We keep our boat at Pleasant Harbor. Yeah…not a lot going on. We’re on the waiting list for Cap Sante. I expect we’ll die before a slip comes available… 😂
You crack us up, traveling at 8 knots and there is "8 knots of wind". The water looked nice and calm too. We enjoy watching you guys. Thanks for the video.
There is a Product called "Salt Away". I used it on our Boat for years. Start at the top and work your way down. It gets All the salt off the Boat. All you do afterwards is wipe down the bright work and windows and your dune. Thank You for this week's video. Until next time Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii! Aloha
The scenery is beautiful. I wish you could just show more of the boat moving through the water and the horizons the sunrise, sunsets, clouds, and mountains etc.
When I moved to Vancouver I used to find the winters rather cool and damp. Since then Merino wool products came on the market. Game changer. Its unbelievable how big a difference a thin layer makes.
Oh dear Elizabeth. Seeing you suffering with sea sickness brought back many memories from sailing on my parents boats over my youthful years. The need to “sleep it off” was my only way to feel better, but you are lucky enough to have your Martha to keep you warm & comfy during that nap. Shawn really takes special care of MV Freedom and that will pay off Big time if/when you trade up! Having been a subscriber for several years now, each and every posting is great! Wishing you a Very Happy Holiday Season on the sea,
Very enjoyable video. Story and video editing best I’ve seen. The Olympic Mountain views and drone videos were awesome. Thanks for keeping these coming most weekends.
Yea, I have been so looking forward to seeing your vlog again. Now Shawn, what on earth are you on about feeling the cold at your age, you just wait till you get to 73 like me. You need to keep him warm Elizabeth.
I’ve sailed across Europe and down to Lanzarote, and get horrendous seasickness until I get my sea legs. I’ve found ginger makes a huge difference: ginger cake, biscuits, tea and in food. Hope that helps!
I've watched several of your videos and I have to say you guys do a great job of putting together some of the most professional looking videos on TH-cam. Many beautiful images of your surroundings in and around the boat. Keep up the great work!
Omygosh! I just LOVE your channel. I’m born and raised in Seattle. Being surrounded by all the beautiful water was an absolutely amazing experience. Now I’m in California and soon relocating to Idaho to be closer to my whole family. So excited for the next video still excited to move back to the Pacific Northwest. I also have chihuahuas whom I Love and I just love your babies too. PeaceAndLove Lori
Thank you for the great videos! I throughly enjoy watching them all, some twice! We’ve been off the water for two years & I certainly miss those days. Hood Canal is beautiful, and so serene.. Pleasant Harbor Marina is lovely, it’s quiet & so very peaceful. Their remodeling project took a while but it was well worth the wait. HC & PHM - fabulous place for those times during the PNW shrimping seasons too. We loved our stays. The outdoor pool & hot tub are nice amenities. They do have great laundry facilities too if you’re in need. I’m not a huge pizza fan but it was pretty good. We found this marina to be great for all ages. Visitor’s with children throughly enjoy their stay. They’re not r e a l dog-friendly as to walking areas but it’s ok for short stays, and please watch the ramps, our little guy pulled a toenail out completely, yes ouch! There are good points & better points about any marina, we actually enjoyed every one we stayed, from Olympia to Nanaimo ..Pleasant Harbor was definitely one of the favorites. Oh how I miss our boating days⚓️🛥🦅 Blessings for the best in 2023!
See if you can find Sturgeron for sea sickness. Maybe via internet. It is not available in the US, but is over the counter in Central America and all UK influenced places. Most people have no side effects.
The seal on the dock was fantastic. He seemed to know he was being filmed and really hammed it up! When is the boat Christmas decorating episode popping up??
I've been in my 18ft boat and hit some cargo wakes. They can be scary but fun on a jetski 😂 Love the hood canal area got some land out there and shrimp and crab there every year. 👍
If your wind speed instrument was set on APP(apparent), and it was showing "on the nose",the 8 kts of wind indicated was what you were creating. We hung out with friends in Brinnon a lot when we lived in PA, great claiming and oyster gathering area with the right tides.
