An Adventure Half a Decade in the Making | A&J Sailing S4E1 Sailing to Alaska
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- When we set out to fin a sailboat five years ago, we dreamed of sailing here.. to one of the world's last true wilderness frontiers. 365 million acres of jaw dropping beauty that will leave you speechless.. a stunning dreamscape sculpted by extreme natural forces of fire and ice.
We invite you to join us on a journey half a decade in the making aboard our small and humble fiberglass sailboat... the most remarkable adventure of our lives, Sailing North to Alaska
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Exploring far reaching fjords & remote anchorages of the Inside Passage charting a course North to Alaska (slowly), we're a Canadian Aussie duo documenting an adventure-based alternative life off-grid on a small 'no-frills' sailboat, Uintah! Adventuring off the beaten path with the purpose of living a more sustainable, self-sufficient life connected to nature
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And I am amazed by your adventurous spirit and unwavering determination. Your journey, half a decade in the making, showcases your passion for exploration and love for the seas. Your storytelling and camaraderie with A&J Sailing inspire us all. And I am Floating Village Life
Awe, thanks so much for your kind words! All the hard work is certainly paying off! Really enjoy sharing the journey with our awesome community here, cheers friend!
I love how authentic you two are, and how your videos don't just skip over any tribulations. The teaser footage of Alaska looks stunning!
Awh, thanks so much for that! That's really kind.
So looking forward to sharing more of the footage, hoping it will be the best season yet!
I've been following your RUclips channel for almost two years now, and it's always such a pleasure to make myself comfortable, sit, relax, and watch. Thank you, guys. You're one of the best sailing channels out there. Thank You.
Wow, thank you so much for that! It means a lot to hear that our efforts are enjoyed on the other end.
Really cool you've been here since the beginning.. we're really hoping this will be the best season yet, cheers mate!
CONGRATULATIONS on casting the tethering lines after all of your hard work efforts!
Your Northern Alaska trip sounds and looks fantastic - your aerial photog. looks really great!
WELL DONE and all the best ahead!
Thanks so much!!! It feels unbelievably good to be back out and at it! Really stoked to share recent footage, it’s been quite the trip so far! Cheers mate!
great video bon voyage
Glad you enjoyed it Pat! Thanks so much, cheers!
Ahoy! I'm glad you've gone down to the Seas again. ⛵️
Allison, your narration is fantastic. You remind me of the narrator that was used for the documentary series Canada: a People's History. (Maggie Huculak)
I agree; you guys handled that problem very well. It is common for new sailors to do just what you didn't do: panic. I can't wait to see what you do with all the latest equipment.
Oh! And get those lifelines back on! Sheesh 😮
The seas beckon, feels so good to be back at it!
Thank you so much for the compliments! I’ll have to look up that series. CBC?!
Earlier on panic would have taken center stage. It’s nice to notice the progression, still lots to learn!
The lifelines come down for filming sometimes, they go up just as quickly haha
Thanks for being here, chat soon!
Your videos just keep getting better and better!
Awe love to hear that, We’re trying! Invested in some new camera gear this season. Stoked to share recent footage with you, cheers!
Awesome production! Well done. SV Brooklyn Salish Sea
Much appreciated! Thanks so much neighbor, cheers!
Great video! Looking forward to watching the summer adventures! The boat is looking great! Lots of wonderful upgrades that make the experience even better.
The boat is feeling so much better this year! Better sailing, handling and much more comfortable down below, all the hard work certainly paying off! Glad you enjoyed the video, stoked to share recent adventures with you. Cheers!
I think I am as excited as you are.
Love to hear that! Cheers to (hopefully) the best season yet!
I always enjoy watching your shows.😊 Great emergency handling of the fire too!
Cheers MrHogadog! We’re really glad you enjoy our production, we’re very excited to start releasing tour Alaska season!
woohoo you're off!! what an adventure and what an amazing job on telling the story, nice one!! now show me icebergs!!!
