Sailing Alone 400NM In The Tasman Sea and Across Cook Strait To The South Island of New Zealand

Sailing Alone Series : SOLO TO THE SOUNDS
Hello Friends,
Welcome to another long format passage film. On this video I haul in in the dark of night at Spirits Bay in the Far North of New Zealand's North Island and sail down the west coast to New Plymouth before crossing the notorious Cook Strait to D'Urville Island.
This passage was a great shake down sail to prepare me for upcoming Solo Tasman Crossing.
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[@zenunla]

For all the sailing blogs I’ve watched, this is passage was the one that best shared what it was like to be in strong winds and an agitated sea state… wow. And yet, you were calm and focused on what needed to be done. Truly a powerful experience to share! Thanks!

[@SailorJames]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@georgeorwell4059]

Planning on sailing Bay of Islands to Dunedin. Which coast is a big decision. Why did you choose west rather than east?

[@briangilliland3620]

He gave an explanation of his choice in previous video

[@chuckquint7913]

Great video thanks for not ruining it with bad music. Good narrative very interesting and enjoyable sailing

[@terrymayberry]

James, I love these long films. Thanks, for all the hours of entertainment and distraction.

[@SailorJames]

Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏🏻

[@toddfouts]

I reward myself with these stunning videos after a long day moored to a desk. Your rough passages get me through my own (if only I could face the big seas with such grace, skill, and good humor). Thank you, James!

[@SailorJames]

This type of “Type 2” fun is waiting for you too once you are able to slip the lines from the desk 😂

[@Lemon-yh6xg]

This video was especially immersive with the clips showing the "mundane" routines like making coffee, reading, etc. Great atmospheric, long-form content. I like it! Would like to see more like this!

[@chrismcintosh7949]

I absolutely love your sailing adventures. I am a 67 year old Aussie. I bought a 32ft steel hulled Roberts Spray schooner rigged yacht and absolutely loved living aboard her. I spent a fortune upgrading her to sail her from Darwin to the Philippines solo during covid. It would have been my very first sail of her, a very daunting task. Unfortunately I lost confidence and sold her and flew to the philippines, and I deeply regret parting with her. I will move heaven and earth to buy another yach and fulfil my dream of living the solo sailing life. You inspire me. God bless your adventures

[@rogergurr9090]

Thoroughly enjoy watching your videos, great sailing , calm, organised, showing what real sailing is about. Thanks so much

[@craigevans2941]

Great episode James...have done that passage and it's not to be sneezed at...exciting aye!

[@kiwiwifi]

Ah. The mighty Cook Straight. Hell in high water.

[@SailorJames]

That strait kicked my ass 3 different times 😂

[@kiwiwifi]

Can't wait to hear all the juicy details@@SailorJames

[@superpower5474]

You're so awesome James!! ​@@SailorJames

[@grahameeathorne4864]

C​@@SailorJames

[@seandownunder]

Yep. I've been and seen those 'no back' waves that stand up like a point. Dad called them 'helliptical' waves.. they are usually at the points of land that jut out, like a peninsula.. or a crop of rocks off the coast.

[@strunch]

This is the only sailing channel that doesn't make me dizzy. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Much appreciated.

[@user-en4qp8xq2l]

Man that stretch can get hectic. Enjoy the south Island, it's amazing

[@SailorJames]

Yeah Cook Strait kicked my ass 3 different times

[@sailingsitka]

Happy you guys made it out safety and without losing the boat . I’m extremely grateful that you shared your experience with such transparency and I’m sure all the sailors watching including myself have learned something from it. Fair winds and following seas

[@SailorJames]

It was a wild and hairy ride for sure , one I hope to never relive

[@charliec8849]

Expertly navigating the seas once again. Thanks for taking us with you. What a wild ride!!

[@SailorJames]

🙏🏻

[@kidxaos1466]

That one didn't look like fun and downright spooky when you were trying to find the mooring balls at night. Well done, and I hope you got some well deserved rest at the end of it.

[@SailorJames]

Yeah I drove around for an hour, totally impossible and spooky for sure

[@kiwiwifi]

A real piece when shorthanded@@SailorJames

[@jasonmcintosh2632]

Loved this video. Love the sailing. Love the sounds of the wind and waves. Loved hearing about your thinking process of doing the sail. Looking forward to seeing how your girl fits into everything. Fair winds.

[@SailorJames]

Thanks 🙏🏻 glad you enjoyed it

[@minniemoo6956]

The dolphins riding the bow pressure was so cool!!

