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very nice boat, I had a 1987 for 13 years on lake erie I really wish i still had the boat. But! getting old and some health issues. Don't ever let it get away from you. I sailed at least 3 times a week.
Its nice to have those step drop offs at the shore that let you beach with a 3ft(?) draft. I'm in SFL with a 1.5' draft and have to stop about 100 yards offshore or run aground.
Yeah, up here in the hills, there's still a lot of nice spots I can't get to without the dinghy. Even then, I'll drop an anchor and run a stern line to a tree. I can go back and forth on the dinghy hand walking along the line.
A sail camping question; how are you able to beach with a fin keel? Do the shores drop off enough to allow that? I kept expecting to see the boat tilt as you pulled up on the beach.
Well done video mate, I like the quiet scenes and stills Oh and the Bimini (jealous) following your adventures now. Me and my Cataline 22, "Mi Amor" here in HSV Arkansas
Super nice Catalina they have been around forever they must be doing something right , wife isn't into boating but if i was single i would probably buy one .
Love this! Subscribed to see more! I have a bucket list dream of getting a Catalina 22 to explore some lakes around my home in Idaho. We have a lake out here in the middle of the desert surrounded by 2 million acres of huge canyons. Someday I want to explore that lake and canyons by sailboat/paddleboard/dirt bike. Your channel is inspiring. Great job on the videography. This thumbnail is a winner!
Hey Jason, That's my lake! Ha ha ha!! It's nice to see that a lake named after me looks so clean and pristine and is a great lake for sailing. It is great to see you and the misses are doing well. It is funny how I can relate to being completely content sailing along at a couple of knots when just like you I have lived on the edge on two wheels at high enough speeds to scare most sensible people! Now for that Jackwagon who spooled your line, you've got to get a name or video clip so your fans can go hunt him down and do a drive by shooting with our Super Soakers and Nerf Bazookas! lol Thanks for taking us along Buddy!
Coming up to Nothing Carolina to do some lake hopping . Coming there then heading across I 40 and up to Washington and Oregon visiting different lakes. Right up till the dead of winter. Might give you a shout when I’m in that area maybe we can get together. Not sure how late you sell to. But I should be there in early fall. Not too far away. I have a ODay 22 i will be bringing with me.
@@mymiami472 😆😅Ha ha, yeah I figured that's what happened. Sounds like you're about to embark on a great adventure. We don't really have an off season ... or an on season for that matter. We just go whenever the wind and weather align with a weekend off work.
I recently subscribed I’m watching because this is what I think I would like to do also I’ve been watching many other sailing channels. I would like to see a bit more of camping cooking and general problems with sailing on a lake.
Thanks for the Sub Kirk👍👍 Lake sailing is tricky because the wind is always shifting speed and direction. You have to be on your toes but it's a lot of fun.
Where do I purchase a nice Bimini Top like yours that can remain up while under full sail? I see them on so many Catalina 22s but no mention of where they came from.
I bought mine from a website called National Covers... Summerset CoolTech Fabric 72" LONG, FITS 85"- 90" WIDE Color: Summer Sand 46" High Aluminum Bimini Frame I had to saw a few inches off the frame at the bottom so it would clear the boom under full sail.
I need what you have on the front of the sliding pop top hatch? I nice piece of Teak to cover the front frayed edge of my sliding hatch. Is it custom made or a Catalina direct product?
Yeah, I made it. I made patterns with some old sheets and just kept adjusting till I got it right. I sewed a 3/8 rope around the bottom to help it lay flat against the deck.
@@ProspectingMonkey No, it's an original design. I made a rough pattern with an old bed sheet and just kept adjusting it until it fit like I wanted. I have a 3/8" rope sewn into the bottom edge so it holds it's shape where it lays on deck.
@@odysseyofjason very cool I was thinking you used something to hold down like that. I must of studied it for like 10min and took screenshots. Good job!
@@danyanitravels I have a wing keel so it doesn’t move. It only draws ~2.5ft. The bottom drops off into deep water just off the beach. It’s rare to find spots where this is possible.
