We're kicking off 2021 with a POLAR PLUNGE in the Pacific Northwest! Plus, weekly Q&A [MV FREEDOM]

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[@Div3r]

Shawn's comment at 20:41 is an excellent example of why auto life jackets are a good idea. If you go in the drink in cold water you quickly lose the use of your arms hands and legs and are invariably unable to help yourself. Something that should be borne in mind when designing a casualty retrieval system. I bet the warm shower was bliss.

[@markduncan6690]

Speaking of "Eye Candy" Elizabeth comes to mind!

[@capt.stubing5604]

Nothing more beautiful than crossing that strait in calm seas, not much worse when it gets nasty out there. If you get the tides right it can shave hours off the trip.

[@johnfairweather3178]

How cold diving into freezing water, not once but twice, what a beautiful couple you are, I really enjoy your movies, Elizabeth is such a cutie.

[@tomkuisis9496]

Jim and Rosy are great, with his voice he is like the Bob Ross of boat cruising.

[@paulbenoit9431]

I'm with you Elizabeth, I never sleep well while at a windy anchorage. I'm always amazed how well the hook does hold, however. Great video!

[@rexanddonnaboyd]

Thank goodness for cockpit showers!

[@jamesweigh3178]

I love the 14:00 mark! “Get me to land!” Then, the poopy weather, but it could be snowing. Haha!

[@foxhollerhomestead]

Washington born and raised, grew up in Gig Harbor Fox Island area. I just found y’alls channel and my wife and I hope to be there someday! So happy that you both get to experience such a beautiful life! We have yet to get A motor yacht of that size but again it’s just a matter of time! Clear skies for you both! Skol!!

[@zzman5306]

A sweet boat, a gorgeous fun woman. Life is good!

[@milojackson8339]

The wing/dock/bow thruster convo was spoken like a true engineer 😂

[@richardsmith4187]

I always love the drone footage as the views are spectacular !! The polar plunge was funny and it did look frigid LOL As always love your weekly Vlog, stay safe and enjoy your adventure.

[@davidmiller6020]

You Guys are a hardy pair! I'd say that woke you up with a squeak!! Well done.

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Love the solitude of winter cruising. Shaun buy a 6 pack of Old Style and stick a couple of pretzels in the freezer for when Elizabeth gets cabin fever.. btw everyone knows hood canal is 15-20 degrees warmer than the islands. Lol. Thanks for taking the plunge. Last thing. Elizabeth sleep in the pilot berth on those scary nights. I do the same thing.

[@rockinpiano1]

Hey guys, I want to see you get Jim and Rosie to jump in the water in the winter too. That would be a hoot. But I have to admit that with you being from Wisconsin, I'd think that having water that's liquid instead of a solid would be nice for a change!!! By the way, how come we don't see any Leinies on the boat............There's "73 people who care" that would appreciate the advertising!!!

[@jpmerrick8886]

No sht Elizabeth is the bomb smart witty sweet whimsical fun and Sean allowed dino he's not as grinchy as he appears

[@markduncan6690]

M.V. Freedom's crew sure have some beautiful vistas! Be careful not to get pneumonia!

[@Fantic156]

You're mad, crazy people, keep enjoying what you do, it's so obvious you're happy and enjoying it!!!

[@sunshine_and_flowers]

OMG...the polar plunge! You guys are brave! I watch people every year do this in our neighborhood and there is no way I'm getting in there! The Puget Sound is freaking cold!

[@stevedavis7882]

All this time I thought you two were pretty smart; then you go and jump into 46 freaking degree water. WOW ! Keep'em coming. Love the videos.

[@stoneygreek]

your production just gets better. love it!

[@dneuman7455]

Most people do it close to shore incase of shock . Way to go with the commitment.

[@steveharvey1876]

Cheers! Stay well!

[@Sheebalicious]

Omg you guys are a riot!!! Loved this video ❤️❤️❤️

[@7WetDawg3]

One of your best videos to date!

[@martimcgaughey249]

Glad you made it to the quiet side of the San juans. You are crazy for going in the water!!!

