1965 Alberg 30 SV Triteia Post 4+ year Refit Above Decks Boat Tour

Hello Friends,
This is the above decks tour of Triteia where I talk about everything I have done to her since buying her as a "Barn Find" in 2017.
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[@superfanphoto4833]

I love your boat and you are free spirits, take good care of yourself

[@alanluscombe8a553]

And now this boat has taken him well over 10k miles around the planet. Super neat

[@David-un6vc]

Really learn a lot from watching your videos. Keep living your dream and for now, I can live it vicariously through your adventures.

[@GlorydaysHigh]

Had to comment... great refit and video. Love the Albergs. Have a 1968 B-40 and have been working in it for 30 years. Wish I had your skill set. Kudos.

[@richhamel6810]

I remember I saw that boat on craigslist for like $5k, 4+ years ago. Soon after that I discovered your channel and noticed you had bought that bought and resurrected her to the beauty she is now. Great job!

[@stashtrey1]

Looking forward to footage from your big passage. Congratulations on making it in safely! Epic.

[@RogerThatSailing]

Congratulations on your crossing! Really looking forward to seeing how you memorialize the mildly harrowing experience

[@jamesleaty7308]

I crewed on a Santana 30. In the 80s. Crewed out of Cleveland Yacht club. We were coming back from a race one night and had the spinnaker up. Clocked just nick under 12 knots.

[@johnjolly2087]

Pearson 10Meter. Same deal. Been called a liar many times. I saw it. Cool, huh?

[@jamesleaty7308]

@@johnjolly2087 Lowrance and a radio. We had the spinnaker up.

[@jamesleaty7308]

@@johnjolly2087 everyone thinks everyone is a liar. I made the mental note on it. Good job.

[@stewarthenderson8027]

She is one beautiful boat.

[@HamidRHariri]

Wow. A very sensible and purpose driven refit. Great old boat transformation.

[@jiakojeur7462]

I've been watching your videos since 2019 and I'm thinking about sailing around the world, thanks you for these insane videos

[@SailBeforeSunset]

Mantus all the way. Really glad you made it safely to Hawaii.

[@daronheggie7780]

Very nice looking boat!

[@martinjames9250]

Bro! Love what you've done with your boat. Not cheap but what price peace of mind.... Good job!

[@whackerjacker]

Love the strobe light idea

[@Trajectionable]

Rewatching this video. So great to see the quality and pride in these hardware refits. Have you considered consulting, James?

[@tayatwo]

Just discovered your channel😊...excellent very natural commentary and great videos. Thank you for brightening cold wet days in Canada my friend. Bon voyage and long may you be sailing!

[@javiador602]

Huge upgrades, what a wonderful boat you're making.

[@chancevonfreund1156]

The Triteia looks great with the Hardtop! ⛵

[@13donstalos]

That's a good looking boat!

[@clayfarnet970]

Congrats making it to Hawaii. Sam mentioned you were experiencing rudder issues. Can’t wait to hear all about it. I remember when you first bought her. She is beautiful now. 👍👍👍

[@SailorJames]

Yeah my rudder failed 1000 miles from Hawaii and I steered by drogue all the way to Honolulu, it was a wild ride

[@openmicsandiego]

Fantastic work, James! Learned to Dive at Ventura Dive N Sport back in the late 90's and used to have my walk around dive/sport fisher there and at Channel Islands harbor. I love that you take the care and time to build things yourself and take the pride in ownership of every element of your amazing boat. What a great journey!!! Cheers! I'm building out my episodes of my youtube channel that I'll be launching in early March.

[@philsmith7398]

What a great job! Lots of sensible decisions too.

[@WillN2Go1]

Amazing refit. I enjoy really smart DIY refits over new boats -- there's so much deep thinking that goes into them. Having sailed to Hawaii, clearly it's all been $32400 well spent. I'm a DIYer but at some point I think we burn out a bit. I'm in my 60s. However.... I think if I could find an old boat without a wooden core (I guess aluminum is the only option >20 years ago) it would be hard to resist. What I've noticed - - also sailing in and out of Marina del Rey - - is I look at the windows, the corporate label, think 'nice Jeanneau', maybe a wave, and then never give it a another look. The older boats are almost always worth a longer look. Thanks for sharing James.

[@luclarouche3766]

You did a lot of good work, hope you'll enjoy her for many years

[@seaonDeltaLady]

Great info on the rig and equipment .. Will follow your lead in refitting my 1963 V.de Stadt next year. Congrats on a safe Pacific passage . All the best for the future. ⚓

[@randymcmeekin1955]

Amazing Refit! What a great job…. she is just gorgeous! R-E-S-P-E-C-T !!!!

