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.
The sailing story that shows you sailing your boat. The gaze, with no people talking. Shots of the boat in the sea. More than count three per scene...bendiciones...m
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!
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.
@@AlanpittsS2b Haha. Well "quite large" is a relative term isn't it. 1000ft freighters are large IMO. The boats discussed here are floating twigs in a giant ocean. I know there are folks who sail the world in small boats as they are certainly free to do. Just given the number of things that can go wrong.....injury, illness, pirates, equipment failure, and oh yea severe storms.....I think they are out of their F'n minds.
Me and 2 other sailed my friends 28ft sailboat 2000km from Oslo to Tromsø Norway. When we started only the boat owner that had just bought the boat had 1 hour sail experience, the rest of us had 30 min as passenger in a sailboat... We learned to sail on the way and used 2 months on the trip.
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.
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
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.
Single hand sailing isn’t for the faint of heart. I currently cruise on my Irwin 38 cc with my wife and couldn’t imagine how lonely it would be by yourself. Fair winds folks!
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 ❤
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.
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.
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.
Ahhhh… that deep aquamarine blue of the southern ocean when you’re out there with nothing but hundreds of miles of ocean and sky all around and the trade winds carry you to your destination in good time. Lovely video evokes many good memories for me. Glorious sailing conditions! Thank you.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
What an amazing vessel is Julia! I think your skills as a sailor are amazing. Thanks for this spectacular video. I’m old now and enjoying you beautiful young folks do this amazing and brave trip. You will never have to look backwards and say you never did anything incredible with your lives on our gorgeous planet. God bless.
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.
I chuckled a little when the question was asked "would you do it again?" You are going to like it or not if you want to keep your boat! You must sail home! Great video, thanks for sharing.
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.
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 !
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.
Oh what a great adventure! It´s so nice to see that a camly edited video can still transport the exitement and all.... Just amazing and awesome to join this trip in this way and even get a sense of it over youtube a year later and thousand miles on the other side of the world. Cant wait to see more.
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!
Excellent video. With one exception, all my voyages have been on ships. But I couldn't help but feel that in your video, you caught what it means to be a sailor. It took me back watching your journey. Flying fish on the deck, bone tired from too many watches and not enough sleep. Mid watches under a canopy of stars. The feel of the spray, the rain, and the wind in your face. Yeah. Stay safe and God bless. BM2 USN, Able Seaman unlimited MM, Shellback 1981 crossing to Perth/Freemantle.
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!
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!
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.
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.
Excellent editing, well written script, voicing is clear and loud enough, real sailing. You've proven Mr. Atkin right, of course, when he said it's better to have a yacht which can be repaired with hands and hand tools. You have not mentioned any breakdowns that were disastrous. Wherever you are now I'm praying for more fine seas, beautiful weather, and broad reaches, good health for both of you. Blessings. Dr. Stephen Newdell
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
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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!
You have a gorgeous yacht, just the right size for a two person crew. Enough boat for safety yet not too much to control in bad weather. Wonderful video - enjoy the islands.
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
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...
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
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.
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 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.❤
Thank you for giving us such a wonderful documentary. It's told in perfect english which enables us to lern a lot. Congratulations ! ( Horacio from Brasil )
Thanks for sharing your fantastic adventure. Great story, beautiful boat and fantastic video footage. Cheers to you from back up here in the rainy PNW.
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!
I've enjoyed watching your videos many times and will watch each of them more times ahead. Beautifully made videos with excellent music and narration. The real star for me is the wooden boat with wood spars. The sounds a wood boat makes while sailing is so comforting and so different from the screeching a glass boat makes and the clanging of halyards against an aluminum mast.
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.
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❣
Only just stumbled across your channel and this was the first vlog that came up. WOW - what an amazing voyage in such a stunning vessel. I could sit here watching you sail all day, it's that good. Really now looking forward to catching-up with your other videos. Thank you for sharing!
Guys I would like to, congratulations you both, for making such wonderful crus Ing experience. To marques island. Welcome to marquesas. Beautiful double ender happy sailing.
I can not ever imagine doing such a feat. Those wooden masts and booms just made me think of all the bad things that "could" happen. And then your detailed narration and obvious experience and training gave me a second of, "yes, I'll be that third sailer." That's when I returned to my senses and knew there was only one old man and the sea. This old man was left to my chair, dreaming 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!
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.
I must admit your sailing video is the first i've watched until the end, a fantastic production. A sailors video for sailors, Thank you. We sailed into Nuka Hiva in 1987 and was the only yacht there. We were a 100ft. aluminium sloop with a crew of nine. I love your yacht Julia, a proper yacht and very handy. She looks very sea kindly. What a trip to have such a fine vessel and each other.
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.
Your journey brought tears to my eyes. My wife and I made the same trip back in 2002 on our Liberty 458, except we made landfall in Hiva Oa. What an amazing experience. I am jealous. Wishing we were back out there again. Enjoy!!!!
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....
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!
