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Clever Sailboat Refit Using Salvaged Materials! Upgrading my small sailboat for Alaska | A&J Sailing
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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Australia to New Zealand on a 37ft Shannon Sailboat | 15 Days Sailing 1800nm Across the Tasman Sea
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Australia to New Zealand on a 37ft Shannon Sailboat | 15 Days Sailing 1800nm Across the Tasman Sea
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Young Couple Living Self-Sufficient Life Off-Grid on a 30ft Sailboat in BC Canada | A&J Sailing
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  • @oakcor
    @oakcor День тому

    My dad lived in Ocean Falls for a short time when he was young, and my grandfather worked in the paper mill. My aunt was a phone switchboard operator for the town. My dad said they had to fly in by PBY an old WW2 era sea plane. After the family moved way, there was a large land slide that killed some of the residents. Eventually the paper mill closed. I believe the name of the company that owned the papermill was Crown Zellerbach.

  • @davidbamford4721
    @davidbamford4721 2 дні тому

    I don’ t have a philosophy about eating crab. I cannot remember ever eating crab, fresh. I have had a tiny tin of crab paste, but that is as close as I could get here in Melbourne.

  • @bmorekind6849
    @bmorekind6849 2 дні тому

    So glad you made it safe n sound. I know nothing about sailing and this was a wonderful watch. I marveled at your skill and calm and the beautiful blues of the sea and I too gasped in awe when land appeared. Very cool. Greetings from Washington DC

  • @edwardcarberry1095
    @edwardcarberry1095 2 дні тому

    Bitcoin the Way the Corruption was wanting to make more money off of the masses. As I understand it , they have lost. Thank God for that.

  • @starfishsystems
    @starfishsystems 2 дні тому

    The grounded boat is a lesson to us all in what a huge difference it can make to address such a situation methodically if it should come up. That's a beautiful steep pebble beach to ground on. People would choose this spot DELIBERATELY if they were careening the boat to clear a fouled propeller or something of the sort. The difference is that they would do two things: 1) Shift cargo to ensure that the boat heels TOWARD the beach rather than away from it as the tide falls. However, check for trees or other obstructions that might foul the mast. The heel away from the water allows the boat to remain much more upright, so that there is less risk of the boat flooding as the tide rises. It also reduces the risk of seas washing aboard. Nevertheless, it can be a nervous couple of hours, watching while the tide rises closer and closer to the rail. It's far worse with the boat heeled the other way. 2) Set out anchors well abeam at bow and stern to prevent the boat from washing up the beach as the tide floats it off. These also serve to hold the boat parallel to the shoreline as it settles over, so you have to ease them periodically as the tide falls, and harden them as the tide rises. If you have only one suitable anchor, lead it from midships. Do not neglect this, or you may end up permanently beached.

  • @kenross466
    @kenross466 3 дні тому

    A great experience,here’s to life1

  • @davidbamford4721
    @davidbamford4721 5 днів тому

    I wonder how those floating homes arrange sanitation?

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 3 дні тому

      The shit 👉🏽 in the bay much like the city of Victoria until v recently 😂

  • @davidbamford4721
    @davidbamford4721 5 днів тому

    If you can arrange to have a speaker or similar in the bilge, dolphins are very receptive to music. When I had my trailer-sailer, I was able to lay some Strauss from a ghetto-blaster down in the bilge. The dolphins came close to us and kept pace with us for a while. Dolphins, though, have a short attention span and they soon swam off.

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 3 дні тому

      So amazing to have dolphins on the bow! Cool to hear that they enjoy Strauss 👌🏽

  • @kenross466
    @kenross466 6 днів тому

    Well done guys❤well done guys

  • @gregsage1605
    @gregsage1605 6 днів тому

    Flashing on the laundry at Shearwater gave me tumultuous shakes of nostalgia! And the showers: 0ne lunni gets you two minutes of hot water, but remember your sandals! There were a few visiting dignitaries there on my last visit. My partner said that they must look at us in our 35 year old boat as pond scum. And another sailor reminded us that pond scum always rises to the surface. We all had a good laugh a few adult beverages and a fond farewell the following morning. Your videography, editing and story telling is really good. I'm thoroughly enjoying your experience.

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 5 днів тому

      Hahaha that gave us a good chuckle, Pond Scum!!🤣 Love that! We might use it! Stoked you were able to share in the smiles with this place. A stopping point bringing all of us together on the inside passage route! So glad to hear you’ve been enjoying the vids, thank you!!