Awe thanks so much pal! Got some cool shots of ice coming right up! Hope your summer is going grand and that it’s much drier down there!!!
Great to see you guys are off on another epic adventure. Thanks for sharing. See you next week.
Cheers Dad! We’re certainly having a blast so far! Hope to catch up with you soon! 📞
Definitely Winning…. Thanks for sharing the ups, downs and sideways action 🙏
Thanks so much for coming along with us no matter which direction we're heading😅cheers!
Beautiful video, Alaska, one of the best sailing ⛵️ in the world 🌎
Couldn’t agree more!!!! Alaska is a special place!
With great lithium…..comes great responsibility lol. Glad the damage was limited.
Hahaha well played! We’re also glad it was only a small amount of damage that was easily repaired.
Ok on the Glow Plugs, Macerator pump, usually draws 15 to 25 amps when loaded, when unloaded around 10A, we got a 30A analog ammeter with Shunt plus got a 30A 12V automotive relay and put the toggle switch and ammeter on the Nav Table. A small toggle switch controls the 30A relay that switches in the Macerator Pump and the Ammeter showed us how hard the pump worked and when the tank was empty. Ammeter+ Shunt from Amazon at $ 20.00, very nice videos, keep it up.....cheers, from Sechelt BC.
Thanks Francine, that sounds like a pretty slick set up! So far we haven’t blown a fuse but we also never run the macerator while starting the engine. I might change the wiring when we get back down to BC after Alaska, but so far so good!
Great episode again. And.......I saw steering handsfree without an autopilot. One off the numerous advantages of a tiller.
Haha the Catalina 30 balances fairly well in light upwind conditions!
Wanted to weigh in on the 50 amp breaker. It isn't redundant. The larger wire from the buss bar to the dc panel can carry more amps than the smaller fused/breakered branch circuits. The 50amp breaker will trip if that larger wire shorts. You done good!! I am so looking forward to your Alaska episodes. Cheers to you both.
Thanks for the reassurance meestahwah! I thought it was the right thing to do, no need to have excessive energy running around the boat! We’re quite a few weeks into the trip now and can report no more issues with our electrical system, very excited to start releasing some of the amazing footage we’ve captured so far!
Thank you! Wonderful video, so interesting and beautiful.
Glad you enjoyed it friend, always good to hear from you. Until next time, take good care!
I'll always pres your button thank you for your videos they are wonderful
Haha thanks so much for that! Love to hear it, cheers!
Fantastic, thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for being here, cheers!
Consider the Glow plug push button, on our Cat 30 it was located on the engine panel. The feed for the Glow plug was the main positive on the Panel and was #10 wire ( good for 30A) make sure your glow plugs work ok and do not blow any fuses as the glow plugs draw a heavy current ( perhaps 8 amps each ?) love your Video, cheers from Sechelt BC.
I ended up putting a 30amp fuse in the feed for the engine controls, you’re correct the glow plugs are run off the main positive (#10awg) additionally I also have the macerator pump run from the positive feed not that we generally are running the macerator at the same time as the glow plugs but still the #10 awg is good for 30amps so a 30 amp fuse was what I needed up putting in. Thanks for your kind words and support mate!
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Yeah, rushing around getting off the dock is prime error time. This happened to us just a couple days ago:
Moored at a visitor’s wharf for the night doing some minor fixits and chores ashore. Pulling out this morning, forgot that I’d neutralled the prop shaft. Bit of wind pushing us off the dock in the direction I was intending to go, so didn’t notice that I wasn’t under power, just throttling a neutral motor… until!!! I needed power and steering and there wasn’t any! Pushed the throttle a bit too hard and it SNAPPED! Now I’m drifting directly into the occupied finger berths across from us with no control. Kill the engine and raise the alarm. Boaters across the way fend off! Amazingly, with our gaff and the help of some old salts on the dock we eased Aloha III into a berth with NO damage. Well done to Mellissa who sprung into action on the gaff and then BY HAND! And a huge thanks to Don, Bob, and Warren for taking my dock lines and saving us from a huge insurance claim.
