Characters and Icebergs - Aboard Sea Venture, our ocean going power boat, Sea Venture - EP 37
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- We start off in Juneau, Alaska, where we pick up Jim’s brother, Ron, and his grandson, Mason, who come and join us for two weeks from Mississippi. From Juneau we cruise to Taku Harbor, where we explore for a couple of days before cruising on to Endicott Arm and the Dawes Glacier.
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This is our trawler cruising life story.
We were two "middle aged" :) working corporate types who had succeeded in pursuing the American Dream. We had the house, the boat, the cars, the toys, and worked a lot of hours and endured a lot of stress to pay for it all. Retirement was appealing. Retirement cruising on a trawler, was even more appealing.
We decided to make a big change and minimize our footprint. We sold everything, and having loved boating for many years, bought and moved aboard our 54', go anywhere in the world, ocean going power boat. That was in 2014 and we have never looked back.
Now in our late 50's we are free of work and we are living aboard and cruising our trawler full time. We have recently added two new crew members, feline brothers, Blake and Barkley. Yes, we have two brave (sorta) boat cats, on board!
Join us and our crew, on our adventures as we explore new places, discover more about our trawler and what makes her work, and learn more about ourselves in our young retirement years.
As always, if you have any questions please feel free to ask in the RUclips comments or email us at CruisingSeaVenture@Gmail.com.
Thanks for watching,
Jim, Rosy, Blake and Barkley
I am amazed at how for they come out of the water. The amaxing part is how much power they create to do what they do natural
great video. thanks and well done.
Just watched your new video. Awesome to see you guys back! And glad all is well. Beautiful apartments by the way!
So glad you guys are ok!
You guys need a go pro to see the berg.. love the channel
Are you guys still cruising and making videos? Not rushing you guys just curious and looking forward to more good stuff! 😊
So I think they've been busy building their new apartment complex. If you look at their liked videos they just opened their new complex. Hopefully new videos soon!
Hi Jim and Rosey,
Missing your videos. Love to see something about your marina and your day to day live aboard lifestyle. Hope life is treating you well.
Just watched your update video. So Glad you guys are back!! I hope you got some video of you replacing your teak rails. I need to do mine and hope to get some insight. Glad your back! Oh, turn on comments if you can?
We miss you all hope all is well, please let us know, your friends North Star Sitka, AK
Hello Jim and Rosy, I just found your channel recently and love your videos. I live in So Cal and explore our coastal islands regularly, and venture down into Mexico a bit on my Skipjack flybridge (Bella B). I was wondering if you did any fishing on the Alaska trip?Thanks Charles
Hoping you come out with more videos. Ill just have to rewatch these for now.
Hello Jim and Rosie. Hope everything is ok with you guys. Looking forward to more of your adventures.
Tony Fleming makes some of the best Cruising videos. We enjoy watching his productions and yours as well. Thanks for sharing these.
David,
Yes they do. I have always like the Fleming 55 as well. It was fun to get to meet and chat with Tony for awhile on the dock. He was in his custom Fleming named "Venture". He was very gracious and was very complimentary of Sea Venture and the long range Cheoy Lee's, which was nice. He had a professional captain, crew and film maker with him as well.
Thanks for watching and commenting,
Jim and Rosy
Are you guys OK? I’m getting worried!
Miss you guys. Hope all is well!
According to the vessel traffic service they are transmitting a signal again. Still in Everett,
August 5
Welcome back guys. Another beautiful video, thanks for sharing your adventures with us.
Found you on you tube a couple days ago and love watching your adventures, thank you! I have a new-to-me 2000 Bayliner 4788 and although not a trawler, I love it. I'm the the Sacramento Delta area and have 1000 miles of inland water to explore this year and might get brave enough (and smart enough) to venture out into the deep blue next year. Thank you so much for all of video blog, it is comforting to see you do it right. Love the refit, wow!
So nice to see another of your videos- my husband and I enjoy watching them and are always happy when we are alerted that a new one has been posted. It is nice to follow a couple closer to our own age. I know the videos take a lot of time and effort and want you to know we appreciate the work that you do! Best wishes!
Paula,
We are glad you are enjoying the videos. True, there are lots of sailors with RUclips channels drinking themselves around the world. That's not us - sometimes I think we are a bit boring - we just aren't into lots of boating drama. We have intentionally tried to keep the camera pointed out so you can see what we are seeing.
Again, thanks for watching and commenting.
Jim and Rosy
Cruising Sea Venture not boring at all! We really enjoy them.
We follow some of the young sailors but find ourselves yelling at them to put on sensible footwear 😂
The sound those Ford Diesels make!! My favourite engines, the Ford Dorset and Ford Dover.
Just discovered you.
Great channel.
Thanks !!
just finished video #34, making my way from #1. I see that you are using a drone.... is this the same one you bought earlier or is it a new drone? if new what did you end up with and what kind of learning curve did you enjoy..... curious of your current status......
Welcome back, it's been too long. Glad to see another video from you. Take care.
Stunning
Stunning!
I found your utube channel a couple weeks ago and have watched every ep you published so far. I watched ep 40 but can’t find ep 41, have you posted it yet?
We lived aboard our Albin 40 for 16 years and cruised the east coast and the Bahamas extensably. I love the information you include but as a long term cruiser who anchored most of the time would love a “tech” section on your anchor gear. Also info on your anchorage area such as depth of water, rode deployed, etc., etc. Your anchorages are so different than ours this info would be interesting to us “shallow “ water cruisers.
Thanks for your videos and I am very much looking forward to your trip south this summer. FYI, I have you on AIS so will keep up with you as you travel the world.
Hope all is well,we miss your videos.
