James Frederick

For the American criminal and serial killer, see James Anthony Frederick. For the American author and journalist, see Jim Frederick.

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]

James Frederick
Personal information
Nationality	American
Occupations	Sailor YouTuber
YouTube information
Channel	Sailing Triteia
Genres	Sailing travel
Subscribers	152,000 [1] (March 2025)
Views	17.2 million[1] (August 2025)
Contents are in	English
Website	svtriteia.com
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers

See also

• Sailing La Vagabonde – Australian sailing/cruising YouTube channel since 2014
• Sailing SV Delos – American sailing/travel/cruising YouTube channel
• Sam Holmes Sailing – Sailing travel vlog since 2006
• Wind Hippie Sailing – Sailing travel vlog since 2011