Absolutely impressive! Your endeavor to upgrade your small ship for sailing to Alaska despite challenges like a trashed steering system and a rotten deck is truly commendable. It takes determination, skill, and vision to undertake such a project, especially when faced with setbacks. Your commitment to making necessary improvements and preparing for such an adventurous journey is inspiring. The dedication and effort you put into upgrading your ship demonstrate your passion for sailing and your adventurous spirit. Congratulations on your perseverance and determination to pursue your sailing dreams! And I am Floating Village Life.

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much friend, cheers!

It's me again, Curt. Enjoyed your last. I love to see how you are both in love with each other and are living life to the fullest. Hope all your 'instamentation' is covered by your youtube following. My twenty foot O'Day sailboat wasn't big enough for a wheel. I'll be with you as you proceed to Alaska. Please don't go past the Aleutians though or you might get pulled over by the Rooskies and accused of being spies. I have friends who are trying to get their new motor sailor from Japan to the Aleutians. Stay tuned folks..lol. ❤❤

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Hi Curt! Good to hear from you! KZread is just a hobby for us at this point, but for now we’re enjoying doing it! Hoping to untie the lines here in the next day or so, but it looks like we have 30knot headwinds until then! Really looking forward to taking the boat further this szn, she’s looking better than she’s been in a long time, cheers!

Had some chuckles with this one. Loved it. I thought it was a gigantic remote control 🤪

@AllisonandJamesSailing

Ай бұрын

Lol the autopilot? Does have Windows Dos vibes haha Glad you enjoyed this one!

I serviced the wheel steering system on our Cat 30 every year by brushing some grease on the sheaves and steel cable. We had to adjust the angle of our cable sheaves, they were slightly off. After greasing I wiped down the cables and sheaves. We did not have that rusted back plate, that looked strange, I believe we had a brass looking back plate. You did an A1 job getting rid off the wheel steering !

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Nicely done, we’ll cared for! I don’t think ours had been serviced in a decade or more. Feeling much better now that it’s out! We’ll try refurbishing it so we can pass it on.

Ahoy Allison & James 🤙🏼 missed watching your videos and glad to be here for another season. Had to pause the video to type this as I got a great laugh at how casually James expresses that the tiller pilot worked was “ Skookum “ …. Love it ! Wish I was there as a buddy boat but not quite there yet. Getting slowly closer though . As always, fair winds and calm gentle anchorages ⛵️

@AllisonandJamesSailing

20 күн бұрын

We’ve missed making them! Gonna try and keep to a bi-weekly posting schedule if we can. Really itching to share footage from the last few weeks!! Haha Skookum might be west coast slang 🤷🏻‍♀️ Skookumchuck narrows is at least a place haha cheers!

@rodneyallen5003

19 күн бұрын

@@AllisonandJamesSailing I grew up not far from another Skookumchuck in the east kootenays near Cranbrook and we said that all the time.

Awesome! It looks great! I miss the tiller in my old top hat 25- so much easier all around. Have fun on your next leg!

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Thanks mate! I think we'll enjoy driving the stick! Looking forward to getting out of here soon!

Very clever with fiber glass an tiller

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Thanks James! Really glad we opted for the tiller

Good Job people 🙌🏼🍻

@AllisonandJamesSailing

23 күн бұрын

Thanks so much, cheers!

Well done ! looks so easy ! what an amazing "Upgrade" and added an efficient auto pilot at the same time, we are just back from Alaska with a slightly larger Ship (Noordam), it was sooo cold, like 4 degrees day and night plus 30 knot winds in the Juneau area, noticed high waves being driven up by raging winds on many inlets. But we had a good time, cheers from Sechelt, P&F.

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Oh wow, we probably seen you cruise by! 🚢 oouf not amped up about the cold, but hopefully there’s some sun while we’re there, for the solar panels sake! Glad you enjoyed your time, cheers guys!

Tiller on my boat. Nice and simple. I have the same tiller pilot too. As a single hander I consider it the other crew member. Makes life much easier.

