Congratulations Ray and Anne. What a wonderful addition. We came for the RV expertise, stayed for the friendship and the videos. You two are important to us!
As the old joke goes, the two best days in a boat owner’s life are the day they buy a boat and the day they sell it. Hope you have many adventures in between!
How wonderful for you all! Love trawlers! Yeah more great pacific coast video’s n photography to come! Thanks to Ray & Anne, you have great adventures and a wealth of info taboot! Cat
Congratulations Ray and Ann. No worries I will stay around. I love the RV life haven’t been able to do it yet but I also love the boat life and I just have a 17 foot boat myself and it’s beautiful up there. It’s a big beautiful world we live in land and sea.
I've loved your channel since day one. You both are humble and very smart. I learned a great deal from your boondocking travels in the deserts and now I get to learn the nautical side. Seeing you both so happy and enjoying the waters is amazing. Watching the Vestri travel on the water is so relaxing. If I'm honest, I enjoy these videos more. Thank you both for sharing. It's so nice to see Anne at the helm. I hope in future videos you describe the instruments and their functions and how to use them; the repairs and maintenance. Trawlers are my favorite boats for leisure and I watch videos on all different kinds of boats so when I saw that you got a trawler, I was not surprised, but very happy indeed!
Looking forward to your adventures. Can’t wait for future videos. It’s just like RVing but on the water. Where ever you go and what ever you do please stay safe. Thanks for sharing.
I think you’ll find them (boat & 5-r) very similar in maintenance and adventure. I was a boater first & then rv-r. Got rid of the boat about 10 years ago but my wife still catches me on line sites window shopping. The San Juan are WONDERFUL!
Congratulations onthe new boat. Always watch your vids for either ; Mod, repairs or info on RV stuff. Now your Channel will just be all that more interesting. Cheers Ray And Anne
Exciting news - we have been watching for years but finally subscribed. This is going to be fun! I always wanted to live on a sailboat when I was younger, never made time. Happy for you guys.
I’m not a boat guy…yet! But I’d like to have one some day. So I’m sticking around to learn. What better guy to learn from. Not only a great guy but incredibly knowledgeable in RV stuff, and now bringing that knowledge over to a boat. Can’t wait to see the similarities and differences. Thanks for all you do for us.
We are leaving Monday on an Alaska cruise. I was going to wave as we passed your RV park in Campbell River Monday evening! It has always been a dream of mine to spend a summer on a small boat exploring Coastal BC and SE Alaska. This cruise will be as close as I'll ever get to that dream. I am so envious. I did read Jonathon Raban's book, Passage To Juneau, and remember his worries about tidal change during the night and the boat hitting a rock while anchored. Along with some places with strong currents, perhaps it wouldn't be the relaxing trip I imagine. I have loved SE Alaska and Coastal BC after my first Alaska Ferry trip in 1969. Since that first trip, I have taken the ferry two more times with my family (from Bellingham to Skagway). What is a strong attraction for me, is to explore places inaccessible by road. An alternate trip (we are celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary) was to take our fifth wheel and explore Vancouver Island, take the ferry from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, spend the night and return to Port Hardy. Then take the ferry to Powell River and explore the Sunshine Coast before returning to Oregon. I just didn't want to spend the time planning that trip this year and, after getting used to the cost, decided it would be easiest to hop on a cruise ship in Vancouver and let others do all the planning. I am looking forward to visiting Yakutat Bay and Misty Fjords this trip. I look forward to your videos about your summer explorations. Happy boating, Ray!
Actually, I will be in Campbell River Monday as I'm taking the truck back up then coming back to Victoria on Tuesday to start our boat trip, so give a wave. :) Have a great cruise!
Fun Fun Fun! I spent 8 years on my liveaboard while taking trips in the RV. I based out Charleston Marina Complex at Coos Bay, Oregon. Very reasonable fees and a great location to base out of. Fair Winds. (And no sales taxes on those future B.O.A.T. needs)
Congratulations. We will be visiting Sidney Spit, Maple Bay and Telegraph Harbour Marina as well in a few weeks. All great places, we’ve visited them all before. Then the boat goes up for sale and we are looking for an RV.
