For my passage from the North to the South Islands of New Zealand, I had the chance to test out one of Hest's Camping Mattress' in my passage berth. Before this 400NM passage, I had completed 5 ocean passages with cheap mattress foam toppers and my back always killed me after a few days.

I had seen these Hest Mattress rolls online and reached out to them to see if they would like to work together and they sent me two rolls and two pillows.

This mattress roll from Hest was actually more comfortable than even my V-Berth! It was like sleeping on a cloud!!! This Hest mattress roll is an absolute game changer for ocean sailing and even for just laying on the foredeck and looking at the stars.

Head over to https://hest.com to check out their stuff and to pick up your own Mattress Roll.

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Episode #293 : Season 9 : The South Pacific

Hello Friends,

On this episode I make way for Nanuya Lailai Island better known as "Blue Lagoon Island" where 1980 Brooke Shields movie was filmed. The island was small but had a nice hiking trail with incredible views and I enjoyed getting to explore this sparsely populated island.

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Episode 318 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa

Hello Friends,
On this episode I enjoy my morning at Moturua before heading on to Urapukapuka where I have trouble setting the hook due to poor holding. On my hike ashore my gut tells me to keep moving so I haul up and move on to Deep Water Cove.

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Episode #244 : Season 8 : The Hawaiian Adventures

Hello Friends,

This was a beast of an episode to film and edit. I hope it proves to be useful for sailors for years to come.

Here are some links:
A Boaters Guide PDF : https://drive.google.com/file/....d/11DTi8M4LtYtnCuVh-

Cruising Guides:
https://amzn.to/3aekcvR

http://www.noodlesnotes.com

Chapters:
Arrival : https://youtu.be/vppMonK4jmQ?t=103

Things Near By: https://youtu.be/vppMonK4jmQ?t=1478

Transportation: https://youtu.be/vppMonK4jmQ?t=1927

Daytrip : https://youtu.be/vppMonK4jmQ?t=2072

Anchorages: https://youtu.be/vppMonK4jmQ?t=2342

Interisland Sailing: https://youtu.be/vppMonK4jmQ?t=2506

Wintering on Oahu : https://youtu.be/vppMonK4jmQ?t=2785


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An excerpt from my video showing the install of my Dakota Lithium Batteries https://youtu.be/3oGRyIJIsuo

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Episode #301 : Season 9 : The South Pacific

As mentioned in the intro of the video, this is a Outtakes video for the "Sailing Alone to New Zealand" video https://youtu.be/PX5umu8ymeE

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Episode #182 - Water Heater Install

Hello Friends,

In this video I will explain to you how to install a water heater on a boat that he never had a water heater installed. I found a number of videos out there that showed how to replace a water heater but none that showed how to install one and plumb it to your engine.

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A Day Sail from Marina Del Rey up past Santa Monica Pier and back loaded with shenanigans.

The Boat:

The Black Lotus
1965 26' Cheoy Lee

Owned by the Blum & Poe Gallery. Tim Blum and Jeff Poe, the galleries owners, are both sailors and Jeff took a few of us out for the day.

Onboard:
Jeff Poe
Ben Turner
Mathew Greene
Andy Woll
James Frederick (j.frede)

Music By Empty Palace check them out at http://emptypalace.bandcamp.com

Hello Friends,

In this special Bonus Episode I show you the SMACO S700 2L Scuba Tank Portable Mini Scuba Diving Tank.

http://shrsl.com/3khow

This is a great piece of gear to have onboard if only for the purpose of diving on your anchor to check it our to free it if it gets fouled underwater.

They also have a small compressor you can buy if you dont have scuba tanks to fill it from as I do.

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Season 8 : Hawaiian Adventures : Episode #208

Hello Friends,
On this episode I join one of Captain Mike's snorkel tours off the coast of the world famous Waikiki Beach in Honolulu on Oahu.

You can book one of these tours here: https://www.cruisediamondhead.com

The boat we went out on, Maori Warrior II will always hold a special place in my heart as it was the boat that brought Triteia into a safe harbor after a very difficult passage! Thanks again to Mike and his crew for the tow and for taking me out on this wonderful day of snorkeling.

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Episode 315 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa

Hello Friends,
On this episode after 2.5 months I finally get to reinstall the rebuilt engine.

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THE FALKEN SAGAS: An Epic Adventure with 59º North Sailing Along The Viking Route: Newfoundland to Greenland to Iceland.

Welcome to The Falken Sagas series. I left Triteia in her southern hemisphere’s winter berth in Whangarei, New Zealand and flew back to North America to meet up with Andy Schell and 59º North Sailing. Andy had invited me to join him on a high latitude adventure onboard their Farr 65, Falken, to sail the Viking Route from Newfoundland to Greenland, transit Prince Christian Sound and sail on to the West Fjords of Iceland across the North Atlantic. Along for this adventure was Andy’s First Mate Vilma and the crew of the Falken; Jim, Matt, Richa, Johnathan, Charlotte, Gavin, Alejandro & Nick.