Love watching your videos. Lets me dream about boaing this spring. So amazing how the ocean moderates the temperatures. In the prairies we've already been having some -10 F with -31 F wind chill. All I can do is watch your video and dream. Looking forward to your next video!
Great video! Those freighter waves are brutal, but not so much as the waves in Elliot Bay when they have the tug boat races during SeaFair. We were in our 22 foot Cuddy, and those waves must have easily been 10 feet and super close together. Go from looking down ten feet, to looking at waves over your head!
That,s right Shan the older we get the more we feel the cold, and the faster the years go by, but you might not be old enough for that one yet. Ha Ha great video.
The joys of a motor yacht, my wife would love it. Inside steering position, a/c and heating, stabilisors, ect ect. I don't understand it, what is wrong with living at an angle while getting a face full of salt water every few minutes on watch. Taking a shower at 45 degrees never mind using the head at the same angle. Oh, oh, squall coming better take in a reef. Enjoy, I would love to winter sail. maybe a Norhavn MS.😀
We're so excited to see your videos again! Can't wait to travel to Canada with you! Happy Holidays! We can totally relate to your feelings about winter and the return of the cold. It is still very beautiful, though!
Hey just wanted to throw this concept out there… and yes it is way smaller than your boat but this all scales up pretty linear. On my 24ft cabin cruiser Boaty McBoatface, I ran my 30A shore power inlet directly to my Victron Multiplus AC in, then the AC out feeds the boats main AC panel and loads. I can configure strict shore power limits, so that the inverter uses batteries to support loads that exceed shore power capability, and when loads are less than shore power limits the batteries are charged with the excess. Allows me to run the boat off of an 1800W generator or a 15A plug. I don’t yet have a video of this but it’s coming soon.
I was surprised they would even consider using soap in a marina. When my US Navy ship (600 ft) went through the Panama Canal we only rinsed it off in the fresh water Gatun lake in the middle-just brushes and hoses, no soap!
Alderbrook used to have the Nordstrom compound on one side and Gates’ on the other. I’m not sure if that would affect your anchoring plans or not. I had classmates run off Kennebunkport by the Secret Service.
Should try "Sea Bands" for the seasickness. My wife and I used to wear them on cruise ships. You can get them online, or at a what you would call a drug store. Try them they are cheap elastic bands that you wear on your wrists, and a button on the band is located on a pressure point. Easy and you don't have to take drugs.
So great to follow your adventures in a ‘reasonably sized’ maritime abode…for an upcoming q&a, would love to hear Shawn’s explanation of your mast and boom setup….are they solely a top lantern and dinghy crane carrier, or is there more to the story, than the eyes see
Hi, enjoy watching you two bring us along on your trips to where ever and learn some each time. Have a lovely Merry Christmas when you catch the message where you find yourselves docked.
Great video, music was perfect volume and not annoying. Good editing to turn it down a bit when you started speaking. Good and talking a few seconds back to music. !!
If you watch that video carefully you will notice that they did not put any insulation in above the liners. There was only a few cms of space so I can understand why they would not have bothered.
Took my discovery 266 from Tacoma to Hood Canal. Pleasant Harbor marina was good. Alderbrook was good where we missed Bill Gates by minutes. I can relate to ship wake, followed a large ship coming back and saw the havoc it's wake made on north bound boats. Crossed it's wake at Vashon Island which was a thrill. Safe boating Freedom.
Tony & Susan here, Really you need to go to some warmer weather. I think we remember why you are there. But really how much suffering can you take. Susan leaves for the warm weather in a week , going to miss her terribly. Merry Christmas God Bless
The rule of thumb is what ever you bought the boat for you will spend @ 10% of the purchase price of the boat just to keep the boat up. Add in 800 per month for moorage at a marina plus or minus depending on the length of your boat. Insurance 2K per year more or less depending on your boat. Don't forget the price of your boat. Then if you have a motor boat add in the cost of Diesel or gas. As your boat gets older the cost to keep it up increases. Dingys davits and motor add in about 20K for that...Freedom is not Free.
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We keep our boat at Pleasant Harbor. Yeah…not a lot going on. We’re on the waiting list for Cap Sante. I expect we’ll die before a slip comes available… 😂
Sunday morning treat.
