Cordova Alaska, stormy weather and big Halibut - Cruising Prince William Sound on Sea Venture -EP 98

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3 жыл бұрын

After crossing the Gulf of Alaska we are ready to go cruising in Prince William Sound. But not so fast, first we have to wait out more stormy weather in Cordova. We leave Cordova and head further north in search of better weather. What we find on the way while fishing requires the harpoon!
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This is our trawler life story.
We retired early and decided to make a big change. We sold everything and moved aboard our 54' Cheoy Lee passagemaker, a “go anywhere in the world”, ocean going power boat.
That was in 2014 and we have never looked back.
Now in our late 50's we are free of work and we are living aboard and cruising our trawler full time.
We have two additional crew members, feline brothers, Blake and Barkley. Yes, we have two brave (sorta) boat cats, on board!
Join us and our crew, on our adventures as we explore new places, discover more about our trawler and what makes her work, and learn more about ourselves in our young retirement years. Our hope is to entertain and inspire you to pursue your own passions through telling our story of our cruising trawler lifestyle.
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@kevintwiss3495 2 жыл бұрын

I was surprised when I went through 1/3 of the video without seeing a cat lol.

@bigbopper9627 3 жыл бұрын

What scenery WOW. I enjoy the episodes like this one where you are fishing or crabbing. Seafood self sourced to supplement the pantry is always better. I'd grill mine with a cream and garlic sauce to garnish and maybe some spot tail prawns YUM 😊

@skistrycharski6999 3 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine gave me 50 lb. of Halibut. We cooked it a # of ways, you name it. My 12 yro daughter one day 1/2 through the meat said. “ U know the best way to cook Halibut is with Butter & garlic! !! “ enough said. That’s my girl & the family agreed ! Great eating fish ! Anacortes, Wa.

@nelskrogh3238 3 жыл бұрын

One big fish. Halibut is so good.

@slipshankd1307 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking you guys were not making more videos so I looked you up and find I am not getting your notification of new videos but I clicked the bell and selected all. I used to get all of them and didn't get the last two. I think its funny when the try to predict weather a month to 6 months. My wife says they say the winter is going to have record cold weather, and I laugh and say don't worry they don't know and I don't know.

@rjclulow 2 жыл бұрын

Nice halibut! I'm envious.

@Big.Ron1 3 жыл бұрын

I am not a sea food eater but that was a nice fish. I am more impressed by the scenery. I have been following along on google maps. Nice, nice, nice. Thank you!

@Scruffers2011 3 жыл бұрын

I show my wife your videos from time to time. When I retire and after the kids are out of the house, we are planning on downsizing to a small house and a motor yacht for cruising Puget Sound, SE Alaska, the Caribbean and the US east coast Loop route. In the off months, I plan to lease it out to make enough money with it to pay for the next season's cruising. That's a good looking halibut, perfect size for eating. All the best to you both.

@vlogcity1111 Жыл бұрын

How much could you lease out a 48’ trawler for a month? Roughly just curious because I am interested in doing the same thing

@samcoop2074 2 жыл бұрын

Awww..I wanted to see cleaning your halibut. Great video though. :)

@vlogcity1111 Жыл бұрын

More fishing videos along the way or at least small segments! Will save you guys money on food too! Awesome ! Thanks for sharing

@thereissomecoolstuff 3 жыл бұрын

Great teamwork on that halibut. Love the channel. Can't wait to get up north. Between you and Tony Fleming it's go time.

@prospect8696 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic videos, love this channel.

@eightbars1 3 жыл бұрын

I got curious when I wrote the previous message, so I looked it up. 400 pound halibut are not unusual near Unalaska Island, where Dutch Harbor is, so while it was a huge fish, it wasn't a record holder. The fish you caught is the perfect size! You can get a few great meals out of that fish!

@tomnickel9185 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this fishing episode! You are in such awesome fishing territory. We look forward to seeing some salmon action as well.

