Young Couple Living Self-Sufficient Life Off-Grid on a 30ft Sailboat in BC Canada | A&J Sailing

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

“At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much”- Robin Lee Graham

[@itscarolinemary]

the mountains, the sunset, the fog!! so many lovely shots! 🥰😍 I really enjoyed the music in this one! Also, I love seeing your meals!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks Caroline! The landscape and weather really delivered on this one. Such a memorable couple of nights. So glad you enjoyed! I’ll share more of our meals going forward :)

[@gmchristie123]

Beautiful sunsets thanks for sharing.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks for watching Guy!

[@EvanCrompton]

I just wanted to say having discovered your channel a few days ago what a terrific job you are doing. Your videography and storytelling skills are off the charts and the way you focus on the landscapes rather than the boat is much appreciated for a sailing channel. Plus I love your energy which is really calm and with a sense of humour, still laughing about diesel mechanics, not being rocket science, except for me, I feel the same way about engines.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Hi Evan, so stoked you discovered us! And thank you so much for your feedback and kind words. We really appreciate that so much. Our recent seasons on the water as well as the time spent fixing up our boat has taught us a lot about patience, keepin' calm, and not taking it all too seriously. Awesome that comes across in the vids! Really glad to have you aboard! Are you a cruiser as well or currently land based?

[@Vepoch]

Your chain rubbing on the rub rail as you lower it is like nails on a chalkboard to me 😂 full credit for hand pulling though.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Haha it’s def not kosher but hauling up hand over hand def keeps you fit! We’ve had our bow roller and bow sprit plan on the to do list for a while, but the list is very long and we hate to miss out on sailing, so here we are!

[@bobschick2943]

Another great video! The amount of care you put into make these videos is greatly appreciated. Love the music, the way the scenes are put together, and the way the story is told. Wonderful!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks so much for that Bob, really glad you're enjoying the videos. Makes us want to keep making them! Looking forward to sharing more with you, cheers!

[@tahoesnowlion]

None of us would have ever known that such beautiful vastness existed unless you shared it with us. Thank you for including the maps to put into perspective. I could smell that campfire on the beach.❤😊

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Really glad to get to share it with you!

[@peterstace9006]

What a wonderful experience with the moods of the weather to see where you are in the different light. Looking forward to seeing the boat kitten. See ya next week

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

I hope our future boat kitten enjoys the many moods of the PNW as much as we do! Thanks for watching!

[@vincelafore4281]

Thats a pretty camp fire and what looks like a sun set. 👍🍻

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

That golden autumn sunset in the inlet was one for the books 🍂

[@threewins3]

Amazing views, music, editing, narration as always. I so look forward to these videos. I can’t imagine motoring/ sailing into an unknown bay for the night, exciting. Cooking your dinner over the fire on shore, the smells of the forest and the fire must have been lovely. Thank you for taking us along, exquisite. Chris

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks so much, really makes us happy to hear you’re enjoying them each week! Really glad to have you along with us

[@TheGreenBoater]

another end to the PNW boating season and here I am pining for more after watching your videos. Fellow boater who had his season cut short by 3 weeks with mechanical issues on my vintage wooden trawler. thanks for the awesome vistas and memories of places near and dear to this sailors heart. #thegreenboater

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Awe sorry to hear, hope you’re getting it all sorted! So glad you’re enjoying the vids, thank you! we’ve just started releasing our most recent szn of sailing so you can look forward to those!

[@TheGreenBoater]

@@AllisonandJamesSailing thx for the encouraging reply. Well you know part of the joy of boating is maintaining and fixing. haha. gotta love this life! safe sailing.

[@suepeck2772]

Great video. We find we need to be deeper for prawns…at least 300ft

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks Sue! We’ll try dropping it in deeper waters

[@markhoene9984]

Great job editing. Nice music!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks so much Mark! Hope you’re having a great week :)

[@southernpaths2986]

Thank you YT recommended videos! Really glad I stumbled across your channel. I hit that sub button with a quickness! I haven’t seen anyone else doing what you’re doing… It seems like the rest of the planet has at least 10 or 15 other folks sailing to all the same places and it’s nice to see someone doing something different!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

This is such a nice comment to read today, thank you and so stoked you found us! We're not really bikini's in the Bahamas sort of folks haha! This is some of the best cruising in the world in our opinion, we're really looking forward to experiencing more of it!