You crack us up, traveling at 8 knots and there is "8 knots of wind". The water looked nice and calm too. We enjoy watching you guys. Thanks for the video.
There is a Product called "Salt Away". I used it on our Boat for years. Start at the top and work your way down. It gets All the salt off the Boat. All you do afterwards is wipe down the bright work and windows and your dune.
Thank You for this week's video.
Until next time Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii! Aloha
The scenery is beautiful. I wish you could just show more of the boat moving through the water and the horizons the sunrise, sunsets, clouds, and mountains etc.
When I moved to Vancouver I used to find the winters rather cool and damp. Since then Merino wool products came on the market. Game changer. Its unbelievable how big a difference a thin layer makes.
Looking forward to a Christmas show.
Oh dear Elizabeth. Seeing you suffering with sea sickness brought back many memories from sailing on my parents boats over my youthful years. The need to “sleep it off” was my only way to feel better, but you are lucky enough to have your Martha to keep you warm & comfy during that nap. Shawn really takes special care of MV Freedom and that will pay off Big time if/when you trade up! Having been a subscriber for several years now, each and every posting is great! Wishing you a Very Happy Holiday Season on the sea,
I completely agree that the older you get the colder it feels or it bothers me more anyway 🥶
Thank you Freedom for Hood...
Thanks for the video. I love watching you guys. You are both very inspiring!!
I laughed at your version of what we call the “30 Amp Dance” here in the covered slips in Everett!
It was nice to see Freedom in my home port. I even seen my sail boat in the back ground.
Very enjoyable video. Story and video editing best I’ve seen. The Olympic Mountain views and drone videos were awesome. Thanks for keeping these coming most weekends.
Nice surprise this AM. This podcast has good low energy Sunday morn cadence.
Your drone footage is really good. All around great video and glad to have you back.
I love how ocd he is with keeping that boat clean. And I’m from Saskatchewan I’m used to -30 and colder so this looks balmy to me…lol
Great to see you guys back and look forward to your new videos. Stay safe.
I wanna see Boat Captain #2 jump into the water. Haha
Miss Martha was so cute cuddling with you when you were seasick! ❤❤❤ Great video and thanks for sharing!
Yea, I have been so looking forward to seeing your vlog again. Now Shawn, what on earth are you on about feeling the cold at your age, you just wait till you get to 73 like me. You need to keep him warm Elizabeth.
I’ve sailed across Europe and down to Lanzarote, and get horrendous seasickness until I get my sea legs. I’ve found ginger makes a huge difference: ginger cake, biscuits, tea and in food. Hope that helps!
either of you talking about getting “older” cracks me up.
I've watched several of your videos and I have to say you guys do a great job of putting together some of the most professional looking videos on TH-cam. Many beautiful images of your surroundings in and around the boat. Keep up the great work!
For some of the greatest pizza try Sourdough Willy’s in Kingston. Right near the harbor and real sourdough crust. Great new dining room
Now that was a beautiful cruise!
Omygosh! I just LOVE your channel. I’m born and raised in Seattle. Being surrounded by all the beautiful water was an absolutely amazing experience. Now I’m in California and soon relocating to Idaho to be closer to my whole family. So excited for the next video still excited to move back to the Pacific Northwest. I also have chihuahuas whom I Love and I just love your babies too.
PeaceAndLove
Lori
Thank you for the great videos! I throughly enjoy watching them all, some twice! We’ve been off the water for two years & I certainly miss those days. Hood Canal is beautiful, and so serene.. Pleasant Harbor Marina is lovely, it’s quiet & so very peaceful. Their remodeling project took a while but it was well worth the wait. HC & PHM - fabulous place for those times during the PNW shrimping seasons too. We loved our stays. The outdoor pool & hot tub are nice amenities. They do have great laundry facilities too if you’re in need. I’m not a huge pizza fan but it was pretty good. We found this marina to be great for all ages. Visitor’s with children throughly enjoy their stay. They’re not r e a l dog-friendly as to walking areas but it’s ok for short stays, and please watch the ramps, our little guy pulled a toenail out completely, yes ouch! There are good points & better points about any marina, we actually enjoyed every one we stayed, from Olympia to Nanaimo ..Pleasant Harbor was definitely one of the favorites. Oh how I miss our boating days⚓️🛥🦅
Blessings for the best in 2023!