Lesson: double check your launch list, have your anchor ready to drop, gaff at hand, and do all your regular maintenance!
p.s. it was the throttle cable. Easy fix, underway in 15 mins.
Wow!! That sounds like a hair raising situation, glad you made it out without an insurance claim, that’s a success story! You just never know when the unexpected is about to strike, it sounds like you handled that situation perfectly! Well done capt!
@@AllisonandJamesSailing my hair was raised and was sweating bullets, that’s for sure. But amazingly neither I nor Mellissa panicked. Just did our jobs and got through. You better believe that I’ll be testing throttle against tied lines before casting off from now on!
Amazing video by the way. Just beautiful.
@@basildraws and you’ll handle at even that much more calmly next time a crisis arises, kudos guys!
Thanks so much glad you enjoyed it!
Glad you're back on another Alaskan adventure. Love the new look inside your yacht and only 30ft? Wow. I'd love to do what you're doing. One day maybe. I have my passage plan worked out already just in case I do. will be following you every step of your way.
Thank you, feels so good to be back out and about! The interior upgrades are definitely adding to the enjoyment this year, she’s just 30ft and so much more! haha Catalina’s are very beamy and spacious feeling, that’s sorta their thing!
Hope you get to experience the inside passage first hand someday, until then, stoked you’re on the journey with us, cheers!
I love it keep it up
Love to hear it, cheers mate!
Epic journey! Fair winds and stay safe .
Can't wait to share recent adventures with you Nancy. Thank you for being here, cheers!
My boat has a plywood box around the back of the engine control panel.
We have a fiberglass cover that I just hadn’t put back in place that day.
Nothing like having a good “spark” to ignite your adventure!
Glad it was only minor damage. Skookum job on anchoring under sail too.
( side note : even though the wiring has been completely replaced, is there any way to wrap any exposed wires in a protective conduit ? )
As always, wishing you both fair winds and calm anchorage’s ⛵️
Haha it definitely got us ‘lit up’! It was a good exercise to anchor under sail, always nice to test yourself and handle the boat without the engine running. We actually docked under sail a few days ago, always fun!
We actually have a fiberglass cover for the back of the engine wiring, I just hadn’t had a chance to reinstall it that day when we were leaving!
I cautioned you abt the LI Batteries, said that the BMS can act up and shut down, if you have time check salon Atticus and their total black out in latest video....just trying to caution you, Love your videos do not know why we sold our Cat 30, cheers P&F
Cheers P&F! We'll take a look at their video when we have a moment. Thank you for your caution, so far we haven't had any 'weirdness' but if we do, we'll be sure to talk about it!
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Awesome, stoked to have you here! Cheers!
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Thanks for watching, Cheers!
Great to see you guys back on the water with many worthwhile upgrades! What do you guys use for camera gear? Cheers!
Boy does it ever feel good, thanks Hayden! We've upgraded to a Canon R6 Mark II, awesome camera. Still have the old Canon Rebel T7i as a backup/for filming out in the rain! Two GoPro's, three drones and we've just added the Insta 360 to the quiver as well. Let's hope these things survive the trip! 😅
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Cheers!
With tiller and autopilot on the move again. 🙂 The Good.
Electrical/fire issue. 😞 The Bad.
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No Ugly. 👍
haha few ugly expressions in the edits but what can ya do! Thanks for watching mate, cheers!
Ammeter & Shunt : Baomain DH-670 DC 0-30A cheers P&F
As long as the mistakes can be kept at a minimum, and are repairable, you will be fine.
Well done on getting underway. Things have slowed down a bit for me as i am getting ready for a minor surgery in september. I am just doing small things on my boat at present.
