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May God bless you both. Sure miss traveling with you. You left with no promises. We just miss you, living a dream through you. But I hope pray your still venturing on flat seas and no wind

Big Love for the Coasties! Glad they came to say hello! 🙂

Did you stop the engines to check oil? What was your rate of burn?

Miss you guys hope you're all doing well. A short update would be welcomed.

can you inform us as to when if at all you are returning???

Great video. Thanks for sharing. I was a commercial fisherman for ten years back in the 70s and 80s, and transitted Wrangell Narrows a total of 15 times, with both daytime and nightime trips. Keeping track of the lights at night is a challenge - especially with oncoming commercial traffic.

Oh my Barkley is one handsome fellow! I can’t imagine my life without cats ❤ love the kitties, just NOT your music choices 😸👋👋👋👋😸👋😸 😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖

Great job!

I completely get it. It’s a huge commitment to produce these videos. If you get back in to it I’ll be watching every episode.

How long was your boat? Is it a steel hull or fiberglass. Do most boats these days have radar? I've bee from Seward to Friday Harbor in Puget Sound on a 44-foot wooden boat and several times from Pelican to Friday Harbor when I was in my late teens and mid-twenties, with no radar.

When I was around 19 years old I took a trip from Prince William Sound to Icy Strait in Southeast with no stops. No radar in those days, just Alaska Coast Pilot. I was a lone crew member in a 44-foot wooden boat, with a net in the hold and a seine skiff hanging over the stern. Dull trip but I would in a latr year know what real rough water was.

Greetings from Tucson, Arizona.. Just subscribed to your channel. I'm in the process of selling my house with my eye on some 44 Trader/Nova/CHB's in Seattle/Anacortes and will be making an offer as soon as my house sells. I have a gazillion questions to ask - What is the yard y'all used for the bulbous bow? You hooked me with 3,500-4,00 nm range. What engines does your boat have? Tankage?

What engine(s) and tankage does 'Sea Venture' have?

great episode guys ... just discovered your videos ,... hoping to spend some time in the same waters so I'm grateful for your videos to learn from ...

That is a beautiful Island. My husband and I have a Time Share in Loreto and go out there often. The water is so clear. We just stumbled onto your channel and are binge watching. Great job you two!

Would love to see a video on Danzante Bay just south of Loreto. My husband and I go there often. Mulege is a nice little town. Love you channel.

Been watching your progress. We sure miss you guys. Best wishes

Just wanted to let you guys know that I really enjoyed your CZcams broadcasts. I miss them, but gosh after 197 I can't blame you for getting tired of all that extra work. Cheers, and enjoy your retirement and the grandparenting!

I see you guys are steaming back north. If you come through HMB again lets catch up or back in Anacortes area. Mike and Amy

Don't throw those heads away. Spot-prawn heads make the sweetest broth!

I know creating videos is a lot of work. I’ve enjoyed what you have done. Will you publish anything in the future?

I sure am missing you guys and my kitties!!!! Life not as good without you 4 peeps!!

Awesome video, thanks! What time of year was your visit to Chatterbox falls?

Looks Great!, Can you tell me what Maps/charts you used in the SOC? were they accurate?

Sea Venture is probably the best-designed and best-built/maintained trawler I've seen. I had a 45 CHB Trawler in Washington State that I miss very much. At the moment I'm boatless and living in North Carolina. I really love the San Juans and BC Inside Passage. Living in Anchorage for 17 years, I also have come to appreciate and love the Alaska Waterways you show in your videos. Thank you so much for all the care and patience you practice with your videos of your journeys.

This is home for us @onboardtangaroa

Any estimate to when you will return to the boat?

If you find your way in SB again, spend the day there and detour to the Channel Islands, Pelican Bay is an amazing Anchorage on Santa Cruz. You can easily spend a week going around the islands and go to/from Catalina offshore if conditions are nice then tuck into Marina Del Rey Fair winds

Tyranny brother! Unbelievable

Hi Jim and Rosie, We are old school mates of Jim’s and discovered your channel after looking for Jim through Google. What a terrific adventure you’ve had and it was fun to follow. Safe travels & calm seas! Who knows? Maybe we’ll see you at a reunion someday! All the best! Britt and Kirsten (Easter’s) Kauffman, CHS ‘79

