Dodging Storms Sailing North of the 50th! Daily-life on a 30ft sailboat in Canada | A&J Sailing

Exploring far reaching fjords & remote anchorages of the Inside Passage charting a course North to Alaska (slowly), we're a Canadian Aussie duo documenting the ups & downs of off-grid life on a small 'no-frills' sailboat, Uintah. No refrigeration, no auto-pilot, hauling our anchor up by hand & adventuring off the beaten path with the purpose of living a more intentional, sustainable, self-sufficient life.
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Hi! We're Allison & James 👋 a Canadian Aussie duo who left the conventional life behind to live an adventure-based alternative lifestyle here in the Pacific Northwest! Currently, we split our time between land and sea - living part time in our tiny home in the woods and the rest of the year living on our floating tiny home, exploring the epic coastline of the PNW! Continually chasing our dreams of adventuring off the beaten path & living a more sustainable, self-sufficient life.
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[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you for watching folks! We'll see you next week when we ride this low pressure system further North exploring some of the most remote & memorable anchorages we've ever been. Until then, cheers!

[@tanyasoroka3314]

I just binged watched all your videos from the beginning. We live aboard a 41 ft fraser full time on southern VI and visited desolation sound this summer for the first time. Next summer we take early retirement and are heading north as well so your videos are inspiring to say the least. You do such a good job putting them together. Well done!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank You, So glad you're enjoying the vids!! And amazing, that is very exciting!!! North is the place to be, stoked you guys are getting up here! Might see you somewhere along the way :)

[@lotusdolphin]

Hi Allison and James! What gorgeous footage. Holy mackerel sitting here in California. 🤟🏻💜😎🐬🇺🇸 Thank you so much for sharing. It was beautiful.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

So glad you're enjoying our films! Thank you so much for being here with us, cheers!

[@barberamcisaac1633]

I keep wishing our boat is there. Such beautiful sailing grounds and your videos definitely bring all that out. Love you guys ♥️

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Awh, we keep wishing Landfall was here! We'll keep encouraging it while you guys make your way back to the Americas! 😅You'd love sailing here!!

[@donnastace2255]

So very relaxing to watch! Loved listening to the sea lapping the hull. So beautiful in its windless, glassy state. That drone should keep you from ever getting truly lost. Just send her up above the maze to find your location. Love it! Love you!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Glad you enjoyed this one mum! It was a beautiful day out there! Thank you for watching, love you

[@southernpaths2986]

I love how you two keep it simple and don’t feel the need to film every detail… I’m glad you two can turn the cameras off and just be in those moments.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you! Sometimes the line gets blurred but we're on a mission to share the journey with intention. All of us creatures in the age of social media can learn the joy of experiencing a place, not just arriving to take a photo

[@powellkwd40]

Your videos are great. The drone footage is amazing. The rainbows, the eagles, etc. I like you do it on a boat that more people can afford.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you so much. So glad you're enjoying! We would encourage anyone interested in this lifestyle to get out there and go for it! You don't need a big fancy boat. Of course it would be nice :)

[@markroth9827]

Beautiful place. Nice music choices. Thank you for sharing.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you Mark!! Hope you're having a great weekend, cheers!🦃

[@barberamcisaac1633]

Yesssss that rainbow ♥️

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

That one was electric!!

[@sailingmarilynkaye]

Thankyou guys such a beautiful cruising ground you have over there.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

You are very welcome!! It's a pretty amazing cruising ground, so glad to share!

[@user-gz7bn7go9r]

Just recently discovered your channel. It’s so nice to see someone else enjoy so many of the places we’ve enjoyed. Your drone footage makes me want one myself. Great work.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Awe awesome, so glad you found us!! And most glad you’ve gotten to enjoy these places for yourself! We’d love to hear more about your cruising journey!

[@Vepoch]

Love that the algorithm recommended your channel to me. Currently binging all sailing episodes. I think it’s so cool you guys are doing all this in a 30’ Catalina and an hand pulling your anchor😂 my first boat was a 27’ Catalina.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Another fellow Catalina owner, stoked you found us!! Thanks for checking out all the vids. Our ship is pretty simple, def don't need all the bells & whistles to have a good time although it would be nice! Glad you're enjoying :)

[@threewins3]

Wow, so beautiful…what a life! Thank you for sharing this with us. 😊

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

So glad you're enjoying our films! Glad to have you on the journey with us

[@cherevas1]

Nice Camera shots of nature and the Now Moments . Your the first person to remind us all about the moments of Presence and how we can miss the moment. How do you keep your beer cold and do you plan on solar and davits etc for your next year project?

