Winter Yachting in Alaska - Journey through the wind and snow to Juneau aboard Sea Venture EP 84

Join us for our first day as we adventure from Wrangell, through the Wrangell Narrows, past Petersburg and on into Fredrick Sound and we head to Juneau Alaska.
Visit our website: www.CruisingSeaVenture.com
There you will find:
1) Organized links to all our videos
2) Q&A of over 100 questions
3) Our Blog where we provide great information about different topics
4) A link to “Where is Sea Venture right now” along with the current weather
5) A link to Join the Venture Club - club members get more benefits - all for free
6) A history of Sea Venture - with lots of details about the boat
7) A chance to meet the crew and learn more about us and our boating history
Lots of fun stuff - so check it out!
Instagram: / cruising_sea_venture
This is our trawler life story.
We retired early and decided to make a big change. We sold everything and moved aboard our 54' Cheoy Lee passagemaker, a “go anywhere in the world”, ocean going power boat.
That was in 2014 and we have never looked back.
Now in our late 50's we are free of work and we are living aboard and cruising our trawler full time.
We have two additional crew members, feline brothers, Blake and Barkley. Yes, we have two brave (sorta) boat cats, on board!
Join us and our crew, on our adventures as we explore new places, discover more about our trawler and what makes her work, and learn more about ourselves in our young retirement years. Our hope is to entertain and inspire you to pursue your own passions through telling our story of our cruising trawler lifestyle.
We end most episodes with a “Trawler Q&A” where we answer your questions.
Thanks for watching, subscribing, and liking Cruising Sea Venture!
Best, Jim, Rosy, Blake and Barkley
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[@tmac709]

That appeared to be a nice laid-back long cruise. Enjoyed your motoring on the water while enjoying the scenery as you go by.

[@TomChame]

Great, thanks.

[@jimhanson7476]

Awesome......

[@billbye2427]

Glad you put the cats out of the kitchen while you made breakfast, sorry cat hair ruins many a great breakfast while your underway!

[@cryzzer]

Hi Jim and Rosy - I enjoy watching your every video. I saw your electrical upgrade you did a while back. In this episode you show a bit of the monitoring control for your battery banks. This time it resonates louder to me as I have been dealing with my own. I installed the Easyvew 5 integrated with my Mastervolt charger, but of easy - I did not find any easy about it - so much so it is useless to me as there is little information about it and even the manual is not helpful. I am happy for you with your easy-to-read system.

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

It has worked for us. We found the Victron user friendly for both viewing and doing basic programing. Thanks for watching, Jim

[@darrylmcleman6456]

Those cats have shiny fur coats! I think they are fond of seafood!!! Cheers from greater Vivtoria BC area!

[@michaelch5060]

Thanks for sharing

[@brianhall4761]

Looks so peaceful. Really enjoyed the video!

[@bigbopper9627]

Hey you pair, big fan here from Brisbane Australia. Cheers. Wow you freak me out with how dark it gets, Id be sleeping with a torch 🤣

[@kenj7153]

I admire your ability to be able to do what you are doing. However I am a motorhead and I would want alot faster boat and bigger engines. Love the nature shots. Hope you film more animals!

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

So, that's something I have always wondered about... cruising with Cats. We have two, and am curious to see how they might like / adjust to it?

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

They are doing great. They are not so sure about rough water, but with time they seem to be getting more and more use to the floor moving around. Thanks for watching, Jim

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Got my boat in for a refit. Not a Sea Venture style refit. I'm keeping my house, lol... Heading north due to the excellent tour details on your trips.

[@stevesteffen7001]

what I like is you show what cruising is really like. Hours of boredom with a few minutes of action.

[@LetsGoOutdoors]

Hi guys, I was wondering if you run any kind of cell boosters and what do you do when you are at your home port in terms of connection to any TV networks? Do you have a collection of CD’s or do you download for playback later? Do you have a beefed up data plan? Sorry for the stupid questions but my wife and I are making plans to make the move to a live-aboard and like you guys we don’t want to be camping, so keeping connected and being able to view internet based content is part of the considerations. Any thoughts you have on the topic would be appreciated. Continued safe travels!

