Cruising Washington to California aboard our trawler, Sea Venture - EP 114

In this episode we cruise the Washington, Oregon and California coast as we continue our journey to San Francisco.
Visit our website: www.CruisingSeaVenture.com
There you will find:
1) Organized links to all our videos
2) Q&A of over 100 questions
3) Our Blog where we provide great information about different topics
4) A link to “Where is Sea Venture right now”.
5) A link to Join the Venture Club - club members get more benefits - all for free
6) A history of Sea Venture - with lots of details about the boat
7) A chance to meet the crew and learn more about us and our boating history
Lots of fun stuff - so check it out!
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This is our trawler life story.
We retired early and decided to make a big change. We sold everything and moved aboard our 54' Cheoy Lee passagemaker, a “go anywhere in the world”, ocean going power boat.
That was in 2014 and we have never looked back.
Now in our late 50's we are free of work and we are living aboard and cruising our trawler full time.
We have two additional crew members, feline brothers, Blake and Barkley. Yes, we have two brave (sorta) boat cats, on board!
Join us and our crew, on our adventures as we explore new places, discover more about our trawler and what makes her work, and learn more about ourselves in our young retirement years. Our hope is to entertain and inspire you to pursue your own passions through telling our story of our cruising trawler lifestyle.
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Best, Jim, Rosy, Blake and Barkley

[@basementracer7622]

woohoo! more quality TV to watch. I will go grab some tea.

[@bigdave4863]

Love the enthusiasm . . . Oh and the video was GREAT!! Fair winds and following seas . . . Peace!

[@robjohnson2649]

Sea venture doing what she does best. Sea state looks fantastic and that makes for a happy crew. Love the videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@annottobay]

Thanks for sharing. Love to see the water the skies, the boat moving in the water. You are living the dream guys.

[@tetsuyanagada]

Goodness. Y'all got a fantastic weather window. Fingers crossed it stays that smooth all the way through the gate. Fair winds!

[@tomjacobsen664]

I know you are long gone from this episode but I love your laidback narration and video just “this is what it is”. Reminds me of the wonders of the open Pacific. Thanks for the extra work of documenting your days. Btw: it’s going to be hard to beat the Alaska stuff.

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

We think it might very well be, but I’m determined to go find some warm water for a couple of years, and then decide where to go from there.

[@debrabowman8750]

What a beautiful journey! That water is amazing. I love anything boating. So glad you guys take the time to film and share with us!

[@privatesecurityafrica4129]

Very cool! Stay safe...

[@Bduh2]

Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.

[@buckpowers4837]

Beautiful video. Enjoy

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

Thanks, Jim

[@popdesigner01]

Keep ‘‘em coming! Looking forward to seeing you go under the Golden Gate!

[@ronhatcher7734]

that was cool, enjoyed that one.

[@ccswede]

Nordhaven 62 is a highly respected boat.

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

It most certainly is. We’re now in Dana point and had an opportunity to meet all the folks at Nordhavn’s home office. It was a real treat. Thanks for watching, Jim

[@Smokeyham]

Thanks for sharing your night time bridge set up. Thanks also for sharing the information that FLIR is not helpful in the fog. Good to know!

[@jasongrinnell1986]

Awesome! Really enjoyed the video.

[@sethbarnes7608]

Great video guys. Looks like you're having perfect conditions. Good to see your furry crew members standing their watches.😂

[@stevesteffen7001]

Great report, looks like everything is going smoothly.

[@davidfewell2394]

Have a safe and good trip you guys.

[@gerhardvanwaltsleben8944]

Lekker man lekker 🇿🇦

[@patrickd.garvey2724]

Hi you guys. Enjoyed your Alaska adventures and looking forward to your videos cruising down south. We on a Jefferson 53, and plan to spend a month in the gulf islands mainly by Port McNeil and the Broughton islands. This will be our first summer aboard the Jefferson and would appreciate any of your favorite stops in the Broughton Islands. Pat

[@frankedwards5951]

nice

[@k.c.eldridge4992]

Question - when filming in the pilot house, we hear short buzzing sounds every now and then. Is that the auto-pilot at work? Or something different? Thank you for your efforts - these videos make me smile nonstop!! :)

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

Yes, its the auto pilot pump. For some reason its louder in the videos then real life, or maybe we have just gotten really use to it. Thanks for watching,Jim