[@Greggspies]

Had to smile watching you brave the dip,

[@williamcallaway2245]

Thank you so much... Can't wait to watch more. A new boat dog, wonderful!! You both are wonderful.

[@REBELLIOUS513]

watching how fast yall asses got out that water was enough for me ...i was in tears

[@teddbrown4262]

Happy new year thanks for sharing

[@pippalarson]

We love your videos. Look forward to the day you discover the warmth of the Caribbean. Seattle will be a fond memory!

[@guymanges3628]

Excellent job guys,, Thank you...

[@Big.Ron1]

Another great video. Thank you!

[@craigfarnham7279]

Happy New Year to both of you and Mr. Sully

[@stoneygreek]

Its like that turtle joke when the snail climbs on the turtles back and says, 'WEEEEEE!"

[@Shaneodell35]

Enjoy your channel and travels.

[@paulrawluk3060]

Great video guys!! Super professional but still very informative with some fun! Love the show!!!

[@karlmueller9768]

Another great video. Keep having fun. God Bless.

[@davidzimmer2694]

Happy New Year. Too cold for my old .....Be safe out there.

[@cruisingcircadia6574]

Jones Island is one of my favorite stops in the summer time. Glad that you are saving it for another time.

[@bobgutgsell1009]

The cold plunge was crazy once and Crazy Nuts on the second one. Loved it Happy New Year

[@thomasw5430]

Nice job with the polar plunge. I live in northeast so pretty used to cold water-especially since I am a diver. Thankfully I have a drysuit though. Only did a polar plunge once and it was freezing even before getting in the water. Mr Sully could not get off the boat fast enough it looked like.

[@justin805]

Awesome, thanks guys, I’m in Elliott Bay Marina I’ll look fo you next time.

[@jamesmulhern6733]

Bring in the New Year with a splash lol. You know what you are doing and how you plan is everything. Elizabeth your smile brighten the day always. Your Polar Plunge worked out fine. I am surely looking forward to more cruising vedio in 2021. Thank You for sharing. Remain safe in your travels.

[@dave.willard]

Years ago I was on one of those submarines that passed through the straits on the way to Bremerton. I love your vids of the area. They bring back a lot of memories. Keep it up!

[@msweaver2]

Spectacular sunrise scenes.

[@markduncan6690]

Hello Elizabeth and Sean! Your bridge looks so warm and inviting!

[@retiredfederalie178]

Stern tie in Jones is an option too. I’ve done that when there were several others anchored.

[@robertstewart5496]

Wondering why no flotation devices ever...not even your doggie

[@RSR1823]

Shawn you came close to hitting the speed we did on the bay on my Formula!!

[@nopressurecookingshow4062]

Great video thank you for sharing and enjoy your life

[@prefonjames]

Really enjoyed this video!

[@troccllc665]

Happy New Year. I have been following you both or three for a while now. Haven traveled to BC just 1 year ago to view a 1967 Custom Trawler 76' x 20'w Yacht, You are a real inspiration. Thank you for filming and sharing all your experiences. Your Friend Eric from Trinidad, Ca. Remain safe and healthy.....

[@Mr_JP_007]

Another great video. Happy New Year. My brother and I normally swim of the beach at Camano Island on Jan 1st. Safe travels.

[@dennismalcolm6620]

WAY TO GO ELIZABETH 👏 AND CEAN!!!!.WISH I WAS THERE TO TAKE THE PLUNGE WITH YOU. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU BOTH...

[@elizabethsmith2948]

Mr.sully best dressed dog ever

[@tonandmarc]

true freedom, stay safe !!

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

Look at that speed!!! Shame you didn't break out the Water Skis! ok... polar plunge... uhm, all I can say is ouch, and shrinkage!

[@mathbrown9099]

Jone’s Island holds great memories from my 70s cruises in SJI.

[@Off-the-Beaten-Path]

Love Hood Canal. Spent time there in the Navy at Bangor and Keport bases. Love the country and water ways. Thanks

[@stuartvarvel27]

Great video guys! 🇬🇧

[@johngrant7696]

The New Years plunge in the USVI is a little warmer.

