April 2025 - Publication

My new Channel Island Cruising Guide is now aviable for online purchuse at: https://svtriteia.bigcartel.com/product/the-channel-islands-of-california-a-cruising-guide 

Here are the details.

The Channel Islands of California – A Cruising Guide

By James Frederick

This is the first extensive cruising guide covering the Channel Islands to be published since Brian Fagan’s Cruising Guide to Southern California's Offshore Islands. Fagan’s book remains to be the gold standard for comprehensive coverage of the Channel Island’s. Frederick’s new cruising guide encourages sailors to use his guide alongside Fagan’s book and has put together a guide that takes a new angle:

“I have taken a completely different approach with writing this cruising guide. I am assuming that the reader not only has Brian Fagen’s “Cruising Guide to Southern California’s Channel Islands” and Marc Hughston’s “Anchoring at Catalina; No Moorings? No Problem” on board but also uses either a traditional chart plotter or an app such as Navionics running on a smartphone or tablet. All of the anchorages listed in this guide I navigated into, around and out of with Navionics running on my iPad. 

I have chosen to just give you the basics regarding the details about the anchorages and focus more on my experiences at the anchorages themselves. I understand why most cruising guides omit personal experiences (as the old saying goes “You can never visit the same anchorage twice”) and only print the known and agreed upon facts. But I have found that first-hand accounts from other cruising sailors have always helped me when it came to not only choosing an anchorage to visit, but what to expect once there based on the stories that had been told to me. There are countless anchorages I have only visited because another sailor suggested it, some of which were not noted on charts or in cruising guides, and I have always been pleasantly surprised.

So this cruising guide is a collection of my logs, photographs and general information that was published for the sole purpose of inspiring you to seek out new places you have yet to see. The islands are waiting, the rest is up to you! “

Frederick’s Cruising Guide to the Channel Islands is packed with 200 illustrations, charts and full color photographs. The guide covers 27 anchorages from 5 different islands with firsthand accounts over 190 pages printed in perfect bound paperback.

ANCHORING TIPS:

The guide also contains a 35 page “Anchoring Tips” section that explains the fundamentals of safe anchoring in a variety of situations, what to know when setting up your ground tackle, good anchoring etiquette and more.

The book is printed and distributed by Paradise Cay, a well-respected printer, publisher and distributor of nautical books and charts. They are also the sole US distributor for both Lin Pardey and Jimmy Cornell’s books.

Channel Islands of California; A Cruising Guide

ISBN: 9781965876039

Soft cover edition, 6” by 9”, 190 pages 

Price - $45 + $10 Shipping in the USA

There are currently no plans to release this book as an ebook or in a digital format.

Make sure you visit the companion playlist at YouTube.com/sailorjames to see all the past episodes of the anchorages covered in this book. 

NOTE: The shipping cost is out of our control, but we have not added any "handling fees" to the price to try and offset the cost. 

For International orders please contact Sarah at sarahskoenig@gmail.com 

Feburary 2025 - Events

I have a series of events coming up in March of 2025 speaking at yacht clubs in both Southern and Northern California. I have created a new "Events" section here on the webstie where you can find out all the details about each of the events. 

I am doing the speaking tour to promote my new cruising guide for the Channel Islands of California. More info on this cruising guide to come...

September 2024 - Article

There is a new article about Triteia and myself up now on Practical Sailor Magazine’s website. Written by Kathy Catton, the article focuses on the fact that it is possible to have big adventures on an old boat with a minimal budget. It covers the early days of the refit, my initial costs and I talk about doing all the work myself and buying parts paycheck to paycheck. 

You can find a preview of the article here and links to purchuse the complete issue on their webstie:

https://www.practical-sailor.com/boat-maintenance/diy-projects/sailing-triteia-budget-bluewater-cruising 

April 2024 - Article

I have an article in the latest issue of Latitudes & Attitudes Magazine availble in both print and digital editions. My article is titled "A Tresspassers Guide to Excotic Resorts of the South Pacific" and is a tongue and cheeck story about sneaking onto resorts as I cruised through French Polynesia and Fiji in 2022.