  • @quentin-andrew5585
    @quentin-andrew5585 7 днів тому

    Why is Video hidden from an awesome playlist I have enjoyed what I have seen during the Tasman Sea

  • @gregsage1605
    @gregsage1605 8 днів тому

    I bought a boat with a friend years ago that was an absolute kludge. We knew it when we bought it and thought that it would be a fun, "project." The project became an endless set or ongoing projects that never ended even though the two of us refused to be beaten. We called the boat the, "Economic Stimulator." It was a marriage of frustration, financial destitute and some of the best stories of my life. We gave it to a friend after several years and I bought a new-to-me boat that took me from San Francisco to Alaska. I have really enjoyed your journeys. Thank you for posting.

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 7 днів тому

      Love that! So much respect for folks who pour blood sweat and tears into a boat to bring it back from the brink of despair. Definitely a project that never ends no matter what side of the new or used boat spectrum you’re on. Endless fixing and upgrades, but so rewarding! Did your friend continue to work on it after you passed it on? Awesome you made the trip from SF to AK!! What a journey👏🏽So glad you’ve been enjoying the videos we’ve been making. Hopefully brings back good memories from that trip!

    • @gregsage1605
      @gregsage1605 7 днів тому

      @@AllisonandJamesSailing The boat had a balsa core that eventually became entirely saturated and she became an organ donor. I believe the keel now lives as weights for divers, and most of the parts became transplants for other destitute sailors in need. The hull became part of a landfill, but she lives on breathing life into several other ships in need.

  • @SailingtheLoungeResurrected
    @SailingtheLoungeResurrected 10 днів тому

    We live here!!!

  • @sothernborn1
    @sothernborn1 11 днів тому

    Ole man Romeo from Kentucky

  • @EnglishLawyer
    @EnglishLawyer 11 днів тому

    I just want to say as a NZ commercial skipper and a subscriber to many sailing channels, your channel is the most authentic and real as it happens channel out there. No string bikinis, no tits and arse hanging out, no freaking out when the waves are only 6 feet high but just real and raw sailing on one of the most treacherous seas on Earth. You and your vessel are a credit to you all. Well done. No higher praise can be given to you. Thank you for sharing with the World. Perhaps it will make some fair-weather sailors wake up and take notice. I was in a hurricane in 1974 sailing from NZ to Vanuatu called New Hebrides at the time so I know what its like to be in heavy seas but thank god you weren't. Your vessel just loved the conditions.

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 10 днів тому

      Awh, thank you so much for that! We really appreciate the kind words. Very glad we didn’t get served up a hurricane. That would have been one hell of a wild ride! Cheers mate!

    • @EnglishLawyer
      @EnglishLawyer 10 днів тому

      @@AllisonandJamesSailing Thank you. Are you planning another adventure? Your vessel is just beautiful. She really is a credit to you. Where are you at the moment? If you are in NZ I would love to meet up.

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 10 днів тому

      @EnglishLawyer Landfall just completed another massive voyage from NZ to Chile, we’re she is currently moored. All the credit to Captain Dennis! We’re back on our small ship in the PNW this Summer, sailing Alaska. We’re planning to reunite aboard Landfall this Winter if all goes to plan, sail Patagonia!

  • @HousingSucks
    @HousingSucks 11 днів тому

    Great work guys!! I’m excited to binge all your videos this weekend!! I like how you guys got things done. Sometimes I overthink things and think they need to be perfect instead of finished, I appreciate that you took the time to document your process and made this video.

  • @gregsage1605
    @gregsage1605 12 днів тому

    Awesome! Great experience for you!

  • @charlesault806
    @charlesault806 12 днів тому

    After watching a few of your videos I can definitely see the appeal of sailing. I can also see that I am way too lazy to live on a sailboat. I will stick to motor yaughts. Oh to be young again.

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 12 днів тому

      Haha it’s definitely a lot of work!! Way more than we even show. Keeps you young tho, cheers!

  • @paulsaj6441
    @paulsaj6441 13 днів тому

    such pleasant sailing volks..

  • @barberamcisaac1633
    @barberamcisaac1633 13 днів тому

    Oh what happened to the wheel. Lawn or home ornament?

