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The Cruising Dream Mini Series - Episode 5
This is a special mini series where I try and break down common questions I get for people who are just getting into sailing or who are interested in long term cruising but are having trouble finding out information about various aspects of the life.
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Solo Ocean Passage
Departed : August 12, 2021
Marina del Rey, California
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Episode 322 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa
Hello Friends,
On this episode I make way for Whangārei with an easy motor sail in light winds. Approaching the channel to the large basin that is Whangārei I test out the current and find myself fighting it for almost half an hour to get into an anchorage with more protection.
Make sure you stay tuned until the end of the episode if you would like to hear me talk about how I read the landscape of an anchorage to decide where I want to drop the hook.
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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 first episode of 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 #282 : Season 9 : The South Pacific
Hello Friends,
This is a Bonus Episode where I show you some of the steps of preparing to leave Bora Bora and French Polynesia for good and sail for American Samoa!
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Episode #138 : A weekend trip to Avalon before the Pandemic Hit America
Hello Friends,
The next few episodes were filmed in February before the Pandemic took hold of America and California declared the stay at home orders.
On this episode we push off from Los Angeles Harbor for Camille's first trip to Avalon for some diving and hanging out with James' little brother Colby Thorp and our dear friend Jimmy Shannon.
This was our first adventure trip since the haul out and while the winds didn't work in our favor we still had an enjoyable motorsail to the island.
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Episode 346 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa
Hello Friends,
On this episode I depart Auckland with the intention of sailing to the Coromandel Peninsula. Shortly after leaving Auckland harbour I was excited to see a pod of four Orcas casually swimming by. In a very short time the winds went from nothing to Force 5 and building short period seas. Realizing it was impossible to make it around the Peninsula, I switched to Plan B and then quickly to Plan C, Running form Hooks Bay on Waiheke Island.
Arriving after dark, I kept in as close as I dared, dropped the hook and collapsed.
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TEN THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS!
Oh man we are smiling soooo big right now! We passed the 10K mark on our channel this week and wanted to Thank You for joining us on this wild ride!
We have SO much in store for the future!
Love,
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Episode #250 : Season 8 : The Hawaiian Adventures
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On this weeks episode @kimberlywood-saltybutterfl262 and myself continue our exploration of Maui's anchorages and find ourselves in a dangerous situation at Molokini Crater with wind and seas pinning us into the small lee shore crescent shaped crater. Once out of this clutches we sailed hard on the wind back towards Maui and didn't like the look of "Big Beach" Anchorage so we continued on to the amazing La Perouse Bay.
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The Anchor Test !
This video was for Patrons only but its been over a year So now I will release it to the public ! Thanks to my Patrons !
After getting the set up all installed I went out for the day with my buddies Neil, Christian and Carlito to test the anchor and get some footage of the first anchor drop.
Christian motored along side with his beautiful 1962 Tartan 27.
Much to my dismay my gypsy is the wrong size for my chain so I have since been on the search for the correct sized gypsy (either new chain or gypsy will cost me $400 unless I can find a used gypsy)
So this was the first time I got to haul the anchor up by hand, which my mama would have said "Hush up, its good for you, get it done".
I got lots of practice at this while anchoring at Santa Cruz island in December.
As I mentioned above this video is just for my Patrons and is free for you guys as well, thanks so much for your support!
Thanks for watching!
Fair Winds,
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Alberg 30’s have long been known and respected as blue water boats, from Yves Gelinas’ Jean-Du-Sud to being featured in John Vigor’s “Twenty Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere”. Now I am the proud owner of Hull #55! Come along with me as I refit her and take her sailing in preparation for my circumnavigation in a few years time!
Episode #159 : Sailing Dreams : A Stuck Mast
Hello Friends!
We are happy to bring you the 2nd episode in the mini-series. This weeks episode has us with our friend Tim and his boat SV Decatur at Seaview West Boatyard in Seattle Washington.
We had a hell of a time getting the mast out of the boat due to the "Spartite" around the mast at the deck.
We highly recommend Seaview Boatyard ( https://www.seaviewboatyard.com ) in Seattle if you ever need a mast pulled or need to put your boat on the hard. Their crew was highly professional and knew their business!
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Hello Friends,
One year ago today I untied the lines from Marina del Rey, California and pushed for Hawaii. I have sailed 5,500nm during that time, visited more than 20 anchorages on 6 different islands and 2 atolls in 3 different countries.
I want to thank everyone for following along with me on this dream.
There are more Hawaiian Adventure videos coming up on the channel then the hour long Passage to French Polynesia video and then Season 9: The South Pacific starts.
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March 20th - 7pm - Richmond Yacht Club (SF BAY AREA) organized by the Singlehanded Sailing Society of San Francisco.
