BOAT LIFE_ Day Sail and fishing on our Catalina 30 __ Sailing the Pacific Northwest __ Ep.48

Welcome to Blue Moon Life. We're Jillian and Jonas and we live aboard our 30-foot sailboat in the Pacific Northwest. If you enjoy these videos, hit the like button and subscribe to our channel to follow us on our adventures. I'm super excited today because we're taking Blue Moon out for a sail, just a little evening sail. Here she is. Alrighty. I learned from our last trip that the plants were not meant to be on board, so these guys are going to stay on the docks, I think. Also, check out my avocado. Look at that. I've got two more seeds going too. I don't know if these guys will sprout though, but that one certainly did. And then my aloe. If you've been with us for a while, you'll know this guy has taken quite a beating, but still not looking too hot. Not gonna lie, but I'm trying. We didn't go sailing yesterday. There was a strong wind warning for this strait just out there, and so we decided to not go and instead we're gonna go this morning. It looks like it's gonna be a beautiful day. We went from too much wind to potentially too little wind, but it should still be fun. I think there's usually, there's usually a bit of a breeze out there, so yeah. Andrew and Kiana should be here soon. I'm just getting the cabin packed up again because I got everything done yesterday, and yeah, then we'll be able to head out. Of course, not without my morning coffee. Yeah, I'm excited to go out there and mess around. It'll be nice to have some lighter winds just kind of play around a little bit. I'm gonna check the standing rigging because a few of you in the comments mentioned it looked a little loose, so I'm just gonna eyeball it and take a look at that, and yeah, just sort of start figuring out this boat because, yeah, I'd like to learn it's in and outs a little better. Andrew and Kiana should be here in about an hour, hour and a half, and then we'll be able to head out. It looks like a gorgeous morning, and yeah, I think it'll be really fun. I'm making a like wrist strap for our pliers because we need them for the halyards, but last time we learned the hard way that they easily fall in water, so hopefully this will help. Don't quite have a plan for them yet. Okay, not the fanciest system, but it's gonna work. A little e-tape for good measure. I think it'll be okay. Ah, should be on the... Well, okay, this will do for now. It might need to be revamped, but honestly, pretty good. I'm keeping the pots and pans safe up here in the v-berth so they don't rattle around. Okay, well, we are officially off power. I'm just waiting for Andrew and Kiana to get here, and then we can set sail out into the open sea, feel the wind through our hair. Here come the crew. Morning. Morning. You guys excited? Yeah. Yeah. Sure am. Nice. Are you excited, Jillian? I am excited. I'm very excited. We brought you jam. Oh, wow. Thank you so much. We made blackberry jam. Oh, you guys are so sweet. Thank you. Yeah. Nice. Well, let's get crack-a-locking. You guys getting comfy in there? Making ourselves feel right at home. Good. Put the valuables in a place I'm not gonna drop them off the boat. All good to go. Yeah. And then just make sure these two, the jib and the main, don't get tangled. All right. These boats come with spinnakers? I think, yeah. Just the usual? Get out like it's pretty chill, but it does have a bit of kick. So I might just give you a fender to hold in case I'm like stupid and hit the dock, but that shouldn't happen because we've got so much room. Yeah. You okay? Yeah, but we'll get the spring lines off and then we'll just have two bow and stern and then maybe someone can be at front, someone can be at back, and then just let go as I'm as I'm going, if that makes sense. I know. I have two nice ones and one not so nice one. Who wants, who wants what? I have jibs on this. Sorry, Andrew. Look, the half hitch is on this. Someone got bored, I think. This is very well tied to our dock. The whole video is just gonna be you untying this. Can we leave? We're getting there. Okay, so Hannah, you'll take this and don't let it all drop immediately. Kind of let it slip and then once you're at the end you can toss it. Okay. Because we just don't want the line getting wrapped up. Okay. You guys are good? Yeah. Yeah, Kiana, we're, uh, why