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Love to hear it!! Feels so good to have finally gotten around to doing this job. Stoked to get out there now!

Thanks for another great video! Looking forward to the adventures you'll encounter on your way north!

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Very much looking forward to getting out of here in the next day or so!

Great move. I sail cat 30 203 1976 with a tiller. I added a Ray Marine Tiller Pilot named Shoko and I’m good to go

@AllisonandJamesSailing

Ай бұрын

Awesome! We wish we did it sooner! Def the way to go, cheers mate!

Concerning your new sailing devise... see Sam Holmes sailing he's had a few of those. Now he covers it from salt waters and rain. Maybe get in touch he'll surely be happy to respond😊. Good luck! I'm looking forward to your next adventures ❤

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Most folks go through a few! Guess that’s why they’re so cheap. We’ll look into getting a sleeve for it. Looking forward to making videos of the adventure variety soon, cheers!

Looks fabulous

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Carly!!!

You will find that with a tiller system is not only more reliable but easier to repair and you can install a self steering wind vane that will save your battery power. I think you have made the right choice. Gerard.

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Gerard! Pros all around, cheers to that!

Well, thanks for another episode. I'm following quite a few of the sailing channels. And lately yours have become one of my favourite. Thank You Glad to see You're upgrading your boat. Tiller steering has always been one of the most reliable in this field, I think. Thank You for pointing out all the Pros and Cons. If You don't mind my 2 cents, You can always steer your boat by having your tiller between your legs and basically using your hands for doing something else. Sounds like a very handy technique for docking / leaving a dock, tacking, jybing, You name it )))) James, I'm impressed with your repairing tricks. Again))) Good stuff I'm glad You like your new autopilot. Having watched quite a bit on this platform, I'd like to point out that these devices are prone to water penetration unfortunately... So, You may want to completely cover your new baby with some kind of waterproof sleeve (plastic?) Looking forward to your new adventures! Fair winds, following seas, and calm anchorages )))

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Awh, love to hear! So glad you’re enjoying what we’re creating! Feels good to finally get to these projects that we’ve had on the list for a while! Agreed we think Tiller is king! Can steer with your foot while knitting! So many pros. We have heard that these autohelms break pretty frequently. A waterproof sleeve might be the way to go! Looking forward to making videos of the adventure variety soon, cheers and thanks for being here!

@SailSmileReDo

2 ай бұрын

@@AllisonandJamesSailing I know it's a choir to make KZread videos. Have done a few of them myself. But looks like it's a labour of love for You guys ))) Keep 'em coming! ;-)

Fewer moving parts. Yaaahrrr, maties.

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

You betcha! Yaaaahrrr

Raymarine doesnt make as much miney in each tiller autopilots, but they makeup for it by selling you many of them over time. From what i’ve seen, you really need to keep them dry with a cover so they dont fail from salt water

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

hahah yes you might be onto something there! We've definitely seen and heard from folks that these are maybe not 'top quality' and tend to crap out sooner than one might like! Will look into some plastic protection. Lucky for us not much salt water crashes into the cockpit here in the calm waters of the inside passage so should hopefully hold up this szn

Good luck and have a great season!

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Simon, cheers!

Finally like#1😎❤️🇨🇦 Just a old dude from Pender Harbour BC

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

That satisfying first 👍🏽 Keeping being a legend, cheers mate!

Welcome back 😅

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Consistently inconsistent for the foreseeable future😅

If you managed the Tasman Sea you certainly will manage the Alaska inside Passage, you just need Artic Winter gear, good charts and a good GPS plus a good Boat Heater.

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

The dream is to anchor in front of a glacier✨ hopefully this Summer we can check that one off!

@francinegolbeck3116

2 ай бұрын

@@AllisonandJamesSailing Good goal but..... Our Noordam Captain got scared when getting close to a Glacier as there were 100's of good size Garage sized icebergs drifted around so he apologized and turned around. The tides can be huge like 20 feet+ and get even higher when 30 knot wind blows into the long Inlets as it was in our case. ( I am not kidding) Take good care !

