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Hand steering in sporty conditions. In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we sail from Ballandra to Escondido in 25-30 knots. Once we get there, we dive into two major breakages onboard Sitka... Thanks for watching!

SPLASH DAY! In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we FINALY splash our sailboat after 3 week on the hard!! After we finish last minute projects and painting the bottom, we get lifted up and back into the ocean where Sitka belongs. If you enjoy this video, plea...

More paint and bigger holes. In this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka, we continue painting the third and final coat of top part paint but not before making a larger hole in the bottom of our boat. "Absolute nightmare" as Jay puts it...

Cheoylee Boat Tour! On this episode of Sailing Sitka, we have a special guest with us, the biggest coconuts and coolest cats around @sailingavocet We tour their CL 41' which is nearly identical to Sitka (CL Offshore 41') Spot the similarities and differenc...

Hauling out our cheoylee offshore 41 sailboat in Mexico. The time has come! We are officially taking Sitka out of the water in Guaymas, Mexico. The process was not as smooth as we would have liked being a sailboat with 2 masts in a small slip with an excep...

75 hours at sea. In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we finish our last leg of the trip as we sailed towards Guaymas, Mexico. During this video, we show what it is like to be at sea for a small passage... what it feels like, looks like and sounds like. This ...

Sailing with sea turtles in Mexico. Why is there so many? In this episode of sailing sitka, we continue our sail north towards Guaymas, but first stopping in Mazatlan to re-provision. It can be tough to get diesel and water in Mexico but we have our ways.....

Starting our 700nm journey north. In this episode, we say our goodbyes to La Cruz, a port that has been our home for 3 long months while Sitka was under repair. Now we have lifted anchor and set sail for our 700NM journey north towards Guaymas, Mexico. The...

No longer stuck at anchor. In this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka, we test our newly installed prop by going out for a motor in Banderas Bay. After 3 months of repairs, it feels good to get Sitka moving again and in an operational state. @sailingavocet cap...

We can't sail until this is fixed! On this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka, we attempt to repair our broken gooseneck attachment which cracked while under sail while we were on our passage from Mazatlan to La Cruz, Mexico. Now, after paying an arm and a leg...

In this weeks episode, we expierence a day out on the water aboard a modern day Hunter Sailboat. If you have been following along with our journey, you know that we own a Cheoylee Offshore 41 which was built in 1976 (an old gal) In this video we take up ou...

In this week, we sailed to Mazatlan and were ready to explore everything it had to offer. This included a popular hike known as El Faro which was a steep climb up to the worlds highest natural lighthouse. It felt so good to work those leg muscles after a 5...