It lifts my soul to come home and find a new video! Thanks for sharing more of your adventures.

@_PatSails

5 ай бұрын

what a delightful thing to say!

Your videos are so peaceful and calming. And it's easy to see you're a kind and respectful person. 👍

Your sloop is holding up good I think it’s the perfect size sail boat

Thanks James, that was cool. Loved the way you filmed the boat getting underway purely on wind power.

It's great to see people donate for the area. And most of all it's great that people keep it clean.

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

It’s a community treasure that people have enjoyed and kept up since the 1960s

That was so relaxing.

Awesome! Great video James , Mahalo!

James, I have been watching your channel since the beginning, including your refit of Treteia. This winter I had the chance to buy a 1963 Alberg 30 Hull #8 and will be starting an extensive refit this spring on the Chesapeake. Thanks for the inspiration!

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

Thanks amazing! Stoked to hear about you getting #8!!! Congratulations!!!

My kids loved the rope swings and marshmallows in the fire. Magic place especially the pizza oven

When you haven't had a hot bath for awhile nothing feels nicer.What a cool place.

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

1000%

Glad to see you made Sydney safely

I remember when Barry from Adventures Of An Old Sea Dog visited here a year or two ago. I think he enjoyed it as much as you did. A true cruiser’s paradise.

@californiakayaker

5 ай бұрын

I knew I had seen it before. I don't think Barry took advantage of it all but I'd have to go back and look. Actually, no one has baked bread there ?

Thanks for another awesome episode mate 👍 looked like a really nice relaxing spot 👌

Enjoy New Zealand , i just came back home from there ,such a beautiful country . Youre living the dream enjoy there buddy

I found your channel a few months ago, and I keep looking for new videos often. The quiet and tranquility that you get when watching is unmatched!

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻

@Sea_Angel05

5 ай бұрын

The remote location hot bath was quite a find! @@SailorJames

As a kiwi I sailed to smokehouse bay in Jan for first time. After yr prev Great Barrier Island videos I thought u may have missed Smokehouse Bay. Last night i was there about 50 attended a pizza night all contributing what they had left on their boats for toppings. Baths were overflowing with bubbles and i just remember the laughter from the group. New born babies through to people in their 80’s including global cruisers. What a treat- vow to drop off a box of shampoo and bubble bath on my next trip through. Hope this model can be replicated in bays around the world

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

It’s really a remarkable place !

Hi James First visited smokehouse bay 25 years ago, it's a tue kiwi cruising experience . I'm so glad you found it. The pizza oven and retaining wall are a great addition. Enjoy. Cheers

Smokehouse bay brings back lots of great memories, the first time I was there was in the late 70s, the last time was 2021,

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

A really incredible place !

THANKYOU ENDLESSLY FOR SHARING THESE MOMENTS IN YOUR LIFE WITH ME🛡️ WATCHING YOUR JOURNEY MAKES MY HEART SMILE CAPTAIN JAMES. HOW DO YOU THANK SOMEONE FOR DOING THAT??? LOVE YOU AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEWEST UPDATE WITH YOUR TRAVEL'S WITH RHONDA❤️ THANKYOU ENDLESSLY FOR SHARING THESE VIDEOS WITH ME🌈🌎💎

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

I love how much joy you get from them Robin 🙏🏻

Thanks for sharing, looks like it was a lovely experience all the way around.

thanks for sharing, as I was last there approximately 55 years ago , missing a week of school due to the 55 knot gales LOL. We had a fab time with all the other kids

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

I love this comment !

Stunning works!!!

Awesome experience as always. Looking forward to seeing you sharing this with Rhonda! Like you, I can't see a better way of life... but having someone to share it with makes everything better. Looking forward to what's to come, James!!

A perfectly timed visit. Is there a visitors book - if it were me I'd like to leave a message of thanks to the people who set the place up. What a generous act. What a spot.