You've cultivated an amazing community here. This comment section is blessed! When I actually have some time after I graduate I hope I can sail with you. Love and Chi, Kevin from the lab

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Gosh, couldn’t agree more! So grateful for this awesome supportive community🩵Thank you for being here. Hope all is well with you, would be stoked to sail with you soon! Cheers Kev!

Will and John would agree ;-)

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

We’re all on the same page, cheers!

Nice Video

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, cheers!

I have the same auto tiller and love it. Nice to see a new video from you guys. I love the boat project videos. Keep in mind in heavy weather the auto will use a lot of battery amps.

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Love to hear it! Seems a bit noisy but I guess we'll get use to that.. We've got electrons flowing from the sun to power it now, but if the weather throws down I think we'll jump on the helm. Good to hear from you Mark, cheers!

Love the addition of the tiller and raymarine auto pilot. I’m sure you are aware that by adding an anemometer that you can have the tiller pilot steer on a heading using Apparent Wind. Also do you have a link for the tablet holder you used. Cheers! One final question will you be able to open the lazarette with the bar for the auto pilot . It appears on the episode you can’t. Cheers again.

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

A handy instrument to install in the near future! The bar on the bracket for the autopilot twists off so it can be removed easily to get into the lazarette or for example, if you had folks sitting around in the cockpit who aren't keen to have a bar in their back! Here is the link for the tablet holder we purchased on Amazon! amzn.to/4bfFDHt It's an affiliate link so any purchases using this link will support our project. I'll link to it in the description. Thank you so much!

20:28 reminds me of the original cell phone back in the 80s!

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Hahah the autohelm is giving old school cell phone vibes for sure 😂

So cool. Wheel out, tiller in. With a tiller you can actually feel how the boat is trimmed. And a tip: protect the tiller against UV.

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Yess much better feel! Al’s already on it, sewing up a tiller sleeve! Cheers Gert!

Good move. As a commercial sailboat captain, I used both tiller and wheel and I much rather preferred a tiller.

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Love to hear it! I don’t think we’ll be turning back ☸️

loving the music in this one! the one song "like a fish on land" 😂 love it 🥰

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Hahah yesss that chorus sums up how we’ve been feeling lately for sure😂

Tiller for the win! 😎

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Yess easy debate! I think most sailors would agree!

Awesome great job guys. Congratulations.✌️😎⛵️

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for cheering us on Alex! Hope things are going well in your world, cheers!

i am sure you will not miss the wheel . i have been useing my tiller for 5 years now and love it great video

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

No turning back! We're in the tiller club now. Thanks so much! Can't wait to steer this stick to Alaska

another great video 💕✨

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Caroline!

Nice one. Did you make the tiller? it looks really nice.

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

I wish we could take credit for how good it looks! James was really looking forward to making one! But for the sake of time, we purchased from Catalina Direct

Can you list your navigation systems? I really like the compass and I would like to find out what gps unit you’re using.

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Of course! I've just added a list in the video description, but have posted them here as well. These are affiliate links with Amazon so if you order using these we will earn a small commission which further supports our project. Thanks so much! ► Tablet Holder amzn.to/4bBVcJy (Amazon) ► Garmin GLO 2 Bluetooth GPS Receiver amzn.to/3QIoLRn (Amazon) ► 12V Dual USB Outlet Panel amzn.to/3QImBBu (Amazon) ► Compass Recessed Vertical amzn.to/3yz3KSY (Amazon) ►Garmin Striker Fishfinder (Depth Sounder) amzn.to/3WN5GkP (Amazon)

Oh what happened to the wheel. Lawn or home ornament?

@AllisonandJamesSailing

Ай бұрын

Hahah you would think, Hope we can find it a home!

Cut the plywood back as far as you can reach, because rot will grow past the zone of blackness, and keep weakening the cockpit floor while you’re not watching it.

@AllisonandJamesSailing

2 ай бұрын

Rot has a nasty way of doing that! We cut out pretty sizable zone! Happy to finally have that dealt with, cheers!