Thanks for the video. I'm considering buying a Catalina 22 and am studying how to add a bimini. I see that yours sits on the jib traveler track. Do you find that this keeps you sometimes from being able to put the jib traveler where you'd like it? Is there anything you'd do differently if you could snap your fingers and have a different bimini configuration? Thanks!
I like it on the track because It's all the way at the outer edge and I can adjust it fore and aft. My biggest head sail is 135% so I never need to set my traveler that far back.
@@odysseyofjason Thanks! Yes, I like the idea of the widest bimini possible (the largest shaded area). Any chance you could point me to where to find the appropriate cars for the track? I've done some searching, but nothing I've seen yet has looked like it would work.
@@odysseyofjason Thanks. I decided I'd need to make my own cars, as the closest I've found to compatible cars are ones Catalina Direct sells. They say that they don't work with the "older" 22s with 15/16" tracks, though, and that's the track on my 1981 22. Any chance you know the width of your bimini? My jib tracks are ~85.5" apart, but it seems that every seller of biminis has the same set of widths, two of which are 79-84" and 85-90". The wider of these is the better fit, apparently, but I'd expect that wider also means needing to put it farther forward to avoid the boom/mainsheet. Thanks!
@@EricCarden My tracks are about 86 too. I got the wider one because my old Bimini was narrower and it made it difficult to go forward while the Bimini was up. The wider one leaves enough room to squeeze through. Here’s a link to a pic of my wood adapter on insta: instagram.com/p/CrWy4e0Li4f/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Hope this helps.
This is on Lake James, NC. You should check out Jocassee Lake due north of Keowee. You have to pay to launch and to park over night but it’s a beautiful lake with room to sail.
@@odysseyofjason Thanks. I have also heard of Jocassee but wasn't sure about launching sites. My son was there and said it was very clean. As I said, wasn't sure as I heard that there aren't any homes allowed on it , so didn't know how that affected the boating. Thanks again for your time. Jeff
@@zenbuilder8801 No homes = clean, clear water and lots of cool places to go ashore. The only place you can launch is from Devil's Fork State Park but they have 3 separate launch sites. One has 3 ramps and some super nice docks. The other 2 sites have 2 ramps each but no dock.
Cool video. I've started to take an interest in sailing myself but am a little more inland than I'd like. At the beginning I see you start the video with towing your boat. How far inland do you live from the water?
We're about 6 hours drive from the ocean. All the sailing on my channel (so far) is on inland lakes. We usually tow about 45 minutes to the nearest clean lake but we have towed 3 hours away before.
OK, 203 fans let's get Jason some more followers. Use terms like great Sailing videos and fishing videos and sailing North Carolina lakes and Catalina sailboats and weekend sailing and camping so the search bots rank him up and make him a popular sailing channel! Is that ok with you Odyssey of Jason?
Catalina 22 is the boat I eventually want. Small enough to haul behind my vehicle, but big enough to sit or lay in the "cabin". Right now just shopping for a cheap sailing dinghy to take on the lakes by me. 6:29 Big epic music with a little rowing dinghy is pretty funny to me.
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I have sail number 15012. Love my 22. We do a trailer sailer adventure very couple of years or so.
Nice !! We try to go as often as possible. The weather has other plans a lot of the time.
Great video....nice boat brother!!
Thanks, glad you liked it !!!
I like a guy that can say, “two and a half knots isn’t too bad!”.
Great vid!
So super cool, guys! Awesome to meet you all! Much Love ❤
Nice to meet you too. Thanks for letting us use your Sidewalk Chalk 😄
Beautiful opening shot of the boat in still water. Looks better than any Catalina advertisement they ever did!
Thanks for the compliment. TH-camrs have probably sold more boats than all the boat ads combined. 😄
super nice set up on a 22 foot, perfect.
very nice boat, I had a 1987 for 13 years on lake erie I really wish i still had the boat. But! getting old and some health issues. Don't ever let it get away from you. I sailed at least 3 times a week.
Sounds Nice. We go every chance we get. Just spent the weekend out there.
Photography is an added bonus to watching the sailing.
