Easily one of the best sailing films I have seen in years! I absolutely loved it!

What an absolute treat to discover your film, Jock. Tales of a bygone age. Your mum and dad were a couple of very adventurous and brave souls, you must be very proud of them. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

Thanks for uploading this. What a wonderful documentary! I have a 25ft 45yo sailboat and people tell me its too small to cruise. This is great inspiration. Magnificent!

Jill is one game lass.

I just watched the "Bold Journey" episode of Peter and Jill's trip from Montreal to Tahiti and back to Los Angeles where they sold their little boat. That episode is on the PeriscopeFilm KZfaq channel. Evidently Jill had become pregnant on their honeymoon journey and they decided to end their circumnavigation attempt in Tahiti, go to L.A. sell their boat and fly home to Scotland. And that is where the show ended. I was fascinated by the couple and wanted to learn more and found this video.

I had such a great experience watching this! Your parents were truly some incredible people. Their story is very inspiring!

It took real guts and bravery so to your mum and dad I say god bless em where ever they may be. Thankyou for sharing this delightful video (Shades of Joshua Slocum) so cheers n beers Marty Australia

As a circumnavigator using every piece of technology including a diesel I could get my hands on and to going to all the places except Picarin island( didn’t want to lose my boat on anchor) this is obviously amazing. Unless you are a true Bluewater sailor you cannot begin to understand the hardships, danger and accomplishment this is.Artificial adventure at its best! Very interesting.Wow

A pure joy to watch. Articulate narration, great footage, no exaggeration of events, almost nonchalant. Thankyou

Fascinating snapshot of an earlier and easier time gone by. Great story and great achievement. Many thanks for the vid.

what an adventure. Truly a testament to the Human Spirit of Freedom. God Bless. Thank you.

Such brave and adventurous people. Fantastic.

A good friend of mine owned this boat in the 80s and restored it. We were slip neighbors first in Newport Beach and then at Mission Bay in San Diego. He was monumental in convincing me to go cruising in my 24-foot Yankee Dolphin.

Lovely to see this video after cherishing your parents book for many years. The true joys of voyaging under sail. Thank you.

very very impressing. Strong minded people who did not look for the usual pension live ,but choose to go for an adventure. And forget. Wonderful ! Thank You

Wonderful film! That's how I learned sailing; in the early 60's although we had a "very big engine" (5hp) we barely used… This film should be watched by all the would be sailors who ask us for money through patreon to finance their expensive voyages at sea while relying only to electronics… some of them end up as excellent sailors, too many of them just hop from one overcrowded reorts to tourists spots having learned nothing bu to focus even more to their tasteless life "at sea". Thank you so much for posting.

Your parents were amazingly brave people. Blessings from Oz. 👍😎🇦🇺

What incredible talented people your parents were. To conceive of such a venture and to actually put it into practice at a time following the deprivations of the Second World War is an amazing achievement in its self. Without any of the comforts of modern clothing, an engine, gps and any of the navigational aides now currently available adds to their accomplishment. Almost everyday we hear of young adventurers seeking sponsorship via YT to fund their life’s ambition, equipped with every conceivable gadget, all credit to them, but the Hamilton’s did it quietly and alone. I’m absolutely sure that Jock, Katherine and Gail have inherited many of the qualities from their parents and hope that in turn their children, also will benefit also from their pioneering and self reliant grand parents. They should all rightfully be proud of their family’s proven self reliance.

Wow this is too cool. I am a ship repairman of 23 years old living in San Diego working in the bay and have had a lifelong dream of repairing and sailing a wooden boat long distance. I recently was working on a job and got offered a boat. This boat I am receiving is salmo!! I will be receiving logs and charts from these journeys and will be creating a KZfaq account on my travels with salmo, very cool this movie exists I can’t even believe my eyes and ears at the moment.

Best sailing film i have seen in a while, very inspiring. Todays folk would not take a small boat seriously. I am sitting on one right now, the same size....good to see some courage.

A Saxton and no motor. Some of the modern push button sailors would probably have a meltdown if you took their navigation toys.:-)

Absolutely delightful! I haven't enjoyed a sailing video as much in ages! What characters!

A beyond remarkable journey! And Marquesas to LA on a 25' boat, albeit a decidedly seaworthy Vertue, took some fortitude. That's doing it the hard way...wow!

One more thing- maybe some of the you tube sailors should not complain so much- they have it easy in comparison

Wonderful film! Great courage sailing without a motor, but they were industrious and looked so happy and carefree during their voyage. Thank you for sharing 😊

*****THIS SAILING COUPLE ARE REAL ⛵ SAILERS TOTALY RELIANT ON THE WIND..SAILING FROM PITCAIRN ANCHORAGE WITHOUT AN ENGINE IS AWESOME SAILING, one mistake and there on The ROCKS...!! WOW WHAT A SAILOR THEY ARE...BRAVO RESPECT...!!

What a delight. Double spreader rig in a 25' boat. Their book is hard to find now.

An incredible documentory, No engine, no radio. These two things would be unthinkable these days. The red sail would have been a good signal for the Hathaways to recognise the Salmo coming into port. Your parents are two fantastic courageous explorers/travellers.

What an enjoyable and well presented documentary about an extraordinary voyage.

That’s beautiful that you still have the nylon mugs and also voyaged with them

****GREAT VIDEO. THANKYOU...!!****

What a marvelous, gem of a film. Thank you for sharing it.

Charming😊. We're all very lucky the chap filmed his journey and left someone behind to tell the story... 👍🏼🙏👍🏼

****25 FOOT YAUGHT.. BUT WHAT A CRACKING DESIGN THIS YAUGHT IS AWESOME SAILING COUPLE INDEED..WITH NO ENGINE TO RELY ON....!!