[@sunshine_and_flowers]

Eagle harbor looks amazing!

[@mathbrown9099]

Outstanding video! Super day!

[@hbunny737]

Small world. We were at the dock at Alderbrook at the same time as you. Also one of our favorite destinations!

[@manfredseidler1531]

During my Vietnam days in the Navy, we occasionally returned to Bremerton... but before we did we had to drop all munitions off in a facility in the Hood canal. They also do some torpedo testing in the hood. I personally know of two SEALS who trained for cold water activities up here, I was their emergency support. You don't have to walk on ice in order to get the polar dip experience. I'm very impressed to see your gutsy New Year dip.... Brrrrrrrrrrr. Ps, can we vote on whether you guys should leave the Pacific Northwest?

[@mvfreedom]

That would be an interesting vote, maybe we’ll do that in May!

[@manfredseidler1531]

@@mvfreedom I don't even know you yet, because of your open and transparent demeanor, you make me feel like you guys are dear friends. If at all possible I wish you keep your desire to keep sharing your adventures. I'm familiar with your marina, if you can give me a departure date, I and my family will bring you flowers and wave you off. I'll miss you guys but you have a hearty thumbs up from us. [e-mail]

[@mvfreedom]

@@manfredseidler1531 won’t be until Fall if we leave!

[@mikejernigan3215]

Yall both are crazy!!!!

[@darrylmcleman6456]

I have been watching Sea Venture too. They have two cats that appear to be the real owners of Venture! Bigger than your little dog!CHEERS from SOOKE

[@lancemichael7566]

Y'all CRA CRAY!!

[@Brad1711]

“Maybe get off the boat by 3” except it’s dark at 4 lol. My biggest lesson this winter was plan 2 nights in each destination so we actually have time to get off the boat and explore. :)

[@mvfreedom]

That’s always a good rule of thumb 👍

[@James-seafan]

Thank you for sharing

[@mwrcrft]

Belated Happy New Year

[@kenwilliams5839]

Yeah, Cattle Pass can be a handful.

[@thatchh1]

Great video! We generally stern tie to shore in the cove at Jones Island. We don't have to worry about swinging into anyone. I'm curious why your aversion to mooring buoys. I personally feel safer on a buoy than the anchor if the wind comes up. (41' boat similar windage to yours) The ones at Eagle Harbor are DNR and are quite stout.

[@mvfreedom]

We don’t like when the ball hits the hull when conditions are calm and don’t know how well maintained they are to hold our boat better than our anchor, so we’d rather anchor.

[@brandysears3546]

Supporting. Good job.

[@justincase5272]

Every dinghy should be packed with a lightweight wet suit, fins, mask and snorkel in case you have to swim back to the boat. I had to do that, once, when the water was a balmy 34 degrees. No wet suit. Just jeans, a jacket and a PFD. Shoes off and tied to my sides. Thank goodness for the PFD, too. Even though I was an outstanding swimmer, I was exhausted after that 100 yard swim, and could barely climb back in the boat.

[@TheVancouverIslander]

YOU JUMPED TWICE?! We chickened out on going in period. Well done you two :)

[@mvfreedom]

2nd was for good luck 😉

[@jacksalisbury5218]

That was AWESOME!!! LOL from Lake Erie

[@sdziuk]

Fun video! Happy new year! Hope you make it back to Jones island sometime as we enjoyed it a lot last summer. Loved bumping into you guys at Port Ludlow. I have a question for you sometime...you mention in this video about preferring to anchor over being on a mooring ball. Can you tell us a bit more about why? Is it simply to be further away and have privacy, or some other technical reason?

[@smokedoliver1]

Well done 😉

[@Janchez]

Consider Mackaya Harbor on the south end of Lopez as a stop over spot. Not quite as far of a run to get into Griffin Bay when coming from the south plus you don't have to manage your timing around Cattle Pass currents. It's possible to get tucked in pretty snug on the southern end of Barlow Bay. Depending on what the strait is doing you may get a little roll coming into the anchorage but hey roll is in your future based your on cruising plans.