  • @barberamcisaac1633
    @barberamcisaac1633 13 днів тому

    Had some chuckles with this one. Loved it. I thought it was a gigantic remote control 🤪

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 12 днів тому

      Lol the autopilot? Does have Windows Dos vibes haha Glad you enjoyed this one!

  • @RichardSwinton
    @RichardSwinton 13 днів тому

    used to run across Malaspina in a dingy

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 12 днів тому

      Nice! Everything in our boat that broke, broke in that area! So we spent a lot of time there. No complaints we really enjoyed it!

  • @RichardSwinton
    @RichardSwinton 13 днів тому

    I spent many summers spear fishing ling cod on the north end of Texada (blubber bay) so cool seeing familiar territory. thanks guys

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 12 днів тому

      Beautiful! It’s a lovely area. We really enjoyed learning how to sail around there, cheers!

  • @rickpetrinack1540
    @rickpetrinack1540 13 днів тому

    Allison & James hi from Calgary. What a great project from so many of the components being used, reused modified and scrounged materials to a safe, dependable, great looking heater. Kudos to you.

  • @tanyasoroka3314
    @tanyasoroka3314 14 днів тому

    Excited for you. A cozy boat is definitely a game changer

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 14 днів тому

      Thank you!! It’s making such a big difference to our cruising experience this year, beyond happy!!

  • @gregsage1605
    @gregsage1605 14 днів тому

    I sailed the same waters in 2017 and 2018. I'm really enjoying your experience. One year I was in my foul weather gear the whole trip. The second year I had your weather. Great experience! Thank you for sharing.

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 14 днів тому

      Awe that’s amazing! So glad you’re enjoying, and that you’ve experienced the magic first hand! Haha ☔️ Summer weather on a bi-annual schedule, I hope we luck out with some sunshine this year!

  • @Eriktaylor85
    @Eriktaylor85 15 днів тому

    Nice to see the slipway in action, there is one in Rupert as well

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 15 днів тому

      Oh no way! We just left there. We’ll have to geek out/check it out next time

  • @rickpetrinack1540
    @rickpetrinack1540 16 днів тому

    Allison James , hi from Calgary that post had everything as a viewer I could expect. A great mix of sailing, hiking, beach walking wow and of course anchor catching. Sorry to hear about the raw fish event glad you were able to recover without needing to hit Bella Bella. Also thanks for picking up the beach trash I do it hiking and find crap everywhere from everywhere angers me. cant wait to see the boat projects and follow along to Alaskan waters.

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 16 днів тому

      Hey Rick! So glad you enjoyed the random mix in this episode! Lucky the raw fish sickness passed in 48 hours. Probably won’t take that chance next time! The trash everywhere is pretty disheartening. We try to do our best when we can! Can see Alaska from where we are now, cheers!

  • @Eriktaylor85
    @Eriktaylor85 16 днів тому

    Great beach! I took my first steps there back in the 80s

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 16 днів тому

      No way!! What an incredible place to take first steps, very cool. We’re your parents cruising?!

    • @Eriktaylor85
      @Eriktaylor85 16 днів тому

      @@AllisonandJamesSailing they were full time live-aboards then balancing working and cruising through the year. A few years later after my younger sibling got a bit older they decided to get a house as I'm sure having two kids age 3 & 5 on a 37ft sailboat must have been crazy times

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 16 днів тому

      @Eriktaylor85 good on them! That makes sense, I imagine it’s super tough to cruise with kids after a certain age. Do you have memories of those years onboard? We’ll be entering our late thirties and so kids have crossed our minds but we’re not sure we’d be able to continue the lifestyle and aren’t sure if we’re willing to give it up!

    • @Eriktaylor85
      @Eriktaylor85 15 днів тому

      @@AllisonandJamesSailing I have many fond memories from my youth cruising. We lived full time on the boat until somewhere around age 4/5 for myself. After my parents bought a house they continued to cruise in the summer months completing many trips around Van Island and Hadia Gwaii. I'm in my late 30s myself and have a young child, we get out on a handful of multi day trips a year on our boat, as she it is getting older is easier but between newborn and 3 was pretty difficult.

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 15 днів тому

      @Eriktaylor85 amazing, thanks for sharing that! Glad you have such good memories of those times. Sounds like your parents had a good balance of things going. Can’t imagine having a newborn/toddler onboard, things are hectic enough as it is! Kudos to the other channels cruising with kiddos 👶🏻

  • @renederksen4559
    @renederksen4559 16 днів тому

    Crossing the ocean, is it a " bleu boat" ? And how many years experience?

