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This Salvaged Trash Transforms our 43 YEAR OLD Sailboat! Clever DIY Galley Refit | A&J Sailing
Big changes are happening on our 53 year old boat! We'll be living full time on our small sailboat while we cruise the PNW to Alaska, but not before we upgrade something that has been bothering us for a while... Join us on the docks this week as we demolis...
Winter Came Early.. Are We Ready? Where’s the Boat?! Life Update | Allison & James Off-Grid Life
WE'RE BACK in our tiny home in the woods after months on the water & have been real busy getting ready for winter BUT it surprised us and showed up early.. yikes! Join us this week as we scramble to tackle last minute winterization here in our tiny hom...
CLEVER Cubic Mini Wood Stove Install! Preparing for Winter in the Woods 🌲
First step towards preparing for winter in the woods?! Installing a tiny wood stove to keep cozy & warm in our tiny home during the wet winters here in the Pacific Northwest! Cubic Mini - Cub https://cubicminiwoodstoves.com/collections/all?ref=allison...
ALL THAT WENT WRONG During our First Year of Sailing.. Learning by Doing | A&J Sailing S1Ep.14
We left it all behind to live out our dreams of exploring the epic coastal waters of the pacific northwest by sail! We found a no-frills sailboat, spent months fixing it up and taught ourselves how to move around with the wind! Steep learning curve, this s...
Sailing.. Going Nowhere Slowly, Sometimes Backwards & Always Sideways⛵️A&J Sailing
POV our home floats and we use the wind to move around. It's usually sideways and moving very slowly (rarely in the direction of our desired destination) but it's constantly.. MOVING. Life aboard a sailboat is tricky, and it can be hard to find balance, e...
Our Boat Broke AGAIN! Does Smooth Sailing Exist? | A&J Sailing
It's all 'smooth sailing'.. until it isn't... and you have to turn on your engine.. and then your engine explodes.. This is the story of how our engine failed close to shore and what we did to fix it! SUBSCRIBE! ► for a new video every Wednesday https:...
Living on a Small Sailboat in Canada’s Cruisers Paradise | Off Grid Boat Life in British Columbia
FAR from Fancy - our tiny floating home has no refrigeration, we cook on a camp stove and haul our anchor up by hand⚓️ It's not glam, but boat life has been some of our best days to date. Savoring freshly caught seafood🍤soaking up the spectacular mo...
ALONE on Anchor in Desolation Sound.. An Emotional Start to a New Adventure | A&J Sailing
Join us this week as we sail thru the towering peaks & deep waters of Desolation Sound!The Pacific Northwest's most iconic (and most popular) cruising destination 🏔 in the beautiful traditional territories of the Klahoose, Tla'amin and Homalco First...
Steering SNAPPED Near Land! Using Emergency Tiller for First Time | A&J Sailing
After spending a week in incredible Princess Louisa Inlet, we hauled anchor and sailed back towards civilization in order to reprovision. 48 hours and 75nm miles later we were back in the Straight of Georgia, sailing in 20kn winds and surfing down 6-8ft sw...
Sail to Summit: An Unforgettable Journey from Sea to Sky in a Remote Fjord | A&J Sailing
Looking down at the sea below, our little sailboat⛵️ is a tiny speck, barely visible from the 2100m mountain from which we stand...We sailed 70 nautical miles into the remote reaches of one of BC's most magnificent coastal fjords - Princess Louisa Inle...
Sailing into BC’s Most Iconic FJORD! Journey into Princess Louisa Inlet | A&J Sailing
Where massive mountains meet deep dark ocean...our little boat glides swiftly along to the head of Princess Louisa Inlet (Swiwelát) - the deep fiord located in the ancestral territory of the shíshálh (Sechelt) Nation on the Sunshine Coast of British Col...
Off the Dock & Off Grid (finally!) Setting Sail on the Salish Sea! | A&J Sailing
Our docks days are over! We're stoked to put boat projects on hold for a while and finally sail this little boat that we've worked so hard on! Join us this week as we finally cast off, set sail on the Salish sea and drop the hook in a stunning off grid L...
ZEN & the Art of Boat Maintenance.. Getting into the FLOW of Boat Life | A&J Sailing Ep.5
Boat maintenance may be dull, tedious drudgery or enjoyable and pleasurable, depending on your attitude... To avoid falling into a Boat Life 'Gumption Trap' - a mindset, for those who are not familiar, that can cause one to lose enthusiasm and become disco...
Are we in too DEEP?! A Saga of Great DEPTHS | A&J Sailing Ep.4
Our boat refit continues this week. We are in shallow water but we feel like we are DROWNING in boat projects! We're keen to get out on the salty seas & finally (learn how to) drop our hook!⚓But we have a never ending list of boat projects that we n...