don't you hop over? We'll practice to man overboard. Okay, ready? See, our halyards aren't gonna be loose this time. Neutral? I used the horn cleat. Ah, that makes sense. We need new cleats on pulley wear. I don't, I don't like this. Let's turn this engine off. Do you want to take the wheel? Nice. That's probably my favorite moment in like any sailing trip is when you actually get to turn off the engine and you just get peace and quiet. Wow, we're sailing, team! Relaxing? Yeah. Oh, this is perfect. Oh, look at those telltales, Jillian. Perfect. Beautiful, beautiful steering, Andrew. Now I know that I said next time we go out we're gonna have lifelines and a jack line, but we do not have lifelines because they're not in. They're in the mail, but the shipping is just taking forever because they're coming from the states and for some reason right now shipping from the states to Canada takes many, many weeks, so that's why we don't have lifelines, but I think it's a calm enough day that we'll just hold on tight. No on fall. That's always a good plan. You can get it out. I saw fish jumping. Wow, Andrew's pulling out the fishing gear. Yeah, I think I brought the wrong rod, but we'll see how it goes. We'll see. I actually, is that a fishing rod hold over there? What? With my little lamp on it, light on it? Oh, it might be. I can't tell. I didn't know you had that. Can y'all steer for a second? Sure. Very catchable size as well. It wasn't too big. Do you know what kind it was? I don't even know it was right away. I mean, we have a sailboat. Don't want to be calling starboard on a shipping container. Okay, prepare to tack. Kiana, when I say, you will release. Andrew? Yeah. So like untie it somewhat? Just get kind of ready to take it off. And then make sure all of that line down there needs to be nice and free. So yeah, your phone could go overboard if you let it. And make sure your hands don't get like obviously stuck in it. And then Andrew, you know what to do. You got your wraps? Yeah. Don't worry about that. Jillian needs to focus on steering because she's not. Like this? Like this? Actually, you can just take off the two wraps when she's ready. Just yeah, just like that. Okay, are we ready? Yeah. Okay, tacking, tacking, tacking, tacking. Was it interesting? Honestly, not bad for the first one, guys. How was it? It was good. Nice, very simple thing. It's just all this timing can be weird. Kiana at the helm. Andrew at the rod. Catching us dinner. Yeah, catching us dinner. No pressure or anything. I reach through mysterious ceilings, my only hope. I look for the things I don't know. I stand alone. Show me where the ending goes. We're having a snack break. Oranges. Lots of oranges. The theme is oranges. Pull it a little bit. Does it click? Yes, it should be looping the other way. Ben, you're learning so much. We didn't even tell you that. Well, I mean, I would assume by the angles. Now does it click? Okay, you want at least two turns on that since it's not very windy. You probably only need two turns. Okay, perfect. Prepare to tack. Ready, Andrew? Yeah. We're on a new tack. I see a gust. It's amazing what you can see. Like the big ship heading towards us. Holy. I guess you always seem to know. Hello. I push back the serious. Steering and fishing. This one's racing us. I think we always lose that race. I stand alone. Show me where the ending goes. Honestly, don't. So the mast is like kind of doing this a little bit. So next time we tack, I'm gonna tighten this one and potentially that one. And then that should sort of like fix it so the mast is nice and straight. A couple of you in the comments last time were saying that some of the standing rigging looked a little loose. And I think you're right. So I'm gonna fix that. But I'm just making sure because the idea, one of my neighbors was talking to me and the idea is that the mast should be straight up and down. And so you can kind of adjust it on each tack. So once we tack, these on this side will be loose because they'll be on the leeward side. And then I can turn the turnbuckles maybe like, I don't know, half a turn, three quarters of a turn. And then when we're on this tack again, I can double check and see if it fixed the mast. More, more, more, more. I'm going. So when we were on the other tack, I decided this