I absolutely love your sailing adventures. I am a 67 year old Aussie. I bought a 32ft steel hulled Roberts Spray schooner rigged yacht and absolutely loved living aboard her. I spent a fortune upgrading her to sail her from Darwin to the Philippines solo during covid. It would have been my very first sail of her, a very daunting task. Unfortunately I lost confidence and sold her and flew to the philippines, and I deeply regret parting with her. I will move heaven and earth to buy another yach and fulfil my dream of living the solo sailing life. You inspire me. God bless your adventures
I've now watched a few of your adventures and have to say, you and Sam Holmes are definitely my two favorite sailing channels. Real no bs sailing. Just pure sailing.
For all the sailing blogs I’ve watched, this is passage was the one that best shared what it was like to be in strong winds and an agitated sea state… wow. And yet, you were calm and focused on what needed to be done. Truly a powerful experience to share! Thanks!
Yep. I've been and seen those 'no back' waves that stand up like a point. Dad called them 'helliptical' waves.. they are usually at the points of land that jut out, like a peninsula.. or a crop of rocks off the coast.
Happy you guys made it out safety and without losing the boat . I’m extremely grateful that you shared your experience with such transparency and I’m sure all the sailors watching including myself have learned something from it. Fair winds and following seas
I reward myself with these stunning videos after a long day moored to a desk. Your rough passages get me through my own (if only I could face the big seas with such grace, skill, and good humor). Thank you, James!
This video was especially immersive with the clips showing the "mundane" routines like making coffee, reading, etc. Great atmospheric, long-form content. I like it! Would like to see more like this!
I was born and raised in the Philippines with a fisherman father and mom selling what ever he catches. I miss the sea, the smell, the waves, everything. I wish I can do it again.
That one didn't look like fun and downright spooky when you were trying to find the mooring balls at night. Well done, and I hope you got some well deserved rest at the end of it.
Loved this video. Love the sailing. Love the sounds of the wind and waves. Loved hearing about your thinking process of doing the sail. Looking forward to seeing how your girl fits into everything. Fair winds.
Man when those dolphins ride with you, made me cry with joy, theyre checking you out 😂, you are on the same journey for that moment. Incredible, heres to you James , what a journey🎉
Wonderful videography and narration as always James. You make it look so easy, but as a sailor myself I know that it is far from being so. You’re at the top of your game buddy.
Hello Bro, I always wondered have you ever seen anything strange while sailing in those big oceans. Its only you and a wide body of water. I can only imagine things you might have questioned (strange lights etc.) 💯💯
James, you are the definition of determination. Thank to you and a handful of others sailors, I’m following my dream too. I will be splashing next month.
Your videos are always delightful! It is astonishing how well you handle everything the sea throws at you, quite literally at times. And the fact that pods of dolphins hang out with you as often as they do is extremely endearing. Well done, you! 🙌🐬⛵
Congratulations…not many overseas yachts choose to come down the west coast….into my home town too…New Plymouth….Looks like our magnificent mountain did not show its face when you went up parititu rock………Well done ..Great video
I only got a chance to see Taranaki from a distance. At the end of my cruise of the Marlborough Sounds on a very clear day while transiting Stephens Pass I could see the great mountain clearly in the distance all the way from D’Urville Island
Wow... you really have something good going on here James. So calming and peaceful especially the intro music. Not sure what you did prior to all this sailing, but whatever it was, I am sure that you made the right decision to change it up and go sailing. No way that this could ever be the wrong thing.
I was an Arthandler working for the biggest galleries, museums and celebrities in the world installing priceless works of art. The life I live now is far more rewarding that’s for sure.
Such a pity you were in New Plymouth on such cloudy weather. The view you missed of Mt. Taranaki would have been something everyone would have enjoyed. I'm not surprised at the Cook Straight part though. It's mostly nasty there. You could have stopped at Whanganui. Once you get over the bar, the port gives you great shelter and a trip up the river on a jet boat would have really opened your eyes. It's so gorgeous there. ( My home town so not biased at all )
Its so cool watching you sail around all the places I sailed around as a kid in NZ James. I did wonder what you were on about when you implied you were in Cook Strait just after rounding Cape Egmont.. I was like, nah, he'll find Cook Strait eventually. And you did hehe.. Good work getting into D'Urville in the dark. Love your content.
