My sailing trip to Honolulu from Sausalito California, Summer 2022. Big shouts out to @samholmessailing, @ChristianWilliamsYachting, @ViceGripGarage, and all the friendly folks at EricsonYachts.org.
I noticed the same. The voice over cadence and basically overall reminded me of CW. And that's a compliment 😁 Great adventure and great video. Sweet and simple.
Outstanding! I watched both Sam and Christian’s videos and like you, was hooked. Wise choice for a first boat and great project check list. Great video, good luck, and fair winds.
Pretty much every sailing channel could employ various ideas from Tom's channel. Humour; no endless, tedious bloody electric guitar solos and obscure 'rock music'; common sense; objectivity; kindness; education; handy tips; intelligence and a subtley expressed liking for the famous German soul group Led Zeppelin. I wouldn't mind betting that a little Pink Floyd has passed through your head from time to time too. There is so much to talk about, especially when you are properly miked-up like Tom seems to be, that royalty-free music is pretty much redundant except for a very occasional few sunset shots or footage of dolphins joining alongside you. I don't know what your day job is Tom (obviously something way above my understanding - maybe finance), but please resign NOW and set yourself up as a full time sailing and merriment channel. It WILL work.
I had this exact same idea. I watched Sam Holmes and christian Williams as well and I thought that would be really cool and now you have completed it and posted it on RU-vid as well. I was waiting for someone to go through all of the prep work it takes in order to do a trip like that and I found it awesome that you incorporated all the steps. It's also extremely expensive and time consuming. Well Done!! you should be proud of yourself.
Any time there is a half-assed explanation of diesel mechanics AND an Airwolf reference, I'm hooked.😆 Please keep this going. No one else is doing this!
I had this dream 40 years ago, and got as far as Catalina Island on a 32' boat, and a SCUBA instructor license, when life took a turn back east. Only difference is I would have taken a cat. Congrats on completing your dream!
You know? I watched both of those videos you mentioned back when they were first posted. Sam, in particular, has posted many more adventures since then. It has been a great experience watching.
I woke up at 2am half way to Hawaii with a cruise ship next to me . Little scary on a 35ft boat! I remember the sound of the propellers. You’re a funny guy !!
Crack me up dude! I’m a fellow Bay area single handed sailor and your comments and suggestions are spot on for those who want to do longer distance sailing. Enjoyed watching your video!
Hey Tom. Thank you ever so much for your hilarious and very inspirational movie of your trip. I just subscribed in the hope of ever getting to follow you in another crazy sailing adventure. Now i will go and loon for a boat to follow suit. Thanks, Dries
Mate, I know it is easy for me to say, but please keep these videos coming. There are so many of us who are inexperienced at sailing and need all the help we can get. You seem like we novices can learn so much from you because it sounds like you learned it all relatively recently and won't assume all know everything. .There are a wealth of experienced people, many of whom seem to relish putting down novices, forgetting that they themselves were just like us once. I believe that many novices are put off running through the very basics with us on video as the know-alls take such delight in correcting us and assuming their status is lifted by denouncing our inexperience. I've seen it in columns of sailing magazines so many times, and especially on the question and answer parts of online sailing sites. The other difficulty is the 'esoterica' of sailing, telling somebody something in sailing 'jargon' in order to perhaps baffle them and exclude others. It is a strange human attitude, and perhaps I am over-sensitive to it, but I hope I will never ever try to tread on somebody else's shoulders in order to 'big myself up'!! Bless your heart for your kindness - it takes a real man to do what you're doing.
Really well done....congratulations on your solo sail....some cooking/meals is always a fun watch, along with fishing, how the evenings were spent, and weather encountered....Again, congrats and hope to see more sailing videos of yours. All the best,
Great job! Lol, it was fun watching you get less and less polished in your appearance as you get closer to Hawaii! If you still live around the Bay Area, it’d be great to meet you some time.
One minute I was looking at sailboats for sale in the US, the next minute watching you sailing to Hawaii.. I liked the idea of the Ericson 32 before this but now I am pretty much sold. Great job on the boat and the video.