Just one question, are you able to see the northeren lights ?.
Gerard.
Thanks so much Gerard! Lots of mistakes to be made, and things to learn from along the way. That's just as much of the adventure as anything else!
Happy to hear you're doing well and taking it easy mate!
Negative on the Northern lights. We've read it is possible to seem them here starting around the end of August, so we'll see if we're lucky enough to catch a glimpse of that on this trip, cheers!
Hello, if I'm understanding correctly, in an earlier video you mentioned you had very little sailing experience. If so, where did you get the confidence/experience to go on this great adventure? Classes/training? I'm looking to increase my own sailing knowledge. Your doing a fabulous job!
Thank you! Correct, James had been on a sailboat once before, and I had very poor understanding of sailing as well 😅
We were starting out during Covid and so there weren’t any hands on opportunities to learn - cleanses and training were obvs cancelled and folks weren’t taking others out. Traveling was out and we felt like we had few other options to learn other than buying our own boat and getting out there! So we bought a small fixer upper, something we wouldn’t be afraid to learn on and here we are! We took her out on weekends or whenever we could - the Salish sea is a pretty tame learning ground! We had an experienced friend sail with us one long weekend, Tim, who taught us a lot, and gave us the confidence to say hey maybe we do know what we’re doing (sort of)! Still learning every single day out here, it’s a humbling endeavor!
Apart from that we watch videos, read and chat to other sailors as often as we can. We’ve met people out here who chartered boats first, or crewed on other peoples boats. For us, just getting out on our own boat has been the fastest way to learn! Hope that helps!
@@AllisonandJamesSailing Thank you for the great response!
You’re so welcome! Reach out if you have any more questions :)
Thanks you were not to far remote from the ama zone... be safe an when you think you got your toolbox ready, think again. Doulbe redundancy is for land vehicles, boats venturing into the wilde need to go far from that. And don't worry to muche the boat will always have something in need for repair. Have fum be safe and do not leave without you 30.06 besrs are real not a youtube vid.
Our boat is a non-stop project zone, there’s always something needing fixing or improving! So far the bears haven’t been able to climb our freeboard so we haven’t had to use the 306 😅
I first watched your lovely film of your voyage across the Tasman, so I'm looking forward to following this adventure.
I'm not quite clear on how the wires caught fire. Do you mean they still shorted through their plastic coverings?? I can understand bare wires doing that but not plastic encased. Or was it the terminals that shorted?
The terminal ends shorter together on a stainless exhaust hose from a diesel heater, a bit confusing but it could have all been avoided if I’d put the cover back on the engine controls before departing! Glad you enjoyed the Tasman film! Cheers!
@@AllisonandJamesSailingthat makes more sense, thanks.
I was thinking what you need is a cover, and saw it there in the footage, so see you have that already covered ( pun) ; )
I had an electrical fire too, from a stupid error. It's a scary experience. But got it out reasonably quickly. I'm glad you were able to put it out fast. It's good to have a plan in place.
How did you put yours out? Slipped a terminal off or just parted the wires?
Hey Chick you guys are so cool!!!!!??? But your old man knows his shit 😅 Just a old dude from Pender Harbour BC ❤️☮️👍
Always good to hear from you mate, cheers!
Glad to finally see you on anchor again! The video at the end seemed really sharp and clear, did you guys get a new camera?
Thank you so much for your generous support Derek!! That really means so much. You’re a legend!
Feels so good to be back out and about again, finally! We did indeed invest in some new camera gear this year. A much needed upgrade, the footage is looking so much better this season, we’re stoked to share it!
Well great purchase May I ask what the camera model is?
Absolutely! We stuck with Canon and went with the Canon R6 Mark 2! Amazing camera, films in 4-6K, great image stabilization, colors and autofocus. It’s up there with their cinema line. The footage is noticeably that much better it’s really cutting down our editing time which is amazing! Just need a telephoto lens.