See if you can find Sturgeron for sea sickness. Maybe via internet. It is not available in the US, but is over the counter in Central America and all UK influenced places. Most people have no side effects.
It's lovely that you little dog snuggles in. My dog hates it. I have to force her to snuggle and as soon as she gets a chances shes off.
The seal on the dock was fantastic. He seemed to know he was being filmed and really hammed it up! When is the boat Christmas decorating episode popping up??
I've been in my 18ft boat and hit some cargo wakes. They can be scary but fun on a jetski 😂 Love the hood canal area got some land out there and shrimp and crab there every year. 👍
If your wind speed instrument was set on APP(apparent), and it was showing "on the nose",the 8 kts of wind indicated was what you were creating. We hung out with friends in Brinnon a lot when we lived in PA, great claiming and oyster gathering area with the right tides.
Too funny that they couldn’t figure this out.
The scenery looks awesome 👍
For sure, one needs to watch for the drift gillnets this time of year.
I would like to see the end of this method of commercial harvest.
Cool night image through the FLIR!!
Try Relief Bands for seasickness!! Work great for my wife!
Awesome vids guys.
Keep em coming, love the PNW.
Now having this boat for as long you had did you may need a little bit bigger,have fun guys.Sean uk
Very nice! I love the addition of the 360 camera.
Wow just beautiful environment - great video- all the best 👍
Nice resort, and I love the winter cruising vids. keep en coming.
I can only imagine what it cost to access the resort amenities.
Love watching your videos. Lets me dream about boaing this spring. So amazing how the ocean moderates the temperatures. In the prairies we've already been having some -10 F with -31 F wind chill. All I can do is watch your video and dream. Looking forward to your next video!
Outstanding video this week...thank you....Enjoy your Winter cruising ...Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy and safe New Year...
Keep the travel videos coming!
Love the series and the great productions. I’ll be heading to Princess Louisa for Xmas. It’s a great time to cruise.
Nice trip. I love Alderbrook!
Great video! Those freighter waves are brutal, but not so much as the waves in Elliot Bay when they have the tug boat races during SeaFair. We were in our 22 foot Cuddy, and those waves must have easily been 10 feet and super close together. Go from looking down ten feet, to looking at waves over your head!
Really chill vlog, happy cruising
Another wonderful video! Thanks for sharing!
That,s right Shan the older we get the more we feel the cold, and the faster the years go by, but you might not be old enough for that one yet. Ha Ha great video.
Nice...Do more heavy weather cruising...
The joys of a motor yacht, my wife would love it. Inside steering position, a/c and heating, stabilisors, ect ect. I don't understand it, what is wrong with living at an angle while getting a face full of salt water every few minutes on watch. Taking a shower at 45 degrees never mind using the head at the same angle. Oh, oh, squall coming better take in a reef. Enjoy, I would love to winter sail. maybe a Norhavn MS.😀
We're so excited to see your videos again! Can't wait to travel to Canada with you! Happy Holidays! We can totally relate to your feelings about winter and the return of the cold. It is still very beautiful, though!
Personally, I prefer Autumn. No bugs, fall colors, no people, mild temperatures
great music choice!
Glad to see you putting great new content!
Well what you showed was your boat can handle conditions.
Nice video. Glad to see you out!
Very nice video, thanks!
Great episode.
Excellent video nice views
Sea Puppy said “WHO IS THIS LADY get this light off me” lmao
Hey just wanted to throw this concept out there… and yes it is way smaller than your boat but this all scales up pretty linear. On my 24ft cabin cruiser Boaty McBoatface, I ran my 30A shore power inlet directly to my Victron Multiplus AC in, then the AC out feeds the boats main AC panel and loads. I can configure strict shore power limits, so that the inverter uses batteries to support loads that exceed shore power capability, and when loads are less than shore power limits the batteries are charged with the excess. Allows me to run the boat off of an 1800W generator or a 15A plug. I don’t yet have a video of this but it’s coming soon.
