My wife and I sailed from manzanillo to hiva oa in 1989 when we were in our early ‘30’s and spent 6 yrs on our adventure. Ive watched lots of ocean sailing videos, but yours really show what it’s actually like. Great video and editing! I still remember to this day seeing the green hills of hiva oa after 26 days and 3,300 nm. The extreme green almost burned our retinas and the smell of land was intoxicating. I remember arriving in atuona, hiva oa and picking up letters from friends and family from the port captain. We spent a few days reading and replying to letters, telling people to write us in care of the port captain in Papeete where we hoped to be 3 months hence. We also got off the boat and talking to someone else besides your spouse after almost a month was a good thing. We’re still married 45 yrs later and have slowly diminishing memories of our travels.

I did the exact voyage back in 1999 on my 28 foot cutter. We were so nervous for weeks leading up to the departure, but after leaving the marina in Mazatlan, our heart beats calmed down and our confidence increased daily. What an experience that year as we ended that year in New Zealand. We also were young, little money, but the best decision we ever made to just head out and cruise the world.

@BT197

Жыл бұрын

Ita

@oldsuitman7762

Жыл бұрын

what do you do at night on ocean, did you see any other ships, did you feel safe from pirates, did you sail back?

@FTS-FamilytoSea

9 ай бұрын

Sounds Amazing 🤙😊

@FTS-FamilytoSea

9 ай бұрын

Exactly what we've been told by our older boat mates. Don't wait just get out in the water and do it. Anti fouling and a paint, sort the second engine and then off we go, but we just have a certain amt of savings so may have to work at Whitsundays or somewhere on our journey with the whole family 😊😊

@johnrday2023

9 ай бұрын

Am sure many sailors have dreamed of thie and envy and congratulate you on your voyage across the Pacific . I didn't notice the time of year they set sail

I absolutely loved this journey. As a sailor, I especially appreciate the discussion of your reefing strategy, the benefits of a ketch rig, the winds, etc. The narration, pace, cinematography, that incredible boat, and both of you really add to the experience. Bravo.

@TheBoegisJak19

7 ай бұрын

Loved

Your chosen music (between 10:14 - 12:14) featuring the cello is possibly the most perfect and appropriate music choice I've heard in a sailing video - and I've seen and listened to many. It sets a great mood for what you are portraying there. A pure delight!

@TheBoegisJak19

7 ай бұрын

Possibly

This made my evening. Best couple sailing without a lot of stupid talk. This video is a keeper. You two are awesome.

Congrats on your passage. I did a similar passage back in 2004, but started in Puerto Vallarta, and I singlehanded the trip. It took me 30 days in a Westsail 32. It was a journey that was both magical, and occasionally terrifying. I remember smelling land a couple of days before I reached Nuku Hiva. Fair winds to you.

@TheBoegisJak19

7 ай бұрын

Congrats

@richardcrebbin7413

2 ай бұрын

Yes...smelling the land first is amazing, our crossing from the Galapagos was 23 days

The editing and storytelling is like a therapy for me . ❤❤❤

My wife and I are motor vessel boaters in Alaska and I have cruised an old 34' Califorinian from Everett, WA but what you guys are doing is so beyond anything that I can imagine. Makes me want to buy a sail boat. What an adventure. Thanks for a great channel. I love your modesty, editing, music, sailing shots and scenery.

@TheBoegisJak19

7 ай бұрын

Wife

I admire your sense of adventure. Also think you are crazy to take that small boat out on that huge wide open ocean. Glad you made it.

Wow. What a story. After watching so many million dollar cats, with product placement, this is something special. You have realized quite an accomplishment, not only in the crossing, but putting together a nice, authentic video.

Can't wait for your next video. Forget Netflix, you are the real deal! God speed, guys!

This has to be the fulfillment of every wooden boat builder’s dreams.Not only did you “make it” but you did it in grand style.

@vincem3344

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful boat! Pure class, no hyperbole.

I have been watching and following several sailing channels on YT for the last decade. Yours popped into my feed and I am so glad it did. As others have commented. Your channel is a breath of fresh air. You possess a certain special attribute that so many others ever fail to find. A balance between calm, passion, beauty and adventure. I am now a sub to your channel and will begin watching your story from the beginning, and to wherever the winds may take you. Thank you for sharing your journey with us all. Safe travels to you and enjoy all this life has to offer you. It goes all too quickly. Yesterday I was 21. Today I am now 61. May the good Lord bless you, guide you and keep you safe. mattman, Murphy NC.