I have done a few sea miles, both the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Even in the lovely patch south of Stewart Island, but the Tasman, she can be like a surly teenager. Throw in words like petulant and fiery, all in the same afternoon. Mates have sat in the quadrant Cape Egmont, Farewell Spit and Kapiti Island - they sat head to win. The shallow depth and oddball waves created their own weird motion... A wonderful adventure for you.
Thx for sharing your trip with your boat. I really enjoy it. I plan to do it to, hey we got just one life to live. What an adventure! By the way you have all to be a sealler, the knowledge, the boat, the look and the boat.
James that was an excellent episode! I have enjoyed it a lot! I have kind of figured out how you have set up your boom preventer lines. Maybe you can explain it in a future episode? Stay safe
I have explained it in the past, I think I explain it on this video : Details of a Sea Voyage; Sailor James Discusses Various Topics While On An Ocean Passage ua-cam.com/video/ovu0wKpSpqI/v-deo.html
I love these videos and wish I had the courage and resources to just set out and go where the wind takes me! Watching you walk up and down the boat while roped in, have you ever fallen over board where that has saved your life?
What a trip. Thanks for sharing a most enjoyable passage..including Cook Strait! It’s neat to see you going about reefing, adjusting lines etc….real stuff.
😂 You thought NPL was a safe refuge for a yacht! Nice that you had a good stop anyway. Great to see a foreign yachtie cruising my stamping ground. Best vid I've seen of NZ coastal sailing! Thanks man!
Hi James. THANK YOU for all your videos man, experiences and perceptions you share. No bullshit just sailing .. like Erik Andreaa. I also follow his journeys with interest. Good wind and cross fingers to you sailor.
Great video, James - an epic passage, well done and good job sharing. Loved it, as usual! You go along so well alone, but I'm eagerly looking forward to the future vids with Rhonda.
I would like to see a video on how you solo ancher and catch a mooring ball . I think that would be interesting. Especially for us soon to be solo sailors..
I wanna thank you for all the great videos. I love the ocean, but deathly afraid of it. If that makes sense. Maybe someday you can explain all your tattoos & what made you choose them.
Bro that footage of the gnarly sea at around 45 minutes... RADICAL kid.. Seriously Nat Geo should literally hire you, equip you to the gills so you could take us across the globe and everywhere in between... THOUGH YOU ARE DOING JUST THAT in that Alberg!!!! That boat is impressive, though the Captain makes her shine.
Dude, that last section of the passage was so much more brutal than it shows on the video, much of the hell was in the dark and couldn’t really be filmed. Gnarly passage for sure
I lol at the scenes where one minute you were laughing and marveling at the big waves then cut to next scene when your hair was all over and you were soaked by said waves. 😅
great vid thanks James you were lucky with the weather they don't call it the Wild West Coast for nothing you had calm sea for that part of New Zealand ive been in 5 to 6 metre sea down there
Fortress, huh? For a spare, I guess? Wait, is that a Mantus for the main anchor? Damn, we have the same setup. And my ELAN 295 is practically the same size. : )
Why do you tie ropes around the steering “stick” (sorry don’t know the term), in the rougher seas? It is attached to the rudder…(?). So is it to keep the rudder stable? Beautiful video. One of your best. You and your boat seem well integrated. And part of the sea. Seems very real…
I absolutely love your sailing adventures. I am a 67 year old Aussie. I bought a 32ft steel hulled Roberts Spray schooner rigged yacht and absolutely loved living aboard her. I spent a fortune upgrading her to sail her from Darwin to the Philippines solo during covid. It would have been my very first sail of her, a very daunting task. Unfortunately I lost confidence and sold her and flew to the philippines, and I deeply regret parting with her. I will move heaven and earth to buy another yach and fulfil my dream of living the solo sailing life. You inspire me. God bless your adventures
Hi do you have videos about your journey?
Great video thanks for not ruining it with bad music. Good narrative very interesting and enjoyable sailing
I've now watched a few of your adventures and have to say, you and Sam Holmes are definitely my two favorite sailing channels. Real no bs sailing. Just pure sailing.
Sam bought his first boat a few slips from Triteia back when we both lived in LA
For all the sailing blogs I’ve watched, this is passage was the one that best shared what it was like to be in strong winds and an agitated sea state… wow. And yet, you were calm and focused on what needed to be done. Truly a powerful experience to share! Thanks!
