Exploring The Cove Captian Cook Spent The Most Time In In New Zealand
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- Опубліковано 24 бер 2024
- Episode 351 : Season 11 : The South Island of New Zealand - Aotearoa
Hello Friends,
On this episode I explore Meretoto / Ship Cove and try to image Captain Cook sailing into the bay and anchoring The Endeavour and the Resolution for repair and replenishment.
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Loved loved the way you read Cooks log and then showed us the places and paths and jungle in real time! Thats why yours is the channel i watch and live vicariously through. Please keep doing what you do and thanks for taking the time. Safe travels.
I was born and breed close to the Marlborough Sounds and played there in my youth, fishing, hunting, boating etc, the bird song from the Tui and bellbirds put a tear in my eyes as I now live in China, thanks for the footage it sure make one homesick 😢😊
The bird song in NZ is a magical experience!
@@SailorJamesin Cooks time it was several times more intense. Can you imagine that!!
Unfortunately there was a massive extinction period once cats, stoats, weasels and the like established.
The birds song is BEAUTIFUL! You have really brightened up my evening as I'm painting a room in my new house while watching your adventures. Thank you James.
The sounds were out of this world !!!
Mate, your videos have this beautiful relaxing ambiance from "Hello friends" to your end titles. Please don't ever lose that.
I've been to the sounds many times and can confirm - it's awe inspiring! You think you've seen it all, then you turn a corner and it gets even better.
James you have become an amazing storyteller and I love your passion for history . I just want to thank you for great job you do of sharing your epic journey with us week after week!! 🙏
Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you for taking us with you. Your sailing channel is one of the best, and I very much respect your attitude towards nature, locals, and history of the places you visit. Wishing you all the best!
Thank you 🙏🏻
James, This upload hit hard. The intro was sick!!! That sunrise looked like a Vermeer painting. Your explication of Cook's adventures in Aotearoa , the surreal beauty of the scene, and most importantly your comments on being present in the moment allowed all of us to be in the moment with you. TY
Thanks 🙏🏻 glad you enjoyed it !
Wow James the bird singing in that last cove was amazing!!!! For sure you will love sailing in Norway. Countless protected, coves, bays, inlets with beautiful coastlines and nature with high mountans and forests. I'm sailing there this coming May. Thanks for the video, stay safe
i get the feeling James, i would love to visit cooks cove. I was away last week by the sea with the Mrs and dog, we were up in a place called Whitby, close by is a village by the sea we love to visit called staithes. This is where Cook learnt his sea trade as a child. fun fact, hope all is well.
The ambient sounds are SO beautiful floating in my ears to my soul.
The topography is exquisite.
Ty James
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12:04 and that slow, peaceful swing-around. That is a MOMENT.
Hey James thanks for another great episode mate! Cheers for the history about captain James Cook and the locals. Always love watching your adventures mate!
Nothing like the sounds of the tui sending out good vibrations cheers brother
I love them
Oh man, that mooring looks so chill. Pure contentment right there
Wow! Thanks James, for sharing your adventures!
Cheers from Southern California USA 🇺🇸 ❤
Loved this one having wonderful memories of where you were. You captured the moment perfectly when you hooked onto the mooring, turned off the engine and there was just peace and clam a feeling I miss now im boat less.
Marlborough Sounds is a very special place !
seen this twice now, I like your narration James, it's beautiful their
Your journey has inspired me to read Farther Than Any Man, the Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook, I found it in my local library, should be a fun read.
Captain Cook was an incredible navigator, cartographer and Captain
One of favorites, you've made so far, certainly feel your excitement, what an awesome looking area ✌️
Love all the bird calls!
Yaye! The Capt Cook references,done a little reading about him, his journals & his passing. A "local custom" - that cracked me up. I read one translation for Meretoto was- Bloody Mere (a weapon) god knows what they did to piss those people off , they didnt live to say. Easy to picture a tall ship in the 1700s in that 100% uncivilized area, Gorgeous! The birds - whoaa. Thanks as always~
When I lived on a sailboat as a kid we visited Nootka Sound on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island where Cook landed in 1778. Cpt. Cook really got around!
He certainly did !!!!
