Why We Sail--"Escape the Neighborhood"

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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    Resolution in the face of hardship, calm in the eye of the storm, and a beer opener that works. These attributes I commend to all of us, especially when the wind rises to 5.5 knots.

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  • @peeterleppik1845
    @peeterleppik1845 3 роки тому +13

    love your vids, so ordered Rarotonga. Best fiction read I have held up in years and suits my sailing inclination just fine. Thanks!

  • @pearlyshells2430
    @pearlyshells2430 3 роки тому +39

    yeaaaaaaaaaaaa...........my sailing philosopher is back........the world still turns.

    • @sundaynightdrunk
      @sundaynightdrunk 3 роки тому +2

      I have to admit I thought about this gentleman a lot in the last year. Was he sailing to Hawaii? Was he staying home, wherever that may be? He's like a grandpa (and I'm too old to have one of those) that pops into my mind once in a while.

  • @chrislubas7445
    @chrislubas7445 3 роки тому +25

    I don't even sail but I love to come along for the wit and good vibes.

  • @SVZonda
    @SVZonda 3 роки тому +14

    Welcome again to the World of Jazz, tools and sailing with a Master of the written Word and Fable!!
    All the best Richard.

  • @bmcelhan4543
    @bmcelhan4543 3 роки тому +3

    Your videos are always a joy to watch. Wonderful voice overs with an excellent music choice make for quite then pair. One of the few times the youtube algorithm really did it's job.

  • @andreasreichenberg4276
    @andreasreichenberg4276 3 роки тому +28

    The number one of sailing poetry.

  • @beesea7065
    @beesea7065 3 роки тому +7

    Sir, Your wit leaves me in stitches! Your lifetime of sailing knowledge has made its way to my boat and I thank you for it. I anxiously look forward to every video you grace with world with. Good health to you.

  • @alexmorgan3435
    @alexmorgan3435 3 роки тому +9

    Just the tonic for a lazy sunday winter's evening.Thank you.

  • @cmoreoverland6739
    @cmoreoverland6739 3 роки тому +41

    Listening to your "Alone Together" now. Haven't sailed in 30 years but have recently spent my covid time studying the proposition of soloing or, more accurately, meandering around the globe over the next decade. You are inspiring.

    • @diyoregonnowtexas9202
      @diyoregonnowtexas9202 3 роки тому +1

      Exactly my position. Havent sailed in 30 years and seriously considering it again. Studying up and calculating. My thoughts are from Oregon to San Francisco,Hawaii,Alaska, Oregon. Quite a way to go, though before I could be ready for that. I'll try to get into some sailing lessons this summer for starters and meet sailors who will invite me along for some sailing. Then get my own boat.

    • @cmoreoverland6739
      @cmoreoverland6739 3 роки тому +1

      @@diyoregonnowtexas9202 When you get to SF let me know and you'll have crew the rest of the way.

    • @JLK-cv1ze
      @JLK-cv1ze 3 роки тому +3

      @DIY Oregon. That's funny, here for the same! I have not sailed for 20 years and are also seriously considering getting back on the oceans. I used to sail a 28 foot sailboat on the Baltic sea around the beautiful small island of Bornholm. Now living in Indiana and unfortunately too far from the ocean.
      I like the story telling calm atmosphere of C. Williams and was happy to see the notification today on a new video from him. Keep them coming please.

    • @diyoregonnowtexas9202
      @diyoregonnowtexas9202 3 роки тому

      @@cmoreoverland6739 Absolutely!

    • @stuartsmith5146
      @stuartsmith5146 3 роки тому +2

      Me TOO!! Got a best childhood buddy who helped build the America’s Cup winner ~15 years ago. We demolished several sailboats in our years of pushing too hard and redesigning. God I miss it.
      I’m still in fantasy stage. It’ll be a while before I have capital.
      Happy to crew once my bebegirl is gone!!

  • @jameso1800
    @jameso1800 3 роки тому +8

    Thank you for taking me along, and I never had to leave my easy chair.

  • @pezpengy9308
    @pezpengy9308 3 роки тому +3

    i was just thinking, "...this guy really reminds me of that flying fish pancake guy that solo'd twice out to my home in hawaii..."
    by golly it is you! glad you're still getting soggy!