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 16 днів тому

      Yes it’s an exceptional blue water boat, Shanons are very well built. Sailing experience of the Capt’n? 30 years or more.

  • @todddunn945
    @todddunn945 16 днів тому

    I have a comment about mounting those Victron charge controllers. They have a blue LED that flashes at night when the batteries are not charging. It is very bright and quite annoying. The LED is bright enough that even reflected light from it was very noticeable. Because of that issue I had to relocate my charge controllers to a location where they could not be seen from the main cabin>strongly suggest you have some sort of light block around the solar controllers. I can't comment about the DC:DC converter because mine is mounted in a cabinet.

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 16 днів тому

      Yess we’ve noticed that! Luckily they’re mounted all the way at the back of the boat, in the aft cabin. Basically our garage 😅 we have totes and other gear back there that seems to do a good job at blocking the blue flash and we sleep up in the vberth where it’s nice and dark

  • @paulmartin9496
    @paulmartin9496 17 днів тому

    Inspiring you guys. Thank you.

  • @thusspokezarathustra
    @thusspokezarathustra 17 днів тому

    What a wonderful study vessel. She definitely rode pretty well through the storms. Beautiful narration through the passage. Lovely family and very lucky to have had this life experience.

  • @johnrumbles3068
    @johnrumbles3068 17 днів тому

    There comes a time after purchasing and fixing up a new place, that you realise, that when you make the right decisions, a house (albeit a floating one) suddenly feels and becomes a home........... from what we have had the joy to witness, at seeing your obvious pride in what you have both achieved, this looks like you have found a home to me !!!!!

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 17 днів тому

      Awe, you’re right, it finally likes home. That’s going to make this season aboard a pretty amazing one. Cheers!

  • @kevynvossen2027
    @kevynvossen2027 17 днів тому

    You not worried about the elements rusting the propane tank and attachments ?

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 17 днів тому

      The tank is made from aluminum, the brackets are an aluminium alloy and most the fittings are brass. We hope that they will make it to the end of their service life but time will tell. I have intentions to make a cover for the regulator and solenoid but just didn’t get time to do it this year :)

  • @MrHogadog
    @MrHogadog 17 днів тому

    Great job you guys! Looks great

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 17 днів тому

      Cheers Mr. Hogadog! We’re excited to put it all to the test this season!

  • @ericmeyers4046
    @ericmeyers4046 17 днів тому

    Great move. I sail cat 30 203 1976 with a tiller. I added a Ray Marine Tiller Pilot named Shoko and I’m good to go

  • @curtkuhns
    @curtkuhns 18 днів тому

    And we love you!!❤❤

  • @gertboerman3666
    @gertboerman3666 18 днів тому

    While Allison was sewing the cushions....I noticed a very promising semi acoustic electric guitar. 335 shape. What is it?

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 17 днів тому

      It’s a vintage piece from the Matsumoku (Japanese) factory made somewhere in the 70’s. No brand name but they made guitars for tons of different brands over the years. Always been a fan of the 335, but my fav would be a slim body (3/4 profile) 335.

    • @gertboerman3666
      @gertboerman3666 17 днів тому

      @@AllisonandJamesSailing My advice: Go for a Epiphone Sheraton II Pro, built in Korea in the late 90's. Stay away from Chinese versions. And Gibson? Late 50's go for approx 50k in euro. They sound like the Epi.

    • @gertboerman3666
      @gertboerman3666 17 днів тому

      @@AllisonandJamesSailing 3/4 335 tried it. It lacks warmth.

  • @jpdj2715
    @jpdj2715 18 днів тому

    Very nice video, takes, beautiful nature. When you mention "North of the 50th" I cannot suppress a grin, living at Amsterdam latitude near the North Sea, roughly at 52.4N, in the London, Amsterdam, Berlin latitude ballpark. For comparison: Vancouver, BC, CDN is at 49.3N. In Europe: Copenhagen & Edinburgh (~56N), Northernmost mainland Scotland (Thurso) & Stockholm (~59N), Bergen & Oslo & Helsinki & St.. Petersburg (~60N), Reykjavik (~64N), Arctic Circle (66.5N), Mehamn, Norway(~71N), Longyearbyen, (mid) Svalbard (~78N). At ~46.8N, Quebec City is farther South than Paris France (~48.9N). If we compare these to the Southern Hemisphere, note that Antarctica stretches outside the Antarctic circle (~66.6S). Nearest city in Australia to that circle would be Melbourne (~37.8S) when ~37.3N could see me set foot on the African continent. Hobart, Tasmania (~43S). Bluff, NZ (~46.6S). In South America, Ushuaia (~54.8S). Both Teniente R. Marsh Airport - Antarctica (~62.2S) and Base Marambio - Antarctica (~64.2S) are outside the Antarctic circle, still. 1 degree latitude is about 111 kilometers or 69 miles or almost 60 nautical miles. At the equator, each minute longitude (1/60th degree) is about 1 nautical mile.