[@Cruising-MS-Matakana]

And that's a nice day crossing Cook Strait. Cheers for MS Matakana.

[@clarencebirdashaw8117]

Outstanding photography may made me feel like i'm in the boat with you. Good job.

[@jeremysanderson9673]

Wonderful videography and narration as always James. You make it look so easy, but as a sailor myself I know that it is far from being so. You’re at the top of your game buddy.

[@SailorJames]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@juniorbalasador22]

I was born and raised in the Philippines with a fisherman father and mom selling what ever he catches. I miss the sea, the smell, the waves, everything. I wish I can do it again.

[@ojahllah5331]

truly a joy to watch and listen - a human being really really real and connected ... so appreciated - bless you and thank you :)

[@benshore7357]

Good times 🎉 boat is looking dialed in

[@hectorsarraga2475]

James, you are the definition of determination. Thank to you and a handful of others sailors, I’m following my dream too. I will be splashing next month.

[@SailorJames]

Congratulations! Hold Fast!

[@sonnygirl8823]

You are amazing what a wonderful life the moon was the perfect ending to an incredible video❤

[@user-bc7gc5wr3n]

Your not afraid to sail your boat!

[@robinsommer6009]

BEAUTIFUL beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful Thankyou Captain James 🌈🌎💎

[@stevet8327]

Hello James just like to tell you that me and my wife Kelly love your show. Keep up the good work brother. 😊

[@SailorJames]

Thank you for this kind message 🙏🏻 I appreciate it 🙏🏻

[@carlospablotejero8641]

What a ride! Majestic! Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷.

[@choukridriouach5282]

Mr james .you are a great sailor.god bless you .e love you and your courage

[@nealchristensen1793]

Amazing long video ! Thank you !

[@fe4449]

Thanks for sharing your adventures!!! Much appreciated!

[@portiawebb533]

Hi James! 👋🏽 Blessings to you on the open sea! 🌊🌊🌊🐟***✨

[@johnglowinski1321]

Great passage in challenging conditions. Well earned rest.

[@philbettany1461]

I learned to sail at New Plymouth. The Tasman sea can get very tricky. The climb up Paratutu is worth the trek up. Safe sailing.

[@Pattycakez1000]

I luv this video. Alot of ocean footage 😊

[@user-ql1kt9fv1s]

I love watching you sail with your calm demeanor, your great! 😊

[@stonegatherers]

Glad you have made it to Durville one of my favorite places. Enjoy all the fat Blue Cod.

[@SailorJames]

D’Urville was the crown jewel of the sounds

[@Krogren]

It's always great to see you sailing! That scene with the dolphins was magical, what a memory.

[@dannydoucette9668]

Dude, you're awesome. Thank you for this incredible content.

[@justinmhuerta]

Cheers another epic chapter in triteia’s sailing journey!

[@johnnylatham9738]

Man when those dolphins ride with you, made me cry with joy, theyre checking you out 😂, you are on the same journey for that moment. Incredible, heres to you James , what a journey🎉

[@mysticraven5]

Your videos are always delightful! It is astonishing how well you handle everything the sea throws at you, quite literally at times. And the fact that pods of dolphins hang out with you as often as they do is extremely endearing. Well done, you! 🙌🐬⛵

[@SailorJames]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@skitzy47]

love the long form videos, amazing stuff bro

[@davecourtois5142]

Thx for sharing your trip with your boat. I really enjoy it. I plan to do it to, hey we got just one life to live. What an adventure! By the way you have all to be a sealler, the knowledge, the boat, the look and the boat.

[@Coleen_West]

Wow... you really have something good going on here James. So calming and peaceful especially the intro music. Not sure what you did prior to all this sailing, but whatever it was, I am sure that you made the right decision to change it up and go sailing. No way that this could ever be the wrong thing.

[@SailorJames]

I was an Arthandler working for the biggest galleries, museums and celebrities in the world installing priceless works of art. The life I live now is far more rewarding that’s for sure.

[@Coleen_West]

@@SailorJames ....good decision for sure. Art is nice but seeing the world is next level.

[@michaeldusso6882]

I remember a year ago when you limped into NZ without a motor and had to be towed into dock, narly times indeed !!!

[@floridasailor3732]

Great videography and story telling. I really felt like you took us along for the adventure. Thanks for sharing.

[@SailorJames]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@bensmart4259]

Its so cool watching you sail around all the places I sailed around as a kid in NZ James. I did wonder what you were on about when you implied you were in Cook Strait just after rounding Cape Egmont.. I was like, nah, he'll find Cook Strait eventually. And you did hehe.. Good work getting into D'Urville in the dark. Love your content.