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank You!! So glad that resonates. Being in the present moment this day and age is a lost skill, and being out here is helping us to relearn all of that! We usually get 5 days of residual cold out of the ice in the box. Warm beer is the saddest part of our journey so we are working towards changing that... solar will be part of the solution, soon! Unsure about an arch and all that yet, might just keep it simple.. surprise. We measured our energy needs this szn so that was helpful in helping us gauge how much energy we require. We're hoping to work with a sponsor for this project so it's been a bit of a delay..

[@gertboerman3666]

Great channel. No commercials for one. And no windlass, no lazy jacks and no snubber. On a 30ft boat, two people on board, you do not need those things. As long as the anchor rope has stretch in it and it sinks. Furthermore I would get rid of the furling headsail. I thought I heard it is a 160. Far too big if combined with a full main. In case the 160 is in good shape, have it remade to a hank-on 130% as a genua 1. Then order or buy a genoa 2 around 90% and a stormjib at same size as the main in third reef. Figures are estimates as I cannot judge the position of your mast. Last: Based I my experience. A tiller is the ultimate means to find out wether your sails are trimmed perfectly to enable the boat to stay on course. Not sure how easy it would be in your case to ditch the wheel and go for a tiller. Btw: tiller autopilots are a lot cheaper than wheelpilots. 400 US for an tillerpilot Autohelm ST1000? I guess. Get rid off the quadrant and steering cables, cables break anytime, sooner or later. And, getting a hank-on sail down from the cockpit.....I have a cheap solution. In case you guys are interested, lemme know. I wish you fair winds and following seas.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks Gert! I think we'll keep our furling headsail... but we have thought a lot about ditching the wheel & adding a tiller ever since our steering failed the first szn. We've compared autopilots and they are definitely cheaper and agreed, steering with a tiller is superior. Likely the way we will go in the near future. Really glad you're enjoying the channel, cheers!

[@peterstace9006]

Thanks for my weekly dose of adventure, another great video with great scenery and wild life.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks for watching Peter! It’s so great to be able to share it all with you

[@meestahwah]

It is so wonderful to see the PNW cruising grounds on a youtube channel. These are my home waters, and it is fun to vicariously be cruising them from my couch when I can't get out there. Thanks for taking us along with you.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Love to hear that! We're so grateful to get to call this coast home. Thank You so much for this nice message. We would be cruising this coast regardless but making these videos is a heck of a lot of work and hearing from folks who enjoy them really keeps us going :)

[@meestahwah]

​@@AllisonandJamesSailing You are most welcome!!

[@itscarolinemary]

those hummus wraps with a ton of veggies looked yummy, and the tacos sounded good! love seeing the food you make aboard 💖

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Dropped the ball showing those tacos.. we devoured them in a real hurry! Thank you for encouraging us to share more of what we make/eat onboard!

[@jpdj2715]

Very nice video, takes, beautiful nature. When you mention "North of the 50th" I cannot suppress a grin, living at Amsterdam latitude near the North Sea, roughly at 52.4N, in the London, Amsterdam, Berlin latitude ballpark. For comparison: Vancouver, BC, CDN is at 49.3N. In Europe: Copenhagen & Edinburgh (~56N), Northernmost mainland Scotland (Thurso) & Stockholm (~59N), Bergen & Oslo & Helsinki & St.. Petersburg (~60N), Reykjavik (~64N), Arctic Circle (66.5N), Mehamn, Norway(~71N), Longyearbyen, (mid) Svalbard (~78N). At ~46.8N, Quebec City is farther South than Paris France (~48.9N). If we compare these to the Southern Hemisphere, note that Antarctica stretches outside the Antarctic circle (~66.6S). Nearest city in Australia to that circle would be Melbourne (~37.8S) when ~37.3N could see me set foot on the African continent. Hobart, Tasmania (~43S). Bluff, NZ (~46.6S). In South America, Ushuaia (~54.8S). Both Teniente R. Marsh Airport - Antarctica (~62.2S) and Base Marambio - Antarctica (~64.2S) are outside the Antarctic circle, still. 1 degree latitude is about 111 kilometers or 69 miles or almost 60 nautical miles. At the equator, each minute longitude (1/60th degree) is about 1 nautical mile.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

We appreciated this geek out on latitudes! Its super interesting that such a large portion of the worlds population lives in northern climates and that the southern ocean is so large! Modern maps really play with the perspective of where everything is in the world!