  • @goodbyemr.anderson5065
    @goodbyemr.anderson5065 3 роки тому +2

    Why is no one commenting on the shoe change🥰🥰🥰😍😍????
    Just like my main man Mr Roger's when I was 5 years old.
    Well played good sir. Well played.

  • @edwinpetters803
    @edwinpetters803 3 роки тому +1

    Roller furling line and main sheetS are totally different. Your single braid will wear out any break in real conditions. Leave it til it breaks and put the Original one back on

  • @2jsims
    @2jsims 3 роки тому +3

    Always Great when you drop by, neighbor. Keep doing that. A bit more frequently, perhaps.

  • @thenderson6141
    @thenderson6141 3 роки тому +4

    Pure class as always. Thanks!

  • @staxter6
    @staxter6 3 роки тому +12

    A Hendricks Gin special delivery there, dry, with a twist and easy on the tongue in cheek.

  • @danielball5955
    @danielball5955 3 роки тому +1

    Good to see more videos of you sailing around Marina Del Rey. Your audiobook inspired me to dream of sailing to Hawaii from Marina Del Rey someday and I joined Marina Sailing, renting a Beneteau 323 a couple times so far. Stay safe and healthy and keep philosophizing!

  • @Brgnalf81
    @Brgnalf81 3 роки тому +3

    Yaaaaay, what an evening! New Christian Williams video is out, I have a glass of Teran in my hand... !! Brilliant!

  • @tomwilliams8675
    @tomwilliams8675 3 роки тому +3

    I love " lets open up this clown car and see how many clowns come out", that describes my tool chest perfectly. I would have kept the heavier braided rope only because it feels better in my hands.
    Great to see you again. Hope you and your family are all doing well. Happy holidays to you all. Looking forward to your next book.

  • @EngineeredAngler
    @EngineeredAngler 3 роки тому

    Christian, I really enjoy your videos and your personal insights and philosophizing. Just heard you mention that you aged out of surfing and hanggliding. I find myself on the same life trajectory. Surfer since early teens and hanggliding for nearly twenty years. I gave up sailing 30 years ago for higher adrenaline experiences and now I'm aging back into sailing. Thank you for the added inspiration. Cheers.

  • @bettycamacho7084
    @bettycamacho7084 3 роки тому +5

    Re-evaluating the tools on board my boat.

  • @thedailydeary7787
    @thedailydeary7787 3 роки тому +3

    I can’t wait to leave the rat race and do the things I enjoy. What a calming thing to do.

  • @demetrisdemetrious8702
    @demetrisdemetrious8702 3 роки тому +1

    It’s so good to see your posts Christian Williams, I am fairly new to sailing, 3 years, 3 years of nothing but boat maintenance, sailing & learning,
    But for me you are the daddy,
    Brilliant posts, you definitely have the experience that I would love to have, but perhaps next life time
    Thank you

  • @Animalmawds
    @Animalmawds 3 роки тому +2

    Loved the episode. Thank you for the Mr. Rogers music. It was very befitting of your videos. I've always liked your music choices especially this one. Full sails to you.👍

  • @UnyieldingSeraph
    @UnyieldingSeraph 3 роки тому +1

    Christian Williams is the Mr. Rogers for adults

  • @johnskanberg3045
    @johnskanberg3045 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you, Christian for your wisdom and philosophy on sailing - and life!

  • @hodadyou
    @hodadyou 3 роки тому +2

    Love the clown car analogy, neighbor.

  • @johnm4841
    @johnm4841 3 роки тому +2

    Good to see a new video from you. I read your book and found it raw , honest, and inspiring.

  • @szymondworski
    @szymondworski 3 роки тому +2

    Great cut to the piano player!! :) I enjoy your videos a lot! Fair winds!

  • @MrMilothedog
    @MrMilothedog 3 роки тому +1

    Love your tool storage bags!

  • @stevegarneau61
    @stevegarneau61 3 роки тому +1

    I can only like this once?

  • @steelboss337
    @steelboss337 3 роки тому +2

    You sir, are a vlogging poet.
    Hemingway weeps with jealousy.
    Bravo.

  • @lawerencecohen8287
    @lawerencecohen8287 3 роки тому +1

    Another wonderful video gentleman sailor.

  • @dougburton001
    @dougburton001 3 роки тому +12

    I know that feeling well, getting bored with life in Winter so find a way to go to the boat and putter. Being on the boat in winter feels like you're getting away with something.