@reallynotyourbusiness1659

Жыл бұрын

Same age Matt and can vouch for your thoughts as indeed yesterday I was 21 and today 61, time is our enemy.

Loved the narration, choice of music, passage and boat. Really enjoyable.Something iconic

Logged 15 years of sea time in my sailing career in the navy. Love the ocean and what it gives you.

My longest passages during a 40,000 mile eastabout, singlehanded circumnavigation in a Chatham 33 steel, pilothouse cutter were from Saldana, S. Africa to Tonga via the S. Ocean and Tasman Sea, and later, a passage from San Diego, CA to the Falklands via Cap Horn. Without any long range communication equipment, I was totally isolated and dependent on my own capabilities and the safety of my boat to survive. Being able to fix any broken gear is an essential skill. It was a very memorable experience.

@MadisonBoatworks

Жыл бұрын

That is seriously impressive!

@djangorheinhardt

Жыл бұрын

Wow !!I bet that was an experience .Have you documentated the voyage in or on any medium ,eg book film ,talk etc .?

@rajuchhaba7437

6 ай бұрын

Raju chhaba house 🏡 village -deh Rajasthan mapaa in searchaa naksa

I really appreciate that you left in the "was it worth it part" which wasn't answered in the positive or negative, and then put it in perspective. Really gives some insight into the experience.

Having read Patrick O'Brien's novels over and over again, I am simply amazed that two relative amateurs could accomplish this voyage. BRAVISSIMO!

This brings back many memories of saling wooden yachts in the 1970s and happier, simpler and poorer (and richer) times.

Beautiful peaceful articulate narratively presented,. A pleasure to watch. " See you when I am looking at you " Love laughter and light. Fare winds ur already there

I crewed on the yawl White Mist back in the early 70's as we sailed through the wine-dark waters of the Ionian Isles of western Greece, homewaters of the most fabled sailor of antiquity, Odysseus. She was a 47-footer, so my hat's off to you all for braving the mightly Pac in Julia! That's some damn fine sailing bravado at its finest! Following seas to ya always!

You sail on a ship that was born to not only run but sail the seven seas!! Bon voyage!🇨🇦😄

Having sailed the oceans 45 years ago, your presentation filled me with great nostalgia....and longing, though I had difficulty relating to the intense and dramatic music that accompanied your video. My experience, of expansiveness, aloneness but for the regular visitation of birds, silence beyond the sounds of the sea and the wind, and the puffing of the dolphins and pilot whales, was an orchestra unto itself with God the conductor.

@dennynisevic7848

3 ай бұрын

45 years ago , what, so , how old are you now, 189 😂😂😂

I love how this video has a old world charm and feel about it. It reminds me of some of the older documentaries from the past I like, sounds, sights, and narration.❤

@TheBoegisJak19

7 ай бұрын

I love

One of the nicest ocean crossing videos I have watched. For fourteen years I owned a hand built 37-foot schooner and cruised the west coast of Canada. Never made an ocean crossing, even though years earlier I was one of a large group of owners of Schooner Sofia, a 125-foot sailing vessel that circumnavigated in the seventies. Thank you for sharing your voyage. My book SALT ON THE WIND tells the life story of Allen and Sharie Farrell who made the crossing to Hawaii and Fiji from Vancouver BC in 1951 on one of the largest of more than 45 wooden boats built on beaches in British Columbia. Wonderful that the dream is still alive.

I would say 3 people would be minimum. I always like the 4-8 morning and evening. See every sunrise and sunset. I just found you and this is DEFINITELY my favorite cruising channel. The sailing, visuals, destination. I was in Tahiti 1972, 73. Marquesas. Mazatlan. Hawaii, Samoa, Acapulco. 150' square rigger, 36' tri.

Beautiful. Living on 28 ft sloop for about a year, SF Bay and I fell in love with silence. Sometimes in a light rain when traffic comes to a stop silence can be heard. When ashore, or taking a break, this man can make a living with his voice and story telling abilities.

Your narrating is absolutely freaking amazing, it made my eyes stay pierced to the screen the whole video, editing is out of this world, I’m so happy for u two just cruising through life and enjoying every moment ❤

@pocketslife8963

6 ай бұрын

Can’t lie I cried at the end when u said it will stand as one of the most greatest moments in your lives the waterworks stared 😢

I absolutely enjoy your style of filming and story telling. Please enjoy your journey!