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

In Alaska we changed our phone plan to GCI - the local carrier. They have unlimited hotspot data plans. We have a Roku TV, so as long as we have cell coverage we have our Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+. We also have KZbin Premium, one, so we don't have to watch the annoying commercials, and two, so we can download videos. When out cruising we watch downloaded movies, DVD's and downloaded KZbin content. Hope that helps. Jim

[@LetsGoOutdoors]

@@CruisingSeaVenture Great info as always Jim I really appreciate that.

[@jaquigreenlees]

It would be interesting to actually see the process for deploying the fish and retrieving them. You could add some time lapse footage of the travel, so we can see what is happening. ( some may even enjoy a forward view camera showing real time of a days travel. )

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

Jaqui, We have revised how we launch the fish, so it's a one person job. As a result, Rosy was able to film me deploying the fish. It is coming an upcoming video in a couple of weeks. You remain right on the mark. We are in the middle of adding cameras to the boat (8 in all). Mostly it's to help with docking and observing the engine room, but we added a DVR to the system, so it's all filmed in 4K. We hope we are able to pull video from the new system for our videos. It is only partially installed (3 cameras so far). It's a lot of wiring to sort out, but should be done in the next few weeks. Thanks for watching, Jim

[@lutomson3496]

Good for you dont conserve water that you dont have to!

[@ricknicholson5894]

So I just asked in the Trawler Forum after watching some of your video, what happens when a paravane line snags a log or whatever?

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

Rick, Great question. The chain cuts right through bull kelp and other type items on the surface. Logs have just spun off of it. It the fish really snagged something bigger, like a big log or the bottom or something, it is designed to fail at the chain. It would take approximately 7,500 lbs of force to break the chain, which is the designed weak link in the system. This protects the boat from being pulled over or any damage to the paravane system. We do have an extra set of paravanes and chains on board. But, I think this is extremely rare. So far, when we have hit logs with the chain it has just spun off. They are not that far from the boat - 20 feet away, so it's not like we would normally ever come that close to a log, but you could at night. Thanks, Jim

[@ricknicholson5894]

@@CruisingSeaVenture Copied and Pasted to the Trawler Forum.

[@joejuska5390]

Do you ever troll for some fresh fish!

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

All the time. Many of our videos from last summer have us catching salmon and halibut. Once they start running this spring, we will once again fill the freezer with fish and crab. Thanks for watching, Jim

[@gerhardvanwaltsleben8944]

Lekker man lekker

[@badjq]

I see your boat in Harris Harbor. Walked down there a few times, but you two aren't around. Have a safe trip!!

[@Jordan-de7tw]

What is the buzzing sound you hear periodically during the video in the pilothouse? Is that the autopilot?

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

It is the auto pilot hydraulic pump. It's inside the cabinet under the helm. It's not as loud on real life and it sounds on camera. Thanks for watching.

[@joekandu7274]

I was wondering if you ever had an occasion with the fish catching sea weeds or anything in the water and how do you clear them? Always enjoy watching your adventures!

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

It hasn't been a problem. When the chain hits bull kelp it just cuts right through. Thanks for watching, Jim

[@trevorpowell4872]

Your vids always make me smile. Thanks for sharing your adventure!

[@tfogelson3139]

Costco run? Provisioning for the Mexico trip?

[@akdonlh9924]

Would you ever come across gulf to Prince William sound or beyond

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

We plan to go to PWS in May. Thanks for watching, Jim

[@ronschwolsky1626]

Curious to know if you tried to contact that other boat at anchor?

[@CruisingSeaVenture]

We did not. They came in and anchored after dark. We could see on the AIS it was a commercial fishing boat. Thanks, Jim