Life is Like Sailing is all about Living Aboard and Cruising our 1979 Hans Christian 43 Ketch on Canada's West Coast. We hope that you enjoy following our adventures as we explore this amazing part of the world.
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Just came across your vlog. First off, sexy C and C. My favorite. I have a 37. If u are leaving your boat in the dinghy, and u look back at the boat, and it doesn't give you a hard-on, you have the wrong boat. Every time , with a C and C. I don't know if you are in fresh or salt water, so just a comment, if salt, the better option would be aluminum, rather than zinc. Also, you should have sanded the shaft lightly. The 2nd zinc should go back aft, about 1/4 inch ahead of the strut. That way, should the shaft loosen, it won't fall out, and it won't bang around. I am also curious about the shiny areas on the shaft, just ahead and behind the strut. What's that all about? Fair winds
hi Alfie - My brother is about to arrive in Victoria having sailed from Japan and I will fly in to join him in a couple of weeks to cruise North to explore the BC coast. Your videos are a great inspiration and wealth of information. would you be ok if we contact you directly to ask some specific questions. If so what is the best way to make contact?
So I have a gennaker for my Bruce Robert's 34. I have never used it because I mostly solo sail and people I bring out sailing don't know much about them either. I beleive the previous owner just connected the tack of the gennaker to a connection point on the anchor mount on the pulpit. What is your tack line hooked up with?
@@lifeislikesailing was looking through my photo album and found a beautiful picture of a Hans Christian at anchor at Sibell Bay, taken in June 2023. believe that was you
Hey Alfy! Great video - thank you. I always feel like I'm in a fine museum of nautical art, watching your episodes. One question - why do you have that black (step?) fender hanging over the side when you are at anchor. Could you get back on with that if you fell off? Thanks again, Ron
So glad yo unjo seeing our sailing adventures through our lens. I use the inflatable step to make it easier to get on and off the dingy for the primary reason.
Nice to find your video in my feed this morning. I never been to Long harbour either, I will have to correct that! You do not seem to have lazy jacks or anything to catch the mainsail, do you just let it fall on-deck and then flake it over the boom? That is what we do (drop it on deck) but are starting to find it a chore (especially if I sail alone). Northern Dancer V is truly beautiful and you always frame her is such beautiful light.
Definitely a nice spot to check out and I hope you get there. For our old main I let it all fall to the deck, but our new main is still a bit still at only a year old, so I let it down part way, flake and tie off, let more down, flake tie off, repeat. So glad you enjoy seeing Northern Dancer V through our lens! :)
Very nice video as usual! You’ve got a magnificent yacht !! A pity you don’t happen to get more wind for your sails; she muist be a beauty under sails in the breeze. Actually watching this from dear old Europe.
So glad yo enjoyed this episode and the winds can be variable this time of year here in the Gulf Islands so I have to take what I can get when it lines up with my days off. I am glad I can bring Canada's West Coast to your home in Europe. :)
I know you made/uploaded this a few years ago, but what an excellent video! Very clear with what you would talk about, then very clear demonstration of what you spoke about! well done.
Great video,, watched it a few times. Lucky man, lost my son years ago and my dad 2 years ago,, wonderful Alfi enjoy it. Wow Tate is all grown up been following you guys a long time. Your dad is an inspiration Im 70 and look forward to being in as good as shape as him ⛵️
Thanks Alfy for sharing the video of your family time. Nice to see your dad again and what became of the little boy, being active and enjoying themselves! We might see your daughter again in the future, perhaps?
So glad you enjoyed it, and glad you enjoyed seeing my son all grown up. My daughter has bee out a few times so I am sure she will make an appearance again! :)
My prefeeder is permanently fixed to the drum attachment, the clamshell part that fixes the foil to the drum. It's survived many years but in about to go on an extended passage and am wondering if I should bind it somehow. 🤔
It was great seeing three generations enjoying camaraderie aboard Northern Dancer V, Al. Your photographic, cinematic, and musical composition continues to incrementally improve. Your father’s health and positive attitude is an inspiration to which we may aspire. It would be interesting to hear each generation’s life story, so far. 👍😎
Such treasured memories to have Alfy, not just for you but equally for your Dad and your son. The simple pleasures in life are so often the greatest. As ever, your eye for capturing such moments, let alone the scenery is just perfect. Well done :).
I was born and raised on lower Vancouver Island and you always find places I have not seen or sometimes even heard of to see and record with your artistic eye! Todd Inlet’s industrial past shown on a rainy and dreary day - who would have guessed? Wonderful!
Happy Birthday to your dad! Tate, I remember seeing him in one of your video on your previous boat a long time ago! We have a friend in common, Jessy. He took our boat from Mosquito Creek Marina to Mud Bay yacht Club last weekend with his GF and anchored overnight in Montague to watch the northern lights. Haha, I can see you in your dad, the smile the soft talking... 🙂
You have been watching a while then and I am sure most remember Tate as a much smaller child! ha. So fun that Jessy could take your boat out, and hopefully they saw some northern lights. I guess the apples don't fall from the tree. :)
You're a good Captan Alfy. I remember my father sharing the wheel. And how much joy, it gave to people.Seeing your father face, at the start of the video. It's Something, I try to do on my yacht now. A Treasured moments. It's like they say. It's a little thing in life. That can mean the most!⛵
Thank you and so glad you have that memory. I really enjoying seeing my dad and others get a chance to helm. It is true that the little things in life can mean the most. :)