[@SailorJames]

Yeah it kicked my ass 3 different times before leaving NZ

[@colinboniface194]

I agree with zenunla... Your best passage video to date... Cook straight does sort the men from the boys alright...

[@rosslevitates]

What a trip. Thanks for sharing a most enjoyable passage..including Cook Strait! It’s neat to see you going about reefing, adjusting lines etc….real stuff.

[@SailorJames]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@silviatubausole4480]

Hi James, I like your conversations. Very rough seas, indeed. Have a nice journey! 🐬🐬

[@user-oh2xs9wj9f]

Love this being a Kiwi revisiting places i have not been to for many years

[@theodoreedwards7774]

Hello Bro, I always wondered have you ever seen anything strange while sailing in those big oceans. Its only you and a wide body of water. I can only imagine things you might have questioned (strange lights etc.) 💯💯

[@SailorJames]

Nope 👍🏻

[@ctndiaye1]

I lol at the scenes where one minute you were laughing and marveling at the big waves then cut to next scene when your hair was all over and you were soaked by said waves. 😅

[@billhanna8838]

Rattle control & my pockets full of water > Thats real sailing . Well done on the trip down the west coast , Can get worse .

[@-suncheez-]

Your intro music is my personal therapy setting the mood for the rest of the day. :) Thank you again for everything you show to us.

[@SailorJames]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@simoncaselton9020]

Glad to see you & the boat hanging in.Watching the night sequence,I feel like a horse with blinkers...very scary.

[@jaydubya4727]

Great video, James - an epic passage, well done and good job sharing. Loved it, as usual! You go along so well alone, but I'm eagerly looking forward to the future vids with Rhonda.

[@SailorJames]

Her episodes start March 29th!

[@mikebrinsley9302]

Congratulations…not many overseas yachts choose to come down the west coast….into my home town too…New Plymouth….Looks like our magnificent mountain did not show its face when you went up parititu rock………Well done ..Great video

[@SailorJames]

I only got a chance to see Taranaki from a distance. At the end of my cruise of the Marlborough Sounds on a very clear day while transiting Stephens Pass I could see the great mountain clearly in the distance all the way from D’Urville Island

[@SuperKeylight]

Hi James. THANK YOU for all your videos man, experiences and perceptions you share. No bullshit just sailing .. like Erik Andreaa. I also follow his journeys with interest. Good wind and cross fingers to you sailor.

[@dougjacksonart]

Fabulous footage James. Thanks for taking us there. Wonderful escapism 🤘🤘

[@Howt-ooo]

I picked up the different sound from your position and the wind and white caps in the distance! Thank you. Safe sailing!

[@russellneville7145]

Well done James. Good effort. Looking forward to the cook straight crossing. keep up the good work. SV Kiwi Lady Opua Bay of islands New Zealand 👍🏿

[@SpaceJockey805]

Those dolphins were bringing you in. That was epic. Safe travels, homie!

[@teachermike8445]

Great stuff, James. Plotting your pit stops on google maps...keep being brilliant!

[@jeffmercier1974]

That was a cool looking hike up that cliff, certainly pay attention on the way down eh, what a view ✌️

[@SailorJames]

Super sketchy coming down for sure

[@jmpersonal2402]

I have done a few sea miles, both the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Even in the lovely patch south of Stewart Island, but the Tasman, she can be like a surly teenager. Throw in words like petulant and fiery, all in the same afternoon. Mates have sat in the quadrant Cape Egmont, Farewell Spit and Kapiti Island - they sat head to win. The shallow depth and oddball waves created their own weird motion... A wonderful adventure for you.

[@SailorJames]

The waves where unlike anything I have experienced…. Like square waves that smash you like a hammer

[@MikeSantis]

James that was an excellent episode! I have enjoyed it a lot! I have kind of figured out how you have set up your boom preventer lines. Maybe you can explain it in a future episode? Stay safe

[@SailorJames]

I have explained it in the past, I think I explain it on this video : Details of a Sea Voyage; Sailor James Discusses Various Topics While On An Ocean Passage kzbin.info/www/bejne/pafYYaqBpbijp6s

[@MikeSantis]

@@SailorJames Super. Thanks James.

[@BTCxyz369]

You just help yourself to moorings in New Plymouth... they are 100% chain moorings

[@Psylucks]

Your videos are always so amazing, I'm glad I can like and support your content.