  • @norwaywithpal
    @norwaywithpal 3 роки тому

    Your videos are a huge inspiration!

  • @sailingdreams7699
    @sailingdreams7699 3 роки тому +1

    Yes neighbor you brought me joy to see you again maybe even a little tear and some Goosebumps life is good when I see you you make me laugh and think about the wonderful things of life thank you oh by the way please don't take so long on your next voyage.

  • @stub2022
    @stub2022 3 роки тому

    Even just the music would make your videos worth watching, without the wisdom....and the philosophy....and the poetry...oh, and and the sailing.

  • @brucemillar3015
    @brucemillar3015 3 роки тому

    Dear Christian, it's so wonderful to see you back aboard. Where have you been? I hope you are in good health. I've missed your elegant prose and sharp wit. Each sea voyage, however short or long, is paragraph in a very enjoyable book to me; I'm not looking forward to the last page, so keep 'em coming. You know, the real measure of a man, and a seaman too, is how well his tool kit has been prepared, and yours shows evidence of a long and thoughtful process of evolution. Can't wait for your next outing. Take care.

  • @murraycharters6102
    @murraycharters6102 3 роки тому +1

    Bloody hell, you have got enough tools on that boat to fix anything that's goes wrong with the Queen Elizabeth.

  • @johncavar2914
    @johncavar2914 4 місяці тому

    I thought ur a author with a hobby for sailing..in reality your a master yachtsman ..ur narrative skills to sailing ⛵️ skills ...know how ..mind boggling 🎉😮

  • @StuartTheKing
    @StuartTheKing 3 роки тому +2

    You’re an artist. Thank you.

  • @myloopooping
    @myloopooping Рік тому +1

    You are an absolute legend sir. I look forward to your stories and bits of wisdom as much as I did with my grandfather. You are an oasis in this odd world. Thank you.

  • @327365hp
    @327365hp 3 роки тому +1

    Wonderful video! I have that same "clown car" of tools, never able to find the one I'm looking for!

  • @MiQBohlin
    @MiQBohlin 3 роки тому +8

    This is so fantastic, in the way you put your words and your never ending humour is a real relief now in the black November. ❤️

  • @stoneman93
    @stoneman93 3 роки тому +1

    Loving the Johnny Costa “Won’t you be my neighbor” excellent choice of music, as always!

  • @johncavar2914
    @johncavar2914 4 місяці тому

    Christian ur narrative in this video .would leave ..Ernest Hemingway... old man and the sea 🌊 rolling in his grave ..super video 🎉

  • @YourMom777-x3x
    @YourMom777-x3x 3 роки тому +1

    Plenty of clowns 🤡 in that car. I just love the extra sound on top of the macerator noise. Phhhhhtt!

  • @XXLaffinGravyXX
    @XXLaffinGravyXX 3 роки тому

    LMAO ...Im from the North East of England and i know Mr Rogers ...great opening ..love your channel marra !1

  • @johnkennyrasmussen1545
    @johnkennyrasmussen1545 3 роки тому

    Nice video just like my maiden tour @o'day22 First tour 39.8Nm aprox74,5 km outboard motor marine 14hp at 17liter gasolie

  • @dan711g
    @dan711g 3 роки тому

    You paint a hard picture of the life on the sea.......However, I am going to give it a whirl.....I love your vlog and your sense of humor cracks me up!!! Great set of tools!!!!! I am going to copy your storage technique.........

  • @georgesbonellodupuis8245
    @georgesbonellodupuis8245 3 роки тому

    Love your toolbox area behind the settee. I’m exactly the same but UNDER the settee. 😂😂😂

  • @kcouche
    @kcouche 3 роки тому +1

    Tools...can't imagine that need, neither on my boats--ok, there were exceptions there-- or in my yard, where three weather stations are mounted and measuring. I may need to reconsider...

  • @leov4187
    @leov4187 3 роки тому

    Hello!
    Just found your videos. Very informative and enjoyable to watch. I look forward to seeing more.
    Take care

  • @kenpole1840
    @kenpole1840 3 роки тому

    Truly classic! BTW, at risk of having my manliness challenged, it is possible to have too many tools aboard. Ok, I've braced myself. LMAO.

