Princess Louisa in our Ranger Tugs R-29 - Complete 2022 8-Day Trip

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We cruised from Everett, WA to Princess Louisa Inlet in British Columbia, Canada Sept 14 - 22, 2022 in our Ranger Tugs R-29CB. This video shows each day of our journey. We tried to balance views of stunning nature and things we thought might be interesting to boaters, such as our routing and chart tribulation.
00:00 - Intro
00:12 - Map - Animated Overview
00:32 - Everett to Friday Harbor
02:05 - Friday Harbor to Ganges
03:47 - Ganges to Silva Bay, Gabriola
06:14 - Gabriola to Chatterbox Falls, Princess Louisa Inlet
08:07 - Princess Louis Inlet
10:19 - Princess Louisa Inlet to Secret Cove
14:12 - Secret Cove to Ganges
16:00 - Ganges to Cap Sante, Anacortes, WA
17:39 - Anacortes to Everett
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We have been asked to share how we plan our cruises. It makes for a dry video, so we broke it up:
- Initial Route - Anchoring in 25 kts gusts with our Ranger Tug R-29
- Currents & Tides - Possibly May 2023
- Wind & Weather - Possible June 2023
- Buoys & Coast Guard - Possibly June 2023
- Contingency Plans - Possibly in July 2023
Music:
Velee / Body of Water / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Dew of Light / Closing Tundra / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Airae / Coalescence / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Elfl / Alienated / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Dew of Light / A Travelers’ Gloom / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Martin Klem / Intro into the Wilderness / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Daniel Kaede / When the Ocean Sleeps / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Molife / Deep Forest Sessions / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com

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@Ray-gf9su 4 месяца назад

Wow what an incredible trip with amazing scenery❤️❤️. Thanks for sharing this video👍

@mvemerson 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it. Princess Louisa Inlet certainly is magical. 😊

@outofchips Год назад

Just happened on your channel and am very impressed by your brevity and superb photo quality. I'm 86, snuggled comfortably in my Texas home, but were it not for my "responsibilities" I would finish up my days following in your footsteps.

@mvemerson Год назад

Thank you for your kind comments. Our goal is to become better and better boaters and storytellers.

@kirkhuddleston9387 Год назад

Cool to see the Salish Dawn in the video, a Seahorse 52 in Friday Harbor. We chartered her this last summer ⚓️

@joehiker5573 Год назад

Wow, what an adventure! Thank you for bringing us along... ; )

@mvemerson Год назад

Our pleasure!

@joehiker5573 Год назад

I wish there was a video of the 3 friends who took their Ranger Tugs 21ec's from Seattle to Haines, AK

@steveprice4779 Год назад

Nice trip... we've been to Alaska twice. Sitka the first time and Cordova the 2nd but haven't gotten to Princess Louisa yet...but it's on the list....

@rickhodges1731 Год назад

Visuals are spectacular! Just saw the 31ft model of your tug. Think that would be much more appropriate for your new lifestyle. There is so much more room and a shower. Eyes and glass around the aft area would add another living area and range of conditions you could be comfortable in. Just a thought.

@mvemerson Год назад

Thanks a bunch. We actually like the 29 better. Fortunately there are many choices and styles. I will admit that if the 31 had a wider beam than the 29, we might think differently.

@mvalexandra2230 Год назад

Great video. On an R-29, I stand on the driver's seat and do the flag through the hatch above. No need to go out :)

@mvemerson Год назад

Even better. Great tip. Thanks! We ended up rerouting the line to the hand rail, just so we can get to it. I'll see if the admiral allows it. ;-)

@jameslovelace8958 Год назад

One of the most Beautiful trips I’ve seen! I wonder are there charters for that area. I live in Tennessee and we have hills called the Smokie Mtns. But having mountains and ocean together is Awesome ! Being photographer I’d love that chance of getting those shots.

@mvemerson Год назад

Thanks James. Yes there are. To my understanding, you can charter a boat in Vancouver, Nanaimo, and Comox (possibly others) and people do that to reach Princess Louisa. There are also float plane tours from a number of locations and there are smaller, faster charters doing one-day trips from Egmont, BC. There could be other sources that I am not aware of. Perhaps others can chime in.

@JohnBraman413 Год назад

should take a run over to bahamas at some point. there's a ranger tug 25 over there now.

@mvemerson Год назад

That would be fun and a point in favor of trailering these boats. Maybe in a few years.

@davidlin2714 Год назад

Great trip, nice video

@mvemerson Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@boborca Год назад

Nice video, thanks for sharing. Curious to know what software you use to edit. I'd like to add the moving lines on the map and the captions to some of my videos.

@mvemerson Год назад

Thanks. I appreciate your comments. I use Apple Motion for the map in conjunction with Final Cut Pro for overall editing. Motion produces small video files, so you could import them into any video editing software. Mario Orsini of "2 Wheeled Rider" turned me on to the tool and posted a video on how to use it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L062kwLuVbI.html

@mvemerson Год назад

To add: Unlike Mario in his video, I use Apple Maps for the underlying maps and I smooth out the Bezier route lines by setting Roundness in Basic Geometry to 10. Commentary is typically a title that I add in FCPX.

@boborca Год назад

@@mvemerson Thanks for the quick response and the useful link. Ranger took a ppt presentation on my 2021 trip to Alaska and made it into a video for their webinar series and although I think it turned out well, it would have been better if I had more video footage and animation similar to what you've done here as the static images are not as lively. I took more videos on my 2022 trip and showed them at the rendezvous in 2022 which was an improvement but I would like to get more skills in the annotation part. Thanks again, bob

@mvemerson Год назад

@@boborca Since you mention static images, I also took some pointers from Tony Fleming (great Alaska videos). He explained his liberal use of the Ken Burns effect to add movement. Another great source is an amazing video produced by the son of the My Serenade crew ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8wYknC0ljiI.html. RU-vid is a great learning tool. 🙂

@boborca Год назад

@@mvemerson Yes, RU-vid is a great resource. Thanks again, bob

@edvanloon Год назад

What is your typical cruise speed please?

@mvemerson Год назад

Our fuel economy has a sweet spot around ~2.7 mpg, which will be around 6-8 kt. For planning purposes I use 7.2 knots. Our "fast cruise" is at 3,250 rpm (90% of load) and is between 15 and 19 knots, depending on currents. We almost always use "fast cruise" when we cross larger bodies of water, like the Strait of Georgia, that have the potential to get "spicy" quickly.

@edvanloon Год назад

In NZ you should go faster than 5 knots within 100m of another vessel. That guys shooting past you guys is in my humble opinion an idiot

@mvemerson Год назад

I very much agree. Our USCG rules are a bit ambiguous and demand that the passing vessel passes safely with minimal wake. That pass, in a narrow channel, in my opinion was not safe. In my experience and in our cruising area, most recreational boaters are very respectful and safe. Most issues I have encountered were with commercial boaters. Whale watching boats, commercial crab fishermen, etc. I was told that this particular boat was the "project boat" of someone with a commercial dock in La Conner, WA. The boat returned shortly after leaving the channel and it looked to us like a test run.