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Sitka is becoming a sailboat again. In this episode of sailing sitka, we start putting together some essentials to make our boat operational again. This includes testing our tides marine track to see how it holds our mainsail!! Please make sure to subscrib...

TONS of information for sailors of all levels: From tying a halyard knot, installing sails, whipping, removing furling gear, running rigging, standing rigging, Blue Wave swageless fittings, and MUCH MORE! This will be one you'll want to save and come back ...

Victoria’s info: https://www.instagram.com/viclexvisionary/ I’m in love with her work, thank you 💕 Thanks for watching everyone! ~Ruthie p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer you can reach us here: saltandtarcrew@gmai...

Breaking out of routines is doing something thats not in your schedule. Even as a sailor, life can easily become routine with a constant feeling of something you need to do. I sometimes need a bit changes in scenery and experience. Happy to have Kylie back...

Is it okay to just enjoy life? It's so easy to forget to relax because it's always something I can do. I will try to be better at doing nothing. At least this was something I was thinking about when I felt like cruising into a New Year even without a NYE p...

Tropical x-mas is still exotic to me even after my forth Christmas in the Caribbean. I'm sharing my Christmas with you and wish you a happy new year! Going to the beach is something I should do more often, but so easy to take for granted after so long time...

6 hints to avoid a disaster is something you should watch BEFORE you start on a full refit job on your mast and standing rigging. Not all rigging companies knows what they are doing, and not everyone cares about your safety either. Not everyone understands...

I said it! OUT LOUD!!!!! Ahhhh..... Yup, so now you have to hold us accountable. Our new goal, primary goal, is to leave our slip sometime in August. Not too many things are required to make that happen BUT we'll have to stay focused. Thanks so much for wa...

We have our ups and downs, like most folks. But sometimes I can’t help but feel like there is some unseen current working against us. Like this is not the way the machine wants us to go about living. If we were just good little girl and boy renting an ap...

Over the past two and a half years we have made many change to the running rigging. This video shows most of the things we changed on the running rigging, and the booms. Hope you enjoy this vid! Thanks so much for watching 🙏 Stay tuned as next Frida...

▸ SUBSCRIBE DIRECTLY with us so you never miss an episode: https://www.riggingdoctor.com/subscribe This episode will show you how to make an eye splice in single braid Class II Ropes. We start off with the Longbury and I show you exactly why you should ...

Either your old halyard fell out of the mast or you want to install a brand new additional halyard in your mast, how do you do it? How do you feed it through the spar? Watch this video and I will show you the tricks to feeding a brand new halyard through y...