Where oh where is Jason? It is spring sailing video camping time!!....⛵⛵⛵
Ha Ha, Yes it is... I'm still here ... Too busy sailing to make videos. Thanks for the motivation James.
Your mama-in-law said great video. She and I liked it very much. Good job!
Thanks for watching 😄 🤪 🥹
Its nice to have those step drop offs at the shore that let you beach with a 3ft(?) draft. I'm in SFL with a 1.5' draft and have to stop about 100 yards offshore or run aground.
Yeah, up here in the hills, there's still a lot of nice spots I can't get to without the dinghy. Even then, I'll drop an anchor and run a stern line to a tree. I can go back and forth on the dinghy hand walking along the line.
Karen said AWESOME! 👏 🙌
Wow, such an amazing adventure. Beautiful boat, nice scenery, good times!
Thanks for coming along 😊 Welcome to the crew !!!
Love this. Ideal weekend sailing adventure!
We love it too... Thank you my friend... 😊
Nice boat, dope video. Keep it up
Hey thanks 😊 More on the way 😎⛵️
Nice looking boat , I have a 77 with. 9.9 , plan to take it out for a first time before this Summer is over
Do it man... You won't regret it 😃😎⛵
Your cinematography (I think I spelled that right) is breathtaking. Loved the time lapse and the moon setting. Very cool!
Thanks Kristie 😃😊 I'm sure you know my better half is behind the lens on a lot of this 🎥🥰😍❤
Very nice video.
Thanks Brian, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
nice how the little fish search for shelter under your boat .
I don't know Martin, another way of looking at it is that the fish feel safe around Jason and he needs to step up his fishing game! lol
Yeah, they know if I'm around, all the big fish will be far.. far away 😑😑
@@odysseyofjason Ha Ha Ha!! i'm just joking you buddy! ;)
A sail camping question; how are you able to beach with a fin keel? Do the shores drop off enough to allow that? I kept expecting to see the boat tilt as you pulled up on the beach.
Sooooo nice well done sir
Thank you Jerry 😀 Glad you liked it !
@@odysseyofjason
Cant wait to sail mine this season
Really cool video. Good for you guys
Thanks for coming along Trevor 😃😎
Loved the video. Keep it up and I’ll have to find a boat buy!
Glad you liked it 😃 Find one soon and you'll be ready to go by spring !!!
OK you just got yourself another subscriber, all the way from down under.....
Nice 😄😃I would love to visit your beautiful country someday.
Well done video mate, I like the quiet scenes and stills Oh and the Bimini (jealous) following your adventures now. Me and my Cataline 22, "Mi Amor" here in HSV Arkansas
Nice !!! Glad to have another Catalina 22 in the armada.
Love the van and C22 combo. Perfect. I have the same (except my van is not a 4x4 and my C22 is older than me...1973).
Yes Sir, A van and a C-22... The possibilities are endless.
Great sailing video.
😃Hey Thanks !!! Glad you enjoyed it ☺😄
Great videography...especially the long slow and interesting angles - thanks for sharing :)
Thanks Joseph 😀 It's nice to sit still and look around sometimes ...
Love the video! So peaceful with amazing views. I grew up sailing freshwater. I miss it in many ways. Great quality video.
Glad you liked it 😃 Someday, I'm gonna grow up and get salty !!
Super nice Catalina they have been around forever they must be doing something right , wife isn't into boating but if i was single i would probably buy one .
Quick way to get her into boating: Tell her you want some alone time on the boat.
Great video. Looks like a sweet spot!
Thanks Pauli 😃 I love your Ocracoke videos 👍👍 Maybe someday we can tag along ⛵⛵
Love this! Subscribed to see more! I have a bucket list dream of getting a Catalina 22 to explore some lakes around my home in Idaho. We have a lake out here in the middle of the desert surrounded by 2 million acres of huge canyons. Someday I want to explore that lake and canyons by sailboat/paddleboard/dirt bike. Your channel is inspiring. Great job on the videography. This thumbnail is a winner!
Hey Thanks, I hope you make it out there !!! Sounds like a lot of fun.