Thanks to Tupaia the true Captain. Our people have been navigating the ocean for thousands of years before… Tupaia showed Cook the way. Captain cook and his crew were disrespectful in most there visits, is the reason why the Hawaiians killed him.
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Another great vid James. Followed you from the beginning. You have been the inspiration for me, finding my 30 footer. And I’m preparing the boat to leave the UK on my world tour in June 25. You’ve been inspiration and I have learnt so much. Be safe.
Hell yeah, YOU GOT THIS!!!
@@SailorJames❤🙏🏻
Your videos provide my retirement inspiration with our 2011 54 Amel Ketch.
Soon my friend, we might just be tying up alongside and enjoying the morning birdsong with you.
Wishing you fair winds and the free will to follow them. ✌️ ⛵️
INCREDIBLE sounds & scenery, am putting that one at the TOP of my bucket list !!! THANX James.
It is a really incredible place !
Good Nz morning James. Just up from Cooks Cove, north of the monument, is a great place for blue cod. You would have been in the Challenger East Fishing zone there, which allows 2 fish per fisherman, @ 33cm minimum length. By now, you would know the Maori word is, kai-moana. Food of the ocean. Of course the secret to success, is that the baited hook needs to be in the water. Sorry kiwi humour there mate. You mentioned about the the inlets and coves in the sounds, ; fun fact for you...the Marlborough Sounds represents 16% of Nz coastline. Enjoy your time there. Keep an eye open looking for Hectors Dolphins. There used to be a pod of 5-6 that showed up in Queen Charlotte Sound, back in the day. They used to hang around my boat, on odd occasions. Yes they came up the East coastline of the South Island, every so often. Talk to the locals, they will verify their location, if they are indeed around there. Anyway welcome to Marlborough Sounds. "Life moves at the pace that God intended. Yes..5-7 knots." Enjoy.
I have a mooring on porira harbor you can use. Its inspected, but you probably can only get in on high tide
One of the most amazing experiences I have had was sailing into Dusky Sound on a tall ship and stopping at Pickersgill Harbour where the Resolution stopped for 5 weeks in 1773. Even as someone who doesn't usually appreciate the 'time travel aspect' of geographic history, the feeling of awe was inescapable.
😅I too sailed into pickergill houbour in 2001:
Very easy to catch blew cod.
Much of my book Resolution was inspired from my South island circumnavigation.
Just need a few snow capped mountains, just an awesome place, thank you for sharing. 🙏
It's a bit early for snow here. Still early Autumn
Haven't read all 162 comments on this vid yet but if noone has already... Thank you James for using the Māori names for the places you visit, and not only attempting, but pretty much nailing the pronunciation 🤘🤘 its a big deal, my friend, appreciate it. Sorry we missed you in Whitianga, hope to catch you there next time. Aroha Nui, nga mihi 💚🥝🇳🇿
Kia Ora, thank you I do my best to pay respect to the native peoples of the lands I visit 🙏🏻
Lots of memories here. Thankyou. 14:44
Hello from Russia, James! Thanks for your videos! 👍
As a kiwi now living in the US, one of the things I miss most about home is the bird song so thanks for sharing this
It’s really remarkable
Nothing sounds more NZ than the Tui's singing. I live in South America and the audio in this video alone takes me home.
I'm so enjoying your videos. Thank you for allowing us to travel with you!
You have a good life sailing l wish you the best of luck with the sailing trip Thank you for your videos. Mate
Absolutely gorgeous!
Another wonderful spot...
Triteia likes it there James. She wants to go back after you get her tiller fixed. Listen to the lady.
Triteia prefers to always see new places
Just simply W O W
That morning at 14:20, beautiful coffee moment.
I'd trade places with you in a heartbeat, you wouldn't do the same, and I definitely wouldn't blame you. Heard from Sam H. lately?
Awesome place , beautiful ❤great video , cheers James 🙏
I was just thinking about how disciplined Capt Cooke must have been to write down so much detail in his diary. BUT, in a real sense you are doing the same thing - your diary is video and your recordings are, in many respects, better.
