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James Frederick

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James Frederick
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NationalityAmerican
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  • Sailor
  • YouTuber
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Genres
  • Sailing
  • travel
Subscribers136,000 Edit this at Wikidata[1]
(June 2024)
Total views14.7 million[1]
(September 2024)
Contents are inEnglish
Websitesvtriteia.com
100,000 subscribers

James Frederick is a solo sailor and sailing vlogger best known for sailing his 1965 Alberg 30 Triteia as part of his YouTube channel Sailing Triteia.[2][3][4] Frederick was raised in New Mexico and dropped out of school at the age of 16.[2] In August 2021 Frederick began his second attempt at sailing to Hawaii from California,[5] during the voyage 1000 miles from Hawaii he lost his rudder and was forced to steer the rest of the way using a drogue.[6][7] For this he was awarded the 2021 Qualifiers Mug from the Ocean Cruising Club.[8][9] After spending the winter in Hawaii and repairing his rudder Frederick continued on towards French Polynesia.[10]

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  1. ^ a b "About Sailing Triteia". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b Fischer, David Blake (July 19, 2022). "Finding a Way Forward". Cruising World. Winter Park, FL: Bonnier. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Andy Schell (March 2, 2021). "James the Sailor Man// Small Boat, Big Adventures" (Podcast). On the Wind. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Andrew Hesketh (October 16, 2021). "James Frederick, SV Triteia" (Podcast). Ocean Cruising Club. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "Adrift in the Pacific: One sailor's incredible story of survival". Yachting World. April 20, 2023. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  6. ^ Frederick, James (2021). Hammick, Anne (ed.). "1000 Miles Steered by Drogue". Flying Fish: The Journal of the Ocean Cruising Club. Dartmouth, United Kingdom: Ocean Cruising Club. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  7. ^ Ben Shaw (August 22, 2022). "James Frederick // Across the Pacific Without a Rudder - Ep. 102" (Podcast). Out The Gate Sailing. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  8. ^ Devoy, James Wilkie (January 28, 2022). "Cruising achievements of the year awarded 2021". Yachting World. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  9. ^ Jens, Detlef (2022). "Videokritik: James Frederick, Sailing Triteia". Literaturboot (in German). Flensburg, Germany. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  10. ^ Frederick, James (2023). Cross, Andy; Bach, Deborah (eds.). "A Sailing Dream Achieved". Good Old Boat. Vol. 26, no. 1. Jamestown, ND. pp. 23–25. ISSN 1099-6354. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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