Great Video!!! Amazing coincidence of timing. While you were sailing from SF to Hawaii, I was sailing from Hawaii to Seattle departing June 18, 2022 from what looks like the same dock at Ala Wai (F dock?) that you arrived at. In Nov 2020 I sailed from Oxnard CA to Hawaii. Congratulations on doing the voyage single handed, quite the feat!! Fair winds and following seas! Nino SV Andiamo
Loved it, great passage, photography, character,I've seen the others too..please put out more content....I have a 6 months solo plan myself to Hawaii..you give me ambition...one other thing, I watched a marine solo sail 2-3 years ago...great content, then he disappeared and so did all his great videos, if anyone has any info...also nice job with all the boat projects...please keep em coming!!!!!
Like the tune dude. You're a good dancer too. Well worth the watch 🤣. Just jokes - congrats and bring us more adventures please. Mars if you want, sure 👍
Hats off to you brother…you seem to have more reasons for not doing this than most who contemplate the challenge… Great job on the refit…she seems light and fast…wondering if you would trade for heavier boat with more comfort for a little less speed now that you’ve had the experience…looks like you had pretty fair weather on this trip…hope you have the same on return… I’ll be watching!
Thanks for your efforts in producing this video I enjoyed it. It has some Christian Williams qualities, and that is good. 👍⛵Edit. Just wanted to add congratulations on such a great achievement. I dreamed of doing this but unfortunately it will probably stay just that.
Well done sir. Educational…great story…. You demonstrated the importance of the 6 P’s… Proper Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance. Solo and 19 days is a really amazing crossing. Thanks!
"Will the world be better for my life having been lived?" - YES, in addition to having brought a lovely (I'm certain) family into the world and provided well for them, and now a major opportunity has opened up in the field of intelligent-but-unpretentious sailing channels. Sadly it's been two months or more since your last video (this one) that I'm fearful the modern world has re-ensnared you. How many more flat screen tellies do you need? Imagine taking your little family to sea, exploring our gorgeous planet and videoing everything for posterity? My old Halcyon 27 cost less than your wind vane steering device, so this is not a channel just for comfortably-off neophytes, but for those of us engaged in scraping the bottom of the barrel. Tom, a lot of people will be enriched by your talent for this water-borne video making. I really hope we see you again soon.
Well done and great job on the video, Tom! Having spent some time in FL, GA, and SC your depiction of the Daytona Beach shirt wearing red neck was worthy of an Oscar... Your clips of the many jobs required for preparing a 40 year old boat should give others some critical info on what they are getting themselves into.
Absolutely hilarious. I have a Yanmar 3 on my Dehler 37 CWS, and that is the best explanation I’ve heard for how it works! I have also followed Sam Holmes’s and Christian to Hawaii. Definitely subscribing…brilliant. And I am on,y half way through!
I consider it good fortune to have stumbled upon this channel, totally inadvertently. This is good comedy, genuine and in the moment like solo sailing brings out. I laughed hard. T b anks
Not sure I could solo sail to Hawaii. I could but think I would go more crazy. My wife loves to sail and thankfully we get along and would not get tired of each other. Great Job on your accomplishment it was no small feat.
It’s interesting, I just came upon your blog site while looking for advice on a Raymarine upgrade. And read your bio. I guess a few of us have been inspired by Christian Williams. My buddy and I are on the wrong side of our 40s and are buying a Catalina 42 with the plan to do the California to Hawaii run in 2 years! Great to find your RU-vid channel and see you are making your dreams come true!
A little bit of Okie goes a LONG way, but overall an entertaining video. Thanks for taking the effort and sharing your adventure, very impressive accomplishment, good quality video, and interesting narration.
Sheeesh this is me when I did a circuit of Australia around the whole Island went I, solo. By road though not in a sailing machine like this. I started talking to myself in all sorts of accents. Isolation does that to you. You can travel by road in Oz long hours no change in scenery. Also watched Sam and Christian do this trip also. Seeing the thumbnail had to watch this through. Hearing someone talk philosophy to you an Indian accent can really make you laugh.
Can't wait to see how this progress. Keep enjoying life and sharing it with us please. And stop drinking the water around your boat I think you have to filter it. 🙃
Very good video. I have watched countless RU-vid sailing videos over the last 6 or 7 years. Many of them are compiled by raging narcissists - in my opinion. However, your effort was a refreshing take on what the ordinary person could achieve if this was their goal. I just wanted to say that I enjoyed your take on sailing for the 'little guy.':) And you didn't miss the internet - I live for the day when I can say the same thing. :)