[@timstanton6783]

Sweet spot at the end . Anchorage suggested by lightening .cheers guys

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Gotta love it when lightening leads the way! Good to hear from you Tim, cheers!

[@sunlovesailing]

You guys always have great B-roll. The shots of the rainbow were especially good!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Awh, thank you so much!! That rainbow was really something

[@danp7399]

Another great video, I really enjoyed it, I'm waiting for that big salmon

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

So glad you enjoyed it! You won't have to wait long🎣

[@kelseywestbrook4205]

We love Fifer Bay and always anchor there on our way up Fitz Hugh. We've also never seen anyone else there!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Hi! So glad you popped in the comments, we really appreciated your messages & recommendations along the way, thank you! Beautiful anchorage! We so enjoyed spending time on this part of the coast, super glad we didn't rush on by!

[@kelseywestbrook4205]

@@AllisonandJamesSailing love to hear it! we'll hopefully be back on the central coast next summer so maybe we'll run into eachother again :)

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

@@kelseywestbrook4205 Awesome! would love to share an anchorage again soon, cheers guys!

[@cindym2369]

Love your videos! Please share the anchorage where the beautiful white shell beaches abound!!!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

So glad you’re enjoying them! That anchorage was Fury Cove. Beautiful place to drop the hook after rounding Cape Caution

[@Marc_de_Car]

Thanks

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Cheers!

[@francinegolbeck3116]

Amazing and magical video, the rainbow reminded me of the "Steve" sky phenomenon, we had an anchor roller mounted on the bowspit of our Catalina and that should make pulling up the anchor and dropping it easier I believe, big cheers, P&F

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Interesting, had to Google Steve sky, hadn’t heard of it! Very cool. Agreed an anchor roller would be the way to go, we’ve been planning to make one for a while but it keeps getting moved down the list! Hopefully we’ll get around it soon!

[@ckw51]

that is really peacefull live

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Sailing can be exceptionally peaceful✨

[@itscarolinemary]

That rainbow and sunset were so magical! 🌈💞

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Gosh won't soon forget that rainbow! So vibrant! Those small special moments really add up :)

[@84Rabbitz]

Did you guys do a video of installing your diesel heater? I just installed mine but I don't think I like where it is located.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

We didn’t actually do an install video for it, we’re planning on installing a drip diesel heater this fall as we found the forced air heater doesn’t quite cut the mustard for us. We installed the forced air heater in the starboard lazerette and ducted it into the galley.

[@84Rabbitz]

@@AllisonandJamesSailing that's where I put mine as well. But I'm thinking of relocating it behind the drawers in the galley and routing the exhaust through the bulkhead into the aft compartment and out a through hull. I think with more vents running to the bow and under the floor the little diesel furnace should be enough for us.

[@markhoene9984]

When did you film this?

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Late July!

[@markhoene9984]

You need Lazy Jacks.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Lazy Jacks are handy, especially if you're solo sailing. It's on the long list of things that would be 'nice to have'. There's no bells & whistles on our boat currently.. that's sort of it's charm, you have to work real hard for everything haha Thankfully flaking the mainsail is a chore that's easy enough with two people

[@gertboerman3666]

@@AllisonandJamesSailing You don't need lazy jacks as you guys are not lazy.

[@markbailey6051]

Oil is a hydrocarbon NOT fossil.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

The generic term for crude oil and petroleum is fossil fuel but yes they are mixtures of hydrocarbons

[@stephenburnage7687]

​@AllisonandJamesSailing I think what they meant is that, contrary to what we were all taught at school, the science is now pretty conclusive that oil & gas are created by a geological process, not squashed dinosaurs. The debate has been ongoing for a decade or two but the convulsive evidence was the discovery of hydrocarbons on one of Saturn's moons. Either way, sailing will always be preferable to running a diesel engine. Nice video guys!