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 17 днів тому

      We appreciated this geek out on latitudes! Its super interesting that such a large portion of the worlds population lives in northern climates and that the southern ocean is so large! Modern maps really play with the perspective of where everything is in the world!

  • @lecaton5973
    @lecaton5973 18 днів тому

    Great work! Thanks for the inspiration. SV Brooklyn, Salish Sea

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 17 днів тому

      Thank you for cheering us on cruising neighbors! Appreciate the continued support from SV Brooklyn, cheers!

  • @robertgold2643
    @robertgold2643 18 днів тому

    So much great stuff in l episode - love the repurposing of the old stuff and especially the oven space. Brilliant! Bon Voyage!

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 17 днів тому

      Cheers! We’re loving the slide out ice box, so convenient when cooking in the galley

  • @haydenwatson7987
    @haydenwatson7987 18 днів тому

    New upholstery makes such a big difference in the interior environment. You commented that the old cushions had a foul smell. We have found that most of the smell of old cushions is in the foam. Many years ago, I had a forced air diesel heating that suffered a failure in the high-pressure fuel line which sprayed atomized fuel into the blower air and subsequently because a fuel mist that covered everything inside the boat. I pressure washed the interior of the boat. I then removed all of the cushion covers and washed them at home which helped but the foam still reeked of diesel. We could not afford new foam at the time, so I decided to "deodorize" it. Febreze has enzymes that digest petroleum and organic compounds and removes the smell, but it needs to actually touch the smelly compounds. Knowing this. I sprayed the exterior of each cushion with Febreze and put it into a garbage bag. I then used a vacuum to suck all of the air out of the foam until it was compressed into a brick. Then I pulled the hose out of the bag and sprayed more Febreze into the bag as the foam refilled with air. I then taped the bag closed to seal in the Febreze. Within a day or two, the c had not smell.

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 18 днів тому

      Yikes what a mess that must have been! Febreeze! Thanks for the tip! I did use baking soda and vacuum to deodorize the foam. Maybe we’ll give that a go sometime as well, cheers!

  • @mattdouglas5570
    @mattdouglas5570 18 днів тому

    That stainless bench is amazing

  • @barberamcisaac1633
    @barberamcisaac1633 18 днів тому

    So cozy. Nice job. Looks like a much bigger heater than ours. Should keep you guys toasty and dry

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 18 днів тому

      Not as nice of an install as yours! Haha We’ve had to fiddle with it quite a bit. Finally using it to its fullest potential when James scrubbed the inside with a wire brush to unclog the air holes. Now it runs like a charm and pumps out so much heat! The creosote has burned off the glass on the inside and it’s so cozy and warm!

  • @barberamcisaac1633
    @barberamcisaac1633 18 днів тому

    So nice to get back to the videos. What a quaint little place to haul out the boats. Interesting how they have made it a business with just 3 boats hauled out a time. Loved the manager. He definitely does well with the camera interview ❤. Love you guys

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 18 днів тому

      Awh, so glad to be able to share with you, what’s been going on with us! :) Awesome little place, we thought of Denny a lot, think he really would have enjoyed the vibe there! Super knowledgeable folks who are passionate about working on boats! So glad their business has survived and keeps thriving!

  • @annecompagnion1970
    @annecompagnion1970 19 днів тому

    I’d like to do the flooring on ours too. Looks amazing. How is it holding up for stains? Also did you glue it down?

    • @AllisonandJamesSailing
      @AllisonandJamesSailing 18 днів тому

      It’s made such a difference for us! It’s a peel and stick application. Holding up extremely well to stains minus the diesel under the stove from a Carburetor leak. But everything else scrubs off like it was never there. Unable to sweep it tho, so does require a vacuum, something we’ve never had onboard before 😅