is too loose and like, yeah, kind of is. So I'm just gonna give it, I don't know, half a turn, maybe three quarters of a turn, and then it should fix it on the other side. Okay, well, it's really tight. I'm gonna figure out another way. I'll do it next time. Just those huge ones. Oh, I have little ones, yeah. I just, I guess like, I think I could probably tighten this a little at the dock because it's so loose. I just don't want to like mess it up. There's a knot. I might just do it at the docks. Hopefully we don't jot. It's all in you, so you've got the power. Eye bang. Nice. Now release. Thank you. Oh, way to go, guys. The pillow, I could just take a nap. You look very comfy. Yeah, I'm cozy. This, and then try and flake it. I'll try and let it down slowly. Try and like flake a little. It's not a big deal. What do you mean flake? Flake it, like fold it like an accordion. Okay, let me know when you're ready. Ready? Ready. It did not flake. That's okay. That's okay, just pull her down. Sorry. No, it's okay. Okay, perfect. Now just take some sail ties, throw it around so you can go off the sail and then we can flake it when we get back on dock. Okay, so we've decided we're going to motor the rest of the way in because we were all like chilling and trying to sail towards the marker, which is right at the entrance of the harbor. And all of a sudden we were like, uh, guys, I don't think we've been moving. Anyway, there's like, there's not enough wind to let us go fast enough against the current and we were going like, we were actually moving nowhere. So, um, yeah, the current's starting to pick up a little bit. So we're just going to motor in. Pay for parking. Is the tie tighter? So when I had it the first time. Back there? Yeah, right there is good. They're very confused. This is why I chose to be the cameraman. It's too narrow. It's dry. You just chuck it? Just chuck it. Okay, and then we have 40 minutes to get to, uh, both forward and back. I just did that and did like a fake half hitch. Yeah. Last thoughts? All done. That was great. Thanks guys. Thank you. Thank you. I shouldn't speak for you, but I had a good time. Yeah, I had a good time, so I'm down. Okay, well thanks for coming out guys. Hi Jillian. Thanks for taking us out on a little walker. No worries. Thanks for coming. Hi. You stepped right in front of my, in there, because we'll need them. Right in front of the downstream. Yeah. She wasn't filming. That's okay. Forgot a sail tie. You can put a flashback to the other time you forgot to film. Yeah. Not the best for your details. Okay, we're sailing. Why is our sail doing? Okay, I won't tack. Oh, I should almost. Okay, give me the camera. It's a good shot. Okay, it's recording. Just so you know. Jillian, I know this boat. Oh, a fish just jumped right there. No way. No way. Oh, I'll wait. I'll wait. No, no, no. What? You're good. You can get it out. Out close and personal. Preparing to tack. Tacking. Oh, these waves are gonna mess things up. Uh oh. That's okay. This might be a slow tack everybody. Okay. Okay, release camera. Didn't even need the winch. Hey, there's a duck right there. Beautiful. Oh, we tacked around the duck. Oh, there's nothing better than eggs on a sailboat, because you cook them on propane, so it's like eggs on propane, but then it's on a sailboat, so they're way better. I see a gust. That's really gross. I bought this new sunscreen, and I'm literally like, I can't shop with life anymore. I spent like ages trying to get this sunscreen, like, I don't know, looking at it, and then when I left the store, I was like, okay, why was that $40? I got like baby SPF 50 sunscreen that literally makes me look like a ghost, but now it's like, well, I'm gonna use it. Oh, sorry. Just my steering wheel problem. Don't trust a captain. Very comforting. Oh yeah. Oh my goodness. Something's in the water over there. It must have been a fish. Where, where, where? Go ahead. I see the boat. Between us and the boat. I sailed directly there. Do you see if there are other waves? No, they're fish. Sail over top of me, Jillian. We're gonna catch fish. Okay, I'm trying. Go, buddy, go. Yeah, they're feeding on the surface, and I have stuff on the surface, so. Oh, nice. I mean, just like over, like, there's probably a whole school of them, so. Okay, nice. Someone get ready to film.