Don’t you guys wanna go south? To warmer waters? In the Winter?
Wonderful to see another video, do you guys ever get to Pender island ?
I was surprised they would even consider using soap in a marina. When my US Navy ship (600 ft) went through the Panama Canal we only rinsed it off in the fresh water Gatun lake in the middle-just brushes and hoses, no soap!
NICE
Alderbrook used to have the Nordstrom compound on one side and Gates’ on the other. I’m not sure if that would affect your anchoring plans or not. I had classmates run off Kennebunkport by the Secret Service.
Should try "Sea Bands" for the seasickness. My wife and I used to wear them on cruise ships. You can get them online, or at a what you would call a drug store. Try them they are cheap elastic bands that you wear on your wrists, and a button on the band is located on a pressure point. Easy and you don't have to take drugs.
So great to follow your adventures in a ‘reasonably sized’ maritime abode…for an upcoming q&a, would love to hear Shawn’s explanation of your mast and boom setup….are they solely a top lantern and dinghy crane carrier, or is there more to the story, than the eyes see
Miss seeing your videos glad your making more now happy holidays wheres deno the dinosaur at lol
Hi, enjoy watching you two bring us along on your trips to where ever and learn some each time.
Have a lovely Merry Christmas when you catch the message where you find yourselves docked.
If that wake makes you sea sick, wow, you're a trooper to be sailing. Maybe you meant more than that boat wake? In any case, Good on you.
Love you blog
4:30 So a Nordhavn is built for the heavier rougher traveling like you guys do. What’s another boat comparable, brand of boat?
Great video, music was perfect volume and not annoying. Good editing to turn it down a bit when you started speaking. Good and talking a few seconds back to music. !!
Have you ever wondered if the late Christine McVee has been on board SV Freedom
I figured you 2 would have headed south toward Mexico by now .
Excellent video! Loved the scenery. Question… which drone do you use? Would you recommend it? Thanks! Chris
how do you two like the slow speeds of a trawler?
I suppose that if one motors into rough seas, one does not need to do kegels.
Are the red flannels PJ’s or sweat pants ?
How’s Starlink working out?
don't you check into Canada?
I wanted to see the 2 Puddy Cats, Alder and Brook. 🐈
You passed my brother’s house on the cliffs before the Hood. Surprise U didn’t see a sub. coming to Banger.
it feels like there is no wind, but the anemometer shows eight knots. We are traveling at eight knots. Hmmmm
Can you drop anchor around Alderbrook? We are exploring this lifestyle but at $2 p/ft p/night that can really up the budget
On the last video I asked about insulation above the head liners and on this video I see your cold…still wondering
If you watch that video carefully you will notice that they did not put any insulation in above the liners. There was only a few cms of space so I can understand why they would not have bothered.
Took my discovery 266 from Tacoma to Hood Canal. Pleasant Harbor marina was good. Alderbrook was good where we missed Bill Gates by minutes. I can relate to ship wake, followed a large ship coming back and saw the havoc it's wake made on north bound boats. Crossed it's wake at Vashon Island which was a thrill. Safe boating Freedom.
You're never going to leave the area are you?
Tony & Susan here, Really you need to go to some warmer weather. I think we remember why you are there. But really how much suffering can you take. Susan leaves for the warm weather in a week , going to miss her terribly. Merry Christmas God Bless
What is the camera and gimble you were using for that 360 shot early in the video?
Non-boat related question for Cpt Elizabeth: What is your nail colour? It looks like a Blue/Grey.
Have missed seeing Scully and Martha...the real stars of the show...
So what dose it cost to boat year after year ? $ ?
The rule of thumb is what ever you bought the boat for you will spend @ 10% of the purchase price of the boat just to keep the boat up. Add in 800 per month for moorage at a marina plus or minus depending on the length of your boat. Insurance 2K per year more or less depending on your boat. Don't forget the price of your boat. Then if you have a motor boat add in the cost of Diesel or gas. As your boat gets older the cost to keep it up increases. Dingys davits and motor add in about 20K for that...Freedom is not Free.
Price for a room ?
Why can I only watch the video on 360p