Life is Like Sailing - Desolation Sound 2023 - Ep 01

[@petervd53]

I like your videos so much....everything so relaxed.

[@lifeislikesailing]

So glad you enjoy them! :)

[@johnmccormick175]

Great video Alfie and Devlin and great to see you Devlin! Great upgrades and what a beautiful boat enjoy your journey and stay safe! 🙂

[@lifeislikesailing]

Thank you and so glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@philgray1023]

Thank you for the video Alfy. Very relaxing. That is nice quality work there.

[@lifeislikesailing]

You are welcome and so glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@steveconly4811]

What a lovely boat! JUST BEAUTIFUL! Oh, including your crew. :)

[@lifeislikesailing]

Thank you and we really do love our boat and I am very lucky to have the most beautiful co-captain. :)

[@jeffmayart]

Great video! First class boat … thx for sharing

[@lifeislikesailing]

Thank you and so glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@markchodroff250]

You have a beautiful boat , the HC 43 ketch is just fabulous It’s such a shame that there not being made anymore, your 43 might be the best one in the world right now , good luck and enjoy!

[@lifeislikesailing]

Thank you and we are so glad that we found our HC43, we waited many years for the right one to come along. :)

[@Al.W7263]

Your boat's looking good. Always nice to see you Alfy and your lovely lady.

[@lifeislikesailing]

Thank you and the best trips are when Devlin is on board. :)

[@davidmontgomery1016]

She was looking good before the refit. She's looking better now.

[@lifeislikesailing]

Thank you! 😊

[@martyhill6609]

Nice relaxing time spent Alfy. I think you have found the meaning of life.

[@lifeislikesailing]

So glad you enjoyed it and we certainly are happiest when out exploring the coast on our boat. :)

[@martyhill6609]

Wife and I look forward to your videos. Love the slow relaxing style. Thnx mate for the effort..

[@lifeislikesailing]

So great to hear and stay tuned for some more. :). @@martyhill6609

[@myoldtractorshed]

Looking forward to watching this tonight, Thank you, always enjoyable. Scott

[@lifeislikesailing]

I hope you enjoy it. :)

[@myoldtractorshed]

@@lifeislikesailing A hot date is scraping the digy and Devlin buys the ice cream...she a keeper Afy...LOL And yes, we enjoyed the video. It is such a beautiful area. You do a good job presenting it. Scott

[@lifeislikesailing]

So glad you enjoyed it and I plan to keep Devlin in my life, for the rest of my life! She is the best life partner I could ever ask for. :) @@myoldtractorshed

[@dennismacdonald2003]

Ty Alfie enjoy your adventure cheers from Denman Island

[@lifeislikesailing]

You are welcome and so glad you enjoyed it from Denman Island! :)

[@mcr215]

Salut Alfi, content de te retrouver avec madame et ton voilier

[@lifeislikesailing]

So glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@johnmilner0859]

Love your films

[@lifeislikesailing]

Thank you and so nice to hear. :)

[@NatureSoundsandSights]

Beach Blackberries are the Best! All that sun :)

[@lifeislikesailing]

Sure is! :)

[@tWoforgamenot1]

cool

[@lifeislikesailing]

😁

[@sailoutofagarage6212]

Nice with a friend!

[@lifeislikesailing]

Devlin is the co-captian and co-owner of our Northern Dancer V. :)

[@robertoinfante7043]

Thank you both for this wonderful episode!!!!!

[@lifeislikesailing]

You are welcome and we are so glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@NWPipeSmoker]

Wonderful filming! You might consider as a topic the video equipment you use. A Freedom 28 cat-ketch here, based in Kingston, WA, used as a support boat for the Tribal canoe journeys every summer. -Tom

[@lifeislikesailing]

Glad you enjoyed it and great to hear you take part in the canoe journeys, I have done some canoe journeys myself many years ago on BC's north coast. :) I have touched on equipment used many years ago and still using the same equipment. :)

[@sailingyknot]

Your boat is looking great. I sailed my ketch to Halifax Nova Scotia. Long ways from you but still Canada 😂had some great sailing

[@lifeislikesailing]

Thank you! That must have been a great sail!

[@joncarter3817]

Another good video and Devlin softens your rough edges (smile).

[@phildaylenejones3838]

We live on Protection Island and the day you were anchored in the harbour was the annual PI360 race. I sailed with another island resident and we sailed right past Northern Dancer during the race. At 6:19 you can see the skipper returning to his house after the race. At first I thought I’d seen myself in the video but alas I wasn’t aboard at that time.

[@lifeislikesailing]

We remember seeing the boat sailing around. That must have bee a fun race!