Congratulations!!! Vestri looks amazing! Hopefully you will walk us through your trawler research, buying process, RV/trawler cost comparison for example insurance, maintenance, docking fees vs campsite fees, storage fees, gasoline/diesel cost comparison (truck/boat) and asset cost (Rv vs trawler).
Wow what a cool boat. Last time the wife and I were in Sydney was 2012 at the ferry landing. We love the big Totem poles in Campbell River. You'll have to go on up to the floating restaurant at Browns Bay. We have pulled our RV all the way to Port Hardy. Glad you are having so much fun
Having been a boater all my life and RVr for the past 55 yrs, there are more similarities than dissimililites in the two. Wife and I gave up the boating (Nordic Tug 32) due to age (we're both in our 80s) & physical issues. We're still RV'n in our fifth wheel (Arctic Fox 27-5L) though. Lookin' forward to your water&land adventures.
This is one viewer you're not going to lose. I find this very interesting also I sent you a question but you probably aren't checking your videos often I wouldn't if I had a boat like that. Happy boating do you both you do realize you can drive that boat over to Idaho? To Lewiston Idaho to be exact
Seems to work well so far, but I haven't used it in motion, just once we are moored/anchored. In-motion is much more expensive but can be added as needed.
Lots of fun! Back in the RV now but we boated for several months until the weather got to wet and cold. Here is the playlist of videos I put out during that time th-cam.com/play/PLp14lzXh07umgor_CHUsKEVC5PMXU4-yQ.html Cheers, Ray
You know what they say, never buy a boat unless you can afford five boats. lol But with your skills you'll do great. Will definitely be watching. Good luck!
That's fabulous and she's a beauty. Congrats to you both but especially to Anne. What a dream come true ! May you both be blessed and protected on the seas that lay before you. 🥂
Yes, the parts are often stupidly expensive but hopefully, I can use some of my repair talents to mitigate the cost as in the RV. Yesterday the bow thruster joystick control was dead. The replacement cost is $350, but I took it apart and determined it was a defective little power switch built into it. I traced the circuitry with my multimeter and soldered an external momentary switch. Total parts cost 10 bucks. :)
Neat looking boat. Looks too fancy to have been a "fishing trawler"-boat (I'm sure I'm not using that boat vocabulary properly). Looking forward to this new direction for the channel. Ahoy there!
I’m more of an RV guy than a boat guy, but I enjoy learning from your videos, and you always answer questions to help out your viewers so i’ll watch whatever you post.
FWIW: I have been following "Soho and Jo" they are cruising "The Great Loop" in a similar boat, looks like a great time! I also follow a few sailing channels but right now most of them are getting new boats built, "Sailing Nahoa" being one of them, a couple from B.C. who are now in South Africa preparing to cross the Atlantic in there present boat and "Ran Sailing" they are building there own boat in Sweden from scratch with Cedar from Haida Gwaii. Congratulations on the new (to you) boat, many new adventures to come I'm sure!
Congratulations Ray and Anne. What a wonderful addition. We came for the RV expertise, stayed for the friendship and the videos. You two are important to us!
Awesome :)Thank you!
As the old joke goes, the two best days in a boat owner’s life are the day they buy a boat and the day they sell it. Hope you have many adventures in between!
Boat: Bring Out Another Thousand. Have fun, Ray and Anne both. I'm sticking with the kayaks.
You haven't lost us! Still going to follow, with new adventures!
Fear not Ray. We came for the RV info but stayed for the great videos from a outstanding couple. Enjoy yourselves on the water.
Thanks 👍
Ray, can’t wait to see the inside of your boat! Will enjoy videos of y’all on the water!
So happy for you and Anne!
Always wanted one as well!
For now, I can live vicariously through you guys!! 😆
Looking forward to following your boating adventures and seeing you apply your DIY skills to Vestri!
How wonderful for you all! Love trawlers! Yeah more great pacific coast video’s n photography to come! Thanks to Ray & Anne, you have great adventures and a wealth of info taboot! Cat
Hearty congratulations to you both. We look forward to your summer journeys with your beautiful new boat!