[@theoutbound4164]

Yes!! Agreed

[@DaveJohnEllis]

This is my favourite video that you have put out, captured the feel, the atmosphere and the joy you were having. Great stuff. I want to be there.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks so much Dave! Really glad you enjoyed this one, cheers!

[@briantrenorden8633]

Thanks Guys another great trip. I am really enjoying seeing around that fascinating part of the world so thank you both again⛵⛵

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you for coming along with us, really glad you’re enjoying! Cheers Brian!

[@jeffmayart]

Great episode!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks Jeff, cheers!

[@GFH50]

I’m stupid inspired !!! Thanks so much !

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Stoked you’re feeling inspired! Thanks so much for the kind comments, it really means a lot :)

[@martinmccardell6499]

Awesome!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Cheers Martin!

[@dressler37]

Great videos! We are second year sailors living in northern Alberta and spend our summers sailing the gulf islands. We watch your videos to get ideas for trips. We sort of consider you two as a scouting posse lol. I cant imagine the stories you could tell.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

That is awesome!! Love hearing how people blend landlubber & seafaring time! LOL scouting posse, that’s excellent, we might use that!! We have a few stories up our sleeves for sure, glad you enjoy the ones that we publicly share in here 😆We’ll save the rest for beers in a shared anchorage someday, Cheers!

[@billburkart8527]

So beautiful, I just love your drone shots. Have fun out there. ❤

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks Bill! Looking forward to enjoying the next fence months out there, cheers!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks Bill! Looking forward to enjoying the next fence months out there, cheers!

[@theoutbound4164]

Another awesome vid you guys! Keep it up!

[@scottlawrence8325]

Beautiful boat, my parents had a Catalina 30, I know those boats anywhere.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

They’re a classic bit of plastic! Great boats though we love ours!

[@rallypojken]

Fantasic enchanted wibe around your videos. And kind, sane people.... And a real artistic camera work!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Awe thank you so much!!

[@danp7399]

Another fantastic video, thank you for sharing. Ps I sure don't like the way that engine turns over when you go to start it, it sounds like your battery is almost done.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks Dan! We’re currently doing an electrical overhaul on the boat, the starter battery sure can be a little sluggish at times.

[@barberamcisaac1633]

Another beautiful video. Loved it. Hopefully you will find the prawns and crabs. What kind of fish did you catch. Looked like a nice size fillet ♥️

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you for watching :) Sounds like we need drop the trap deeper for prawns! The fish was a lingcod we had caught the day before. Didn’t have any luck with fishing and crabbing the last few days but that’s the way it goes sometimes!

[@Wanderglobe]

Great stuff. I just found your channel. I also just bought a 30 foot sailboat I'm in Campbell River and will hopefully be spending the summer sailing from here up to the Broughtons so I hope to see you out there. Thanks for the vids.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

So glad you found us and are heading north! So excited for you!! What sort of boat did you buy? Please stay in touch and we hope to see you up here, let us know if you’ve got any questions surrounding the passage up here :)

[@Wanderglobe]

@@AllisonandJamesSailing Seems we're birds of a feather. I bought a 1973 Bayliner Buccaneer. It's like an RV on water. I'm in deep Bay right now working on it. I also own a 1973 VW bus and I see you've got an old Airstream. Nothing beats those sweet sweet curves of classic vehicles. My outboard is a mercury, like yours and I am also without a windlass. You do enjoy the luxury of a roller furler though. I'm hank on for my head sail. We really have to meet for a cold one at some point.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

@WanderGlobe haha wow we are birds of a feather indeed! Yes looking forward to flocking to the same anchorage soon so we can chat more about the treasures of a bygone era! Goodluck with the boat work the next few weeks, cheers and chat soon!

[@sszczerb1]

Beautiful video and we love your narration, so poetic!! What resources do you use for tides and currents as you’re navigating that area?

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you so much Sarah! We use the Canadian tides and currents tables charts.gc.ca/publications/tables-eng.html

[@danieoosthuizen144]

wow sailor

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Ahoy! Thanks for watching, cheers!