What an adventure. I hope there are still people like this around. Kingston Jamaica, girls dancing everywhere...no social media.

Incredible parents. Thank you!

What a treat ; thanks from old New Orleans 😎

Gem of a story movie right here, thank you.

Wow! What a difference between then and today’s “Cruiser’s”, they were very confident and intelligent. They had to be & it’s amazing!

Wow that was so Enjoyable, Loved it, They were the days Life was simpler not as many rules Imagine today having no Engine Unheard of Thanks for that 😊

Beautiful. So pleasing to see video foootage from that era, most documentaries of the time would be still images.

Lovely film! Thank you for sharing their adventures

What an amazing film. Those were the days. Sailing and navigating is sooooo much easier these days now. I take my hat off for those sailors back then that sailed the world. Thanks for sharing

What a treat of a story. You had such amazing parents. Thanks so much for posting

What a treasure to have and to share.

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you.

Amazing. Your parents were incredible. Us modern sailors are out here with more gadgets that the bloody space shuttle. They were a different breed back that. I really enjoyed that. Thanks. The only thing that was familiar to me was the local people paddling around. Their boats still look exactly the same.

WOW! Fascinating!

que linda aventura.. hoje nao serai assim, todas as prais cheias de resorts. nao temmais lugares lindos como nessa epoca... que bela aventura. parabens!

Incredible ❤

Thanks for making and posting this video. Very enjoyable. In the vein of the Hiscocks...they were tough in those days...and brave.

How completely fascinating, thank you for sharing! (greetings from Pismo Beach, CA)

Hey graham this lone video of yours is absolutely fantastic with great narration and shots. What a journey!

Significant adventure compared to today's standards! Thanks for posting the film, really enjoyed watching.

Bloody Brillant . Thank you. Hope people understand , you need open mind to seek . Not GPS .

Beautiful film.

they dont make em like that anymore, strong self reliant and courage un matched . and not a life jacket in sight .

Thank you for this excellent production. I owned Vertue 119 - Chinita for twenty years. Only last year, due to health problems. I gave her away to a young shipwright whom I trust as her next custodian. Along with just about every word written about Vertues, your father’s book has graced the saloon bookshelf for many years!

Smiles all the way through, and I've never sailed. lol Lovely people.

So glad to have found this film. An absolute classic. Of it's time, a great adventure and totally inspiring.

He also drove a teddy bear. Man of great taste!

A must see for every sailor!

Great documentary!

That's definitely a cool little story

Brilliant film thanks.

Incredible story and presentation! Courageous, inspiring. People were built differently back then.

What a joy of a film. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing such a lovely video.

Truly beautiful parents. Thank you so much for this great story.

Truly beautiful parents

A-MAZing video!

tremendous--what a lucky son you are

What a beautiful film so inspiring thanks for sharing

A record of dreams fulfilled. A brave couple sailing with no engine visiting lonely islands in the vast oceans without modern day navionics. Meeting friendly island communities along the way.

From Oklahoma....a wonderful adventure.....thanks so much!!

Excellent and charming presentation. Lovely parents. Thank you from Oslo.

Thank You

Fearless 😱 I love it. The sailing without engine, radio, etc is the easiest part (done myself for years on 30 footer). No good weather-gear and no good liferaft however would make it near suicide in todays world. I think having lived thru a very damaging war (WW2) must make you see the world differently. I guess Jock - the son and narrator -must have been in awe with his parents, growing up. Seeing your mother impersonating a sealion in the wild is such a f awesome memory. On our great memories 🍻

Amazing. Sailor James brought me here. So inspiring!!

What a lovely film. Thank you.

Fantastic film. Thank you for posting.

Fabulous story and film. They made it look so easy, which it isn’t. Truly inspirational.

Brilliant, love this record of what 'early' cruising was like. Can you imagine an American border control guy taking people back to his house for a shower now!! Now way.

Extraordinary!!! Thank you for sharing.

Makes me want to get an old film camera for recording my future voyages. I actually have a perfectly-preserved Reingold can of the same vintage... got excited when I found it because it appeared unopened, but someone had opened it on the bottom, LOL. I'm old enough to remember those days. This is a fine record of a truly epic sailing voyage!! The Hamiltons show here the true cruising attitude, as good today as it was then. thanks for uploading this.

Wonderful

I thoroughly enjoyed this remarkable adventure. Cheers!

Amazing journey and storytelling! Thank you for sharing

Thank you, very interesting

Oh the memories of Canvas mains , Cotton jibs , just Block & tackle & Drying her out on the tide to antifoul BUT i had a motor (When it run) & an old Sunderland flying boat electric windless ,Hiolani was a 54 ft. round bilge steel cutter in the 60s in NZ , Great story & what fine sailors , Magnificent feat .

Thank you for sharing. Fun video and inspiring

wow what a great story that is really good parents you got there

Wonderful video! Thank you from Croatia, island Hvar!!

Wow! Encouraging because we are engineless too!

Magnificient video, impressive , many thanks for this sharing .

Nice, very nice. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome 😎

Cool story.

Wow. What a hearty couple! I doubt that Pitcairn Marina would make today's tiktosailors happy...

That was a wonderful video, thanks for sharing. Reminds me of the Hiscocks sailing journeys, a very different time indeed. How did he know Blondie Haslar I wonder? Perhaps as a swimmer and kayaker he was somehow involved with the Cockleshell Heroes. Fascinating life. Andy UK