Final Leg on the Inside Passage in Winter / MV Havaseas Nordhavn 55

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We planned to winter in Wrangell, Alaska. Plans changed! It is cold and Eric wants to go south for the winter. The Inside Passage is a challenge in winter, but we are going to try it! We crossed Queen Charlotte Sound! Now we just have to get through southern BC. This might be our final trip on N5520. These are our adventures in Alaska on our Nordhavn. How we live and where we go.... and sharing information on our anchorages.
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@Andrew-kx7ex 3 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to see your new boat and more of your posts

@JJP72095 3 ай бұрын

Saw Eric in west Marine in WPB. Can’t wait to see the new boat. East coast cruising!

@havaseas 3 ай бұрын

I hope you said hi to him!

@GregLay-gf5ud 7 ай бұрын

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the narration ,wonderful scenery , and watching these videos by an intrepid adventurous couple ,, it been marvellous watching the journey with you folks ,, thank you kindly for sharing your adventure ,, loads of ❤ from New Zealand

@havaseas 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! I would love to get to New Zealand some day!

@havaseas 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. That means a lot!

@kennethpatrick9684 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely love all of your videos and content. Me and my girlfriend I love watching you on Sunday. I hope all is well and we can’t wait to see some new contact hopefully.

@havaseas 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! We are trying to figure out things on our new adventure.

@cpierce3277 7 ай бұрын

Love those icebreaker class Nordhavn’s ! Tough ships !

@havaseas 4 ай бұрын

They are tough…. I feel safe in our boat.

@larrygulden-qe3me 7 ай бұрын

I enjoyed your trip, felt like I was with you! Thank you.

@havaseas 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much !

@gregwindell7702 6 ай бұрын

Be strong enough to be honest and kind

@havaseas 4 ай бұрын

We try!

@eshwarbandlamudi5827 7 ай бұрын

Congratulations on selling this and getting a N50!! We thoroughly enjoyed watching your journeys through PNW!!😊

@havaseas 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Hopefully you will enjoy the new boat and adventures too!

@shadyberero6809 7 ай бұрын

A fabulous voyage to watch and enjoy the highlights of. Thank you for the editing and sharing - was so interesting to see a bit of your boat life and always a treat to see such beautiful scenery. Wishing you the best for Xmas and your next maritime adventures.❤

@havaseas 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! Merry Christmas!

@michaelross2254 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your journey(s) to date. Look forward to your next adventure!

@havaseas 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! We love that you are watching!

@martinjohnwotherspoon6244 7 ай бұрын

Thankyou from Straylia ( Australian ) it’s nice to see you having a great experience it’s 11 December 2023 and yesterday was like 110 degrees here in our version it was 45 thanx again xxx

@havaseas 7 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoyed the cold being brought to you! Thank you for watching! I hope to see Australia some day!

@TChalla007 5 ай бұрын

Aren't Nordhavn fiberglass. If so. That impressive to see this yacht break through surface ice.

@havaseas 4 ай бұрын

Yes, they are fiberglass. Very thick fiberglass. Eric is always careful because he doesn’t want to scratch the gel coat.

@henryoppermann134 7 ай бұрын

Awe, and I was looking for a 55…hope you get new owners soon…best of luck on the new adventures, it was fun watching your videos.

@havaseas 7 ай бұрын

We will continue our adventures…. with a N50! But first we plan to do a tour of N5520. You might like to see that!

@paulcunningham2859 7 ай бұрын

Fun

@havaseas 7 ай бұрын

😁

@mikewoods1313 7 ай бұрын

Were you able to document the transition to the new N50? Can’t wait for the next series 😊

@havaseas 6 ай бұрын

We have been trying to document the transition. I hope I can start getting that footage out soon. Thank you so much for following!

@JayDoc895 7 ай бұрын

Congratulations on the N-50! I’m very happy for you guys. Will you be doing more cruising in the pnw or another location?

@havaseas 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! We are going to give the east coast a try for a while. Totally different!