@DanielC__ 3 жыл бұрын

GREAT fish! Lots of yummy eating there. Another awesome video. Cheers

@steveprice4779 3 жыл бұрын

Nice fish...and a Super Cool anchorage.

@crustysworld167 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the Butt, nice catch! Best of luck on the Salmon fishing. Cheers, MVPAIRADICE

@robjohnson2649 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic fish Jim. Great video

@carmelpule6954 3 жыл бұрын

That orca surfing just before the bulbous bow is getting a free ride due to the high-pressure zone created ahead of that big bulb. I spoke about this in another video that the bow is much too big and that the high-pressure zone shows the effective increase in length of the original boat. Note how the whale starts flapping its tail as soon as it moves out of the pressure zone and how quickly it returns to it and how easy it is for the whale to feel and be so sensitive to that high-pressure zone. Obviously, all that energy absorbed by the whale comes at the expense of the fuel of Sea Venture. Again in my opinion that bulbous bow on such a short boat is accelerating the water laterally a little too fast and I would have shaped that big bulb to decrease the lateral acceleration with a reduction of lower pressure zone at the front of the boat and less thumping on the hull of the boat. Still, Sea Venture is a beautiful boat and the two people shown in the video are a real lady and a gentleman in their manners and deportment. Well done folks. Thank you for welcoming us on board.

@Tom-px4fn 3 жыл бұрын

Ausome fish! Always nice to watch your videos.

@susanobrien3076 3 жыл бұрын

Spectacular.

@jimhanson7476 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome fish, great video as always.. cheers

@tallakff7349 2 жыл бұрын

The Thomas Basin Harbor here in Ketchikan has a similar path along the breakwater, ours is a concrete sidewalk.

@Vagabond1209 3 жыл бұрын

Nice halibut!

@margohiggins4327 3 жыл бұрын

Nice fish! You're set for halibut for awhile. Enjoying watching your videos & are looking forward to seeing your adventures up in Prince William Sound. Maybe if the borders open up, you can stop by in Deep Bay, BC for some Canadian hospitality on your way south.

@stewartphilip5869 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that is a great catch!!! Loving the scenery 👍

@trevorpowell4872 3 жыл бұрын

Awe, Blake is getting to be a lil chonker. It's so cute.

@TomChame 3 жыл бұрын

Very neat, thanks.

@bobunfiltered8198 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for sharing your adventure. I've spent some time in Cordova and Prince William Sound - my daughter and her family live there and are all involved in the fishing industry. The Sound is spectacular! Looking forward to your next post...

@ronhatcher7734 3 жыл бұрын

very cool wow.

@georgesaul8801 3 жыл бұрын

Always appreciate your sharing your experiences!! Love it!

@tedmorris7877 3 жыл бұрын

Nice fish

@tomlaurel5248 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, a video back to your roots and this one great. Shoot your experiences and not just selfies. Great job 👍👍

@davidanderson961 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for keeping these videos coming. Nice timing to remember what cool rain feels like.

@michiganengineer8621 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I see those Dall porpoise playing off your bow I think "mini Orca!"

@Mark-jd1fr 3 жыл бұрын

Just got a slip in Everett for our little Ranger Tug R27.New power boaters-sailed many moons ago.San Juans and maybe the Gulf Islands this year.Canada may be open in August.Would love to see a video on your anchoring techniques.Other than coming in to dock, anchoring is the next big stressor for us. Thanks for all the great videos.

@dalewaterhouse6329 3 жыл бұрын

Nice good job

@skistrycharski6999 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your vlogs !! I soooo enjoy them. Love the docks. Anacortes,Wa. Here!

@bilgeratjim 3 жыл бұрын

Nice fish.

@skistrycharski6999 3 жыл бұрын

Love the mountains during winter. Ak. & Wa.

@MrCrabbing 3 жыл бұрын

Nice fish Id love to try Hallibutt

@soloonsound 3 жыл бұрын

Another FANTASTIC episode. We look forward to your videos each week. Thanks for taking us along on your epic journey.

@stephenmurray9850 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful scenery . Great fish catch, I thought, at first, you had caught a shark because of the fight it was giving you. Thanks for the video.