We also got a 360 cam for action moments and times we’re unable to fly the drone
Thank you
@@derekmcqueen4589 thank you!!
find a clear tupperwear container [toss the lid[ that will fit over what ever you want to protect make a grooved piece of wood glass it to the part you want to protest and slide it on good luck
We actually have a fibreglass cover for the engine control wiring, in our haste to get off the dock I had neglected to put it back on. Would have prevented the whole fiasco :)
Just curious, were the wires that got pressed into the metal tube and caught fire insulated?
They were insulated, the insulation burnt off pretty well instantly and caught fire.
@@AllisonandJamesSailing That’s a little terrifying!
I havent seen all of your videos, and I'm curious, why did you ditch the wheel for a tiller?
Hey Pat! A list of reasons that are pretty nicely summed up in the beginning of this video, cheers! 👉🏽
ruclips.net/video/KNGoVYXAIrk/видео.html
@@AllisonandJamesSailing that all makes sense. I had a Bayfield 25 that I, for a short time, considered installing a wheel. After getting measurements, and looking everything over, I let the laziness loose . I would have had to haul the engine out to get at everything. It was a rather quick decision to absolutely adore the tiller. As well, I would have lost so much space in the cockpit, it would have not been a good situation.
I'm glad it went well for you, and continue your journeys!
@patmonks3459 that sounds like a ton on work!!! Laziness for the win,
I’d imagine on a 25’ boat a wheel would have been way overkill!
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I've seen a fair number converted to wheels. Afterchecking it out, the only real advantage would have been getting the electronics closer.
Not sure if this is appropriate for the comment section, but I don’t know how to message you privately and directly. Someone has just listed what appears to be your sailboat on Facebook marketplace Seattle as a part out for $50. Unless there is another boat with the same name around that looks an awful lot like yours. Only two pics.
Thank you so much for letting us know, we’ve tracked down the listing and requested they remove our photos from their listing. We’re not parting Uintah out anytime soon haha we only just finished putting her back together!
@@AllisonandJamesSailing happy to help! You guys are absolutely awesome! The cinematography is stellar, and I love that you’re doing so much on a small boat and doing it so well. As a PNW native, you’re sailing my dream so close to my home and heart!
No real need to trim sail, except in a heavy breeze, when anchoring under sail. Just head-to-wind, drop the hook, furl the sail, and Bob's your uncle. I know! This is all super-obvious in hindsight, right?! Sorry.
Hindsight is always 20/20 and I generally just ramble on when I’m a lil stressed haha anxiety is the biggest mountain to climb!
Beer cans without labels? Have you had to endure backlash from some beer company or something regarding endorsements, etc.? Next thing you know, you'll have to blur the logos on your jackets and other stuff too...(I hope not for your sake).
Hahah it does look that way!
Nah they’d probably thank us for the free promotion. These were some freebie cans from our local brew pub that weren’t fit for the shelf, nothing but the finest here at the DBCC (dirtbag cruising club) haha. Cheers!
@@AllisonandJamesSailing LOL!
As far as enduring anything, being in Alaska, you'll have to endure American beer!
@@wastinson hahah we’ve been on the hunt for good breweries as soon as we hit port, with some success!
Why do you cut each scene to one second? Getting dizzy here.
Sorry, that's standard pacing! The average shot length has been decreasing in the film industry for the past century, down from 10 seconds back in the in 1930's to ~2.5 seconds today...
But appreciate the feedback, we like to play with format so we can slow some things down in future films, cheers!
Proud 40%’er here, lol!! I think I subbed when you were still under 100. It’s been a real pleasure following along and I’m super stoked (@james.the.sailor.man got me using that all the time now,😅😅😅) to watch the Alaska Adventure unfold!!
Haha that’s amazing! Thank you for being here since the beginning! We’ll have to send you a postcard from Alaska! Stoked you’re in the journey with us mate, cheers!