of your vessel at anchor at the end of the trip.
Beautiful. Living on 28 ft sloop for about a year, SF Bay and I fell in love with silence. Sometimes in a light rain when traffic comes to a stop silence can be heard. When ashore, or taking a break, this man can make a living with his voice and story telling abilities.
Great watch. So happy that I choose to watch. The humility that you both expressed was refreshing.
I’ve lived on a boat for 21 years and have done most every kind of repair there is on one but as much as I love being on the water I don’t have the guts to sail across the ocean. I admire you two having the courage to go. Great video. Gods speed !
I have been watching and following several sailing channels on YT for the last decade. Yours popped into my feed and I am so glad it did. As others have commented. Your channel is a breath of fresh air. You possess a certain special attribute that so many others ever fail to find. A balance between calm, passion, beauty and adventure. I am now a sub to your channel and will begin watching your story from the beginning, and to wherever the winds may take you. Thank you for sharing your journey with us all. Safe travels to you and enjoy all this life has to offer you. It goes all too quickly. Yesterday I was 21. Today I am now 61. May the good Lord bless you, guide you and keep you safe. mattman, Murphy NC.
Same age Matt and can vouch for your thoughts as indeed yesterday I was 21 and today 61, time is our enemy.
Loved the narration, choice of music, passage and boat. Really enjoyable.Something iconic
Wow. What a story. After watching so many million dollar cats, with product placement, this is something special. You have realized quite an accomplishment, not only in the crossing, but putting together a nice, authentic video.
I really like your video style. My wife and I sailed PV to Nuka Hiva at 64. We did 6 on and 6 off, we were much more rested. We were disappointed, in a way when the wonderful sight of the Island came into view. We weren't ready for it to be over. We made our last ocean crossing at 75. Safe sailing!
The best one yet! Your gentle words about Julia are so wonderful and touching. You obviously know and honor the words of the late Bernard Moitessier: "Those who do not know that a sailboat is a living being will never understand anything about the boat or the sea".
Thanks for sharing, this has to be the best "personal cruising experience" channel I have come across so far. Cheers!
You deserve a million subscribers or at least ten times of the la vagabonde channel. No click bait by titles or cheap bikini pictures selling your girlfriends modesty for clicks. What a great journey and so well documented. Keep it up. All the best for you two and your channel. I love your channel.
Well said Dave and I agree whole heartedly ..
his girlfriend is wearing a bikini in the thumbnail.
Sounds like someone wishes they were on a boat with a hot chick in a bikini. This channel is awesome for what it is. La vagabond is awesome for what it is. Why talk shit. Just sit back and consume what you like with out shitting on others hard work.
@@davidtobin9224 I admit that I really would love to be on a boat with a hot chick in a bikini or better without the bikini, like every healthy man would like to be. Just wanted to mention that a lot of other sailing channels use soft porn to attract clicks. Not so this channel as far as I can tell. My comment was more like to motivate them to keep their channel the way they are doing and not to shit on other channels. But I can see your point.
Yeah, I don’t like supporting la vagabond and other channels like YBS youngbloods for those reasons. The clickbait bumnails and endless cheap objectification and pimping out of women on those channels is just sad. It’s not that they are not nice to look at, and I’m no prude, but I’m not comfortable being part of the transactional decision those channels make to flirt with very soft porn in order to reap the huge benefits they get in large subscriptions numbers. I stick to content creators who haven’t lowered themselves into that situation.
This channel which popped up in my feed just earned another sub.
Epic filming and dead on editing of your journey. You took us with you via little snippets of running a boat with short handed crew and life aboard on longer passages. Showing your love of sailing, respect for the vessel and the oceans that you journey across. Beautifully captured. One of the top sailing channels out there!
Epic
Love playing sea shanties on low volume as I'm watching the two of you sail.
Your narrating is absolutely freaking amazing, it made my eyes stay pierced to the screen the whole video, editing is out of this world, I’m so happy for u two just cruising through life and enjoying every moment ❤
Can’t lie I cried at the end when u said it will stand as one of the most greatest moments in your lives the waterworks stared 😢
You sail on a ship that was born to not only run but sail the seven seas!! Bon voyage!🇨🇦😄
Can't wait for your next video. Forget Netflix, you are the real deal! God speed, guys!
This is amazing! Watching this I was reminded of one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies - Master and Commander: “That’s seamanship. My God! That’s seamanship!”. Congratulations on an amazing achievement!