Happy wife, happy life! You are certainly in a location for so much exploration in a boat. Looking forward to following your journeys.
Good deal. I cannot wait to see what you get into with projects and repairs. Our boat was much more expensive then the RV.
Ray, good move. I have always thought boats and RVs have a lot of similarities. Safe travels…dry or wet!
Cool Ray. Can’t wait to see your adventures on your boat and the scenery to you show. I will still be a follower.
Congratulations! I have often thought about that. Makes perfect sense. And a trawler is an excellent choice.
Congratulations Ray and Ann. No worries I will stay around. I love the RV life haven’t been able to do it yet but I also love the boat life and I just have a 17 foot boat myself and it’s beautiful up there. It’s a big beautiful world we live in land and sea.
Congratulations Ray and Anne !!
Ahoy! Congratulations on taking ownership of Vestri.
Hello from the rainy Ozarks Ray! Congradulation on your new adventure ride! Looking forward to many more adventures! Tight Lines!!!!
I've loved your channel since day one. You both are humble and very smart. I learned a great deal from your boondocking travels in the deserts and now I get to learn the nautical side. Seeing you both so happy and enjoying the waters is amazing. Watching the Vestri travel on the water is so relaxing. If I'm honest, I enjoy these videos more. Thank you both for sharing. It's so nice to see Anne at the helm. I hope in future videos you describe the instruments and their functions and how to use them; the repairs and maintenance. Trawlers are my favorite boats for leisure and I watch videos on all different kinds of boats so when I saw that you got a trawler, I was not surprised, but very happy indeed!
Thanks! :) Yes future videos will include repairs, mods and upgrades I do plus a tour around the boat and showing the inner workings. Cheers! Ray
Great boat for the ocean, and if you fish, Halibut,,,,,,, love it.
I know nothing about boats, so this will be interesting. 👍🏼🍻
Looking forward to your adventures. Can’t wait for future videos. It’s just like RVing but on the water. Where ever you go and what ever you do please stay safe. Thanks for sharing.
NICE, GOOD LUCK. We will keep watching.
I think you’ll find them (boat & 5-r) very similar in maintenance and adventure. I was a boater first & then rv-r. Got rid of the boat about 10 years ago but my wife still catches me on line sites window shopping. The San Juan are WONDERFUL!
Very cool!! What a change. Living life to the fullest!
Congratulations onthe new boat. Always watch your vids for either ; Mod, repairs or info on RV stuff. Now your Channel will just be all that more interesting. Cheers Ray And Anne
Wheels on the dingy will make a big difference for ya. Congratulations!
Oh men can’t wait to see the inside.
You keep doing you and I’ll keep following and watching.
Wow! Congratulations. Enjoy your adventures. It's great to see you trying new things.
Exciting news - we have been watching for years but finally subscribed. This is going to be fun! I always wanted to live on a sailboat when I was younger, never made time. Happy for you guys.
This is pretty neat, Ray. Looking forward to the walk-through videos.
Actually, this is great news for me. I love boating as much as RVing, so you've bridged the gap and can cover both! Good luck Ray!
Certainly looks like a beautiful vessel. Wishing you the best.
Looks like fun Ray. Maybe a couple E-bikes. Michelle and I got E-bikes last year and love how handy they are. Bottoms UP!
I’m not a boat guy…yet! But I’d like to have one some day. So I’m sticking around to learn. What better guy to learn from. Not only a great guy but incredibly knowledgeable in RV stuff, and now bringing that knowledge over to a boat. Can’t wait to see the similarities and differences. Thanks for all you do for us.
We are leaving Monday on an Alaska cruise. I was going to wave as we passed your RV park in Campbell River Monday evening! It has always been a dream of mine to spend a summer on a small boat exploring Coastal BC and SE Alaska. This cruise will be as close as I'll ever get to that dream. I am so envious. I did read Jonathon Raban's book, Passage To Juneau, and remember his worries about tidal change during the night and the boat hitting a rock while anchored. Along with some places with strong currents, perhaps it wouldn't be the relaxing trip I imagine.