[@piahess9738]

Hello,this is very interesting and educational.Learned how to sail in the 80's.Was the only Female to pass the sailing class and sail the Navy's boat under the Bay Bridge in California.Beautiful wooden haul boat.Miss sailing a lot.Love watching all your video's.Love,Honey kitty and I.😘🐈🙏❤👍⛵⚓

[@svsalacia6495]

Glad you made it safe

[@jimh.5286]

You've created a boat that you can justifiably be very proud of.

[@Sp3ktral22]

Inspirational boat mate. Loved the tour.

[@keeldragger]

Solid recap of all the blood, sweat, and tears you have put into Triteia over the last few years. Really outstanding refit all across the board, especially the custom dodger. All you need now is a new rudder and maybe a hydrovane for backup $$$ :-)

[@SailorJames]

I need a hydrovane, they should have sponsored me before the passage, would have been one hell of an advertisement for them if they had 😂

[@keeldragger]

@@SailorJames Agreed! You should reach out to them I'd donate mine to the cause but I have plans for it. I saw you mentioned Mexico as plan B. I'm headed to the Sea of Cortez at the beginning of Dec. Hope to catch up with you there.

[@safranpollen]

wonderful, this Alberg :-) see this for the first time.

[@allaheadflank]

Thanks for sharing! Great refit!!

[@rickg1403]

Thanks for the tour. $30,000 plus your time. Now you got an amazing boat. Looking forward to the below deck tour. As I am Currently ooking for a 30-40’ blue water to live on and travel. )thank you for the info.

[@billfletcher5495]

Found your channel a few weeks ago. Nice job with all of the upgrades, and of course the big league crossing you did. Safe travels.

[@SailorJames]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Zeb70]

Beauty boat! Congratulations on Hawaii!

[@sailingdreams7699]

Try Taya looks wonderful I can't wait to hear about the Crossing and I'm glad you changed your mind and going to Hawaii I think you would have kicked yourself in the butt if you didn't go so again congratulations you put all you've learned into reality and succeeded all that I have learnt from you has-been Irreplaceable and also helping me to build confidence into making that step thanks again hope to see you soon bro peace out.

[@adamcue6529]

James, it would be cool if you discussed the external chainplates with more detail :)

[@symphonyfarm2009]

I want to do this with my bristol 27

[@adamcue6529]

@@symphonyfarm2009 same but A30

[@tahoefisher5311]

Congrats you had a dream and you made it happen

[@meatloaffourdinner]

Very nice, envious.

[@depdvr1]

Burton chase park, marina del rey. Dude, you and I have the same life, sort of. I did what youre doing 20 years ago. Im on Lazy Daze, a 1967 Ericson 41, hull number 4. Currently at the fuel dock in the Ali Wai. Hope to meet you soon.

[@alexyounger5779]

This is an amazing channel. I only understand the basic concept of sailing so the language barrier of sailing is unreal. "We changed our port disflabulator and added in a dymondium trifler. You want to check your rascal flatts before you ever put sail." Not knowing what the hell you're saying makes me even more motivated to dig deeper. Fair winds, as I hear you say.

[@SailorJames]

Yeah it’s a centuries old language, I never use Land Lubber terms on my videos. 👍🏻

[@seandenny2412]

Nice looking boat your Dodger is well designed.

[@protonneutron9046]

put a flexible PV panel on top the hard dodger and add a small microwave. Faster and easier to boil a couple cups of water or what ever for eating while in blue water. Especially if solo. Or to power a small RO water maker.

[@kptbillburkett8735]

Very Glad to see you have made land fall in Hawaii. So I want to say Aloha and welcome to Hawaii! Looking forward for the next video. Until then Aloha from the Big Island 🏝of Hawaii 🏝

[@elizah3828]

Hi James, I’m a new subscriber and I love your channel. What an incredible life you have, oh wow. I’m so happy to learn that Triteia was born the same year as me! ( I could probably do with a refit myself 😬) Best wishes from Dartmoor England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@SailorJames]

Hshahaha that refit comment made me laugh out loud 😂

[@dan711g]

Way to go !!!! I love the dodger!

[@anthonybeck2384]

Congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻

[@SamCyanide]

Waiting on a rainy day for the interior tour video? 😁

[@davidrinehart1243]

Hey James, been following you for a while, great stuff! I recently bought a ‘79 Alberg 30 that needs some work to get shipshape. Your first guess is probably right… the chainplates. The bulkhead has water damage and is coming apart under the chainplates. How would you approach that fix? Of course the traditional approach would be, I think, to pull the whole bulkhead and put in a new one. Not opposed to that, but I don’t really like chainplates in plywood anyway, so now’s the time for alternatives. What about a triangle of G10 between the deck and hull and anchor the chainplates into the G10? I’m not picky about everything being “original”. Your thoughts GREATLY appreciated.

[@SailorJames]

The easiest, but more costly, option is moving them external like I did. But if you want to keep the internal I would cut out and replace the bulkheads with new 3/4 marine ply. You need those bulkheads to be strong anyway to support the structure of the boat and keep the hull from compressing. I would not just have them embedded in the decks because the decks were not designed to take those kind of loads and I would imagine it could became an issue later on.