[@SailorJames]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@Martillo_de_Dios]

Great video James... always inspired by your seafaring ways :) Thanks for the vids!

[@SailorJames]

🙏🏻

[@jameschristiansen7712]

Fantastic passage video James!

[@andybrown6981]

Thanks for showing that at the Cape

[@Blueybob]

Enjoyed that lots. Thankyou.

[@Viajandoavela]

This was amazing, thanks for sharing and I hope this became another video with more than a million views! Regards from Argentina.

[@SailorJames]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Pearsonlandscape]

Such a great video, loved this one

[@Seafariireland]

Wonderful trip!❤

[@innocentauditor8682]

You are extremely awesome! Love your channel.

[@loubonaparte5063]

Bro that footage of the gnarly sea at around 45 minutes... RADICAL kid.. Seriously Nat Geo should literally hire you, equip you to the gills so you could take us across the globe and everywhere in between... THOUGH YOU ARE DOING JUST THAT in that Alberg!!!! That boat is impressive, though the Captain makes her shine.

[@SailorJames]

Dude, that last section of the passage was so much more brutal than it shows on the video, much of the hell was in the dark and couldn’t really be filmed. Gnarly passage for sure

[@anguspure]

😂 You thought NPL was a safe refuge for a yacht! Nice that you had a good stop anyway. Great to see a foreign yachtie cruising my stamping ground. Best vid I've seen of NZ coastal sailing! Thanks man!

[@SailorJames]

It is the only safe harbor.

[@shellyhughes2608]

I wanna thank you for all the great videos. I love the ocean, but deathly afraid of it. If that makes sense. Maybe someday you can explain all your tattoos & what made you choose them.

[@richmorpurgo5554]

Great sailing Cap’n!

[@Ramenscooter]

Very competent sailing.

[@TL-rl9xk]

Great journey!

[@jeppymongoose1546]

I love these videos and wish I had the courage and resources to just set out and go where the wind takes me! Watching you walk up and down the boat while roped in, have you ever fallen over board where that has saved your life?

[@SailorJames]

No I haven’t fallen overboard. I take great care to stay on the boat

[@paullascelles8362]

Welcome to the Roaring 40's!

[@danwilliams8695]

Nice work setting up those shots going up that rock

[@SailorJames]

It was such a wild trail it was the only way I knew how to capture it !

[@Jim-ro5sl]

Fantastic video. 🤙🖖✌️

[@KingPoohJohnson]

There is too much water for me, but your videos are a good vibes

[@SailorJames]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@dracey1778]

Very enjoyable

[@sailingtheworld2021]

I would like to see a video on how you solo ancher and catch a mooring ball . I think that would be interesting. Especially for us soon to be solo sailors..

[@gorgemainframe]

True American breakfast coffee ☕ and bagel. ❤

[@barrycranson7666]

great vid thanks James you were lucky with the weather they don't call it the Wild West Coast for nothing you had calm sea for that part of New Zealand ive been in 5 to 6 metre sea down there

[@SailorJames]

It wasn’t luck, I went on a good weather window as any responsible Captain would.

[@barrycranson7666]

@@SailorJames sure what ever mate you got lucky ask any one that knows that sea you don't

[@SailorJames]

Bro, it’s not luck when you just plan ahead and WAIT for the right weather window

[@Secretlyanothername]

It's very New Zealand to have a 500ft mount and call it a "rock".

[@keeganrawlins5821]

Thanks!

[@SailorJames]

🙏🏻

[@MizzAugust7]

Damn ! That is the worst I have ever seen you heel over. It Looked like a battle & you showed some serious sailing there ! It was tense on this side of the screen an you Must have been Exhausted !! Tritea is SUCH a Good Sailboat & you, a great Sailor !!!

[@SailorJames]

It was a wild ride for sure ⛵️⛵️⛵️

[@martinvargas9229]

You the best martin from Tauranga

[@tomhermens7698]

Could have asked the port officer if you could use any empty mooring ball!

[@Makraska]

Fortress, huh? For a spare, I guess? Wait, is that a Mantus for the main anchor? Damn, we have the same setup. And my ELAN 295 is practically the same size. : )

[@AdventureYachtSeaMonkey]

Hectic. I noticed you don’t run guys or a topping lift for your whisker pole. I use a topping lift but no guys and am always copping shit for it. Sometimes I’ll run the lazy sheet forward around a block as a preventer when it’s sloppy. Have you had any dramas running without guys?

[@SailorJames]

Nope