I have loved SE Alaska and Coastal BC after my first Alaska Ferry trip in 1969. Since that first trip, I have taken the ferry two more times with my family (from Bellingham to Skagway). What is a strong attraction for me, is to explore places inaccessible by road. An alternate trip (we are celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary) was to take our fifth wheel and explore Vancouver Island, take the ferry from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, spend the night and return to Port Hardy. Then take the ferry to Powell River and explore the Sunshine Coast before returning to Oregon. I just didn't want to spend the time planning that trip this year and, after getting used to the cost, decided it would be easiest to hop on a cruise ship in Vancouver and let others do all the planning. I am looking forward to visiting Yakutat Bay and Misty Fjords this trip.
I look forward to your videos about your summer explorations. Happy boating, Ray!
Actually, I will be in Campbell River Monday as I'm taking the truck back up then coming back to Victoria on Tuesday to start our boat trip, so give a wave. :) Have a great cruise!
nice to have a god on your side, even if short.
Looking forward to seeing your next adventure. Thanks Don
Fun Fun Fun! I spent 8 years on my liveaboard while taking trips in the RV. I based out Charleston Marina Complex at Coos Bay, Oregon. Very reasonable fees and a great location to base out of. Fair Winds. (And no sales taxes on those future B.O.A.T. needs)
Ray nice boat can’t wait to see videos of the area. First upgrade convert the canopy to hardtop and add solar
Wow! Congratulations guys on your new journey. Cant wait to see the new content.
Congratulations. We will be visiting Sidney Spit, Maple Bay and Telegraph Harbour Marina as well in a few weeks. All great places, we’ve visited them all before. Then the boat goes up for sale and we are looking for an RV.
This sounds like a lot of fun. Looking forward to new adventures.
It’s a beautiful boat Ray
Congratulations!!! Vestri looks amazing! Hopefully you will walk us through your trawler research, buying process, RV/trawler cost comparison for example insurance, maintenance, docking fees vs campsite fees, storage fees, gasoline/diesel cost comparison (truck/boat) and asset cost (Rv vs trawler).
Great idea…I’d be interested in the whole process as well…
I'm waiting to see you pop up from underwater with scuba gear and a wrench and screwdriver in hand!
Wow what a cool boat. Last time the wife and I were in Sydney was 2012 at the ferry landing. We love the big Totem poles in Campbell River. You'll have to go on up to the floating restaurant at Browns Bay. We have pulled our RV all the way to Port Hardy. Glad you are having so much fun
Having been a boater all my life and RVr for the past 55 yrs, there are more similarities than dissimililites in the two. Wife and I gave up the boating (Nordic Tug 32) due to age (we're both in our 80s) & physical issues. We're still RV'n in our fifth wheel (Arctic Fox 27-5L) though. Lookin' forward to your water&land adventures.
Love those Nordic Tugs!
congrats to you and Ann
Wow. What fun that will be.
Congratulations and enjoy your journey on the water!
Good for you.
This is one viewer you're not going to lose. I find this very interesting also I sent you a question but you probably aren't checking your videos often I wouldn't if I had a boat like that. Happy boating do you both you do realize you can drive that boat over to Idaho? To Lewiston Idaho to be exact
Love the boat
Will enjoy your new adventure’s
Very exciting! Congratulations!
Congratulations on your new chapter. I’ll stay a viewer.
Congratulations!!!!!
Good luck to you and Anne
Congratulations on the new boat. Enjoy
Awesome! I'll bet that Starlink antenna will get its exercise trying to keep up with the movement of the boar!
Seems to work well so far, but I haven't used it in motion, just once we are moored/anchored. In-motion is much more expensive but can be added as needed.
YEAH! Congrats! Enjoy. Like 428
Wow how cool 😎 can't wait for the boat videos, I wish my wife was that adventurous but she has horses 😟 hence not much 💰 left
Does this new addition mean that we're going to see more of Anne.....err......even some of Anne? 😊😊
Lookin' forward to the journey.