[@davidrinehart1243]

@@SailorJames Makes sense - thanks so much for the reply!

[@davidrinehart1243]

@@SailorJames I had an experienced boat tech look at it and we're both seeing the same thing - moving the center shroud chainplates external to the hull makes a lot more sense than replacing the whole bulkhead (unless it were part of a major internal refit, which I'm not looking to do). Seems if I move the chainplates off the bulkhead onto the hull, then the bulkhead repair is a matter of cutting out and patching just the deteriorated corners under the chainplates. The rest of the bulkhead - including the middle 70% or so that supports the deck and mast - is OK. (Also this is a later A30 with the built-in beam.) So I am looking to you as kind of a trailblazer here. Can I get more info from you on how you went about moving out the chainplates? I see you went with double shrouds in the center - could it be done with singles? Was that part of your new mast install? How did you go about sizing and positioning the plates? To be clear I realize I'm fully responsible for any changes to my boat, just asking for your opinion. I'd gladly pay you a few bucks to write down some of your thoughts on specs and process. Is there a way I can reach you outside this chat? Thanks man - I'm getting excited about this change. It'll tweak the look but just seems like the right mod to those troublesome bulkhead shrouds.

[@Zachary-j9y]

Your my hero

[@protonneutron9046]

Wow, can't imagine what you could sell this for now. A lot though I imagine

[@captainmike808]

It’s the small things that make the biggest difference.

[@BitcoinNewsTodayLive]

FYI, Skip Novak recommends a 4th reef over storm sails on one of his videos. That hard dodger is awesome, nice job!

[@captainmike808]

This I believe would be more applicable with a longer waterline and more wind age, the fourth reef adding more control to the vessel. On smaller vessels, if you are beyond the 3rd reef, turn downwind to decrease apparent wind speed and hang on hahaha.

[@BitcoinNewsTodayLive]

@@captainmike808 So no storm sails and no 4th reef? Running with the wind is for cats, heave to and have a nice cup of tea.

[@captainmike808]

@@BitcoinNewsTodayLive if conditions allow, I will heave to but many times while crossing our channels, if you put the waves on the beam, you will get knocked down. So many factors involved and this topic is above my pay grade. I can really only speak to my Cheoy Lee 38. I can have 45 knots on the beam and a second reef and not put the rail in the water in 10’ seas. Having been aboard Tritea, I could only guess the needs. I know James knows after thousands of sea miles underway what works and what doesn’t for her.

[@SVMatcha]

Really great job on the refit and congrats on making it to Hawaii. I'm planning to add some solar on the rails of my 33 footer and am looking for some of those sliding rail clamps that allow for positioning the panel. Do you know what I might be able to source those?

[@SailorJames]

Yeah you can find them in my affiliate Amazon shop … www.amazon.com/shop/sailingtriteia

[@SVMatcha]

@@SailorJames Sweet! Thanks!

[@SVMatcha]

@@SailorJames Slowly getting my Gladiateur 33 ready for some extending cruising. Thanks for the inspiration 🙏

[@SailorJames]

Congratulations!!!! Get out there !!!!

[@JavierBonillaC]

Man I love your life so I’ll be a patreon for a while…

[@dannybabashoff3107]

Dude love you channel

[@symphonyfarm2009]

Yo Boss!! I noticed chain plates moved from though the deck, to outside the hull. I am thinking about doing this (not because I want to go bluewater sailing, but because I want to eliminate the potential for deck core rot and water intrusion!) I went looking through the haul out and tried to find where you did that....I know you have a lot on your plate but ...uh ...what episode was that?!

[@kiwi6444]

Why did you not seal the hard dodger at the base?

[@pauleohl]

Spooky how you did not mention repairs or inspection or maintenance of the rudder and the rudder was the weak link.

[@SailorJames]

The rudder wasn’t the weak link i struck and underwater object that broke it

[@scott.wallace8625]

So you tried Hawaii again?

[@GTAWildestPolicechases]

what boat is at 1.15

[@anthonywilliamson2080]

You keep saying we,we but I never see anyone else in your videos. Are you by yourself?

[@SailorJames]

Historically speaking “We” is the Captain and his Ship

[@albertoalmeida3424]

I don't sail, but I can tell that is a really dangerous boat! You must know what you are doing. HAHAHAHAHA

[@symphonyfarm2009]

LIVE STREAM TO TElL THE CROSSING TALE! Make it so people can send donations!

[@SailorJames]

I will do a live after the video airs next Monday 👍🏻

[@AXISMEDIATV]

Hell to the YES! most Awesomeness- and seriously- Congrats on making landfall.- Ill be holding it down here in Long Beach till we meet up again on the water- I grew up on the BIG I so if you need any advice- Hit me up on my email.