You can find a preview of the article here and links to purchuse the complete issue on their webstie:

https://latsatts.com/a-trespassers-guide/ 

March / April 2024 - Article

I have an article in the final issue of Good Old Boat Magazine (R.I.P.) titled "Frankenstein’s Galley A classic plastic gets a modern electric galley."  I talk about the process of converting my galley to all electric. 

You can buy the issue online here:

https://goodoldboat.com/shop/back-issues/2024-back-issues/2024-155-march-april/ 

February 2024 Cover + Article

I was stoked to have Triteia featured on the cover on Latitude 38 for the February Issue. I also have an article in the issue titled "Debunking the Myths and Rumors of Cruising in French Polynesia"

You can read the issue online for free here:

https://www.latitude38.com/magazine/#2024 

January 2024 Cover + Article

I am pleased to announce I have the cover article for Yachting World for my article about Solo Sailing. 

You read the article online for free here:

https://www.yachtingworld.com/sail-faster-sail-safer/ever-dreamed-of-setting-off-on-a-solo-sailing-voyage-149938 

HAPPY HOOKER ARCHIVED CLASS: $25 

https://svtriteia.bigcartel.com/product/archive-video-pdf-happy-hooker-anchoring-workshop 

James Frederick has more than 15k nautical miles of passage making behind him and has anchored in more than 130 anchorages around the world. From Shore tying in the Marlborough Sounds to bows to the rocks in the Åland islands of Finland. Floating his chain over coral bommies in the Tuamotus to anchoring bow stern in Southern California more times than he can count. He has anchored with 2ft of water under my keel in a river in Opua, NZ and dropped the hook in 70ft at Catalina Island near Los Angeles, from fair weather to cyclones.

This workshop will have something to learn for most mariners and will be especially useful for new sailors or sailors who have not yet ventured outside of their local cruising grounds but plan to sail off into the sunset. 

1.     Understanding Scope

2.     Best Ground Tackle for Your Boat 

3.     Picking a Spot & Anchor Watch 

4.     Dragging anchor; How to Handle It

5.     Overview on Specialty Anchoring

6.     General Discussion

HAPPY HOOKER; A ZOOM WORKSHIP ON ANCHORING WITH SAILOR JAMES

February 3rd (USA) Time TBD (likely 5PM - EST) -  Est. Runtime 1.5 hours - $35 USD (Includes Class, PDF & Archived Video link)

During this Zoom Workshop James will explain the basics of anchoring covering scope, ground tackle, reading the landscape, what to do during a storm and more. This will be a live Zoom class with power point slides with brief Q&A during the class and an open floor discussion at the end of the workshop.

James Frederick has more than 15k nautical miles of passage making behind him and has anchored in more than 130 anchorages around the world. From Shore tying in the Marlborough Sounds to bows to the rocks in the Åland islands of Finland. Floating his chain over coral bommies in the Tuamotus to anchoring bow stern in Southern California more times than he can count. He has anchored with 2ft of water under my keel in a river in Opua, NZ and dropped the hook in 70ft at Catalina Island near Los Angeles, from fair weather to cyclones.

This workshop will have something to learn for most mariners and will be especially useful for new sailors or sailors who have not yet ventured outside of their local cruising grounds but plan to sail off into the sunset. 

1.     Understanding Scope

2.     Best Ground Tackle for Your Boat 

3.     Picking a Spot & Anchor Watch 

4.     Dragging anchor; How to Handle It

5.     Overview on Specialty Anchoring

6.     General Discussion

If the class is a success I will hold these workshops about once a month covering subjects such as How to Go Cruising, Route Planning and Foreign Ports, Specialty Anchoring, Passage Making and more. 