I have done a lot of Pacific sailing. But no more for I am now 81. I almost burst into tears at the image of your vessel at anchor at the end of the trip.

I’ve lived on a boat for 21 years and have done most every kind of repair there is on one but as much as I love being on the water I don’t have the guts to sail across the ocean. I admire you two having the courage to go. Great video. Gods speed !

Nice to see a well built and maintained woodie instead of all the plastic cats!

That was the best produced sailing video I have seen! Well done! Thank you!

Must congratulate you. Don't know you, first view today. Absolutely fantastic. There was no showboating, just the reality of sailing with sea and nature. May our channel be blessed.

This is amazing! Watching this I was reminded of one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies - Master and Commander: “That’s seamanship. My God! That’s seamanship!”. Congratulations on an amazing achievement!

@harlandharris1164

10 ай бұрын

I very much enjoyed the humor at the captain's table where he asked his surgeon which of the weevils he should choose? Surgeon says the more vigorous one, but captain says Oh no, we must always choose the lesser of two evils.

Epic filming and dead on editing of your journey. You took us with you via little snippets of running a boat with short handed crew and life aboard on longer passages. Showing your love of sailing, respect for the vessel and the oceans that you journey across. Beautifully captured. One of the top sailing channels out there!

@TheBoegisJak19

7 ай бұрын

Epic

Thanks for taking us with you, real folk living a dream

That's an older looking sail boat! 1960's era? Great job❤

I really like your video style. My wife and I sailed PV to Nuka Hiva at 64. We did 6 on and 6 off, we were much more rested. We were disappointed, in a way when the wonderful sight of the Island came into view. We weren't ready for it to be over. We made our last ocean crossing at 75. Safe sailing!

21:25 Even dreaming could not be better! This is such a beautiful video so well done , lean but with everything there, pure enjoyment, this is art at its best. Do not change a thing. Thank you for sharing.

One of the better ocean crossing vids on youtube! Thank you!

Wonderful chancing on your site! Have been on the water sailing for 60 of my 75 years. Never sailed an ocean but thought of it many, many times. Your travelogue here was a pleasure to watch and ignited once again, my own dream of a deep water sail with a boat made just for that.

Wonderful, I like the narrative, showing the nice way yous do it, as does the boat, beautiful boat, cheers to Neptune who liked your company, big thanks

“Outta the Park” Episode👍 Congrats on Yer Passage…And what Good Teamwork …Continue to Stay Safe and Enjoy 😎

Thank you for taking us with you!🙏🏻

Brought back so many memories of our cruise more tha 40 years ago. Thanks so much.

Beautiful filming, great crew, well organized boat, very sympathetic reporting, congratulation and thanks for letting us being part of your adventure

Fabulous story, thank you for sharing with us.

Freedom to circumnavigate comes with hardship on the high seas. To accomplish it must be so rewarding. Thank you for taking us along.

Your vessel is a classic beauty, strong and safe.

Great videos. I stopped watching sailing videos a long time ago, because most were an endless line of bikini (or not) wearing girls and lots of “buy us a beer” asks. Yours is like a legit documentary. Well done. Subscribed.

Best sailing video I’ve seen in a while. Good job telling everyone your story 🤙🏻

@TheBoegisJak19

7 ай бұрын

Best

Absolutely an Unforgettable experience in your life. Brave couple.

What a wonderful film you two have put together!

The best one yet! Your gentle words about Julia are so wonderful and touching. You obviously know and honor the words of the late Bernard Moitessier: "Those who do not know that a sailboat is a living being will never understand anything about the boat or the sea". Thanks for sharing, this has to be the best "personal cruising experience" channel I have come across so far. Cheers!

Beautiful boat, great commentary,and real celestial navigation probably only used as a check but always ready in an emergency.

My love of sailing was inspired by Eric Hiscock and I always dreamed of that ocean voyage. I owned boats for many years and enjoyed a lot of sailing, particularly in New Zealand, but never did do that ocean passage. Your boat reminded me very much of Wandered II. Thank you for stirring an old mans soul.

Great description of the boat never getting tired as the crew...

This is my first time watching an episode with Julia's and your adventures. I find the three of you to be wonderful and it seems like you are made for each other. I really enjoyed being with you on this journey, short and wonderful for us who only dreamed in front of the laptop, but long and not without effort for you who face the difficulties of this brave act. If you allow me from today I would like to go on more trips with you, so starting from this day I will be your loyal subscriber. Fair winds and following seas Captains!