That is very likely 🙂
Congratulations it sounds like a great time.
That’s awesome! Some day we would love to have a boat. I will be interested in your upcoming videos!
Very cool! TH-cam hasn't put you in my feed since you didn't pay for a bit but finding this today... I'm definitely going to tune in from now on!
Lots of fun! Back in the RV now but we boated for several months until the weather got to wet and cold. Here is the playlist of videos I put out during that time th-cam.com/play/PLp14lzXh07umgor_CHUsKEVC5PMXU4-yQ.html Cheers, Ray
Awesome! Congratulations buddy!
I have a RV and boat myself, love your content Ray, keep it up!
Ship ahoy from Tennessee!
That sound great, all the best
Congratulations, enjoy!
Im not a boat guy, Good luck with your adventure.
Good luck! Congratulations
Just so you know...Boat stands for Break, Out, Another, Thousand.
What fun! Those waters have a lot of beauty going on! Cruising the San Juans would be great. Y’all wouldn’t happen to need a crewman for that part?
Looking forward to following you on your new journey. It will be interesting to get your perspective from an RV experience.
We watch a channel Scho & Jo who also have a 34 foot trawler and just finished the great loop. Look forward to seeing your videos from the BC coast.
What a great idea best wishes to you both! Follow you dreams.
Thanks!
Love the boat videos Ray!
You know what they say, never buy a boat unless you can afford five boats. lol But with your skills you'll do great. Will definitely be watching. Good luck!
Thanks 👍
Boonddocking on water, you're pretty lucky. Congratulations to both of you. I can't wait to see the mods!
Watch out for those 3 hour cruises. 🤣
Oh my word! You two are living the dream!! Congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻
That's fabulous and she's a beauty. Congrats to you both but especially to Anne. What a dream come true ! May you both be blessed and protected on the seas that lay before you. 🥂
Thanks!
Fully agreed, she is! And what a perfect choice!
"It's just like an RV." Untill you "fix" something. BOAT. Bust Out Another Thousand! Good luck Ray! Stat safe out there!
Yes, the parts are often stupidly expensive but hopefully, I can use some of my repair talents to mitigate the cost as in the RV. Yesterday the bow thruster joystick control was dead. The replacement cost is $350, but I took it apart and determined it was a defective little power switch built into it. I traced the circuitry with my multimeter and soldered an external momentary switch. Total parts cost 10 bucks. :)
@@LoveYourRV In the end as long as it is in use, will be well worth the investment. Instead of looking out, you will be looking in!
Should be interesting, Ray. We went from a small cabin sailboat to RVs. Both fun! I look forward to the tours of the boat.
Love it thanks for sharing
"Gone with the Anne & Ray's"
Congratulations, Ray; you're living the dream. And if you thought you did a lot of maintenance and repairs on an RV, you are in for a bit of a shock
Neat looking boat. Looks too fancy to have been a "fishing trawler"-boat (I'm sure I'm not using that boat vocabulary properly). Looking forward to this new direction for the channel. Ahoy there!
Yes, it was built from ground up as a recreational yacht in the trawler style so never was used to fish.
I’m more of an RV guy than a boat guy, but I enjoy learning from your videos, and you always answer questions to help out your viewers so i’ll watch whatever you post.
Awesome!
RVing and boating is the same. Land vs water.
Congrats! Looking forward to some videos of your travels along the coast!
FWIW: I have been following "Soho and Jo" they are cruising "The Great Loop" in a similar boat, looks like a great time! I also follow a few sailing channels but right now most of them are getting new boats built, "Sailing Nahoa" being one of them, a couple from B.C. who are now in South Africa preparing to cross the Atlantic in there present boat and "Ran Sailing" they are building there own boat in Sweden from scratch with Cedar from Haida Gwaii. Congratulations on the new (to you) boat, many new adventures to come I'm sure!
Sweet!
Congrats on the boat Ray and Anne! Looking forward to your adventures!
Congrats! What a fun way to spend summers! Can’t wait to see Anne’s drone footage from the water!