Thanks 🙏🏻
Planning on sailing Bay of Islands to Dunedin. Which coast is a big decision. Why did you choose west rather than east?
He gave an explanation of his choice in previous video
James, I love these long films. Thanks, for all the hours of entertainment and distraction.
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏🏻
Ah. The mighty Cook Straight. Hell in high water.
That strait kicked my ass 3 different times 😂
Can't wait to hear all the juicy details@@SailorJames
You're so awesome James!! @@SailorJames
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Yep.
I've been and seen those 'no back' waves that stand up like a point.
Dad called them 'helliptical' waves..
they are usually at the points of land that jut out, like a peninsula..
or a crop of rocks off the coast.
Happy you guys made it out safety and without losing the boat . I’m extremely grateful that you shared your experience with such transparency and I’m sure all the sailors watching including myself have learned something from it.
Fair winds and following seas
It was a wild and hairy ride for sure , one I hope to never relive
I reward myself with these stunning videos after a long day moored to a desk. Your rough passages get me through my own (if only I could face the big seas with such grace, skill, and good humor). Thank you, James!
This type of “Type 2” fun is waiting for you too once you are able to slip the lines from the desk 😂
This video was especially immersive with the clips showing the "mundane" routines like making coffee, reading, etc. Great atmospheric, long-form content. I like it! Would like to see more like this!
Thoroughly enjoy watching your videos, great sailing , calm, organised, showing what real sailing is about.
Thanks so much
Man that stretch can get hectic. Enjoy the south Island, it's amazing
Yeah Cook Strait kicked my ass 3 different times
I was born and raised in the Philippines with a fisherman father and mom selling what ever he catches. I miss the sea, the smell, the waves, everything. I wish I can do it again.
That one didn't look like fun and downright spooky when you were trying to find the mooring balls at night. Well done, and I hope you got some well deserved rest at the end of it.
Yeah I drove around for an hour, totally impossible and spooky for sure
A real piece when shorthanded@@SailorJames
This is the only sailing channel that doesn't make me dizzy. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Much appreciated.
Great episode James...have done that passage and it's not to be sneezed at...exciting aye!
Expertly navigating the seas once again. Thanks for taking us with you. What a wild ride!!
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Loved this video. Love the sailing. Love the sounds of the wind and waves. Loved hearing about your thinking process of doing the sail. Looking forward to seeing how your girl fits into everything. Fair winds.
Thanks 🙏🏻 glad you enjoyed it
Man when those dolphins ride with you, made me cry with joy, theyre checking you out 😂, you are on the same journey for that moment. Incredible, heres to you James , what a journey🎉
And that's a nice day crossing Cook Strait. Cheers for MS Matakana.
Your not afraid to sail your boat!
BEAUTIFUL beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful
Thankyou Captain James
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Wonderful videography and narration as always James. You make it look so easy, but as a sailor myself I know that it is far from being so. You’re at the top of your game buddy.
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Outstanding photography may made me feel like i'm in the boat with you. Good job.
truly a joy to watch and listen - a human being really really real and connected ... so appreciated - bless you and thank you :)
The dolphins riding the bow pressure was so cool!!
Hello Bro, I always wondered have you ever seen anything strange while sailing in those big oceans. Its only you and a wide body of water. I can only imagine things you might have questioned (strange lights etc.) 💯💯
Nope 👍🏻
What a ride! Majestic! Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷.
James, you are the definition of determination. Thank to you and a handful of others sailors, I’m following my dream too. I will be splashing next month.
Congratulations! Hold Fast!
Hello James just like to tell you that me and my wife Kelly love your show. Keep up the good work brother. 😊
Thank you for this kind message 🙏🏻 I appreciate it 🙏🏻
You are amazing what a wonderful life the moon was the perfect ending to an incredible video❤
Following the footsteps of great navigators!!
Good times 🎉 boat is looking dialed in
Mr james .you are a great sailor.god bless you .e love you and your courage
Amazing long video ! Thank you !
Great passage in challenging conditions. Well earned rest.
Hi James! 👋🏽
Blessings to you on the open sea! 🌊🌊🌊🐟***✨
Glad you have made it to Durville one of my favorite places. Enjoy all the fat Blue Cod.