[@aeastman59]

Just found your channel and started at the beginning and now am here, enjoying the videos very much, very inspiring! I am not clear on a few things though and was wondering: so you quit your health care jobs? looks like James was an RN and Allison what was your job? and you sail all the summer months then go to the airstream for the winter months? Are you still working somehow? Just trying to figure out how you are doing this... also can you put the month of the video in the description because we think of doing some sailing around there and it would help if the month was on your video so we could see what the weather looks like in the different places up there...its all very fun and interesting, good for you two for just doing it!!!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Awe so glad you found us, happy to hear you’re really enjoying the videos! To answer your questions: we both took a pause from working in healthcare in order to focus on our goal of sailing to Alaska. We downsized our life to the trailer while working and saving money in order to be able to purchase and outfit the boat. Correct James is a nurse. I am a registered Dietitian. We still work constantly haha myself on filming and producing the videos as well as other side jobs during the winter months. James is still very much employed as a nurse. As it looks right now he crams 12 months of work into 7 then we are able cruise the spring and summer months. We wish we could be out there more, but that’s where its at currently. We’ve been cruising primarily May-September, the weather is pretty wet and chilly during the Spring, warming up mid-July to September, but then the fog rolls in! Hope that’s helpful, cheers!

[@aeastman59]

@@AllisonandJamesSailing I see! I was just curious because my husband is an RN and I am a hospice social worker and we are doing some sailing too but havent found a way to leave our jobs! thank you for your answer!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Of course, happy to answer any questions you might have. Has your husband considered travel nursing? Working in different communities along the coast while cruising?

[@aeastman59]

@@AllisonandJamesSailing yes its been a thought... we still have work to do on the boat we have, its a 1985 beneteau first 38 that had been sitting in the marina over 2 years neglected... it will be nice when we get it going but we have a ton to fix/update on it... in the meantime we sail a J24 for fun.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Awesome! J24’s are fun. One step at a time hey. Keep us posted on how it’s all going. But yeah would recommend looking into the travel nursing opportunities on the coast. Cheers!

[@lecaton5973]

Thanks again for great story and photography. Curious how you make it work on a 30 foot boat? Cheers, SV BROOKLYN, SALISH SEA

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you Le Caton! 30’ can be a little tough sometimes but with storage at a premium it’s easier if you keep the ‘problems’ off the boat ;)

[@netteypatch]

I hope to follow your path up to Skagway next summer; do you carry any paper charts?

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Awesome!! So stoked to hear from others heading up that way! We do carry paper charts.. funny enough we found a stack of all the ones we would want for this coast in a laundromat in New Zealand 🗺️

[@netteypatch]

@@AllisonandJamesSailing serendipity at its finest! Hilarious!

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

@@netteypatch right? Gotta love that!

[@briandale8386]

Prawns cook over a fire like hotdogs. Sounds yummy

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

We’ll need to catch some prawns next time. The ling cod cooked up pretty yummy! Cheers Brian!

[@TomBrownlie-ke8gz]

Hey guys 45 to 55 fathoms with rocky bottom if you get shrimp you are too deep! If you get nothing you are not deep enough!!! I hope that this helps 😎 Enjoy

[@whileysea]

Hi Tom. No body understands fathoms. Canada has for 30 some years the METRIC SYSTEM!

[@TomBrownlie-ke8gz]

@@whileysea well sir if you don't understand what a fathom is then that is a good reason for you to stay off the water !!!!! Any sailor worth their salt knows a fathom is 6 ft. !!! Not quite 2 meters 😎

[@TomBrownlie-ke8gz]

@@whileysea PS. I am from BC.and have been on the water for 44 years FYI😎

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thanks Tom, cheers!

[@TomBrownlie-ke8gz]

@@AllisonandJamesSailing You Guys just fricken ROCK!!!!!!! Started out just like you 2 did and the best is yet to come 😎 ! Catch you guys in some anchorage one day just in time for SUNDOWNERS !!! I live on my boat full-time and on the move quite often! Cheers 😎😺☮️

[@theislandpackrat]

How deep did you put your trap for prawns?

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

I think it was down at around 150’

[@haydenwatson7987]

@@AllisonandJamesSailing I ussually set pots between 300-400 ft.

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

@@haydenwatson7987 we'll toss it in deeper next time. Thanks Hayden, cheers!

[@michaelcarder5212]

Very nice video to be sure but not "off the grid"...avocados, lemons, diesel propulsion...

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

Thank you! We are definitely off grid out here.. But lucky us we found a tropical grove of avocados and lemons, no scurvy here!

[@Vepoch]

I know why your not catching prawn……..

[@AllisonandJamesSailing]

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