I hope you will join me for my first talk in Northern California. I will be talking about my life as a solo sailor and about the constructs of sailing singled handed vs. short handed. I will speak about my sleep schedule, handing disasters at sea and finding a balance between solitude and loneliness.
For more info visit: https://www.richmondyc.org and https://sfbaysss.org
See y'all there!
James
| Season 3 | Episode 39 | PART 1 (before.....)
Welcome to Season 3 of my channel!
On this episode we head out for our adventure leaving the island of Ljusterö after days of boat work. On our departure day.... a Friday 😟... we were met with 25+ knots of wind in the morning that eased to 14+ after out noon departure time. The landscape created ever changing sailing conditions, with wind shadows, gusts in channels and the like.
At 4pm we ran aground and things went very badly after this.... you can hear me tell the full story of what happened to us on PART 2 ( https://youtu.be/jOA_DXeh_JE )
You can see where we ran aground on google maps in the satellite view... https://goo.gl/maps/PTicm89PQWN2 ( 59º 32' 30" N 18º 53' 36" E )
The next nine or so videos will follow my time on board SV Arcturus as we explore the Åland Islands and beyond. We sail into cities, tie up on small islands, anchor bows to and ride out a blow before heading back to Sweden. I hope you will follow along with us on the trip.
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Fair Winds,
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Hello Friends,
This is a special "Support Document" Video for my new book "Six Nights on the Hook at Santa Cruz Island". Thanks to everyone who ordered copies of the books so far! If you don't know about the book you can find out more info here: https://youtu.be/mVLuA2ZQvvI
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or from shops like Amazon.com , Target.com , Barnesandnoble.com
This video is a collection of all of the episodes from Season 2 that pertain to the book. I have done some editing of the original episodes "trimming the fat" as they say and I have replaced all the music and added some footage that was talked about in the book but wasn't in the original episodes.
Chapter 1 : The Passage to Coches Prietos Anchorage -
https://youtu.be/EgoEbkrYqpM?t=165
Chapter 2 : Coches Prietos and the passage to Morse Point Anchorage -
https://youtu.be/EgoEbkrYqpM?t=1103
Chapter 3 : Morse Point and the passage to Forney Cove Anchorage -
https://youtu.be/EgoEbkrYqpM?t=2114
Chapter 4 : Forney Cove and the passage to Cueva Valdez Anchorage -
https://youtu.be/EgoEbkrYqpM?t=3472
Chapter 5 : Cueva Valdez and the passage to Pelican Bay Anchorage -
https://youtu.be/EgoEbkrYqpM?t=5122
Chapter 6 : Pelican Bay and the passage to Little Scorpion Anchorage -
https://youtu.be/EgoEbkrYqpM?t=6130
Chapter 7 : Little Scorpion and the passage to Isthmus Cove on Catalina Island -
https://youtu.be/EgoEbkrYqpM?t=7381
Thanks for watching and thanks again to everyone who ordered copies of the book!
Fair Winds,
James
Episode 410 : Season 13 : Sailing Indonesia
Hello Friends,
On this episode we make our way over to Komodo National Park and book a guided tour on Rinca Island to see the legendary Komodo Dragons 🤯 This was a serious childhood bucket list check for me and an experience I will never forget!!!! We also got to see a water buffalo, Javan deer and Macaques up close!
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Episode 409 : Season 13 : Sailing Indonesia
Hello Friends,
On this episode we explore the town of Labuan Bajo, the gateway to Komodo National Park. This town was amazing and what I expect Bali was like 25 years ago. We got a lot of chores handled while at Bajo including getting fleeced for fuel at a local fuel barge, I paid the price for the connivence.
After getting the laundry done, fuel, water and provisions, we are all ready for our next adventure!
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Episode #253 : Season 8 : The Hawaiian Adventures
Hello Friends,
On this episode @kimberlywood-saltybutterfl262 and myself keep cruising down the coast of the Big Island dropping the hook at Kawaihae where we had some disgusting overpriced burgers before we continued on with an amazing sail to Makalavena Anchorage.
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Episode 345 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa
Hello Friends,
Once the storm had passed, I hauled up and made way for Auckland Harbour. Finally settling into an anchorage I had spent a fair amount of time at in the past, Little Shoal, I headed over to Westhaven Dinghy dock and into Auckland CBD to visit Boat Books bookstore and the New Zealand Maritime Museum.
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Season 8 : Hawaiian Adventures : Episode #213
Hello Friends,
On this weeks episode I "get back on the horse" and with a lot of anxiety leave the dock at Ala Wai and head out to my first anchorage with the new jury repaired rudder.
Everything goes smoothing and I "enjoy" a rolly night under anchor at the world famous Waikiki Beach anchorage with a plan to leave at first light the next morning for new adventures!
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