He kept is crew disciplined too. Part of the reason why his voyages were successful
My GG+5 was named Tupaea after the original on Cooks endeavour. My Tupaea was born circa 1810 and was originally of the society islands. His home was Tuhua an island off Tauranga in the Nth Island.
Another amazing video James. You've made my day watching the new content.
Love your real perspective of your journeys. 👏
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Santa Cruz is beautiful but I’m all about my hometown San Gregorio 20 miles north 👍🏻
Really enjoyed the video! It was pretty serene...with the songbirds lulling me to a peaceful nod:)
Truly wonderful.
You do a great job James. Watching from Orlando, Florida.
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Love your videos man. I'm working towards realizing my own sailing adventure and watching your journey has been incredibly inspiring. Cheers from Texas.
So peaceful.
Awesome video cool place stay safe
Looks amazing
Great video!
A beautiful experience, cruising through paradise in your able and thought provoking company! SkipRay, Kerry, Ireland.
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Thanks
And how cool is it to think that just about anywhere you go around Queen Charlotte sound looks just like it did back in captain Cook’s day! What a treasure that place is!!!
Absolutely
Sadly, most of what you see is relatively young regenerating forest after most of it was cleared to make way for farming and forestry in the pioneering days. Pockets of old growth still exist, often in the valleys that avoided being burnt and cleared.Massive efforts are being put into reestablishing native forest in the sounds though, through pest control and wilding pine control, to allow native birds and forest to return. You can see the evidence of this in this video, if you look closely you can see the remains of large dead pine trees have been killed to allow the native forest to return, as the pines out compete native species. By the sounds of the morning bird chorus in this video, it seems to be working.
Thanks!
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"....or else you might end up becoming a drum stick" 🤣
Are mooring balls first- come- first- served?
13:47 - WOW! And you had it all to yourself!
If you belong to one of the clubs yes they are first come first served but you are required to let other club members raft up.
Beautiful sun rise and the bird song amazing great history narration cheers mate ❤
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I actually LOLed at the fuck around and find out part. Great!
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Your description of the various bays, moorings and anchorages is really good. I know your time is pretty taken up but you'd be doing a great service and leaving a legacy trail if you could input them to the Navily App.
Just thinking 😊
There is plenty of info about all the places I visit 👍🏻
Cockle cove is got to be my favorite in Queen Charlotte Sound, so sheltered from all directions. Cheers
Remember to respect the locals good advice James.
Can't wait for you to eventually cruise in SE Asia. Am living in Thailand by the ocean and look forward to videos during your eventual travels around my part of the world
Slowly working my way there
FAFO, a tale as old as time! 😂
Your in my home grounds , Not bad ah .
Stunning scenery and ambiance, magic. Perhaps treat your Yacht to a new flag 😅
You can’t just buy an American flag anywhere
My old man bought his Stewart 34 from the estate of the old Waikawa lighthouse keeper. One of my best memmories as a kid was sailing it back to Nelson with him through the Sounds. I bumped into you briefly on the Maitai walkway in Nelson, just before you guys were about to leave. Hope the crossing went well. I snuck a peek at Tritea in the marina as we motored out. She's a beauty!
Crossing went great 👍🏻 cruising Australia currently.
Looks like our visitor likes the long white cloud lands ?
Try and get a piece of Pohutukawa to make a tiller handle from. It's traditional waka wood used by sea fairing Maori. Try and get it blessed by a Maori elder too. Just a suggestion.
unbelievably beautiful, and I live in Hawaii.....
Love watching you motor into little coves and places. -- QUESTION -- How far can you motor and how large is your fuel tank? Could you increase its size?
I can carry enough fuel to motor for 70hours , no need to increase its size because it’s a sailboat and not a motor boat 👍🏻
Love your adventures, this chapter was peaceful and you seem calm and happy. Somehow I missed your Starlink install? A recap of the install and your perception of how well (or not) it works will be interesting if you ever do it. Thanks for sharing!
Starlink is no different than a cell phone , I didn’t do an install video and don’t see any need to make a video about it 👍🏻
Fair enough. I hope it works for you and helps you share your incredible life with your many fans.@@SailorJames
Another nice video. Thank you.
