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Season 2 of Wave Rover starts off with a Huge announcement! I'm building a new boat. Wave Rover Hull #1 is a brand new 21foot pocket cruiser. Designed by an naval architect to comfortably circumnavigate the world, and yet, be built by the average person i...
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Season 8 : The Hawaiian Adventures : Episode #217
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On this episode I awake in the beautiful Makua anchorage and enjoy getting to see the local spinner dolphins do their tricks. Once the coffee kicked in I swam the 600 yards to shore and wen...
It is my second time visiting Akune, Western Kyushu. This time by boat but 21 years ago by bicycle. I am grateful to Kaminota and his family for their kindness. It was my last stop before realizing a dream . . . sailing into Nagasaki. Nagasaki adventure...
Very pleased to announce my latest book is now available for purchase.
The Logs From The Good Ship Triteia; The Prose and Cons of a Sea Voyage.
Author: James Frederick
Publication Date: November 23rd, 2021
Pages: 258
Formats: Perfect Bound + Ebook
Langu...
The transom is fitted and the hull is now complete from the plywood perspective. I explain the importance of learning to see with ones hands. The battle against the temperature continues.
[WAVE ROVER 650 BUILDING PLANS]
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Hi . . . I am experimenting with YouTube Shorts which are always less than a minute and in the vertical format to make. I will try to share snippets of my life on the water and my training voyage around Japan. Let me know the kind of things you would lik...
Season 8 : The Hawaiian Adventures : Episode #216
On this episode I enjoy one last night at the amazing Pokai Bay before hauling up and sailing up the west side heading north for the most remote anchorage on Oahu, Makua Bay. The landscape continues to ama...
At my last two ports, I have moored at Sea Stations ( Umi no Eki) and as they were very different in style and cost I thought that some viewers would like to take a tour of each. I have stayed at several Sea Stations in Japan as well as Marinas ( where yo...
Gluing the hull panels together. Mrs. Rover pitches in and together we do a massive glue up on the hull. She certainly is looking like a boat now. Anybody purchasing Wave Rover Merchandise can get a discount by using the code: waveroversail
[WAVE ROVER 65...
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Season 8 : The Hawaiian Adventures : Episode #215
On this weeks episode I wake up at the very protected and peaceful anchorage of Pokai Bay. I make my way ashore and check out the town and enjoy lunch on an open veranda with a clear view of Triteia sittin...
Would you E-Foil in Piranha invested waters?? Well it surely was a very quick way of learning, trying to get onto that board as quick as possible. We had an amazing time in Suriname, from interacting with Sloths, to exploring the Jungle and chasing snakes...
I am learning a myriad of things. Next is setting up genoa traveler. Advice is gratefully received. I have my own ideas but one aspect of setting up the traveler puzzles me. This episode also includes fun times with good people in the last two ports I h...
In this video, I pick up from where I left off in episode 6 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnltynLQyMs&t=7s), and I row my sweet dinghy boat from Silva Bay to the beautiful Saturnina Island, which was recently purchased to be turned into a Nature Res...
The hull sides are scribed and fitted onto the hull. Finally Wave Rover opens her cargo hold in time for Christmas with some merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/wave-rover-cargo-hold/
[WAVE ROVER 650 BUILDING PLANS]
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Season 8 : Hawaiian Adventures : Episode #214
On this episode we have a change of plans as a weather update shows high winds forecasted for the coming week and we point our bow towards Oahu's westside; Pokai Bay.
During the passage I recorded a very omi...
Come and explore the Jungle with us, we had so much fun in Suriname, never knew there was so much excitement in a JUNGLE.
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While waiting for the right conditions to round Cape Sata, I moved to Calm Lanai Harbor and enjoyed a few days of convenience and to some measure of luxury ( Toilet and bath only 30 seconds from the dock!). Join me for a tour of Calm Lanai Harbor. Then bec...
Some of the Frames are not fitting. The problem is solved and it's time to build the transom. Builders from several countries take on the challenge of building there own Wave Rover 650.
[WAVE ROVER 650 BUILDING PLANS]
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Repairing a boat is always full of surprises. All you can hope for is that the job will take about as much time and and about as much work as you expected, but typically it will always take longer, be harder, and be more expensive.
In this video, I finis...
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Season 8 : Hawaiian Adventures : Episode #213
Hello Friends,
On this weeks episode I "get back on the horse" and with a lot of anxiety leave the dock at Ala Wai and head out to my first anchorage with the new jury repaired rudder.
Everything goes smoo...
With Mrs. Rover's help the second layer of the bottom is laminated. This is a big step forward! Also, the building plans for the WR 650 are now fully complete and they have exceeded my expectations. 23 pages of drawings complete this digital package for wh...
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