S2E102 Preparing Wave Rover for a Hurricane || Tour of Halifax

[@calanmacleod3948]

Good to see you with Kevin.

[@lorrainemockford_edtech]

Alan and Kevin Boothby! Two of my Steve's favourite solo sailors. Fair winds!

[@hrmacdonald4471]

Alan & Kevin...two Rock Star sailors!

[@RoversAdventure]

Very kind of you

[@tonysutton6559]

I hope that your mother's funeral all went well. If you're ever in the UK, make sure that you visit the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth, Cornwall. It's the same sort of set up as the one that you've just visited in Halifax. If you get to the Shetland Islands, the is a tiny museum on Unst (the furthest North point of the UK) called the Boat Haven. I managed to keep myself occupied for about 4 hours and even my wife enjoyed it for nearly as long.

[@RoversAdventure]

Fantastic, will do. Might try to get Mrs Rover to come along

[@rolfpiotrowski4325]

Hey, Alan! All the best to you, your family and Wave Rover! 💪😎👍

[@Garryck-1]

Thanks for the tour of Halifax, Alan! And good to see that WR2 came through in such great shape.

[@RoversAdventure]

You're welcome my friend

[@mattevans-koch9353]

Another watch, another like. I can't believe you won't be building another boat! Of course after a circumnavigation I am sure that Mrs. Wave Rover would like you to stay on terra firma for a while. Take care and best wishes to you and Mrs. Wave Rover for a great weekend.

[@RoversAdventure]

We shall see

[@nickgoodall578]

It’s funny Alan, it looks like you’ve done a phenomenal job building your boat, but it’s also becoming clear that you really are a sailor, more than a boat builder!

[@RoversAdventure]

Thanks Nick

[@seepearlsailing9951]

Wow those wooden boats were amazing! Thanks for sharing; and to the see Kevin from “How to Sail Oceans “ another one of my favorite sailing channels.

[@RoversAdventure]

Kevin and I share a lot in common and have been friends for quite a while.

[@jcalas]

What a nice encounter, Kevin is a phenomenal sailor.

[@RoversAdventure]

Couldn't agree more!

[@howtosailoceans1423]

All of those beautiful wood boats! Good for the soul. You forgot to mention the fish and chips at the Lower Deck, I highly recommend it.

[@RoversAdventure]

Looking forward to our next meet up.

[@howtosailoceans1423]

@@RoversAdventure In Bermuda!

[@hecdc305]

My condolences on the passing of your mother. Glad to see everything OK after your well done prep for the storm. Going to have to put Halifax on my list. Thanks for the video.

[@HP-qj4gz]

A superb video! I'm sure that you must have been so relieved to see WR2 safe after such a hard blow. Halifax looks like a very interesting place place. I grew up listening to my Grandfather's relation tell me stories about the place during the War, then heading back to Liverpool.

[@RoversAdventure]

Before I managed to get back to her, folks at the yacht club were sending me messages telling me that she was unscathed

[@adventureswithgrandpa]

You're in the best place possible. Was there two years ago. Loved the place.

[@RoversAdventure]

Absolutely

[@daveamies5031]

My condolences on the passing of your mum, Good to see you getting out and about continuing on with life and meeting friends, this is the best medicine 👍

[@sparrowdudu]

I enjoyed your Halifax tour. Interesting fact: the first Canadian to complete a single handed yacht race circumnavigation (the '86/'87 BOC), John Hughes, still lives there. His 40' yacht, Joseph Young, was named after our grandfather (he is my cousin!). That, and the fact that Joshua Slocum was originally a Nova Scotian, lends some significance to your port call there... Bon voyage!

[@RoversAdventure]

Thanks for sharing.

[@RoversAdventure]

Thanks for sharing that

[@MaShcode]

We were visiting Halifax, NS at the time of the Swiss Air disaster in ‘98 and were totally blown away by how the local community quickly pulled together to assist in the search and rescue as well as provide housing and support for the families of the victims. The kindness was truly heroic given the scale of the tragedy. ❤ Happy Wave Rover made it relatively unscathed.

[@RoversAdventure]

Maritimers have always been known for their big hearts

[@NovaScotiaSailor]

Fun fact...that tall mast at The Lower Deck was the old main mast out of Bluenose II. The Maritime Museum is my favourite spot in Halifax.

[@RoversAdventure]

I didn't know that. Thanks

[@pauliewalnuts918]

So sorry about your mom brotha. Love your channel

[@chelseafuller8412]

So fascinating, entertaining, and informative! I just stumbled on your channel and I’m hooked! Thanks so much for sharing! I am so sorry to hear about your mother. Sending my thoughts and prayers.

[@RoversAdventure]

Thank you.

[@hesterdekoninck]

3:40 That must have been a joyous return to the anchorage, finding her so serene after the storm. What a beautiful vessel you built Alan, (and in such pace.) She’s modest and non-pretentious , yet elegant and strong in appearance. 4:20 and onwards, your smile says it all… Hats off to you and the naval architect, and the whole team! Looking forward to the next stage in your adventure, may you find good winds!