It takes a very special people to sail on the vast, vast ocean alone together! Thanks for sharing.

A single like that I can give for this video, just won't do it for me! Excellent presentation!!!👍👍👍 Stay safe to both of you!

Absolutely spectacular production! Excellent video, commentary and length of the journey recorded. You have set the gold standard! Best wishes in all you choose to do!

@TheBoegisJak19

7 ай бұрын

Spectacular

Gorgeous boat, your Julia. Watching the water pass by the hull is mesmerising, like staring into the flames of a fire. Very well produced. Thank you for taking us along on your journey.

I’m so proud for the brave and strong love of guys! I support every movement! Unbelievable!

I have always dreamed of this. You are one of the rare few who have dared, and nobody, and nothing can take this away from you.

Wonderfully transforming adventure to a place unlike anywhere else.

If I could have a video update from you all everyday I would watch it over anything else. You two amaze me!

It’s so brave to accomplish sure a distance, not knowing what’s ahead of you. Fantastic footage, real colors, real comments. Thanks!

Been sailing all my life and now I'm a retired yacht captain having sailed in my latter years, 40 to 63m yachts and this reinforces just how joyous being under sail is. Your boat is lovely, majestic. My fear would have been chafe. Principally of the reefing outhaul because it's happened to me in my twenties when I used to sail across the Atlantic in small boats pre boom or mast furling and it used to fray every 24 hrs in weather resulting in a torn mainsail as it then ripped through all the other eyes along the boom. Lovely yacht guys

So cool to see porpoise along side. They are at least as curious about you as you are happy to have the company 😊 What a pretty boat. 🥰👍

Wow Thanks You so much for bringing us all along ! You are on point in your sharing your story, that first voyage across the Pacific is an Epiphany. Was so happy to see a Sextant again, reminds me of the Days of HO-249 sight reduction tables and a clock and stopwatch. For me that was another time and another life. Your views of The Sea made my heart Soar. Thank You. Please no e-begging, we grow so weary of seeing that over and over. Take care of each other, that's all that really matters .....Sailon

So articulate in your narrative - I cannot recall a "you know " kind of .... or prefacing sentences with ... like.... Thank you and our vessel is stunning!!

Thanks for doing this and making a video. It was nice to see you having the courage to go and have such a wonderful time. I had the most memorable experience of my life sailing a 42' Ketch from Honolulu to Seattle June-July 1976 for 45 days. It was my first time open ocean and I learned celestial navigation from a book. The only electronic I had was a short wave radio receiver which was required to get GMT for navigation. I didn't have a life jacket or life raft. Food was limited to rice, macaroni, spam, sardines & water. Heading was straight north until parallel to Seattle, then straight East, interrupted by 2 hurricanes with 40' swells (see NOAA data) and a week in the doldrums. The biggest nightmare was having to go out on the bowsprit at night in a storm to change a blown out jib without a safety harness. I don't think I truly slept the entire trip since the boat was bouncing heeled over 45 degrees, my bunk was a wood plank, my clothes were always damp and the air was always cold and I got an abscess tooth just 5 days out and lots of sea sickness. You have to keep an eye out for ships as much as possible since they aren't likely to see you or change course to avoid collision. I don't think those radar reflectors work. Phosphorescence and stars at night without anything interrupting the horizon were other worldly. I was followed most of the trip by what seemed like one Albatross. A pod of curious Cuvier's turned and followed a few minutes. Only one flying fish fell in the cockpit. There was too much commercial fishing trash and plastic trash but it never fouled the rudder. Only saw one ship in the open ocean. When I got close to Seattle the fog was horror with lots of ships, shoals, difficult to identify light house sounds and rough weather. “Fair winds and a following sea” to you!

Beautiful sail across the pacific, you guy owned it.

You guys are true sailors. A pleasure to watch you.👍

A fantastic masterpiece of story telling. This is how I want my videos to be like. Thank you for showing the way and the inspiration.

We are pioneers and explorers ❤ thank you for showing the world how humans must be! ✝️🛐

Beautifully documented. Love the down to earth approach. You had that boat in tip top trim. A credit to you both

Great episode, and an amazing crossing! I like your style, no bs, just beautiful filming, and great story telling. Thank you, and congratulations! Aloha from Hawaii.