Hey Jason, That's my lake! Ha ha ha!! It's nice to see that a lake named after me looks so clean and pristine and is a great lake for sailing. It is great to see you and the misses are doing well. It is funny how I can relate to being completely content sailing along at a couple of knots when just like you I have lived on the edge on two wheels at high enough speeds to scare most sensible people! Now for that Jackwagon who spooled your line, you've got to get a name or video clip so your fans can go hunt him down and do a drive by shooting with our Super Soakers and Nerf Bazookas! lol Thanks for taking us along Buddy!
We just have to find the boat with the bird nest on the prop 😂😂🤣
@@odysseyofjason Ha ha ha ha!! Good Point!
I have an ‘85, sail here all over the Puget Sound
The joy of having a boat with a shallow draft. I’m at 7 ft on my small boat
That’s a lot! She must point well.
Coming up to Nothing Carolina to do some lake hopping . Coming there then heading across I 40 and up to Washington and Oregon visiting different lakes. Right up till the dead of winter. Might give you a shout when I’m in that area maybe we can get together. Not sure how late you sell to. But I should be there in early fall. Not too far away. I have a ODay 22 i will be bringing with me.
Nothing Carolina ??? 🤨
@@odysseyofjason lol sorry! North Carolina. I do a lot of voice recognition typing.
@@mymiami472 😆😅Ha ha, yeah I figured that's what happened. Sounds like you're about to embark on a great adventure. We don't really have an off season ... or an on season for that matter. We just go whenever the wind and weather align with a weekend off work.
I recently subscribed I’m watching because this is what I think I would like to do also I’ve been watching many other sailing channels. I would like to see a bit more of camping cooking and general problems with sailing on a lake.
Thanks for the Sub Kirk👍👍 Lake sailing is tricky because the wind is always shifting speed and direction. You have to be on your toes but it's a lot of fun.
Love your adventures and scenery. A "dead cat" "wind muff" for your microphone would help in the wind. Give us more videos, please!
Thanks June 😃😃 I just bought a dead cat and a lapel mic !!! Haven't had a chance to get out and use them yet ...
@Odyssey of Jason looking forward to more videos! You look like you are having a blast.
Another awesome video! Where is that bridge located that you tried to paddle up to?
Glad you liked it 😀😀That's the state park bridge over Paddy's Creek
When someone asks you how fast your boat is you can tell them you've had it up to 55 (on the trailer)
Ha Ha 😄 Yeah... She's fast😉
Where do I purchase a nice Bimini Top like yours that can remain up while under full sail? I see them on so many Catalina 22s but no mention of where they came from.
I bought mine from a website called National Covers... Summerset CoolTech Fabric
72" LONG, FITS 85"- 90" WIDE
Color: Summer Sand
46" High Aluminum Bimini Frame
I had to saw a few inches off the frame at the bottom so it would clear the boom under full sail.
I need what you have on the front of the sliding pop top hatch? I nice piece of Teak to cover the front frayed edge of my sliding hatch. Is it custom made or a Catalina direct product?
It was on the boat when I got it. I took it off and refinished it. C.D. sells one but it shouldn't be too hard to make.
Hey, tell me about your mosquito net on the forward hatch. Did you design and make it?
Yeah, I made it. I made patterns with some old sheets and just kept adjusting till I got it right. I sewed a 3/8 rope around the bottom to help it lay flat against the deck.
Where did you get your mosquito net for your forward hatch?
I made it myself 😀
@@odysseyofjason very nice! Did you get the pattern from online? Or just did the whole thing by yourself? I really like the design! Good job
@@ProspectingMonkey No, it's an original design. I made a rough pattern with an old bed sheet and just kept adjusting it until it fit like I wanted. I have a 3/8" rope sewn into the bottom edge so it holds it's shape where it lays on deck.
@@odysseyofjason very cool I was thinking you used something to hold down like that. I must of studied it for like 10min and took screenshots. Good job!
do you raise the keel when you beach your boat like that
@@danyanitravels I have a wing keel so it doesn’t move. It only draws ~2.5ft. The bottom drops off into deep water just off the beach. It’s rare to find spots where this is possible.
