Follow our sailing adventures on board our 1979 Hans Christian ketch as we continue to explore Canada's West Coast. Alfy & Devlin s/v Northern Dancer V
Your Northern Dancer has got to be one of the best looking boats ever! I love the fact that she's a ketch and her history is also special. Enjoy Alfie.
Amazing Video! I like the boat very much, its classic lines and the wooden parts. And the scenery is great too. My sailing season in Germany is starting on Easter Monday with watering the boat. I‘m glad that the winter is over and spring is coming! 😍 Happy sailing!
Thank you and so glad you enjoyed the video and seeing our sailboat. Very happy to hear you will have your boat back in the water very soon and we hope you have a great cruising season! 😁⛵️
Thank you for this wonderful episode. I love seeing our superb cruising waters through your art of filming and sailing. Thanks for letting us sail vicariously with you.
Another terrific, "zen" video, Alfy, this one with perfect music to match tbe material. Thanks so much for keeping your channel ad-free! I've been a subsriber for a while and have recommended your channel, thought it was time I commented.
Thank you for your comment and so glad you enjoy seeing our adventures through our lens! We just make these for fun so you will never see drama or ads, although I see RU-vid has put ads on many of our older videos once they have been up for a while. Not sure how they get away with that considering we have specifically y un-monetized all our content and collect zero $ from RU-vid. At least the viewers get ad free for the first while it appears. :)
Great photography Alfy! I have followed you for sometime. The new boat is fantastic. Thanks. I look forward to more and some DIY is always appreciated. SV Brooklyn Salish Sea.
Thank you and so nice to hear you have follow along for so long. We sure do love our Northern Dancer V, and can't believe we have had her for over 4 years already, time flies!
Thanks for your lovely videos - I’m so envious of you with your beautiful boat there. Makes me very homesick for the west coast of BC! I’ve always wanted to visit Haida Gawaii, and have decided to treat myself with a quiet sailing tour of its east coast in June! Cheers from Switzerland .
You are welcome and we are so glad to hear you enjoy seeing our adventures through our lens. That sounds like an amazing trip for you in June, and I lived on Haida Gwaii for a few years many years ago, and it a wonderful place! I hope you have a great time!! Fair winds from Canada's West Coast.
Great video. Thanks again ! You should have more subscribers, we all need to share your videos to others. A beautiful boat, a great host and wonderful scenery. There isn't a boater out there that wouldn't appreciate this channel. Stay safe. Stay happy. Peace.
Thank you, thank you! We just make these videos for fun, and always appreciate it when they are shared so others can see our adventures through our lens. Fair winds to you. :)
Northern Dancer V looks *spectacular*. Those little Gemini clips appears to be just what I will need for my solar installation. That barge at 26:20 is just, c r a z y ! Cheers, a.
Thank you and we enjoy doing all we can to make Norther Dancer V be her best. The Gemini hardware is really great and if you are in Canada they can be purchased through JT Fabrics in Ontario. Ya that barge was not far off from dumping the load of logs into the ocean, but I didn't have time to stick around for that to happen.
Alfie, I always enjoy your episodes, especially your photographs. I'm not sure why, but I think part of it is the composition of your shots. Something I aspire to but rarely succeed at. I have a question for you. Have you considered using lithium batteries? I know the initial cost can be high, but with their longer lifespan, higher usable capacity, and lighter weight, they seem like they would be a good fit for your off-grid aspirations. As a final thought in every episode Northern Dancer V seems to look better and better, particularly the varnish, definitely a labour of love 😇
So glad you enjoy seeing our adventures through our lens. :) I have considered lithium, but our AGM batteries are still fairly new so no point in replacing them just yet. We will re-visit best options when the day comes to replace them fore sure. Northern Dancer V definitely is a labour of love, and I love getting her all varnished and looking her best, it is like therapy. :)
"Smooth seas or stormy waters, there's something truly captivating about the rhythm of the waves and the dance of the sails. Your channel beautifully captures the essence of sailing - the freedom, the challenges, and the sheer exhilaration of being at one with the sea. Keep navigating these waters and inspiring us all to set sail on our own adventures. Fair winds and following seas!" 🌊⛵
18 degrees Celsius in the middle of March. Not bad. Here in Connecticut, it was 15 degrees yesterday morning...Fahrenheit! I envy you my friend; your temperature, your boat and your beautiful journey
I like your trick for picking up the mooring from the side deck. Looks like it gives you plenty of time to sort things out with relative calmness. Thank you for showing us the Pacific Northwest.
The last time I was in that area was the summer of 1987. Just graduated college and was touring on my bicycle from Seattle through the San Juan islands to Vancouver Island and Victoria, before crossing to Port Angeles, then over the Olympic Peninsula and south to San Francisco. But the PNW was my favorite part of the journey and still holds a special place in my heart. I look forward to future vids. Thank you, and sail-on!
Congrats and I hope the next 2-3 months go quickly for you. Shore Dancer's owner is a great person and friend, and his boat is very nice. :). So glad you enjoyed this episode!!
What style boat do you have, I like the way the stern comes together. I should have looked in the description first. So I think Hans Christians are really nice, if I got a sailboat that what I would buy.