LIMITED TO 100 TICKETS / BUY NOW AT:

http://svtriteia.bigcartel.com/product/anchoring-zoom-workshop-with-sailor-james?_gl=1*a41qg6*_gcl_au*MTI5ODQ3MTkxOS4xNzA2MjQ3Nzg4*_ga*MzkyODY3NjkuMTcwNjI0Nzc4OA..*_ga_QZ4HDFTSEZ*MTcwNjI5MTUwNy4yLjEuMTcwNjI5MjU2My42MC4wLjE4ODM2MzcwMTE 

Andy Schell and myself sat down to record my second episode on his On The Wind Podcast while at sea onboard SY Falken while sailing between Greenland and Iceland. 

You can hear the episode here:

https://www.59-north.com/onthewindpodcast/405-james-frederick 

EXPLORING OAHU'S KANEOHE BAY

I have written an article for the May 2023 issue of Cruising World Magazine about my adventures in Kaneohe Bay and its amazing Sandbar on the windward side of Oahu. 

You can find it in print on newstands now or read it online here:

https://www.cruisingworld.com/destinations/exploring-oahua-kaneohe-bay/ 

My latest long format passage video will premere Septmber 12th 2022 that chronicles my 2323nm solo passage from Hawaii to French Polynesia. 

All of the episodes that follow will be of my adventures in the South Pacific.

https://www.youtube.com/sailorjames 

Ben Shaw of Out The Gate Sailing Podcast was kind enough to invite me to be on the the show. The latest episode is a recording of a conversation we had in Annapolis while we were both there attending the OCC awards dinner. 

You can hear the episode here:

https://outthegate.podbean.com/e/james-frederick-across-the-pacific-without-a-rudder-ep-102/ 

I am pleased to announce there is a 8 page special feature on Triteia and myself written by Sailor / Writer David Blake Fischer in the June/July 2022 issue of Cruising World Magazine.

Thank you David and Cruising World for telling our story. 

https://www.cruisingworld.com/people/finding-a-way-forward/ 

I was honored to receive the Ocean Cruising Clubs “Qualifier’s Mug” Award for my passage from Los Angeles to Honolulu in 2021. I flew to Annapolis, Maryland for the awards dinner and had a great pleasure of meeting some remarkable sailors many of whom I have been reading about for years. 

The highlights of the trip were spending time with my older brother David Frederick, who played a crucial role on my shore team during the passage, Meeting up with Ben Shaw and recording an interview for his Out The Gate sailing podcast and meeting / swapping sea stories with Randal Reeves, Matt Rutherford, George Arnison and Ben Shaw. 

Randall Reeves completed his “Figure 8 Voyage” on SV Moli becoming the first person to ever circumnavigate the American and Antarctic continents in a single season (40,000 miles / 385 days) Randall is currently writing a book about the project and preparing for his next adventure. 

Matt Rutherford completed the first ever solo nonstop circumnavigation of the American continent on a 27 foot Albin Vega (SV St. Brenden) a total of 27,000 miles and 309 days and has since spent a lot of time mapping the Arctic Floor with his organization The Ocean Research Project.

George Arnison (SY Good Report) (and Duncan Lougee of SY Minke) received the OCC seamanship award this year for a wild passage where George assisted and sometimes towed, under sail, Ducan Lougee some 400 miles in the Jester Race from Plymouth to the Azores after SY Minke lost its rudder at sea.

Ben Shaw of @outthegatesailing Podcast, Ben sails with his family on the San Francisco Bay on their Hallberg-Rassy with plans to go cruising in the next few years. Ben previously worked for National Geographic and started his career as a journalist in public radio in Washington DC.

https://www.oceancruisingclub.org/Awards 

A nice blog post on Dakota Lithium's site announcing us as Ambassadors. 

https://dakotalithium.com/2022/01/10/james-frederick-sailing-triteia/ 

I was invited to be a guest on the Profoundly Pointless Podcast. The episode now available to download or stream on your platforms of choice. 

Apple Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/solo-sailing-with-sailor-james/id1410461576?i=1000554184036

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1BUuWZuHERlSk2XlJK8rnU?si=f6f1c876869a4bd0

UNILAD put together a supercut of my passage video (7.9 Million views currently)

Their post can be seen here: 

https://www.facebook.com/563035125/posts/10159956770910126/?d=n