@gerhardvanwaltsleben8944 3 жыл бұрын

Lekker man lekker

@agusus 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's a big halibut! Almost the same size as the 51"er I caught in Takatz this year. You had a much easier time landing it than I did from our dinghy. It looks like the spear disabled it pretty quickly? Did you manage to eat all of that?

@tomjacobsen664 3 жыл бұрын

Why would you want to go south? This is one of your best. Nice job! Looking forward to salmon. Alaska = Valhalla. Love it!

@CruisingSeaVenture 2 жыл бұрын

Warm water and sunshine . . . At least for now. I'm sure we will circle back to Alaska at some point in the future. But for now, we are planning to spend a few years in the tropics. Thanks, Jim

@jaquigreenlees 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting narrative. 60 pounds of halibut, that is a massive chunk of food at little cost compared to buying it. When processing it, naturally there were fillets for fish and chips dinners, did you also cut steaks from it for grilling? Fillets can also be done up in a pan with butter so very useful cut.

@stevedavis7882 3 жыл бұрын

WOW, nice fish. Too bad you had to work so long to land it.

@stevesteffen7001 3 жыл бұрын

What, no Blake and Barkley in the intro? Loved the video.

@skistrycharski6999 3 жыл бұрын

I like how you secured it on the ? Don’t know the word for that part of the boat ? Transom ???

@skistrycharski6999 3 жыл бұрын

What was your drag set at on the pole. Guess I’ll find out when you land .

@jeepinjohnny2898 3 жыл бұрын

Yo - SV. Put a wee slice o that halibut on the grill for ME - i be there 20 minutes.

@eightbars1 3 жыл бұрын

Not to steal your thunder, but..I was commercial fishing out of Dutch Harbor in the mid-80's and we brought up a halibut in our nets that was close to 10 feet long. We strung him up below decks, where the ceiling was about 8 feet and his head and tail were too long to fit in that 8 foot space. We got about 400 pounds of steaks off him and brought them back to Seattle when we were done fishing in the Bering Sea. I will never forget the size of that fish! And I have no idea if that is unusual or what.

@CruisingSeaVenture 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, we know. For just the two of us this is a perfect size halibut. We caught a 220 lb and a 115 lb about 60 minutes apart once. We were giving away Halibut for months. Thanks, Jim

@eightbars1 2 жыл бұрын

@@CruisingSeaVenture We ended up using that fish in our family restaurant, "Kelly's", in Tacoma, WA

@johnward9728 3 жыл бұрын

I think it is scratching the tail on the bulb

@Asta-wl8jz 3 жыл бұрын

Just curious as to how many edible pounds you got out of a 60 lb fish. Great video and beautiful fish.

@aaronpower998 3 жыл бұрын

Would have been somewhere between 50 and 60% usable meat so 30-40lbs

@JustinBeyerlin1 Жыл бұрын

What weather app are you guys using at 3:28? Awesome video by the way!!

@CruisingSeaVenture Жыл бұрын

We use the Pro Version of Predict Wind - www.predictwind.com Thanks, Jim

@JustinBeyerlin1 Жыл бұрын

@@CruisingSeaVenture Thank you, Jim!

@bertmullins3078 3 жыл бұрын

Great catch? How much edible fish did that Halibut yield?

@CruisingSeaVenture 2 жыл бұрын

You get about 50% of the weight of the fish in boneless filets. Thanks, Jim

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@mikedean8061 3 жыл бұрын

What lb test of line you have on for that Halibut? I would want to have about 4 different reels with different lb test lines.

@CruisingSeaVenture 2 жыл бұрын

60 lb test on the halibut pole. thanks, Jim

@paton57 2 жыл бұрын

Nice fish, but guessing it's the one the officials took off you.

@skistrycharski6999 3 жыл бұрын

One Theory I have ? I think dolphins are drafting like car do in racing. Only in reverse, the path of less resistance for them. Hitchhiking on U ? Tell why they do, Please! If any can ?