From a rancher in northern Canada. You are a wonderful young man.

Always impressed with those who can navigate the seas! Cheers folks!

Congratulations on achieving so many milestones in crossing an ocean. You two are amazing. Real sailing is hard to find, these days especially accomplishing the crossing so well on a 30 footer. I agree with Dave's comments re La Vagabonde. Keep up the good work. You are an inspiration to future sailors around the world. Thanks for sharing.

Great video ! Thank you.

You did what so many could not dream of. You rose to a much higher plain than many of us , limited by fear and low expectancies of life. I commend you both for your courage and your not settling for an average life!!

Was my dream. Glad my old rebuilt body can enjoy your adventure. Beautiful sailing boat. My first and only sailboat was a thirty one foot wood sloop built in Canada. I roamed Lake Eria single handed dreaming of the Pacific. God Bless.

Amazingly well done guys. Thanks for taking us all along.

I'm staying up very late re-watching all your videos. Thrilled to see 1M views on this one, it's certainly worth it on just so many levels. Thanks so much (again) for sharing your experience with us. It's been an almost lifelong dream for me to do this, and now at 64 I'm not sure the logistics are possible for me any more, and it's so heartwarming to see you fulfilling your dream (after a lot of hard work and planning). I was re-watching to make sure I had the timeline right. For me it would really help knowing the general timeframe, I'm presuming this crossing was in 2022.

I applaud your spirit of adventure. Accomplishing what I have dreamt of since I was a boy. Thanks

What a wonderful video, and sailing to an island paradise on a wooden boat is any true sailors dream. Thank you for sharing yours.

Wonderfully fun to go along with you on a momentous journey…excellent presentation…steady as she goes,,

Thank you! That video brought back so many memories that are etched in my mind forever! I did the same thing back in 1971 only from Panama. You are so right about the ketch rig at sea and its ease of use. Tons of power but easily handled! Excellent video in every way! Just makes me hungery for the next one!

I love my boat. Although it's a 24 ft, cuddy cabin cruiser. My dad helped me restore this vessel in 1992. I was 16 years old. He taught me to drive his 30ft fishing and pleasure boat at 10 yrs old. Navigating, lights, boueys, signs, depth. She's been with me all these years. Now she has much more technology, electronics, charging capabilities, everything I need in my cabin, to cook, new toilet, shower, and outdoor shower. I take friends out for 5 day trips 3 times a year, to Camp/fish, and just enjoy exploring new Waters. I'm very big on safety, and have more than needed. Communication, plenty of Charging sources onboard. If you have faith, respect the ocean, and even have to divert your course, from weather, or anything else that could put you in danger. You and that vessel, can accomplish anything. 🙏 🌊⛵🛥️ God bless guys, she's beautiful and she's your own.

What refreshing truthful story of a real sailing voyage, as compared to all the money making oriented videos out there. You did a fantastic documentation.

A crossing lives on long after arriving. Highest Blessings

The first, and most probably the last, time I see young sailors making a crossing by sextant and chronometer. This is sailing : not only jumping from one waypoint to another but making the right judgement at the right time … The only gear I kept from my boat was my sextant, parallel ruler, clock, and a couple of blocks !… Wish you the best and may your life be a long and happy sailing adventure, knowing that with the right approcah you can sail around around the world with little chance of seeing rough weather …

@harlandharris1164

Жыл бұрын

In 2016 I did a similar voyage, but 3100 miles & solo. I took a sextant but never tried it. Modern electronics have taken out much of the guesswork & risk. I met boats in Marquesas which had only several smart phones with GPS & charts. The cheapest digital watch is good enough to get you within sight of your target island. I was downloading satellite Google Earth images of reefs around islands & could pick my way through the maze with my chart plotter using images less than 2 years old.

@vincent7520

Жыл бұрын

So?

Really wonderful job putting this together. Your a class act, congratulations to you both.

What a nice, refreshing video. Excellent humble sailors on good, sensible seaworthy sea boat. It has been a long time since I have seen anything like that on youtube, or on the water, for that matter.

@TheBoegisJak19

7 ай бұрын

Refreshing

Many thanks for bringing me along with you guys.

Your video was so refreshing and so appreciated so I wanted to thank you both for sharing your journey with all of us. You are a great couple and I wholeheartedly wish you two only the best for your future. Great sailing !

You are blessed to share a life with a woman such as her