I very much enjoyed the humor at the captain's table where he asked his surgeon which of the weevils he should choose? Surgeon says the more vigorous one, but captain says Oh no, we must always choose the lesser of two evils.
This brings back many memories of saling wooden yachts in the 1970s and happier, simpler and poorer (and richer) times.
I love how this video has a old world charm and feel about it. It reminds me of some of the older documentaries from the past I like, sounds, sights, and narration.❤
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That was the best produced sailing video I have seen! Well done! Thank you!
My love of sailing was inspired by Eric Hiscock and I always dreamed of that ocean voyage. I owned boats for many years and enjoyed a lot of sailing, particularly in New Zealand, but never did do that ocean passage. Your boat reminded me very much of Wandered II. Thank you for stirring an old mans soul.
Wonderful chancing on your site! Have been on the water sailing for 60 of my 75 years. Never sailed an ocean but thought of it many, many times. Your travelogue here was a pleasure to watch and ignited once again, my own dream of a deep water sail with a boat made just for that.
Best sailing video I’ve seen in a while. Good job telling everyone your story 🤙🏻
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This has to be the fulfillment of every wooden boat builder’s dreams.Not only did you “make it” but you did it in grand style.
Beautiful boat! Pure class, no hyperbole.
Been sailing all my life and now I'm a retired yacht captain having sailed in my latter years, 40 to 63m yachts and this reinforces just how joyous being under sail is. Your boat is lovely, majestic. My fear would have been chafe. Principally of the reefing outhaul because it's happened to me in my twenties when I used to sail across the Atlantic in small boats pre boom or mast furling and it used to fray every 24 hrs in weather resulting in a torn mainsail as it then ripped through all the other eyes along the boom. Lovely yacht guys
Must congratulate you. Don't know you, first view today. Absolutely fantastic. There was no showboating, just the reality of sailing with sea and nature. May our channel be blessed.
Absolutely spectacular production! Excellent video, commentary and length of the journey recorded. You have set the gold standard! Best wishes in all you choose to do!
Spectacular
“Outta the Park” Episode👍 Congrats on Yer Passage…And what Good Teamwork …Continue to Stay Safe and Enjoy 😎
Freedom to circumnavigate comes with hardship on the high seas. To accomplish it must be so rewarding. Thank you for taking us along.
That's an older looking sail boat! 1960's era? Great job❤
Nice to see a well built and maintained woodie instead of all the plastic cats!
21:25 Even dreaming could not be better!
This is such a beautiful video so well done , lean but with everything there, pure enjoyment, this is art at its best.
Do not change a thing. Thank you for sharing.
This is my first time watching an episode with Julia's and your adventures. I find the three of you to be wonderful and it seems like you are made for each other. I really enjoyed being with you on this journey, short and wonderful for us who only dreamed in front of the laptop, but long and not without effort for you who face the difficulties of this brave act. If you allow me from today I would like to go on more trips with you, so starting from this day I will be your loyal subscriber. Fair winds and following seas Captains!
Thanks for taking us with you, real folk living a dream
Great episode, and an amazing crossing! I like your style, no bs, just beautiful filming, and great story telling. Thank you, and congratulations! Aloha from Hawaii.
Wow Thanks You so much for bringing us all along ! You are on point in your sharing your story, that first voyage across the Pacific is an Epiphany. Was so happy to see a Sextant again, reminds me of the Days of HO-249 sight reduction tables and a clock and stopwatch. For me that was another time and another life. Your views of The Sea made my heart Soar. Thank You. Please no e-begging, we grow so weary of seeing that over and over. Take care of each other, that's all that really matters .....Sailon
You'll be so glad you took this trip when you get old.
The Wife and I planned to make a circumnavigation but by the time we could afford it we were to old.
Congrats on making your dreams come true.
If I could have a video update from you all everyday I would watch it over anything else. You two amaze me!
Absolutely awesome guys. Making these videos is a talent and you both have it! What a great life you have set out on. Thank you for sharing ⛵️
You guys are true sailors. A pleasure to watch you.👍
Amazingly well done guys. Thanks for taking us all along.
Loved this! So skillfully done, yet peaceful, interesting and humble! Conveys the feeling of bluewater sailing so well!! 💙 I don't watch many channels (because most of them glorify the petty aspects of the sailing lifestyle) but i will actually look forward to the release of your next videos!!! Fair winds!!