[@robinpatterson8754]

Were in the mid 90's for temp, BUT, we are in the Tampa Florida area, so it's normal for us. Nice video Thankx

[@lifeislikesailing]

So glad you enjoyed it from sunny and warm Tampa!

[@surfingjim8321]

Great episode. Given that I'm waiting out a major minor bit of wind, I really appreciate the calm delivery. Black berries are great!

[@lifeislikesailing]

Thank you and we hope the wind calms for you. Black berries were delicious! :)

[@perrymcdonald5376]

Hope I get to see you with a Nanaimo bar. I would give anything for one right now.

[@lifeislikesailing]

They are delicious for sure!

[@kenlynch6332]

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[@lifeislikesailing]

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[@regpettinger2978]

I get to thinking about how you're doing every year about this time, so I look up what "Life is like Sailing". To my pleasant surprise, I see you guys are having the time of your lives. How many years have you got to go before retirement, Alfie?.....BTW, how's your dad? Hope he's doing fine.(:>)

[@lifeislikesailing]

So glad you were able to check in and see what we are up to know. :) Just a few more years until I can sail full time, and I had my parents on the boat in August with my dad at his favourite spot behind the wheel. :)

[@Coyotehello]

You cannot scrape the tubes with the scraper can you?? Beautiful dinghy. Bowsprit guard solution is brilliant. We are looking at an Highfields lightweight 290SS, could we live with a 260??? !!! What is yours and what would you comment on it? We do not have your type of luxury ( . ;-) . ) we only have 34 ft loa! L I, and many, say' great video, well done. I am going to say, thank you. Your channel is informative, honest, the videos are recent so we (I) feel if/when I make a comment it could almost be useful to you. Many channels just post videos that are 3 months old and wants $$ for viewing them. They provide no valuable information, just their "experience". Thank you for an honest channel. Cheers, a.

[@lifeislikesailing]

Thank you and we are so glad to hear you enjoy seeing our sailing adventures through our camera lens. We do our best to keep it genuine, informative, and interesting for everyone to enjoy, and although I have no issues about people monetizing or having Patreon, it just isn't what we want. We want our content to be enjoyed with minimal interruptions and not applying any financial pressure to the viewers. :) We like our Highfield, although it is a bit of an older model. It is 10ft with the aluminum hull, not sure of the exact model? I would recommend Highfield to anyone that is considering one. Scrapers on the hull, and very carefully used the side edge of the scraper for the very small part of the tube that was dirty. Our last boat that we had for over a decade was 34ft, nothing wrong with a boat that length! :)

[@philgray1023]

I would go for the biggest Highfield you can manage comfortably. The tube size is what makes them very safe. We have the 310 classic which is a bit heavy to deal with on beaches, but we were rescuing a turtle from an achor chain in 1 metre waves at night, and was I pleased I had the big front tubes. Kept us safe and got the big turtle free too.

[@donb4386]

I’m curious. Did Blackline ever suggest you remove the bowsprit in favour of a single headsail? I’m not sure if Blackline supported changing a friends Westsail from a cutter to a sloop but they did replace the standing rigging after my friend removed the bowsprit.

[@lifeislikesailing]

That was never suggested by them for our refit. Our stay sail is very small compared to our yankee sail so that is something I would never have even thought of doing to our boat, plus we love the bowsprit for many reasons. Interesting that your friend did it to his Westsail though.

[@donb4386]

@@lifeislikesailing I think my friend got some very bad advice. I’m sure it wasn’t from Blackline. They’ve got a pretty good rep around here and that’s an amazing job they did on your bowsprit. I hope Devlin and the rest of your family did not suffer badly from the fires. I was evacuated during the 2013 southern Alberta flood and appreciate how unsettling that can be.

[@lifeislikesailing]

Ya I can't imagine changing sail plan to that degree and I can't imagine Blackline ever suggesting it. I wonder how your friend feels about having done that and the performance of his boat now? Blackline are pretty much the leaders in the industry here in my opinion. :). Everyone got out in time for the fires and scary time for all the people dealing with fires this season! Sorry to hear you had to deal with the same back in 2013. :( @@donb4386

[@donb4386]

@@lifeislikesailing He just received his new sails (UK Sails) and plans on shortening the boom to fit the high aspect sails. Another mistake in my opinion but it’s not my boat. I didn’t lose my house and was insured for all the damage so that was good, however it was such a long haul watching the community trying to rebuild. That hangover lasted for years. It was hard. The two of you are professionals and will be able to deal with the aftermath. Take care of yourselves and your family.

[@aquious953]

Did you get blacklined: charged more than the boats worth?

[@lifeislikesailing]

It was what I expected for the work done.