[@RoversAdventure]

Thanks for taking the time to say that. I'm loving this boat

[@jepomer]

Wave Rover is proving itself by weathering the storm. Wonderful tour of Halifax. Next time, please add some subtitles or zoom in enough to read the signs describing what your are showing. I now have the Maritime Museum on my list of places to visit.

[@RoversAdventure]

Will do

[@jamesadams1064]

Great to see that Wave Rover II made it through the bad weather. Great preparation on getting her buttoned up!. Also thanks for the tour of Halifax and environs. My parents were in and out of there during WW2. Dad was RCAF and Mum was a WREN. Was nice to see Levin from HTSO. Two of my favourite channels on you tube. Fair Waimea and following seas, Alan. Cheers

[@RoversAdventure]

Thanks for sharing

[@eolof7]

All my best from España! Que viva wave roberII !

[@MikeBrown-dk7or]

I enjoyed the tour of Halifax which I visited perhaps 50 years ago. A big thank you, Alan.

[@RoversAdventure]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@johndoudna7055]

Thanks Alan for great video and your masterpiece boat. Loved watching your build, love seeing you sail. Fair winds to you.

[@RoversAdventure]

Thanks John

[@twentyrothmans7308]

I'm sorry to hear about your mother. Please accept my condolences. I'm glad that your boat weathered the storm. I'm meant to be in Canada right now, but things got in the way.

[@RoversAdventure]

Thank you

[@jasonmcintosh2632]

Very cool to see you get together with the "How to sail oceans" guy.

[@RoversAdventure]

Kevin and I have been friends for a while. And neither one of us have had girls in bikinis as thumbnails. I don't know how we have managed to grow our channels

[@Itssmial_Ova]

Halifax also has link to the Golden age of Canadian Piracy! I loved reading about the Privateer turned Pirates of those areas. The story of poor Edward Jordan was very thought provoking.

[@sietuuba]

I know that guy! What a fitting meetup. It's probably been a long enough time since Kevin's engineless circumnavigation that the destinations along the way have changed somewhat but I'm sure you had a meaningful exchange nonetheless about your upcoming legs.

[@RoversAdventure]

Kevin is so knowledgeable about this East Coast and so sharing with his knowledge

[@briansmyth8113]

Thank God you had that large bit on the foredeck!!!

[@RoversAdventure]

Thank you for donating that bitt. It can never be too big

[@colinfletcher5023]

Allen I always remove the sails for less windage but I'm sure you know what is required in your current area ❤❤

[@drawartgallery]

Amazing views. Hope you always in safe journey

[@rscott6512]

In 1986 had a 42' ketch break loose from the same location.

[@RoversAdventure]

Sorry to hear that.

[@samssungs4495]

The Quartermaster* Allan, next time, you will be better served if you gather all your halyards, topping lift, flag, and radar reflector lines together using bungee cords then with a separate line, pull the whole bundle back and fasten it to the stern pulpit. This way, you keep all your halyards and other lines off the mast. This stops the paint on the mast from wearing off.

[@RoversAdventure]

Great point! Thanks

[@robd8577]

Was the FFH HMCS Winnipeg a ship you served on Alan? I'm sure people would be interested in your past, civil and military.

[@RoversAdventure]

I didn't serve on her, but my brother was Captain of her at one point.

[@robd8577]

@SailingWaveRover look forward to hearing whatever you would like to share in the future, and thanks for the reply. That connection to the sea sounds like it runs deep. Thanks for taking us along over the years.

[@andreboudreau6474]

My grand father was in an orphanage in Halifax when the explosion occurred. I believe it was in 1917 and not 1918. He was scarred in the face by flying glass and had that scar his whole life.

[@RoversAdventure]

Yes it was 1917

[@sailawayteam]

Nothing feels more secure than overpreparing!

[@RoversAdventure]

So true

[@randaljameslynch3863]

Your hat, were you Captain of the Winnipeg? Is she a Fast Frigate? Just guessing.

[@RoversAdventure]

My brother was the captain and he had me on board for a day sail.

[@TimErickson-oc6sd]

Honestly the first thought that comes to mind when I think Halifax is how many sailors that last set foot on land was Halifax . I mean just during wwii alone must of been massive . Ad almost 4 centuries of shipping and fishing

[@RoversAdventure]

very sobering thought

[@peterb9038]

Another successful trail passed. The little boat is proving to be doing your workmanship proud. Well done sir.

[@RoversAdventure]

I'm so happy with this boat!

[@BillSikes.]

Whilst in Bermuda a few years ago, i met some shipmates from Nova Scotia, i thought they were from the West of Ireland such was their accents

[@RoversAdventure]

I'm really enjoying the change of accents as I sail down the coast

[@konstantinjirecek970]

OMG - famous biggest non nuclear explosion called Halifax explosion - was in THIS Halifax.

[@RoversAdventure]

It was

[@RobertJames-my8yg]

Sorry you lost your mother

[@RoversAdventure]

Thank you

[@22jaydogg]

That’s was a cool meet up with Kevin

[@RoversAdventure]

We have been friends for a while, we have a lot in common