D’Urville was the crown jewel of the sounds
I learned to sail at New Plymouth. The Tasman sea can get very tricky. The climb up Paratutu is worth the trek up. Safe sailing.
Thanks for sharing your adventures!!! Much appreciated!
Dude, you're awesome. Thank you for this incredible content.
Your videos are always delightful! It is astonishing how well you handle everything the sea throws at you, quite literally at times. And the fact that pods of dolphins hang out with you as often as they do is extremely endearing. Well done, you! 🙌🐬⛵
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love the long form videos, amazing stuff bro
Congratulations…not many overseas yachts choose to come down the west coast….into my home town too…New Plymouth….Looks like our magnificent mountain did not show its face when you went up parititu rock………Well done ..Great video
I only got a chance to see Taranaki from a distance. At the end of my cruise of the Marlborough Sounds on a very clear day while transiting Stephens Pass I could see the great mountain clearly in the distance all the way from D’Urville Island
I luv this video. Alot of ocean footage 😊
I agree with zenunla... Your best passage video to date... Cook straight does sort the men from the boys alright...
Wow... you really have something good going on here James. So calming and peaceful especially the intro music. Not sure what you did prior to all this sailing, but whatever it was, I am sure that you made the right decision to change it up and go sailing. No way that this could ever be the wrong thing.
I was an Arthandler working for the biggest galleries, museums and celebrities in the world installing priceless works of art. The life I live now is far more rewarding that’s for sure.
@@SailorJames ....good decision for sure. Art is nice but seeing the world is next level.
I remember a year ago when you limped into NZ without a motor and had to be towed into dock, narly times indeed !!!
I love watching you sail with your calm demeanor, your great! 😊
Your intro music is my personal therapy setting the mood for the rest of the day. :)
Thank you again for everything you show to us.
Thanks 🙏🏻
Such a pity you were in New Plymouth on such cloudy weather. The view you missed of Mt. Taranaki would have been something everyone would have enjoyed. I'm not surprised at the Cook Straight part though. It's mostly nasty there. You could have stopped at Whanganui. Once you get over the bar, the port gives you great shelter and a trip up the river on a jet boat would have really opened your eyes. It's so gorgeous there. ( My home town so not biased at all )
Your videos are always so amazing, I'm glad I can like and support your content.
Thanks 🙏🏻
Its so cool watching you sail around all the places I sailed around as a kid in NZ James. I did wonder what you were on about when you implied you were in Cook Strait just after rounding Cape Egmont.. I was like, nah, he'll find Cook Strait eventually. And you did hehe.. Good work getting into D'Urville in the dark. Love your content.
Yeah it kicked my ass 3 different times before leaving NZ
Cheers another epic chapter in triteia’s sailing journey!
It's always great to see you sailing! That scene with the dolphins was magical, what a memory.
I have done a few sea miles, both the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Even in the lovely patch south of Stewart Island, but the Tasman, she can be like a surly teenager. Throw in words like petulant and fiery, all in the same afternoon. Mates have sat in the quadrant Cape Egmont, Farewell Spit and Kapiti Island - they sat head to win. The shallow depth and oddball waves created their own weird motion... A wonderful adventure for you.
The waves where unlike anything I have experienced…. Like square waves that smash you like a hammer
You are extremely awesome! Love your channel.
Great stuff, James. Plotting your pit stops on google maps...keep being brilliant!
Thx for sharing your trip with your boat. I really enjoy it. I plan to do it to, hey we got just one life to live. What an adventure! By the way you have all to be a sealler, the knowledge, the boat, the look and the boat.
Love this being a Kiwi revisiting places i have not been to for many years
Those dolphins were bringing you in. That was epic. Safe travels, homie!
Fabulous footage James. Thanks for taking us there. Wonderful escapism 🤘🤘
Great videography and story telling. I really felt like you took us along for the adventure. Thanks for sharing.
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Great video!!!
Hi James,
I like your conversations. Very rough seas, indeed. Have a nice journey! 🐬🐬
Thanks!
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Glad to see you & the boat hanging in.Watching the night sequence,I feel like a horse with blinkers...very scary.
I picked up the different sound from your position and the wind and white caps in the distance! Thank you. Safe sailing!