  • @petersoakel3406
    @petersoakel3406 3 роки тому

    Superb presentation. Thanks for producing it. Pete, UK.

  • @MBdrummer3288
    @MBdrummer3288 Рік тому

    Christian, I absolutely love how you think and I love your videos. You do such a nice job in telling your story and I just love to watch it. AND you are one HELL of a sailor. One of the best in my opinion. Hope you are well my friend.

  • @stevewhite791
    @stevewhite791 Рік тому

    Wiser for watching, and thirsty for more...Hendricks that is.

  • @kirkjockell
    @kirkjockell 3 роки тому

    Regatta braid is the bomb, unless you loose sleep over stretch. If so ... look at Salsa braid. It is the Bomb Digity!

  • @williamturner1517
    @williamturner1517 3 роки тому

    As for boat line-- once a year throw all the line in the washing machine. PRESTO! Feels brand new. None of the one braid, two braid, three braid, four stuff.

  • @timmit3579
    @timmit3579 3 роки тому

    I like this video! Makes me wonder if Mr. Rogers wouldn't mind leaving his "neighborhood" for some peace & serenity being alone at sea, sailing a yacht like yours...I got a grin of your beginning; you taking off your cardigan & putting on your sailing shoes, just like Mr.Rogers does on his show... Funny!!

  • @ThePastorPiper
    @ThePastorPiper 3 роки тому

    Have you ever read “Sailing Alone Around The World” by Captain Joshua Slocum? Just curious

  • @AthelstanEngland
    @AthelstanEngland 3 роки тому

    I've just watched All Is Lost again and realised that Robert Redford's narration style at the beginning has exactly the same phrasing and voice as your good self . So come on... who copied who? :)

  • @robertcolvin3182
    @robertcolvin3182 3 роки тому

    What a great jewell of a video. Sitting here watching the sun come up over Lake Michigan in August of '21 and coming across this piece. Brings back memories of my days of sailing out of Marina del Rey. Beer can Wednesdays. Such great fun and this short piece brings it all back. Add to it Mr. Roger's theme and I would suggest a new, slightly altered name. "Escape to the Neighborhood," as the open ocean can be, as it was in this glimpse, a calm and friendly neighborhood in which to be.. Thanks for sharing.

  • @realmickmanning
    @realmickmanning 3 роки тому +1

    What a great touch. Fred playing from the studio, in the bow... somewhere.

  • @DDixon3121
    @DDixon3121 3 роки тому

    Although I've watched this video a time or two before, I watched it again to get a badly needed "Christian Williams" fix on what's a cold winter day here in Mobile, Alabama. Would love to see your next video.....waiting with baited breath.

  • @christoff124
    @christoff124 2 роки тому

    Pretty snarky old man. I love his "I'm gonna eat whatever I want" diet. When I'm 80 I hope I am this cool

  • @peeterleppik1845
    @peeterleppik1845 3 роки тому

    What's nice about music subscriptions is that I can call up any jazz musician and song cited in your book (the philosophy of sailing) while reading, and get a sense of what you were listening to in your text.....

  • @marxtr6
    @marxtr6 Рік тому

    Christian, I’m 61 years old and would love to be you when I grow up. I would love to have you teach me to sail so I can be a bad ass like you when I’m ready. Please get in touch on your next Oahu trip as I would love to get to know you. Aloha

  • @benjaminsimon2055
    @benjaminsimon2055 3 роки тому +1

    I love listening to your thoughts and watching this...

  • @jamesbutler181
    @jamesbutler181 3 роки тому

    wonderful video, delightfully told! Subscribed!

  • @buckaroo3589
    @buckaroo3589 2 роки тому

    Unlike the numerous sailing and boating channels, this is a "yachting" channel, something Christian seems to understand very well.

  • @TheJohnniegolden
    @TheJohnniegolden 3 роки тому

    This Gent is as charming as they come. Great taste in Jazz too. Would love to have dinner with him, Tom Waits and David Lynch one night soon. I'm tickled at the thought of our banter. Golly.

  • @Burger1097
    @Burger1097 3 роки тому

    Tongue-in-cheek has been appropriately weaponized.

  • @davefoster7770
    @davefoster7770 3 роки тому

    Congrats on your new turd slicer. I LOLed. Your studious irreverence is awesome.

