Living on a Small Sailboat in Canada's Cruisers Paradise | Off Grid Boat Life in British Columbia
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- FAR from Fancy - our tiny floating home has no refrigeration, we cook on a camp stove and haul our anchor up by hand⚓️ It's not glam, but boat life has been some of our best days to date. Savoring freshly caught seafood🍤soaking up the spectacular mountain vistas and splashing into the warmest coastal waters in the Pacific Northwest🌲🏔
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“To desire nothing beyond what you have is surely happiness. Aboard a boat, it is frequently possible to achieve just that. That is why sailing is a way of life, one of the finest of lives” - Carleton Mitchell
What in inspiration. I am curreyselling my power boat and buying a similar sized vessel this winter. Thank you for all the content and goals. ❤
Awh, love to hear it! Let us know how the boat buying goes, cheers to the journey!
Beautiful shots and seamless editing! Love the mix of the drone shot and go pro as you jumped into the ocean. So cool. 🔥
Thank you Caroline! So sweet always. Had to jump off a few times to get all the angles so that was fun😄
Colleen has said it all!!!!! All that work on the Airstream in the snow and cold, and look at you now, what a life change, i could not be happier for you both................and a wee bit envious 🙂
Awe, thank you Jon!! ❤ We've had a few moments out here reflecting back on all of that! Boat life certainly serves up some big challenges but days like these certainly make it all worth it!
Awesome ⛵️ and lifestyle fellow NW adventures! See ya on the the water 🏝😎
Isn't it just the best!? We'd love to bump into you out here!!
That was so generous of your boat neighbour! I bet the seafood there is incredible. 😊
We've been continuously blown away by the generosity and kindness of others in the cruising community! A sailor would give you the shirt of their back! I guess boating is the sort of activity where everyone has needed a helping hand at some point, so it's nice to return the favor when you can!
FUN!! What an adventure! The meal looks gourmet and it was so nice to get "grocery delivery" from a good sea-neighbour!! I really enjoy watching the transition from motor to sails, seeing how attentiveely you both read the weather and wind and adjust! It's fun to see you working together so well, troubleshooting engine leaks, swimming, making music, relaxing!! Such an enjoyable series of videos!
Thank you so much Colleen!! Vey grateful for the good-deed grocery delivery! We just bought ourselves a prawn/crab trap and a fishing rod so we're looking forward to paying-it-forward :)
So glad you enjoyed that part. Sailing is a lot of that! We still have a heck of a lot to learn about weather, wind and trimming our sails but we're so enjoying the learning journey!
Love watching your adventure. There is something about getting away and into remote areas and just living with what you have taken with you. I think the beauty of it is you can leave all that "stuff" you think needs to be sorted out behind and then when you get home that "stuff" may no longer be an issue. See you next week, love you guys.
Its a real nice to be able to leave all that 'stuff' behind and kick back in nature. Unfortunately so far, all of our stuff has been waiting for us every time, luckily it's all pretty well behaved and not much cause for concern or stress :) Thanks for watching our adventure! Stoked to catch up with you guys soon!
Always do two clamps, invert one so they’re clamping into each other. Hot tip, put extra hose clamps on every hose, so if you ever have to cut one back, you can just sever the hose, remove the stub, and jam it back on, then tighten the next two clamps. We had a yacht full of drunken Canadians come home to a sunken boat at our Village docks, as they had a leaking sea-cock, and as they got more inebriated, forgot their bilge pump was manual and went to the pub. I took a photo of the mast sticking out of the water, but when my buddy Pete salvaged their boat, it was just a cracked hose. If they had spare hose clamps on it, they could have just fixed it underway. Another thing is to make sure you replace check valves on a schedule, because they’re never right where you lay eyes on them every day.
Two clamps on the through-hulls for sure, always for the win!
Stoked to have found another Canadian channel and hopefully future boat buddies! Cheers guys 🤘
Stoked you found us! We’d love to bump into you guys out here and buddy up! 🤙🏽
That meal ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ We also found that most cruisers sharing anchorages were very caring and generous. We also shared our sea catches when we arrived. Again the scenery is amazing and your land and sea film editing is superb. However you wouldn’t catch me jumping in the water. Dennis is excited now and can’t wait for drone shots of me swimming. It isn’t going to happen.
The cruising community is a real special one✨
Hahah! you might jump in here!!Interestingly, water in Desolation Sound is the warmest North of Mexico! Can get up to 24 degrees in places in the Summer due to a fortunate quirk of geography - located halfway between the northern and southern points of Vancouver Island, Desolation Sound lies at the convergence of the tidal flow from both directions. So there is much less tidal movement or major currents in the Sound, and allows the relatively stationary ocean water to be warmed by the hot sun throughout the summer, leading to much higher seasonal temperatures - fun fact :)
@@AllisonandJamesSailing No still not jumping in
gee I cannot get myself to put a toe in that fringing water!!!!
Haha! We’ll maybe it will entice you more to know that it’s the warmest water north of Mexico?!
I see on a different you tube channel Captain Q said "double your clamps".
That’s a great plan, we’ll see if there is enough room on the water pump inlet. We have double clamps on a bunch of other connections, exhaust, seacocks ect.. Captain Q knows his stuff!!
I’d totally jump in!!!
Yas! That's the spirit!!
Stunning :)
Set the boom a little higher just above the center line. The boat will heal ma bit more but will allso sail faster.
Gerard on board,
SVGEMSTAR.
Thanks for the tips! This video was from years ago when we were first learning :)
Catalina 30 Tall Mast? Beautiful area!
Yep! She’s a tall rig!
Hi, you guys seem to be a bit of a hoot. Getting ready for 2024 season in B.C?
That’s exactly what we’re doing! The only direction we’re headed is North!
Umm. It’s not the leach line, it is your car position. It needs to go way forward. 🤠
Thanks for the tip Eric! We've been playing around with car positions a lot more. Recently I've been thinking about rigging up twinning lines so we can adjust the sheeting angle without moving the car. Agreed though, the foot of the sail was way too tight for the sail conditions and the top of the sail was spilling a bunch of wind.
100%
Cars adjust easily so they can be tweaked regularily with changing conditions
What’s happening with the Airstream while you are sailing?
Good question! Airstream basecamp is still sitting pretty in the woods, she's well looked after. We've been back and forth a few times. It's lovely to have a steady stable, land reprieve :)
Hope you had (are still having?) and amazing camping trip! 🌲