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We found holes in our boat! In this episode, we start day 4 in the Guaymas boatyard by inspecting the blisters and bubbles we found on our keel. We figure out what need immediate attention and also figure out a game plan on how to address them. We start cl...

Getting dirty in a boatyard without water! In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we get down and dirty in some boat projects, one being sanding the bottom of our sailboat. Boat work on the hard is tough enough, to make it even worse, the boatyard currently has...

When the morning arrives, the engine knocking returns and we heavy-heartedly accept what this means for the near future… the haul out we so nearly avoided.

Getting a small sailboat ready for hurricane season in Florida requires a few things if you are leaving your boat behind. With our US visa expiring and most borders closed down we decided our only options was to leave our sailboat at Green Cove Springs in ...

There's a saying that if a sailor claims to have never run aground, they're either on their first sail or lying. We're certainly not on our first sail, but we've been fortunate that all previous encounters with the sea floor have been with soft mud or san...

It had to happen sometime... Thus far, all our haul outs had gone smoothly and easily. But this experience hauling out at PSS Shipyard in Satun, Thailand was our worst one yet. We managed to fix the leaking through-hull that was the reason for the haul ...

You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ We removed all the original nav electronics and replaced them with top of the line B&G systems; we also attended the Miami International Boat...