WILD REMOTE SAILING ADVENTURE Grizzly Gazing from Hot Springs + Sailing to a GHOST TOWN

Exploring far reaching fjords & remote anchorages of the Inside Passage charting a course North to Alaska (slowly), we're a Canadian Aussie duo documenting an adventure-based alternative life off-grid 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 sustainable, self-sufficient life connected to nature.
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Filmed August 13th, 2023
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[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

The final stop on our sail-to-soak adventure this Summer and our LAST video of 2023! Where has the year gone?! We'll be back in the New Year picking up where we left you in this abandoned ghost town! Has anyone else been to Ocean Falls?!

[@steveironside7255]

I was in Ocean Falls in the late 70’s, as a commercial fisher. It was thriving then, a few places were closed but they had an indoor pool, a bank, bowling alley and a very large grocery store. It was part of Brick, a crown corporation that the government tried to support the population up there. Brick Shares.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Very cool! It was all but abandoned a decade later I guess! We read the BC government purchased the town, mill and all else for just under a Million dollars? We visited the ol bank Inn, seen relics of the bowling alley & famous pool - neat so many Olympic athletes came out of there!

[@mikepatton1489]

ocean falls was one of the highlights of my time up north. I hope you keep doing what you’re doing all the way north.you definitely will remember every minute.thanks for the videos

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

@@mikepatton1489 amazing! So far it's one of ours as well, very unique place. That's the plan! Really looking forward to it. Thank you so much for watching!!

[@slimdog72]

We have really enjoyed watching your adventures over the last month.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

So glad to hear, thank you so much for letting us know!! Wishing you a very merry holidays. We'll see you again in the New Year :)

[@gertboerman3666]

I loved the grizzly. And on drinking and sailing: With my volleyball team our adagium was "We take another 16 beers and then we go home". At the time I had a small sailboat and the main setter on the team joined me whenever he could. That was according to the same adagium, only 6 guys less. Robert, the setter, sitting and drinking beer in the cockpit once said: "Next time I see the boat come near......I will jump on it".

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Glad you enjoyed Gert! Allison was big into volleyball as well, she played for years and went to Nationals. She also really enjoys beer, go figure! Wishing you a wonderful holidays, we'll see you in the New Year, cheers!

[@gertboerman3666]

@@AllisonandJamesSailing Great. In the late seventies I almost made it to the national team in Holland. Actually I was the last player they said goodbye to. That pissed me off and so I started my own club with players that just wanted to have fun. At the same time I started sailing and bought more guitars. CU in 2024.

[@wayneneuhofel6744]

Another awesome episode. I hope to get to see a lot of wildlife on my trip.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you, no doubt you will! Wishing you a wonderful holidays. See you in the New Year, cheers!

[@lecaton5973]

Spectacular, as always! SV Brooklyn

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you! Wishing you a happy holidays & wonderful New Year!

[@khyvich]

Be a pirate. Make a mess. Stay in trouble. Yaaahrrr!!!

[@dentaltok]

While I cannot sail to Bella Coola I can take the car ferry from Port Hardy...have wanted to visit that area and your videos have encouraged me to do it.. I’ll take the car and drive to Vancouver with a ferry back home to Victoria .. leave within two/three weeks ...saludos inmensos y un montón de abrazos mates ... cheers

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Awesome! There are also sailing charters you can take in the area like Bluewater Adventures. Enjoy the trip, cheers!

[@wastinson]

LOVE your videos! ❤ Excellent photography; tasteful music; smart commentary. Not sure that that was a grizzly though; looked more like a black bear to me. Still...pretty cool eh?! BC's coast is a jewel. Colour me envious! Thanks so much.

[@wastinson]

OK OK; now I see the hump and you're right - probably a grizzly. Sorry about that!