Congratulations on achieving so many milestones in crossing an ocean. You two are amazing. Real sailing is hard to find, these days especially accomplishing the crossing so well on a 30 footer. I agree with Dave's comments re La Vagabonde. Keep up the good work. You are an inspiration to future sailors around the world. Thanks for sharing.
Love the boat and the less than snazzy features. Especially the sextant.
Subscribed and looking forward to the next segments (islands)
Back in 1977, I stepped onto a sailboat for my very first time ever.
The following day we left Hilo HI and sailed for 23 days 2300 miles... dropping anchor in Hiva Oa.
During the following weeks we visited other Marquesas islands, ending up in Nuka Hiva for a week..
I was too naive and foolish to realize the lack of everything we had.
No radio, no GPS, no auto-steering, no frig and no one who knew navigation.
Just had a navigation book with fill-in forms and a nice Air Force surplus sextant. Had artificial horizon in case weather makes it difficult to see the horizon.
Like you, our calculations brought us fairly close. Thankfully those islands have very high peaks visible from far out.
We also got stuck in the doldrums and for 24 hours it was hot and like a glassy smooth lake.
No waves at all. After visiting several of the Tuamoto atolls, we headed for Papeete and ice cream.
Ended up in New Zealand (wonderful) and have never been on a sailboat since (44 years)
One and done.... best adventure ever.
1977, what, so how old are you now, 189,😂😂😂
Your video was so refreshing and so appreciated so I wanted to thank you both for sharing your journey with all of us. You are a great couple and I wholeheartedly wish you two only the best for your future. Great sailing !
Thank you! That video brought back so many memories that are etched in my mind forever! I did the same thing back in 1971 only from Panama. You are so right about the ketch rig at sea and its ease of use. Tons of power but easily handled! Excellent video in every way! Just makes me hungery for the next one!
It takes a very special people to sail on the vast, vast ocean alone together! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for taking us with you!🙏🏻
So articulate in your narrative - I cannot recall a "you know " kind of .... or prefacing sentences with ... like.... Thank you and our vessel is stunning!!
Beautiful filming, great crew, well organized boat, very sympathetic reporting, congratulation and thanks for letting us being part of your adventure
Well done! The editing,sailing and endurance of it all…..You two are top rate content creators. Safe travels.
Amazing going on the SE trade winds..when they want to, they'll take you to where you need to be, what an amazing experience to be churning up those miles so quickly! So happy for you guys! The best part of sailing is being taken away....
Thanks for doing this and making a video. It was nice to see you having the courage to go and have such a wonderful time. I had the most memorable experience of my life sailing a 42' Ketch from Honolulu to Seattle June-July 1976 for 45 days. It was my first time open ocean and I learned celestial navigation from a book. The only electronic I had was a short wave radio receiver which was required to get GMT for navigation. I didn't have a life jacket or life raft. Food was limited to rice, macaroni, spam, sardines & water. Heading was straight north until parallel to Seattle, then straight East, interrupted by 2 hurricanes with 40' swells (see NOAA data) and a week in the doldrums. The biggest nightmare was having to go out on the bowsprit at night in a storm to change a blown out jib without a safety harness. I don't think I truly slept the entire trip since the boat was bouncing heeled over 45 degrees, my bunk was a wood plank, my clothes were always damp and the air was always cold and I got an abscess tooth just 5 days out and lots of sea sickness. You have to keep an eye out for ships as much as possible since they aren't likely to see you or change course to avoid collision. I don't think those radar reflectors work. Phosphorescence and stars at night without anything interrupting the horizon were other worldly. I was followed most of the trip by what seemed like one Albatross. A pod of curious Cuvier's turned and followed a few minutes. Only one flying fish fell in the cockpit. There was too much commercial fishing trash and plastic trash but it never fouled the rudder. Only saw one ship in the open ocean. When I got close to Seattle the fog was horror with lots of ships, shoals, difficult to identify light house sounds and rough weather. “Fair winds and a following sea” to you!
Really wonderful job putting this together. Your a class act, congratulations to you both.
Gorgeous boat, your Julia. Watching the water pass by the hull is mesmerising, like staring into the flames of a fire. Very well produced. Thank you for taking us along on your journey.
Logged 15 years of sea time in my sailing career in the navy.
Love the ocean and what it gives you.
What an awesome experience and to be accompanied by such a strong fearless and willing female companion was the icing on the cake. What an incredible bonding experience and an adventure that both of you will remember and cherish for the rest of your lives. May God protect you and and watch over you as you continue to explore the glorious beauty of this world; be it the land, ocean or sky!