I have made several long format films and video episodes documenting our journey and adventures. Starting with preparations in Newfoundland then our passage to Greenland, our time cruising in Southern Greenland and our passage to Iceland. All of the drone footage you see in the films was shot by Andy Schell, otherwise all the footage was filmed by myself on a gopro.


About 59º North:

ANDY SCHELL & MIA KARLSSON started 59º North to pursue their own passion for offshore sailing and to share it with other like-minded people out there who yearn to see what's over the horizon & learn about themselves in the process. We set an ambitious schedule, sailing 10,000 MILES PER YEAR making landfall in ports from the Caribbean to the Arctic, Bermuda, Europe, Cuba, Canada & more, with the world's oceans as our stomping ground. Since 2015 our team has grown to include some of our best friends and like-minded sailors – AUGUST SANDBERG, EMMA GARSCHAGEN, RYAN FINSTAD, LEE CUMBERLAND & RYAN ELLISON – all working together to pursue our passions.

In 2020 we started THE QUARTERDECK, a unique-to-sailing online membership platform where we dive deep on the art of seamanship. Members have direct access to us, we have a growing resource library of onboard checklists, SOPs, logbooks and more, and we’ve moved all of our LIVE sessions onto the platform for members only.

Since 2013 we’ve published weekly podcasts on sailing, and now have three distinct shows — ON THE WIND, the main interview show hosted by Andy Schell, August Sandberg , Nikki Henderson & Emma Garschagen; THE QUARTERDECK PODCAST, a more technical, companion show to our online platform; and SAILING STORIES, a unique, serialized podcast showcasing ‘tales from the high seas, told week by week.’ All of our podcasts are free, and always will be — available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

If you've dreamed of seeing STARS DOWN TO THE HORIZON, if you yearn to LOSE SIGHT OF LAND for days on end, if you want to UNPLUG from the world ashore and TRAVEL TO NEW LANDS at a human pace, then join us for the OFFSHORE SAILING ADVENTURE of a lifetime. We'll see you on the high seas. HOLD FAST!

https://www.59-north.com - https://quarterdeck.59-north.com - https://www.59-north.com/podcast


#Vikingroute #Highlatitudessailing #Greenland #Iceland #59north


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Episode 342 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa

Hello Friends,
On this episode I have a lovely slow sail across Port Fitzroy to the legendary Smokehouse Bay. I had heard a lot of hype about this spot and I have to say it far exceeded expectations. Where else can you sail up to an almost empty anchorage, drop the hook, head ashore and start a fire for a hot water bath, smoke fish and make a pizza in the pizza oven? Oh Yeah you can also do you your washing in the basins near the pizza oven.

This was a really remarkable place and easily one of the coolest cruising destinations I have ever visited.

Info: https://places.nz/7398

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Episode #201 : A very bucking bronco anchorage

Hello Friends,

On this episode we haul up at Little Fisherman's Cove and make way for Rippers Cove. It was a short motorsail of 4 miles and we had the anchorage all to ourselves. At first it looked very promising but soon the wind waves joined forces with the swell wrapping around the island making the anchorage very uncomfortable.

If the sea state was different this anchorage would be amazing!

As I mentioned in the episode if you would like to see a past episode about Little Fisherman's Cove you can view that here: https://youtu.be/19IxZVC4o9o

And check out Kevin and Clara's youtube channel as well : https://www.youtube.com/channe....l/UC8SpUxKmz78mN1H8n

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Episode 358 : Season 11 : The South Island of New Zealand - Aotearoa

Hello Friends,
On this episode we head ashore to smoke the fish Rhonda caught in our new Kiwi Sizzler smoker we had picked up in Picton. We used Al Brown's recipe for smoking the fish https://youtu.be/nwkQm-VINi8?si=UCEbyjgIaGXDea0V

After battling the wind, we finally got the job done and had some amazing smoked fish!

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Episode #184 - How We Dropped Our Mast on SV Triteia

Hello Friends,

On this episode we show you how we de-stepped our mast on Triteia with just Camille, Myself and $30 worth of lumber. We have extensive professional experience at rigging large heavy objects and flying them through the air so this was a walk in the park.

THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AND DEADLY FOR ANYONE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE SO CONSULT A PROFESSIONAL IF YOU DO KNOW KNOW HOW TO SAFELY EXCUTE THIS PROCESS.

After the action footage I explain how WE did it and what you need to consider when stepping or dropping a mast using this technique.

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Episode 006 : Season 1 : Conversations with Cruisers

Welcome to the latest episode of my YARNS PODCAST. On this episode I sit down with Dennis and Barbara on their Shannon 37, SV Landfall. Dennis and Barbara had only recently arrived to New Zealand after sailing across the Tasman with Barbara's daughter Allison and her partner James of @AllisonandJamesSailing - Allison and James made a beautiful film of this cross that you can see here: https://youtu.be/wF303vA5K5Y?si=O8fOJktQcy9UwUTL

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You can read about the adventures of SV Landfall here : http://saillandfall.com

It was wonderful to get to spend time with Dennis and Barbara and spin yarns about their past adventures and future plans.