  • @thestorminmymind
    @thestorminmymind 2 роки тому

    So funny..... "every sail boat requires lots of tools and nowhere to put them, so let's open the door to this clown car and see how many colwns come out"... I shall remember this every single time I'm trying to put away my tools, I say but away as getting them out always seems so much easier..

  • @paulvolzke5439
    @paulvolzke5439 3 роки тому

    Hi Christian - probably had this one before. Do you think the “risks” associated with are spade rudder are well founded?

  • @michaelgermanovsky1793
    @michaelgermanovsky1793 3 роки тому

    Looks like you have a claw anchor. Just curious if you also cary a fluke anchor. I know you are on the West Coast. Maybe the waters are not as muddy as here down in Miami.

  • @stevensaunders9018
    @stevensaunders9018 3 роки тому

    Thank you Sir you are a wonderful I dream one day of sailing but till then I love watching your videos

  • @danknox9986
    @danknox9986 3 роки тому

    That’s was nice. Thank you. But not so sure about the new main sheet. Try putting you old main sheet in a bucket with some fabric softener. It may loose a bit of strength but it will still be plenty strong and the fabric softener does wonders. Leave it over night and then give it a good rinse. Good luck. Stay safe.

  • @Bantie1
    @Bantie1 3 роки тому

    I read a news release tonight that said a Japanese freighter lot 1900 containers overboard into the Pacific close to Hawaii. The news said the contains are adrifting in several directions. Please let your yachty friends know to watch out for them.

  • @stefanieobermeder2065
    @stefanieobermeder2065 2 роки тому

    Loving discovering you..beautiful music

  • @bekirbayburt6157
    @bekirbayburt6157 3 роки тому

    4:28 you caught something in the distance Mr Williams..

  • @draftnotion
    @draftnotion 3 роки тому

    I just started as a tugboat deckhand. I like the velcro tool rolls, pretty compact

  • @jeep1070
    @jeep1070 2 роки тому

    of course Fred Rogers music is part of your collection. Bravo!

  • @timallbritton3716
    @timallbritton3716 3 роки тому

    I absolutely loved the intro! ...and of course the entire video :)

  • @DriftfishCo
    @DriftfishCo 3 роки тому

    Hi Christian, so what's this expedition you are preparing for?

  • @turtlenemo
    @turtlenemo 3 роки тому +1

    I love Mr William’s neighbourhood! My boat is in the cradle till spring on Huron so enjoying your vids thank you.

  • @tadhg1959
    @tadhg1959 2 роки тому

    I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos!

  • @gregwilliams9181
    @gregwilliams9181 3 роки тому +1

    Way to go cousin! You can never have enough tools, but finding the time to use them is the trick.

  • @brainsells3000
    @brainsells3000 3 роки тому

    Can tell by the sound? Sounded like you eviscerated it internally 😄

  • @khole15
    @khole15 3 роки тому

    finally a sailing channel where i dont have to turn off the sound due to terrible music

  • @1AloneX2
    @1AloneX2 3 роки тому +1

    "Would you be mine, could you be my.... won't you be my neighbor"

    • @aarohivijh
      @aarohivijh 3 роки тому

      Doesn't matter what we do - as long as it's sailing.

  • @paulvolzke5439
    @paulvolzke5439 3 роки тому

    Good to see and hear you again Christian - planning to solo to Hawaii again next year?

  • @miguelaraujo1313
    @miguelaraujo1313 3 роки тому +1

    All you're videos are amazingly tasteful and enjoyable however, I feel only envy

  • @richardbohlingsr3490
    @richardbohlingsr3490 3 роки тому

    We escape the neighborhood - Because we can! Nuf said.

  • @billgardyne7328
    @billgardyne7328 3 роки тому

    I would enjoy listening to you read a phone book. Keep em coming …

  • @paulb2022
    @paulb2022 3 роки тому

    The irony is dripping; so wet all around yet so 'dry' on deck ;)

  • @ninjalightning2631
    @ninjalightning2631 2 роки тому

    By the way is it safe to say you named your boat after Monk? Or is it my wild imagination?

  • @deweypug
    @deweypug Рік тому

    Mr. Rogers theme song just kills me. Every time.

  • @georgeburns7251
    @georgeburns7251 3 роки тому

    You want to be so profound . Keep trying, hoping. I will too. But far frown it