[@jwm4436]

Good riddance 2020! Thanks for sharing. Life is good~ C ya next week...

[@yankinwaoz]

When you head south and hit San Diego, I hope that you stop long enough to let us meet you guys. Be glad to run around with you in our car to fetch supplies before you hit Baja.

[@davidingraham1989]

And Rocky comes through again.

[@cpwatching5647]

Nice video. That tall island to the East was beautiful. Question - Do your plans include coming into the great lakes?

[@mvfreedom]

No, we came from there and don’t plan to go back.

[@jeremybacon8519]

You guys should try deep water bay on cypress there use to be a boys home there they tore down and dnr replanted and there is trail to the top where there is lakes with good fishing

[@TheHunTwo]

Freedom!

[@nhmiked]

Very cute ending :-)

[@BoatingJourney]

Brrrrrrr. You are braver than us!!

[@Laurelhouse]

Skag-it county ;0) LOL! prounounced (SKAJIT) It's not a hard G. Sorry, had to point it out...

[@MGBGT1971]

I grew up in Skagit County and i was like yelling to my phone SKAJIT COUNTY lol :P

[@nutsmcflurry3737]

Taking down the Christmas lights, all of them........ hahahahahaaaaaaa

[@bushyfly2]

I found your channel a couple of weeks ago. I've been binge watching your channel. You folks have really nice content, and the scenery is awesome. Have you thought of upgrading to a 4k@ 60hrz camera? I watch on a large 4k screen, and it would be great to see things in great detail. Keep up the good work. Your editing is wonderful.

[@mmanut]

Diesel heaters are very popular for people living in campers. Huge selection from as cheap as $150.00 up to $1200.00. You can buy a real good heater for under $400.00. Quiet, works fantastic & easy to install. I recommend checking them out, save your generator, Diesel heaters are the way to go. GOOD LUCK GUYS, GREAT VIDEOS ‼️👍👍. Vinny 🇺🇸

[@msweaver2]

Installed a Planar diesel heater on my Roughwater 41. It works well- starts readily and runs all the time in colder weather and keeps the boat toasty warm. I added a spare 7 liter tank of kerosene for starting. It doesn't use much and keeps the heater from carboning up.

[@ponymanr]

You guys are nuts..! LOL

[@johndouglas8187]

Great page ! We are previous boat owners and are planning to charter this June. Wondering what you are hearing about the Canada/USA border opening up ? Oh when we had our boat 40' trawler we installed a sewage treatment unit worked great - your thoughts.John

[@mvfreedom]

We haven’t heard much but if we had to guess we’d guess that the border opens by June, possibly with a requirement to show a negative Covid test. That’s just our guess 🤞

[@cliffordb47]

Just a thought one day I got my anchor caught in the rocks it would not come out, so I had an idea, let me pull straight up over top of the anchor, there was maybe 1 foot sea so all I did then was tied the anchor line off to the bow of the boat and I let the bouncing of the boat with the waves pulled it loose in about five minutes.I figured if it worked its way into the rocks he could work its way out I was successful

[@gilb5710]

Hey Shawn, you got us thinking, a little late in life but oh well. Question-In the three years you have owned a 2004 boat, out of curiosity and planning, how much, approximately, have you spent on outside maintenance services. Thank you

[@mvfreedom]

We haven’t spent anything on outside maintenance except for bottom paint. Everything else has been done ourselves.

[@mikaelhvinlund6279]

Hi guys! Nice video and I like your winter bathing ! Seems to be pretty cold, haha. What kind of drone are you using?

[@georgerydberg4393]

Just an FYI to former Midwesterners: the car ferry Badger was sold to Interlake Holding which runs Interlake Steamship Company. This is the company that I retired from.

[@gerhardvanwaltsleben8944]

Lekker man lekker

[@pilotdane]

I think one of my odd luxury items would be a repeater screen right next to my side of the bed. I know a lot can be sent to a phone screen but just being able to open one eye and see that there is blue all around would be a really nice luxury (if my wife didn't complain about the light from the screen).