About the Podcast:
James Frederick sits down with sailors he meets around the world to record their seas stories in remote anchorages and far-flung ports. All the interviews are recorded as a video podcast that is released on the Sailing Triteia YouTube Channel. They are also being made available as an audio podcast for those who prefer this format of content.

About the Host:
James Frederick aka Sailor James is a solo circumnavigator slowly sailing around the world onboard his 1965 Alberg 30 Sloop SV Triteia. James shares his adventures weekly on his YouTube channel which has more than 100k subscribers. Aside from the vlog, James is also a writer for Yachting World, Cruising World, Good Old Boat and more. More information about Triteia and their adventures can be found at the below links.

SV Triteia Links

Website: https://www.svtriteia.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/james.the.sailor.man/

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The intro and outro song was sung by Sarah Satya with new lyrics to the classic tune written by James Frederick.

Sarah Satya Links:
Music: https://sarahsatya.bandcamp.com

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#solosailing #podcast #sailingpodcast #interview #seastories #kiwisailorEpisode 005 : Season 1 : Conversations with Cruisers

Welcome to the latest episode of my YARNS PODCAST. On this episode I sit down with Ian and Laura of SY RaLa to talk about their life as cruisers. From buying and refining the boat in Greece to their Atlantic Crossing and on to their adventures across the South Pacific to New Zealand.

About the Podcast:
James Frederick sits down with sailors he meets around the world to record their seas stories in remote anchorages and far-flung ports. All the interviews are recorded as a video podcast that is released on the Sailing Triteia YouTube Channel. They are also being made available as an audio podcast for those who prefer this format of content.

About the Host:
James Frederick aka Sailor James is a solo circumnavigator slowly sailing around the world onboard his 1965 Alberg 30 Sloop SV Triteia. James shares his adventures weekly on his YouTube channel which has more than 100k subscribers. Aside from the vlog, James is also a writer for Yachting World, Cruising World, Good Old Boat and more. More information about Triteia and their adventures can be found at the below links.

SV Triteia Links

Website: https://www.svtriteia.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/james.the.sailor.man/

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Season 8 : Hawaiian Adventures : Episode #212

Hello Friends,

On this episode Sarah and I make the most of her last few days on the island by snorkeling at Ko'Olina before moving on to check out the beaches and bays of the wild west side.

We were amazed by the beautiful and stark difference between the westside and the North Shore.

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Season 4 | Episode 60 | Exploring Little Harbor on Catalina Island

Hello Friends!

Coming in after dark we looked over the charts and sounded our way into 30ft of water and dropped the hook.

Sailing into an anchorage after dark is not advised but sometimes it is necessary and you just have to deal with it. We had both paper charts and digital charts and could see land masses for points of reference so we new we were anchored in a safe spot. Sailors have been anchoring in the dark for centuries but I feel the need to include this in the description because someone insulted me and questioned by seamanship because we anchored after dark, and its more than likely that that person as only ever gone day sailing and doesn't understand that when you are cruising sometimes you have to deal with situations that are not ideal, which is what we did, and we did it perfectly.

While the location we ended up anchoring in was safe it was not at all comfortable. We spent a very rolly night with a heavy swell rolling in but our anchor alarm never sounded and the hook held fast.

Upon first light and after a cup of coffee I hauled up the hook and we moved in closer to shore and behind the natural breakwater that makes Little Harbor such a wonderful anchorage. Finally dropping the hook with 9 ft of water under our keel.

This clear skies and a warm sun I took Camille out for her first ever snorkeling. As we both floated next to the boat Camille put her face in the water and pulled it right out and said "there are two massive rays below us"! The snorkeling was truly incredible and we got to see our first ever "Shovel nosed guitar fish" who circled back to give us a look.

After a full day of snorkeling and swimming we went ashore in search of Bison. Legend has it that a herd of Bison were brought to Catalina in the 1920s for a movie shoot and have remained there ever since.
We quickly found a pair and watched these mellow creatures for awhile.

Little Harbor ended up being the most amazing anchorage of the trip and editing this video for you all has made us want to go back RIGHT NOW!

Thanks to our Patrons, Your contributions help us get the boat in order to do big things!

Until Next Week,
James & Camille & SV Triteia

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Episode #197 : Hard Dodger Overview Video

Hello Friends,

I have had a lot of people ask me if I made a Build Video of our new Hard Dodger. I didn't film me making it but took tons of photos so I have sat down and made this episode to explain the process and show what images I have to help people understand how I went about making our custom hard dodger.

The best "How To" video I have seen for dodgers is on Free Range Sailing's youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5wYICajlek - Their dodger is a different style than mine and I don't believe you can get the curves that I have with this process but they do a great job explaining how they made theirs.

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