Thanks for showing that at the Cape
James that was an excellent episode! I have enjoyed it a lot! I have kind of figured out how you have set up your boom preventer lines. Maybe you can explain it in a future episode? Stay safe
I have explained it in the past, I think I explain it on this video : Details of a Sea Voyage; Sailor James Discusses Various Topics While On An Ocean Passage
ua-cam.com/video/ovu0wKpSpqI/v-deo.html
@@SailorJames Super. Thanks James.
Rattle control & my pockets full of water > Thats real sailing . Well done on the trip down the west coast , Can get worse .
I love these videos and wish I had the courage and resources to just set out and go where the wind takes me! Watching you walk up and down the boat while roped in, have you ever fallen over board where that has saved your life?
No I haven’t fallen overboard. I take great care to stay on the boat
What a trip. Thanks for sharing a most enjoyable passage..including Cook Strait! It’s neat to see you going about reefing, adjusting lines etc….real stuff.
Thanks 🙏🏻
😂 You thought NPL was a safe refuge for a yacht! Nice that you had a good stop anyway. Great to see a foreign yachtie cruising my stamping ground. Best vid I've seen of NZ coastal sailing! Thanks man!
It is the only safe harbor.
That was a cool looking hike up that cliff, certainly pay attention on the way down eh, what a view ✌️
Super sketchy coming down for sure
Wonderful trip!❤
Hi James. THANK YOU for all your videos man, experiences and perceptions you share. No bullshit just sailing .. like Erik Andreaa. I also follow his journeys with interest. Good wind and cross fingers to you sailor.
Better than being there! I'm thinking about how much I would have spent on Dramamine.🙃
😂😂😂 thanks 🙏🏻
Well done James. Good effort. Looking forward to the cook straight crossing. keep up the good work. SV Kiwi Lady Opua Bay of islands New Zealand 👍🏿
This was amazing, thanks for sharing and I hope this became another video with more than a million views! Regards from Argentina.
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Fantastic video. 🤙🖖✌️
Great video, James - an epic passage, well done and good job sharing. Loved it, as usual! You go along so well alone, but I'm eagerly looking forward to the future vids with Rhonda.
Her episodes start March 29th!
Fantastic passage video James!
Great sailing Cap’n!
Enjoyed that lots. Thankyou.
Very competent sailing.
I would like to see a video on how you solo ancher and catch a mooring ball . I think that would be interesting. Especially for us soon to be solo sailors..
I wanna thank you for all the great videos. I love the ocean, but deathly afraid of it. If that makes sense. Maybe someday you can explain all your tattoos & what made you choose them.
Great journey!
Great video James... always inspired by your seafaring ways :) Thanks for the vids!
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Bro that footage of the gnarly sea at around 45 minutes... RADICAL kid.. Seriously Nat Geo should literally hire you, equip you to the gills so you could take us across the globe and everywhere in between... THOUGH YOU ARE DOING JUST THAT in that Alberg!!!! That boat is impressive, though the Captain makes her shine.
Dude, that last section of the passage was so much more brutal than it shows on the video, much of the hell was in the dark and couldn’t really be filmed. Gnarly passage for sure
Such a great video, loved this one
I lol at the scenes where one minute you were laughing and marveling at the big waves then cut to next scene when your hair was all over and you were soaked by said waves. 😅
Can you show it on the chart where you are from time to time great video
I do on some videos but not all because it doesn’t always visually fit with the film
Welcome to the Roaring 40's!
great vid thanks James you were lucky with the weather they don't call it the Wild West Coast for nothing you had calm sea for that part of New Zealand ive been in 5 to 6 metre sea down there
It wasn’t luck, I went on a good weather window as any responsible Captain would.
@@SailorJames sure what ever mate you got lucky ask any one that knows that sea you don't
Bro, it’s not luck when you just plan ahead and WAIT for the right weather window
Nice work setting up those shots going up that rock
It was such a wild trail it was the only way I knew how to capture it !
Fortress, huh? For a spare, I guess? Wait, is that a Mantus for the main anchor? Damn, we have the same setup. And my ELAN 295 is practically the same size. : )
Very enjoyable
Why do you tie ropes around the steering “stick” (sorry don’t know the term), in the rougher seas? It is attached to the rudder…(?). So is it to keep the rudder stable? Beautiful video. One of your best. You and your boat seem well integrated. And part of the sea. Seems very real…
Sometimes I do
So "lucked out" is a good thing?
Pretty cool to hear the weka calling out from the land as you were coming into harbour in the dark at the end.