[@donnastace2255]

I sat watching thinking ... havent i already seen these baths ... and then i remembered the slaughter of the flies ... seems the word finally did get out ... and wow! No flies! Such an amazing place. Loved the reflection of the hills and clouds in the glassy water ... beautiful photography!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Hahaha slaughter of the flies, that’s gold😂 Really glad you enjoyed the photography in this one, the PNW is most photogenic in the moody mist

[@julianbatcheler9970]

Always looking for new to me sailing channels… I get so bored with most of the bigger ones and love the more down to earth ones. It took me years of watching to realise it is the people who make it good. Really loved your passage from Australia to New Zealand. And you are both so obviously genuine and normal. You joke about bikinis… but some of the channels it’s just ridiculous and embarrassing and one of the things which gets me moving on looking for something new. There should be a category for normal sailing… my heroes are channels like Sailing Florence & Calico Skies & The Sailing Brothers… not the ‘4 Bs’ channels: business, bikinis, bullsh1t and b roll.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Awesome you stumbled on our crossing video and found us! So glad you enjoyed the film!! Nothing against bikinis overall but it is a shame they are a necessary tactic to get noticed on this platform. It's really difficult to break thru as a small channel these days.. But we've somehow managed to gather a great supportive community on here and we're really stoked about that! We're also always looking for other channels to support and have heard great things about those, we'll be sure to check them out! Thank you for being here!

[@ColinMcIntyre-i5x]

Loved the grissly Bear .Purchased a Book Bear Attack's causes and avoidance And the majority of the attack's was caused by people . Love bears and wolves and I'm still smarting over Takaya .Man is the worst killer on the planet . I love your video's and wish you a Merry Christmas Happy New Year and great sailing .

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Takaya, the lone wolf! We love them too, such majestic creatures. Always a little on edge wandering around in the bush up here, but that bear didn't give a damn that we were there at all! Thank you so much for watching, have a wonderful holidays and we'll see you in the New Year, cheers!

[@phillipcanham1580]

Beautiful guys, loved watching it, and I’m so happy to see your online community growing! I have a question from the perspective of someone who has no idea what he’s talking about, you mentioned having small water storage capacity, is it possible to use some of those waterfalls to replenish onboard supplies? I’m not sure how that would fare on the hygiene front, but I don’t think it would be any worse than much of the water supply in Kempsey from when James was a kid 😂

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Heya Pip! You’re spot on, water quality up here is far superior to that of the supply in kempsey! We totally could replenish from our water tanks from natural sources and if push came to shove we wouldn’t hesitate! On this cruise we pretty well ran out of all of our food supplies (the wine was also running dangerously low) so being low on water was more of a compounding factor that bought us back to civilization :) thanks for following along on our adventure mate! Really appreciate hearing from you! Hope you’re well buddy!

[@gmchristie123]

Love your videos and like I’ve said in the past your photography is also outstanding. If I were you guys I’d consider having a photo book made or even start with just a calendar with some of your outstanding photos and put them up for sale. I would certainly purchase one. Thanks for sharing.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Awe, this is the second time this week someone has requested images we've captured. Perhaps we will look into putting some in an online shop with revenue going towards the continued production of our content :) Curious, what sort of photos would you like to see there? (Landscape? Wildlife? Images including the boat or without?) - Thank you so much!

[@usdohs]

Where was that hot spring? And how do you find places like that??

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Quick Google of Hot Springs on the BC coast and you should be able to find it and others like it! BC parks I think has an online brochure about them all. This one is called Eucott Hot Springs

[@danp7399]

Great, thank you I really enjoyed it Merry Christmas

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you Dan!! Wishing you a wonderful holidays, we'll see you in the New Year!

[@joehulburt8710]

Great video! Looking forward to what you have in store for next year.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Glad you enjoyed it! Wishing you both a wonderful holidays and happy New Year!

[@kenross466]

A great experience,here’s to life1

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Cheers to making it a good one!

[@Chris97302]

Great video. Fun to see someone sailing near my home waters.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you, we're very privileged to live & sail in such a beautiful place!