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

It’s been going since the 1960s so the people who set it up have long since passed, really amazing place

Jaime is our club captain and a fantastic sailor. Glad you bumped into him he is a terrific host 👍

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

Awesome people

That place is very classic Kiwi. Childhood memories lol

Your a great man and so much appreciate your videos.....

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

🙏🏻

Wow, I would have had some loves ready to bake, or a pizza ? Those ovens are absolutely my favorite ! As it is I put a pizza stone in my wood stove, works fine. That water heater was something I wanted here, but I just put big stainless pots of water on my wood stove, works fine. I could easily set something up like that because the shower/tub is on the other side of the wall. Mike from not far away from the Redwoods of Northern California, the big fat coastal ones. 300 foot tall ones. My dad retired early to a 40acre place with mom. He had built all this stuff. He had enough pressure to have a hot shower from the water heated by the wood stove, or a nice bath. He improved the value quite a bit, paid 10 grand for the place and sold it for 400 grand. He and Mom hated leaving it.

Thanks James - inspiring, really admire your hand hauling the anchor. I struggle if I have do that so I’m definitely “windlass dependant” I can relate to slow quiet sailing, it is truly magical. safe travels my friend hope to bump into you one day.

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

I have always hand hauled mine up 💪🏻

too damm cool! 'great channel and spot to stop. Both the camera man & editing dept. get A+'s

That has to be best video of yours I have seen (apart from the LA to Hawaii trip). Now I know what it feels like to pull up the anchor and wait for a bit of wind to come along and grab you, taking you forward. It was like really being there. Being a non-sailor that was pretty awesome. Smokehouse Bay, omg, a sailor's paradise - just loved the woodheater setup to heat the hot water, and a luxurious hot bath. Lucky you had the place to yourself. Then back to Triteia, and nice read, relax and wait till nightfall, just absorbing the surroundings. That is the life!! I'm gushing I know, but I really did feel it. If I get to NZ anytime, I'm definitely going there, will hire a tinny 😛 Thank you Sailor James and Happy Sails.

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

It was seriously the coolest cruising destination I have ever visited

Those young people would find you an inspiration, thanks for sharing it looks like you like our country? All the best

Many years ago I had the privilege of sailing as crew on a Cork boat named “Moonduster” in Cowes week, the Chanell race and the Fastnet watching Steinlager 2 show her pace and even shared a wave with the big man himself. What an inspiration Peter Blake was for all sailors, past and present, may God bless his soul! SkipRay, Kerry, Ireland.

I believe that red boat is "Steinlager 2", one of the mightiest sailing vessels ever to touch water.

Great Video, one of your best! Cheers!

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, I was stoked on this episode, glad you agree

Great to see you are making use of the fabulous spell of Weather we have been having here in New Zealand James. Great Barrier Island is indeed beautiful, And I have had many wonderful sailing and Tramping Experiences there. Last time was 2 years Ago, when myself and a Prince of Tahiti, on his first Sailing experience, sailed the 45ft Hartley Southseas Ketch Wanderlust from Thames, to Colville, on the first Afternoon, then a very Bumpy indeed, with 5m NE swells and Gustingto over 50knot NE wind Colville Channel crossing to Whangparapara, where we pulled in just on sunset in late May, amidst an incredible boilup of kingfish, Mackerel and smaller baitfish exploding meters into the sky. The anchorage at Coppermine bay, was perfect for the Night, and 4 beautiful snapper were caught within 20 minutes of dropping anchor. We had, had to make a dash from Tauranga, with only 4 days warning from her then owner, that she was going to be cut up if not rescued, get Wanderlust off the hard at the Thames handstand, an hour after we arrived and make the trip, first time I had sailed her with only some dodgy batteries and a 55lb electric trolling motor, as her Ford diesel wasn't running. Which proved adequate, though a bit hairy a few times. The Colville channel and Northern part of the Eastern Coast of the Coromandel peninsula can be VERY Hairy, with nasty Capes that can suck you in from miles out to sea in patchy Easterlies, with big swells. Not sure if you are spending some time in the Hauraki gulf, it's lovely on the West Coast of the Coromandel too. Except watch out for scamsters and thieves if you go to Coromandel harbour 🤭🙄. It's Notorious, especially in the Summer peak season. Wanderlustshipcom is the gee address I think I sent you earlier. Still in Tauranga, With Wanderlust, and Tawai the fifty ft Wharram Oro, and a Noelex 22 trailersailer racer too now. Feel free to touch base if you are coming down to Tauranga. Or whenever. Aaron

