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ASMR. No talking, purely sailing. In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we do something a little difference. We lift hook in Mazatlan and hit the seas sailing north towards Guaymas... all while not talking. We thought we would give the ASMR trend a shot as the...

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...

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!

RIG FAILURE OFFSHORE. In this episode we enjoy the best qualities of sailing offshore. Dolphins, tuna, watching movies and warm weather...suddenly interrupted by a drastic emergency with the rig within seconds. Sailing offshore will be the best times of yo...

We’ve made it to Seisia and go ashore in Peanut, to the Loyalty Beach Caravan Park, to pick up our spinnaker sock., finally! We measure and mark out the fabric for the mizzen stack pack. There isn’t enough room on Nutshell to do it easily so we use a ...

We’re up on the hard at the Rosshaven Marine boatyard. It’s time to sort the new sails out. Magnus begins by putting the new staysail on the Reefurl furler which we installed quite some time ago in 35 knot winds! Meanwhile Wendy is busy painting the ...

Description Nutshell gets hauled out of the water and is given a good clean. It’s time to dig deep to find our painting supplies in the starboard aft cabin, ‘the shed’. Magnus goes about checking the through hull and finds that the one in the gall...

The mizzen mast has been tandem project as the planking has progressed. Alix chipped away at it between other important tasks, and now it's finally finished! Of course, the hounds and hardware need to be installed, but this big, beautiful, repurposed piece...

The gaps in Arabella's planking are getting much smaller... and soon they will be no more. We are pushing hard to close up the hull with Carolyn's help before she moves on. The shutter planks are a pretty exciting part of the build. There are only two o...

The planking work is moving right along, but unfortunately Jack and Wes have to head home. We discuss the work that we got done as a team, then focus on the mizzen mast, which is also nearing completion. Alix has been working on spot repairs with graving ...