Best wishes
Brian and Sandra
MV Sealeaf
They have been munching around the San Juans and Vancouver Is. and last position is Everett but they don't show up there, Guess we all hope they are OK
Another very enjoyable episode from sea venture .We really appreciate the effort you both put in to make these videos and sharing with every one.You have friends all over the world who would will one day return such a good deed.
Kind Regards
Brian and Sandra
MV Sea leaf
Thank you for your videos! I love following your adventures and can’t wait to get my own trawler in the Bremerton Marina.
Eric,
Sounds like a plan! If you are ever in the Everett area make sure and let us know. Sea Venture is here now and will be for the next several months why we work on another round of upgrades and improvements. Of course, we are also spending our time editing video from our summer trip to Alaska!
You can always email us at CruisingSeaVenture@gmail.com.
Thanks for watching and commenting,
Jim
I hope all is well. We miss you!
Great to see you back. Do hope you had a very special holidays with family and friends. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. How did you survive the snow?
Rob,
Thanks for watching and commenting. We had a great holiday and hope you did as well.
Regarding the snow . . . . .
Sea Venture did great - she stayed warm and dry.
Rosy and I were not here - thus the delay in getting this latest video out. We went to check out one of Sea Ventures destinations that will be coming up - La Paz, Mexico. So while it was freezing cold and snowing at the boat, we were lounging in La Paz for a month. It was great. 75 and sunny every day. We definitely enjoyed La Paz and the time we got to tour in the Sea of Cortez. Now we are back in Everett with a final list of boat projects to complete before we leave Everett for good.
Thanks,
Jim and Rosy
That great to hear. Oh Mexico, can wait for those videos!!!!
You know, There is some interest in where Jim and Rosy are , Could be the initial excitement of boat life has worn off a bit, (Jim said they have been boating for many years)..
They may have settled into a different level of reality. The level of excitement shown can’t last long. I’m just grateful they took the time and effort to share their lives for a while. I know their videos uplifted me and others. Maybe we will get lucky and hear from them again.
Hope all is well.
Wondering if your plans for Mexico are still on and when you think you might start? Looking forward to more videos.
Living the dream!! I am currently restoring an old Marine Trader. Hope to take some serious travels soon.
Jon,
Sounds great. restoring a boat is one sure way to know you know your boat! Hopefully you will be able to turn that all important corner and leave the dock.
Thanks for watching and commenting,
Jim
Does anyone know what happened to Jim and Rosy? They vanished 4 months ago?? :(
Sept 1, 2019 Don't know what has happened but Sea Venture is still in it's slip at the Port of Everett. It went out for an afternoon a couple of weeks ago and returned. Hasn't moved since. That I have seen. I will be going to Everett soon and will try to get out to their slip. POE locks their gates so may not make it.
Sure miss them, their segments are really well done, informative, accurate and
David Graves thank you for the report. Please tell us what you learn, We always are concerned about a health event, K en Reece.
I’ve seen a FLIR on your yacht, but never any comments. Will be adding one to my boat... Do you feel it a worthwhile value. Thank you and be safe out their. TYC-Tacoma
As of 4:00 PM November 20 2019, Sea Venture Is in her slip at the Port of Everett, Washington State.
Guys, I really love your boat. What make, model, and year is it? The layout is perfect and is exactly what I've been looking for since I retired.
This is one of the best channels I have found, I watched all the videos. You are such a lovely couple, and great informative videos. For all of us that dream about this kind of adventure and boat, but cannot put up USD 5M for Nordhavn :) Cheers from Sweden
Maybe you have already answered this question but could you disclose assuming the boat was paid for in cash how much a person would need on a monthly basis to budget for a life like this? You can direct me to the proper video to watch if you have already covered this. Thanks
Thanks James
Another great video, Thanks for sharing.
Is that a FLIR camera on the front of your pilothouse? If so, how do you like it?
Yes, that is a FLIR camera mounted above the pilothouse.
The camera is great, under specific conditions. We got the camera because we do some cruising in the dark in the Pacific Northwest and their are a lot of logs in the water that are best to avoid. It detects a very minor difference in temperature, and anything floating in the water is a different temperature then the water.
But, having said that - there are times it does not work. They are:
1) When it's raining. The rain washes out any temperature differences and all you get is a white screen.
2) The same can be said for fog - it makes what the camera sees all the same temperature.
3) In rough seas. White caps are a different temperature, so they show up. As a result, there are so many targets when it's rough you can't tell the difference between white caps and logs
4) Also when it''s rough, the pitching of the boat results in too much movement and the camera has a hard time focusing.
But still, when its not too rough and not raining, you see everything.
If you want to see what the view looks like in the pitch black, it's in one of the videos. Episode 11, Haidi Gwaii to Port Hardy in 52 hours, at about the 5 to 6 minute mark you can see what we see in the dark.
Again, thanks for watching and commenting,
Jim
Are you guys okay?????
forgive me but I just came across your site and am curious, what make is your trawler?
thanks
Hi Terry,
Thanks for watching. Sea Venture is a Cheoy Lee Long Range Trawler, 54' length overall. You might enjoy watching the boat tour video (Episode 38), engine room tour video (Episode 25), and the fuel management video. (Episode 20) They all go over more technical details of Sea Venture.
You can always ask all the questions you like as well either here on RUclips, or you can always email us at CruisingSeaVenture@Gmail.com
Thanks again,
Jim and Rosy
Thank you for the great video's, I am sitting here in N. Idaho with 3 feet of snow on the ground thank you for your video's that give a bit of escape to the winter doldrums.
Just found your channel today. Not many power cruising channels out there. Most are about sailing. I'm enjoying the content and I also subscribed.
Wayne,
Thanks for watching and commenting, and welcome aboard!
Jim
Are you guys ok? Does anyone know?