This brings back memories! Back in, in must have been 2007 or so, my brother called me to say that he and his wife Jan were going up the inland waters of BC on their live-aboard boat (a 49-foot Alaskan trawler) for an extended trip but Jan had to fly back out after 2 weeks for work, so could I possibly fly up to meet him and help take the boat back to Seattle. I said, " well, it's a tough job, but I guess I can do it." I flew out to Seattle, spent a night at my aunt's houseboat on Lake Union, then took a float plane from the north end of Lake Washington to Minstrel Island to meet them, and we headed north for a spell, made it as far as Sullivan Bay on Broughton Island, then headed back south and moored at Echo bay, saw Billy Proctor's museum and talked with him for a half an hour, then dropped Jan off for her flight to Seattle and headed off south through the inland islands. We stopped off at Princess Louisa Inlet - one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen - for a day or two, then went back down to Shilshole Marina in Seattle. He had to sell the boat the next year, so that was the last big cruise. It was one of the memorable trips of my life. I shot a lot of video on an old tape camcorder, condensed it down to 2+ hours of video. It's available at the links below, if anyone is willing to tolerate a somewhat long, completely amateur low-resolution documentation of our trip. At least it gives a flavor of cruising life. BC Cruising 1: czcams.com/video/TiP6GpqH1Nk/video.html BC Cruising 2: czcams.com/video/NDi9zvul1-8/video.html

Miss you guys! 🤗

I looked at the thumbnail and thought you rammed a WW2 torpedo.

Hi guys! Hope you are having fun in the PNW! Thank you for all of your down to earth videos without the sensationalism. We enjoy getting a look at places in advance from your videos. Totally understand the work you put into the videos! It is way more for meeting people than making money! If you get a chance, we would love to see what it is like cruising near Mazatlán and PV. Drop us a line if you are every near where we are cruising! -Kimberley, Eric, and Distin

The thing I love about yalls videos is the fact that you show the areas. The waters. The wildlife. Also the bays yall anchor in that shows how busy and how many boats are around. Florida born and raised on kissimmee river I can not wait to get my live aboard and do this. Still a little bit out because my mom has dementia and I am her only caretaker. Thank god for youtube in my mundane everyday life stuck in the mountains of kentucky. Thank you for the beautiful videos that cause me to dream and smile.

It was a cool video, until I seen that cat almost on top of the shrimp.

Please return with videos after your time off!!

I miss watching you folks hurry back online !

We pulled our 5th wheel from Vancouver to Baja .We only got as far south as Playa Santispac; we just stayed there till we ran out of time. Just beautiful

I must admit that I am disappointed that you will be cutting back, but I do understand.

We are just starting our circumnavigation from San Juan Islands (might try inside passage) and then down to Mexico

Bligh Reef is where the M/V Exxon Valdez ran aground in 1989.

It’s pronounced “Ta Tick Let”

A prime example of big government over exerting its authority

Dang, I will certainly miss you guys, your sharing of knowledge and the beauty of your surroundings. If you ever get to Nashville, or Florida, and want to get out on the water, hit me up!

You two are amazing, very interesting to watch.

. The more room in the engine room the better🙂I've never seen an engine room so clean on an older boat like that, you've done an amazing job. If we could find an older boa tin half that condition I could do the rest. Great idea on the belts, we did that all the time for customers. If you're lucky you could get 20,000 hours before those engines need a re-build. We usually saw them need rebuild around 12,000 hours if they were not taken care of. We saw some owners who pushed to 30,000 no problem, but they were very tired. In compression testing, they were pretty much done. On the older ones we did have to rebuild the fuel injection pumps.

We've been looking at larger boats but they are so expensive. I would not even begin to think of something as old as the vessel you have but you have opened my eyes. I know those Lehamns like the back of my hand as we were the dealer in SoCal long ago. I would not mind having an older GrandBanks 42 or 49 if I could find one with Lehans or Cummins but NEVER 3208 CATS. Thanks so much for your input. Look me up if you ever have questions about those engines, if I can remember. I believe I have some useful tech insights on those as well. Just keep here maintained, change those impellers once a year, the oil and trans coolers every 4 years, and an acid bath on the heat exchangers every 4 years. Watch the exhaust system. You also need to have the injectors pulled every couple of years for pop testing, adjustment, or replacement and make sure to presure test the fuel return line, They are notorious for leaking and diluting your engine oil. I'd also replace the lift pup every few years and carry a spare raw water pump. Thermostats have been known to go bad and replace belts every couple of years. Keep spare hoses at least for one engine:-) And change the heat exchanger zinks often and use a 1/8 wood dowle to keep in clean.

She sure looks much more stable with the bulbous bow. She is your vessel, if you notice the difference then it's all worth it. Are there. a few cons? Yes, but again, doesn't matter if it improved your ride on your vessel. I wonder why Nordhaven doesn't do that on their boats, at least the smaller range. I bet the new n41 would benefit from a BB.