[@MikeDavis-b3v]

You sailed past where Alexander McKenzie wrote his name on the wall in 1792. Did you stop and look? That bay is also a good anchorage.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

We did sail past and took a look! We didn't stop or stick around. But Elcho Harbour was highly recommended!

[@bobschick2943]

Another fantastic episode! Also love the food and cooking clips. We always appreciate new ideas for yummy and simple cruiser's cuisine!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks so much Bob! Stoked you're enjoying the cooking clips, we'll keep it up! Wishing you an awesome holidays, we'll see you in the New Year, cheers!

[@powellkwd40]

Beautiful. Thank you.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Our pleasure! Happy solstice! We'll see you in the New Year :)

[@nancyhunka3059]

sailing bliss ! What a magical place the coastal inlets are. Love your videos .

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you Nancy, always so good hearing from you! Wishing you a very merry holiday season!

[@Coyotehello]

26:30, we can see that James sails repair is holding nicely.🙂. Nice video I was hoping to see more of Ocean falls, maybe in a future video. Thanks. Cheers, a.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

You noticed the lil follow up of the sail repair :) Don’t despair we have not one, but two videos coming up about Ocean Falls in the New Year, cheers!

[@JennynBrian]

Awesome place! We Appreciate the video. Liked the Bear in setting..And great job Sailing! We Sail a Schock 35 on lake Erie, looking forward to next summer.. We just returned from Juneau and Haines by plane in August. The bears were awesome! Thanks for taking us back!

[@JennynBrian]

Happy Holidays!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Happy solstice! We'll see you in the new year :)

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Fantastic! We have family that also sail on the Great Lakes. I bet that was an amazing (and fast) trip to get to enjoy by air. Thank you for writing :)

[@paulmartin9496]

you guys rock!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Awe cheers Paul!!

[@davidbamford4721]

It is customary to build a sound-proof box around the yacht’s diesel. This is built of marine plywood, lined on the inside with a sound-absorbent lining.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Sound proofing the engine bay is a little tricky on Catalina 30's due to the location of the engine

[@threewins3]

Amazingly beautiful, so grateful for this video, so appreciative for this magnificent content. Thank you.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

So glad what we're creating brings joy! Thank you for being here & supporting us, wishing you a wonderful holidays. We'll see you in the New Year, cheers!

[@barberamcisaac1633]

Amazing! Your video editing and content gets better and better every video. Love it soooo much.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Awe thank you, so supportive💓

[@dennismacdonald2003]

Wow what amazing adventures u 2 on

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

It's one for the books, thank you for watching Dennis! Wishing you well this holiday season, cheers!

[@anguillaanguila7255]

Isn't that a black bear

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

It may appear that way because it's darker colored! Grizzly bears have a prominent hump between their front shoulder blades, pronounced longer noses and concave faces, all of which this bear was proudly sportin from our view! www.bearsmart.com/about-bears/know-the-difference/

[@MVSKOOKUM1]

That is a grizzly! A young fellow too. Aren’t they so majestic! The hump is deff there and that’s their signature. Black bears don’t have the hump 😊

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Looked like a young grizzly indeed! Super cool to wake up to :)

[@MVSKOOKUM1]

Hello! We just found your Channel🎉. We have one too! It was nice to see you were up in our Area! We are in Kitimat and enjoy the B.C. coast too. It would be nice to meet up oneday! Go bear watching. So inspiring! We hope to live off the grid in 2 years 🙏🙏🙏. Jen 🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Ahoy guys! We love hearing from folks cruising around these parts! Kitimat looks beautiful, we’re stoked to make it there someday soon!! Hope to run into you then, stay in touch! Cheers!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

It’s a smaller tight-knit community out there then we think, all connected with the same passion for the ocean! Newfoundland definitely helped foster that! It’s refreshing to meet folks from the rock wherever we go :)