Thank you for all the footage. A lot of work to put all the audio/video on record. So enjoyable for us viewers. I found your video by keying in ‘the Marquesas’. Then I was hooked and watched the earlier videos starting about Canada. Thanks again. Red skies at night!
Gracias por permitirme viajar con ustedes estos dias en este hermoso velero en algunos momentos sentia un poco de mareo, pero lo fui superando. Saludos Angel
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 !
I agree with all of the comments on your sailing and recording you adventures. I particularly appreciate the understated skills and craftsmanship that went into preparing the vessel with beautiful hardware, nonchalantly adding strength to the hull and rigging and maintaining a true look of beauty and traditional form. I'm too old to do what Leo & the boys from Acorn to Arabella are doing but I'm trading in my Hatteras and going to find an Akins or Rhodes. Guess I should also learn how to sail! Thank you for everything you guys have shared.
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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.
The sailing story that shows you sailing your boat. The gaze, with no people talking. Shots of the boat in the sea. More than count three per scene...bendiciones...m
The better sailing youtube...bendiciones...m
That is so sweet.
2800 miles on a sail boat you teo are an inspiration
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 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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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.
Their boat is quite large compared to many ocean crossing boats. I sailed across the pacific in a albin Vega 27 foot boat.
@@AlanpittsS2b Haha. Well "quite large" is a relative term isn't it. 1000ft freighters are large IMO. The boats discussed here are floating twigs in a giant ocean. I know there are folks who sail the world in small boats as they are certainly free to do. Just given the number of things that can go wrong.....injury, illness, pirates, equipment failure, and oh yea severe storms.....I think they are out of their F'n minds.
Having read Patrick O'Brien's novels over and over again, I am simply amazed that two relative amateurs could accomplish this voyage. BRAVISSIMO!
Me and 2 other sailed my friends 28ft sailboat 2000km from Oslo to Tromsø Norway. When we started only the boat owner that had just bought the boat had 1 hour sail experience, the rest of us had 30 min as passenger in a sailboat... We learned to sail on the way and used 2 months on the trip.
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Courage! ❤
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.
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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
Loved the narration, choice of music, passage and boat. Really enjoyable.Something iconic
This made my evening. Best couple sailing without a lot of stupid talk. This video is a keeper. You two are awesome.
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
Single hand sailing isn’t for the faint of heart. I currently cruise on my Irwin 38 cc with my wife and couldn’t imagine how lonely it would be by yourself. Fair winds folks!
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 😢
Yes, I thought the same thing. I was glad I clicked on this video.
That took lot of courage and skill. Pretty cool.
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.
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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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.
Can't wait for your next video. Forget Netflix, you are the real deal! God speed, guys!
Ahhhh… that deep aquamarine blue of the southern ocean when you’re out there with nothing but hundreds of miles of ocean and sky all around and the trade winds carry you to your destination in good time. Lovely video evokes many good memories for me. Glorious sailing conditions! Thank you.
And when the winds leave you becalmed for 3 days on an ocean like glass. Praying for a breeze. Then, FINALLY it happens.
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
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.
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.
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 😂😂😂
The editing and storytelling is like a therapy for me . ❤❤❤
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.
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!
Freedom to circumnavigate comes with hardship on the high seas. To accomplish it must be so rewarding. Thank you for taking us along.
What a great trip..very smooth passage..you guys should be proud of yourselves..good luck and fair winds in the future .
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.
What an amazing vessel is Julia! I think your skills as a sailor are amazing. Thanks for this spectacular video. I’m old now and enjoying you beautiful young folks do this amazing and brave trip. You will never have to look backwards and say you never did anything incredible with your lives on our gorgeous planet. God bless.
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
You sail on a ship that was born to not only run but sail the seven seas!! Bon voyage!🇨🇦😄
I chuckled a little when the question was asked "would you do it again?" You are going to like it or not if you want to keep your boat! You must sail home! Great video, thanks for sharing.
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.
That was the best produced sailing video I have seen! Well done! Thank you!
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 !
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.
Oh what a great adventure! It´s so nice to see that a camly edited video can still transport the exitement and all.... Just amazing and awesome to join this trip in this way and even get a sense of it over youtube a year later and thousand miles on the other side of the world. Cant wait to see more.
I'm glad you spilled champagne on the deck first. That little boat earned it.
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!
Excellent video. With one exception, all my voyages have been on ships. But I couldn't help but feel that in your video, you caught what it means to be a sailor. It took me back watching your journey. Flying fish on the deck, bone tired from too many watches and not enough sleep. Mid watches under a canopy of stars. The feel of the spray, the rain, and the wind in your face. Yeah. Stay safe and God bless.
BM2 USN, Able Seaman unlimited MM, Shellback 1981 crossing to Perth/Freemantle.
I absolutely enjoy your style of filming and story telling. Please enjoy your journey!
honesty, a little humility it seems serves this channel very well. I can easily imagine a very good book.Thank you.
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
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!
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.
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.
Fabulous story, thank you for sharing with us.