Thanks for the video. I'm considering buying a Catalina 22 and am studying how to add a bimini. I see that yours sits on the jib traveler track. Do you find that this keeps you sometimes from being able to put the jib traveler where you'd like it? Is there anything you'd do differently if you could snap your fingers and have a different bimini configuration? Thanks!
I like it on the track because It's all the way at the outer edge and I can adjust it fore and aft. My biggest head sail is 135% so I never need to set my traveler that far back.
@@odysseyofjason Thanks! Yes, I like the idea of the widest bimini possible (the largest shaded area). Any chance you could point me to where to find the appropriate cars for the track? I've done some searching, but nothing I've seen yet has looked like it would work.
@@EricCarden These were on the boat when I got it. They’re just regular cars with what looks like a homemade teak adapter.
@@odysseyofjason Thanks. I decided I'd need to make my own cars, as the closest I've found to compatible cars are ones Catalina Direct sells. They say that they don't work with the "older" 22s with 15/16" tracks, though, and that's the track on my 1981 22. Any chance you know the width of your bimini? My jib tracks are ~85.5" apart, but it seems that every seller of biminis has the same set of widths, two of which are 79-84" and 85-90". The wider of these is the better fit, apparently, but I'd expect that wider also means needing to put it farther forward to avoid the boom/mainsheet. Thanks!
@@EricCarden My tracks are about 86 too. I got the wider one because my old Bimini was narrower and it made it difficult to go forward while the Bimini was up. The wider one leaves enough room to squeeze through. Here’s a link to a pic of my wood adapter on insta: instagram.com/p/CrWy4e0Li4f/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Hope this helps.
Jason, Nice video. What lake are you on? Im in Western NC, Keowee is the closest for me.
This is on Lake James, NC. You should check out Jocassee Lake due north of Keowee. You have to pay to launch and to park over night but it’s a beautiful lake with room to sail.
@@odysseyofjason Thanks. I have also heard of Jocassee but wasn't sure about launching sites. My son was there and said it was very clean. As I said, wasn't sure as I heard that there aren't any homes allowed on it , so didn't know how that affected the boating. Thanks again for your time. Jeff
@@zenbuilder8801 No homes = clean, clear water and lots of cool places to go ashore. The only place you can launch is from Devil's Fork State Park but they have 3 separate launch sites. One has 3 ramps and some super nice docks. The other 2 sites have 2 ramps each but no dock.
@@odysseyofjason Thanks you the reply. jeff
the "i burnt my finger cause i grabbed it like a dumbass" deserve a sub.
Thanks for the sub Jesse. Yeah, that reel started screaming and I tried to grab the line to snap it but it was 20 lb. braid 😑 Not very smart.
Cool video. I've started to take an interest in sailing myself but am a little more inland than I'd like. At the beginning I see you start the video with towing your boat. How far inland do you live from the water?
We're about 6 hours drive from the ocean. All the sailing on my channel (so far) is on inland lakes. We usually tow about 45 minutes to the nearest clean lake but we have towed 3 hours away before.
is youre boat a drop centerboard or winged keel ?
I have the Wing Keel. You can see it in the video at 8:30
Is that a 6 HP 4 Stroke HONDA motor? Is it a "long shaft"? Thanks!
what size motor you use on the dinghy?
Any small trolling motor will work. It doesn't take much to push that little boat. The oars work really good too as long as you're not trying to fish.
OK, 203 fans let's get Jason some more followers. Use terms like great Sailing videos and fishing videos and sailing North Carolina lakes and Catalina sailboats and weekend sailing and camping so the search bots rank him up and make him a popular sailing channel! Is that ok with you Odyssey of Jason?
👍Sounds like a plan 😄 If this thing takes off I'm taking off with it !!!🚀🌛
@@odysseyofjason sounds good! I know I am ready for more sailing adventure videos with campfire cooking! #morefishinfoil!
Catalina 22 is the boat I eventually want. Small enough to haul behind my vehicle, but big enough to sit or lay in the "cabin". Right now just shopping for a cheap sailing dinghy to take on the lakes by me.
6:29 Big epic music with a little rowing dinghy is pretty funny to me.