@TrogART 7 ай бұрын

Think my worst experience with ice was watching some twits out on a little plastic cruiser trying to leave the mooring with one chap on the front with a pole trying to brake the ice, the guy at the helm decided to ram the ice in front and as a result the chap on the front was catapulted of the bow (Inevitable). I was watching as I just new it was going to end in disaster, took me a wile to find a long enough rope to attach to a life ring, the guy at the helm could not lift the other guy aboard as the sides to high, no ladder etc and the guy in the water after some initial screaming for help was declining fast, anyway after a few attempts at skipping a life ring to him I got the ring to him, then had to drag him through the ice to my boat, the ice was cutting him up a bit during that time, when I got him to my boat it took all my strength to get him aboard as he could not move by that stage, then had to undress him and wrap in towels. He was so lucky to be alive I think he had minutes to live if in any longer. A very sobering instance.

@havaseas 7 ай бұрын

Wow! That had to be an experience! Thank goodness you were paying attention and thinking ahead! We had a discussion at dinner before we left Wrangell with some other Alaskan Nordhavn owners…. I made an observation that if either Eric or I fell in the water while moving we wouldn’t survive. There wouldn’t be enough time to get the boat turned around before the cold water took the person. The answer was…. don’t go anywhere on the boat where you could fall in. I never left the Portuguese bridge if I went outside while we were running. There was no going up on the bow or boat deck. I don’t even remember going out in the cockpit. I am so glad you were able to save the person!

@petewhite85 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful video as always but December 12th 2022? I'm in Montana and it's the 10th here.

@dadejazzba402 7 ай бұрын

one year ago

@havaseas 7 ай бұрын

I was going to try and mess with you about the dateline in Washington…. but, it was last year. We were so busy that I am trying really hard to catch up on videos. You might like watching “Where are we now, and what are we doing.” I had to put that out because our Instagram is current. Thank you for watching!

@michaellabombard9507 7 ай бұрын

When the current pulls the bow in heavy current does the autopilot correct it?

@havaseas 7 ай бұрын

Yes. We have a course set and the autopilot will bring us back on course. But, if the current is faster than our boat then we are in trouble. Does that make sense?

@MaggieCheech 7 ай бұрын

Are you going to get another boat. Keep us posted

@havaseas 6 ай бұрын

We lastest about 3 months before purchasing another boat.... we purchased a Nordhavn 50. We are going to try to continue videos with the new boat.

@rbm7101 7 ай бұрын

Was that N-35 "Astraea” passing you in the opposite direction at 20:03?

@havaseas 7 ай бұрын

We were never able to figure out the name but we often saw the N35 around Anacortes. The N35 would be an interesting boat do a solo cruiser!

@paulcunningham2859 7 ай бұрын

Is the ice dangerous to the prop? I can imagine the thick hull having issues with thin skin ice like that?

@havaseas 7 ай бұрын

Eric doesn’t like to take a chance with the gel coat getting scratched. He is a bit of a perfectionist.

@paulcunningham2859 7 ай бұрын

@havaseas I understand. Selling the boat I don't blame him. I can't wait to see the tours of your 50

@paulcunningham2859 3 ай бұрын

Are you still out there. No videos for awhile

@havaseas 3 ай бұрын

We are still out here! Lots going on. I am trying to figure out if we are going to continue with the videos. I do need to get our boat tour of the 55 completed at least. If you are on Instagram or FB we do post there.

@paulcunningham2859 3 ай бұрын

@havaseas for what it's worth my wife and I really liked your videos.

@thomascarey8721 7 ай бұрын

When was this video taken?

@havaseas 4 ай бұрын

We did the winter inside passage trip November/December of 2022.

@benjaminmarchand4771 3 ай бұрын

Why did you guys downsize?

@havaseas 3 ай бұрын

We didn’t need that big of boat and we wanted to downsize costs too.

@benjaminmarchand4771 3 ай бұрын

@@havaseas I’m curious, but wouldn’t going through the hoops/costs of selling and buying a new boat (to reduce the length by 5 feet) outweigh any potential savings?

@havaseas 3 ай бұрын

Good question. It certainly is best to get it right the first time! Unfortunately we did not. Although the 50 is only 5’ less. The overall size and weight of the boat is like 30% less. It was also close to half the price. Our new boat is only 3 years older. We were actually planning to get a 43 when we started the process but this boat seemed to be a good fit.