Excellent editing, well written script, voicing is clear and loud enough, real sailing. You've proven Mr. Atkin right, of course, when he said it's better to have a yacht which can be repaired with hands and hand tools. You have not mentioned any breakdowns that were disastrous. Wherever you are now I'm praying for more fine seas, beautiful weather, and broad reaches, good health for both of you. Blessings. Dr. Stephen Newdell
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
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,😂😂😂
This brings back many memories of saling wooden yachts in the 1970s and happier, simpler and poorer (and richer) times.
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!!
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.
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.
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
You have a gorgeous yacht, just the right size for a two person crew. Enough boat for safety yet not too much to control in bad weather. Wonderful video - enjoy the islands.
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
I have always dreamed of this. You are one of the rare few who have dared, and nobody, and nothing can take this away from 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...
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
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.
It’s so brave to accomplish sure a distance, not knowing what’s ahead of you. Fantastic footage, real colors, real comments. Thanks!
Thanks for taking us with you, real folk living a dream
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 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.❤
I love
Thank you for giving us such a wonderful documentary. It's told in perfect english which enables us to lern a lot. Congratulations ! ( Horacio from Brasil )
Thanks for sharing your fantastic adventure. Great story, beautiful boat and fantastic video footage. Cheers to you from back up here in the rainy PNW.
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!
Great watch. So happy that I choose to watch. The humility that you both expressed was refreshing.
Beautiful filming, great crew, well organized boat, very sympathetic reporting, congratulation and thanks for letting us being part of your adventure
I've enjoyed watching your videos many times and will watch each of them more times ahead.
Beautifully made videos with excellent music and narration.
The real star for me is the wooden boat with wood spars.
The sounds a wood boat makes while sailing is so comforting and so different from the screeching a glass boat makes and the clanging of halyards against an aluminum mast.
Really well done. Thank you
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
One of the better ocean crossing vids on youtube! Thank you!
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❣
Only just stumbled across your channel and this was the first vlog that came up. WOW - what an amazing voyage in such a stunning vessel. I could sit here watching you sail all day, it's that good.
Really now looking forward to catching-up with your other videos. Thank you for sharing!
Stunbled
Guys I would like to, congratulations you both, for making such wonderful crus
Ing experience. To marques island. Welcome to marquesas. Beautiful double ender happy sailing.
Beautifully documented. Love the down to earth approach. You had that boat in tip top trim. A credit to you both
I can not ever imagine doing such a feat. Those wooden masts and booms just made me think of all the bad things that "could" happen. And then your detailed narration and obvious experience and training gave me a second of, "yes, I'll be that third sailer." That's when I returned to my senses and knew there was only one old man and the sea. This old man was left to my chair, dreaming away.
Congratulations! Your channel reminds me of Sailing Tarka, unfortunately they did not get to realize their dream. Good for you for doing so.
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!
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.
I must admit your sailing video is the first i've watched until the end, a fantastic production. A sailors video for sailors, Thank you.
We sailed into Nuka Hiva in 1987 and was the only yacht there. We were a 100ft. aluminium sloop with a crew of nine.
I love your yacht Julia, a proper yacht and very handy. She looks very sea kindly. What a trip to have such a fine vessel and each other.
Beautiful boat, great commentary,and real celestial navigation probably only used as a check but always ready in an emergency.
I love old wooden boats...so much character and yours is wonderful, strong. What a grt video..just lovely.
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.
Your journey brought tears to my eyes. My wife and I made the same trip back in 2002 on our Liberty 458, except we made landfall in Hiva Oa. What an amazing experience. I am jealous. Wishing we were back out there again. Enjoy!!!!
What a wonderful film you two have put together!
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....
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!
That's an older looking sail boat! 1960's era? Great job❤
Thank you for all the footage. A lot of work to put all the audio/video on record. So enjoyable for us viewers.
I found your video by keying in ‘the Marquesas’. Then I was hooked and watched the earlier videos starting about Canada.
Thanks again. Red skies at night!
Great description of the boat never getting tired as the crew...
What an absolutely brilliant video. Loved the sailing, sailing, sailing. Also love your boat, she’s a beaut!
What a great story! I loved being along on your adventure. Well done!
Really wonderful job putting this together. Your a class act, congratulations to you both.
Gracias por permitirme viajar con ustedes estos dias en este hermoso velero en algunos momentos sentia un poco de mareo, pero lo fui superando. Saludos Angel
If I could have a video update from you all everyday I would watch it over anything else. You two amaze me!
And your 30-ft, two-mast sailboat looks really fast & well-ridden.
Double Congrats !!
Call it a ketch & sailors will salute you for proper terminology
Looks
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 !
I agree with all of the comments on your sailing and recording you adventures. I particularly appreciate the understated skills and craftsmanship that went into preparing the vessel with beautiful hardware, nonchalantly adding strength to the hull and rigging and maintaining a true look of beauty and traditional form. I'm too old to do what Leo & the boys from Acorn to Arabella are doing but I'm trading in my Hatteras and going to find an Akins or Rhodes. Guess I should also learn how to sail! Thank you for everything you guys have shared.