Are you still using your rudder repair from Hawaii? I thought that your plan was to make a temporary fix until you could rebuild an entire new rudder...
The rudder repair is perfect
It is like being on a lake
Imagine that landscape 1000 years ago with 7-8 foot Moa birds that weighed 500 pounds walking the forest fringes and the Haast eagle that fed on them and was was the biggest eagle that ever lived with a 10-11 foot wingspan.... Long gone but still some beuatiful bird song to be heard. Very special.
I always tried to imagine those eagles overhead and Moas onshore !!!!
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Hi Cap! I was checking out the OCC...as you always show their Burgie....their fleet map has you in Hawaii?????
They are rather outdated on the digital front 😂
I live close by and first time I've heard it called "Meretoto".
I always try and use the Native names first before the English names of bays as a sign of respect for the native people. I did this all over Hawaii as well.
@@SailorJames That is a good practice to have. There is an obvious transition happening to revert to the original names in New Zealand. I have had to relearn many place names but also trees and animals. It is a process and takes some time. Thank you for contributing to my learning. Nga mihi.
James, how do you leave these places? Must be so hard.......... I wouldn't leave and while my life away just being part of this utopia!
I love to see new places, find out what’s just around the next corner, l love to wander
a drumstick 🤣🤣
Chomp chomp
I’m going to have to do some reading on Captain Cook. I’ve been getting back into reading and developing a bit of a nautical themed library. Any recommendations?
Trial of the Cannibal Dog is the best book I have read on Cook, and I have read maybe 5 books on him
I'll definitely find a copy! Thanks man.
'Blue Latitudes' by Tony Horwitz
Now you know why they filmed Lord of the rings there. I stopped with friends from mount manganui and when I stepped outside for a few moments I couldn't believe the how clear I could see our stars and galaxies.
New Zealand is full of magic and wonder !!!!
James, I know it's none of my business, but I was wondering if you think you would have sailed this far if you were still with the girl you broke up with back in SoCal?
I really love your videos and look up to your accomplishments.
That’s an absurd question
Are you going around Stewart island?
No, wasn’t enough time to head further south
You might end up becoming a drumstick! LOL Beer right through my nose!
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@@SailorJamesLove your show man. I'm doing this when I retire.
Time for a new American Flag brother! Thanks for sharing!
Not an easy thing to find in a country and isn’t America. And cruisers don’t have mailing addresses so you can’t just order one
@@SailorJamesI understand, I would send you one if there was a way to get it to you. What size is your flag? I will look for them.
What do you do by yourself all the time
I go see beautiful things.
Can you explain to me why many bays are called "sound"? I can't translate it and understand it. If I write to the translator: Queen Charlotte Sound, then I get a translation into Russian: Queen Charlotte Bay.
A Sound is a type of bay 👍🏻
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_(geography)
@@patrickfitzoot Oh! Thank you very much! The meaning of the word SOUND in this meaning lies deep in the past :)) Now everything has become clear! Thanks again!
@@patrickfitzoot The translator did not give me a single, even indirectly similar, meaning of this word. And apparently I couldn't make a correct request on the Internet...
Are captain Cook and captain Hook brothers?
Yes.
If you find your self at Havelock, you've gone too far... :)
Don’t know what that even means
Wow! -- QUESTION -- I have a theory about what you are doing. I suspect that had you not purchased that sailboat and gone on this world adventure and had stayed "home", that you would not have even one single dollar more in money than you do now and that you would not be as healthy and satisfied. In fact, you will probably be better off financially at the end of this trip (let's hope it doesn't end) than had you not gone. Sort of weird to think about, but often those that don't take a big risk and play it "safe" end up worse off. To conclude, I see no downside to what you are doing. None. And huge upside.
Life on a boat is much cheaper than life on land 👍🏻
The only downside to watching this video is now I need to start reading up on Captain Cook. Per chance you named after him?
No, I was named after my Grandpa
should be catching fish
I fished and none bit
going down the west side of NZ or too dangerous?
I went down the west side to Marlborough Sounds
how about to fiordland? @@SailorJames
the broken tiller video was scary watching it!! i bought a little 22ft boat to get started but hope to be as good as you one day James, i cant wait to get out there!!