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

This was filmed in late October, I no longer in New Zealand 👍🏻

Amazing spot

holy smokes this place looks hella cool

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

It was amazing

Light Air sailing is the best even 2 am

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

I agree

What a peaceful video! You live the dream.. what is the book you were reading at that time ? Many thanks for these moments..

I 🤔 it should be mandatory that every KZread captain pulls his own anchor by hand at least once on 🎥 to prove he is the real deal 😉

Kudos to you James on your Māori pronunciation, better than some kiwis

The swinging chair buys the mood¡!

Such a cool place ✌️

absolutely splendid..for those that dont know sailing... this is fucking incredible

My budgie boys started to sing with the birds in the back ground

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

That’s awesome !

Soooo goood brutha 👍🏼👊🏽❤️

Talk about perfect timing ! You got to enjoy the luxury of a wonderful hot bath & then get to meet people, than have more peace. You in that swing made me laugh! Also- well the tide went out !! Wheels on skiffs, necessity, the mother of invention. What an amazing place they built, just for passing sailors in the future! That is love.

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

Really amazing experience!!!

Get in!, just put my feet up with a cup of tea and up pops this..... Perfect timing! I always enjoy your videos but I enjoyed this one even more than usual

As much as it is glitching up, the new GO PRO, the quality is much improved... from my end over here on Cape Cod, MA... Sucks it is giving you fits though buddy.

Hey James ⛵⚓⛵✌️✌️✌️

I returned my Hero 10 about a month ago because it couldnt hold up in 30 degrees F. Sticking with the old 8 until 9's are the "2nd oldest gen."

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

Mine is a brick now , totally dead

@SailorJasonTaylor

5 ай бұрын

I feel like they started catering to vloggers with less active lives and the endurance of the product dipped as a result.

Hi James

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

👋🏻

What is your opinion on a Tripp Lentsch 29? I’m thinking about buying one.

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

I know nothing of them

James, was the round the world race the Golden Globe Race (GGR) ? Those boats had to be 35 feet or less, that one , from your video, looks longer ? And my own answer, no, he had one the 1989-1990 Whitbread Round the World Race, South Hampton to South Hampton. Sorry.

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

No it was the whitbred

@californiakayaker

3 ай бұрын

@@SailorJames I've found smokehouse bay at Great Barrier , and found the camp. Now I've got the Lat/Long and got it labeled on Google Maps. Thanks.

James your motor sounds like a old 1 cylinder steam motor

@chriskelly6559

5 ай бұрын

It is.😄

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

No, it has two cylinders

Im not sure james is running on the same time line .. The old guys had that nasty sub dermal infection of the fatty tissues... its no joke having delt with it myself on my fathers legs. Hope he can get it treated and he lets it recover last thing you want on a boat is open leg ulcers.😬

you should hook up with old sea dog

Time for a new flag this President’s Day 🇺🇸

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

Not so easy to find in a foreign country , but yes I have since replaced it

Also I appreciate not having to be forced to look at tids and ash .Im looking for adventure and knowledge not soft porn😅😅😅

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I don’t look that appealing in a gstring so I spare y’all that horror

@Surfsail

5 ай бұрын

@@SailorJames 😂😂😂

real sleeper

Why is the thumbnail you in a tub? 😂

@SailorJames

5 ай бұрын

Because I took a bath in the episode 🤷🏼‍♂️