[@bernardomieryteran768]

How many hours each , what will make waking up the captain , any rules of sea. Venture congratulations

[@briandorling4288]

Another great video. We have completed our circumnavigation of Australia and are at anchor for awhile. We enjoyed 6 hr watches on overnight and multi day passages ,what do you and Rosie prefer. Thanks once again Kindest Regards Brian and Sandra Dorling MV Sealeaf

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

That’s fantastic! Congratulations. It’s quite an accomplishment. On watches we do not follow a set schedule. Overnight one of us will go asleep and when we naturally wake up we switch. It has worked well for us and avoids alarm clocks. Thanks, Jim

[@barryholiday8998]

Awesome! Please provide some fuel usage stats for the trip so far. Did you fill up your large water tanks prior to departing? Thanks for sharing.

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

Sea Venture consistently burns 3.15 gallons of diesel per hour. We will use about 16% of our total fuel running from Washington to San Francisco. Thanks for watching, Jim

[@earlfranklin432]

Sorry if I missed it, but did you ever figure out the affect of the paravanes of your fuel burn? Glad to see you headed south. The northwest has spectacular views, but I bet it's nice to be in some warmer weather. Safe travels.

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

Thanks for watching. It depends on the sea conditions. If sea conditions are about 3 foot seas or less the paravanes will slow us up about 1/2 of the knot. Above 3 foot seas there is no loss of speed since the reduced rolling offsets the drag caused by the paravanes.

[@martinhawke9663]

When you make it to Morro Bay, I hope you’ll let me buy you lunch.

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

Martin, Unfortunately, we are behind, as usual, on getting videos posted. In real time we are now in Ensenada, Mexico. Thanks though. Maybe on the way back at some point. Jim

[@marcoopdam9598]

What a very nice journey! You are driving so many hours continuesly, aren't there never technical problems during the way?

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

Not yet. Little stuff, but nothing important.

[@williamhelm5445]

Question. Are you faster than the 62 Nordhavn? It looks like you were ahead of them most of the time.

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

No, they are faster then us, but the owners had not been in the ocean before so we were helping them out and taking the lead. Thanks for watching, Jim

[@mikenagy938]

Did you stop the engines to check oil? What was your rate of burn?

[@kenj7153]

The Dolphins wanted you to go faster! I belive the species of Dolphins pictured are called spinners. The animals like to spin when they breach the water. They are also one of the fastest swimming species of Dolphins in the Pacific. I have to ask why were you at dock for almost a year?

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

Hi Ken, We stayed in San Francisco for nine months while we enjoyed the birth of our first grandchild and I’ve patiently waited for me replacement surgery and recovery time. Thanks for watching.

[@DanielC__]

@@CruisingSeaVenture AHHHH...Hip, knee? Congrats on getting back on the water and heading even further south.

[@clpotis]

Well you really have to trust your instruments in the dark - that would be kind of weird looking out into utter darkness

[@MarkENorman]

It is always very difficult to hear Rosie speak. If you could turn up the volume on your end that would be great or put the microphone closer to you. We have our volume turned all the way up and can barely hear you. Maybe 25% is all.

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

Will try. Thanks, Jim

[@chriscarney204]

Do any fish ever go after there the para-vanes?

[@stingray606]

Do you keep the rpms the same the entire trip or do you increase for injector cleaning ? Is that a thing ? Have you reduced speed for the long trip? Same as Alaska speed?

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

We vary it some. We stay between 1500 and 1700. On the passage down we stay closer to 1700 since our friends in the 62 Nordhavn had the throttle back a little bit as it was. Thanks for watching, Jim

[@internetposta7389]

Why don't you get a sailboat/catamaran to massively reduce your carbon footprint?

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

Because it would not massively reduce our carbon footprint. We have been cruising in Alaska for many years where you will find no sail boats sailing because wind and Sea conditions do not make it viable. Now we’re going down the West Coast of the United States where very few sail boats ever actually sale down the coast, they motor, again, due to sea and wind conditions that are normally off The coast. If you go to our website and the Q&A section there’s a long video discussion that explains in great detail how our carbon footprint living and cruising on our boat is only a fraction of the carbon footprint of someone who lives on land with a car. Thanks for watching, Jim