I'm staying up very late re-watching all your videos. Thrilled to see 1M views on this one, it's certainly worth it on just so many levels. Thanks so much (again) for sharing your experience with us. It's been an almost lifelong dream for me to do this, and now at 64 I'm not sure the logistics are possible for me any more, and it's so heartwarming to see you fulfilling your dream (after a lot of hard work and planning).
I was re-watching to make sure I had the timeline right. For me it would really help knowing the general timeframe, I'm presuming this crossing was in 2022.
So cool to see porpoise along side. They are at least as curious about you as you are happy to have the company 😊
What a pretty boat. 🥰👍
What a nice, refreshing video. Excellent humble sailors on good, sensible seaworthy sea boat. It has been a long time since I have seen anything like that on youtube, or on the water, for that matter.
Refreshing
Absolutely amazing, and intoxicating!!! #Salute 2 both of you...
Plus you sailed Julia back! I listened to every word, you and Whitney handled it like a #Boss❣
You guys are amazing. Binged watched every episode and couldn't stop watching. Please don't stop what you are doing. Way better than most sailing channels and the music is relaxing! Great job and we are looking forward to the adventures that unfold out before you. ;)
It's nice to run across your channel... I had an Atkin Eric, my first live aboard, she was an amazing sailor, very deceptive to those who we passed along the way :-) ... it's wonderful to see the love and knowledgeable care that you give your beautiful Ingrid. You surely have taken her to a level that she truly deserves... well done on the videos, looking forward and all the best... safe travels...
It’s so brave to accomplish sure a distance, not knowing what’s ahead of you. Fantastic footage, real colors, real comments. Thanks!
Wonderful, I like the narrative, showing the nice way yous do it, as does the boat, beautiful boat, cheers to Neptune who liked your company, big thanks
Beautifully documented. Love the down to earth approach. You had that boat in tip top trim. A credit to you both
Was my dream. Glad my old rebuilt body can enjoy your adventure. Beautiful sailing boat. My first and only sailboat was a thirty one foot wood sloop built in Canada. I roamed Lake Eria single handed dreaming of the Pacific. God Bless.
I was laughing at the commentary at the very end of the passage, double handing passages can be tough! Like you said, a good nights sleep and all is right with the world.
This has to be the most inspiring sailing video I’ve ever seen! Congrats on the huge accomplishment!
Beautiful boat, great commentary,and real celestial navigation probably only used as a check but always ready in an emergency.
Great description of the boat never getting tired as the crew...
You did what so many could not dream of. You rose to a much higher plain than many of us , limited by fear and low expectancies of life.
I commend you both for your courage and your not settling for an average life!!
Wow, just happened to search for sail videos and your video appeared! You two are awesome, love the filming and the music just makes it awesome! Really inspired by your work and blessings to you in the future!
This reminds me of another channel Salt and Tar who have just completed a 7-year build on their "old style" wooden boat, and they have recently started cruisng on their own creation
You guys are magical. I am really astonished at how fearless you both are. Thank you so much for such quality content. It almost feels like i went with you on this adventure.
You're lucky to have had a partner with a great attitude and cheerful personality. Your narration was spot on. I really enjoyed your film. Greetings from Florida
What a wonderful film you two have put together!
This was absolutely captivating! What an amazing experience. Who would’ve thought following my wedding photographer would lead me to watching this journey! Hahaha thanks for sharing!
From a rancher in northern Canada. You are a wonderful young man.
Well done! Just stumbled on this by chance, having long since given up watching the mostly goofy sailing vids on RUclips. You hit the right notes and accurately conveyed the feeling of a long, shorthanded passage in the tropics and fetching up a fabled tropical island. How nice to see Taiohae again! It looks like not much has changed there in 40+ years, which can't be said for the islands in French Polynesia that attract tourists, especially in the Societies. It is especially pleasing to see your beautiful wooden Ingrid well handled and truly in her element. This felt so familiar and right. We did Manzanillo to Hiva Oa in 1981 in a 25' sloop (3100 miles in thirty days) and then through several island groups out as far as New Zealand. This put me right back there, young and at sea in a small boat with my wife.
One of the better ocean crossing vids on youtube! Thank you!
Wow, Atkin. I have a few sets of plans from fairly recently when Mrs. Atkin was still selling them. Sadly she passed just this May. Worth reading up on the many designs. Wonderful that your preserving and using a boat like that. Enjoy.