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There is no going back now... In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we come up with an out of the box solution to our tides marine track problem... Stupid? Maybe... but at this point we have no other option.

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...

In this weeks episode, we experience our second rig failure in 4 months-both of which took place offshore. In this episode, we filmed what we could when our gooseneck attachment on our wooden boom critically broke, leaving us without the use of our main sa...

It's easy to loose what day it is when you're sailing... right!?!? I know it's not Thursday and I was a little behind on this one ;) It took many more hours than a usual video. More footage and more crew to edit hehe I hope you enjoy the episode! Bahia de...

In this weeks episode, we make our way across the Sea of Cortez, from La Paz straight to Mazatlan. What we thought was going to be "smooth sailing" turned into a bumpier ride than anticipated. Nothing some fresh fish and dolphins can't fix!

Rounding Point Conception is a feat for any sailor and we were lucky sailors to have such an amazing passage. The skies were clear and as we neared we had perfect following seas and fare winds. A few nights in Cojo saw us well rested and productive. No sho...

We make it to Sausalito after a fun weekend at Angel Island. We get some necessary projects done so we can continue sea trials in San Fransisco Bay proper. Cheers, ~Ruthie Heather’s Info: Fine Day for Sailing Charters https://finedayforsailing.com/ fin...

The staysail boom is ready to be added. We get the staysail up to speed with our previous two sails, the main and the mizzen. Next week we continue on the yankee, our fourth and final sail at this time. Calm weather means we're working on the sails. The le...

4 out of 4 and we give Mike a 10 out of 10! Our 4 working sails are here and are being fitted to the boat. We will have other light wind and storm sails but these are the ones we'll use most often. As we were waiting for the staysail boom to dry we started...

The project that never ends, it goes on and on my friends! The boat build as a whole is coming along so nicely but it is still far from over. One piece of the puzzle comes to a close and another begins. Thanks for stepping on board with us for this episode...

I’m going to test your attention span with this one. It’s long with quite a bit of talking as we discover some not so lovely issues with our 40 year old motor. The previous owner called her King of the Shit we might be changing this to King of taking a...

Bending a sail: to secure a sail to a spar before hoisting. Bend On ~ To tie onto or fasten. Garrett completes the last of the changes and additions to the boom and gaff. Persevering through the cold, damp weather. Then together we work on permanently secu...