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We fly back to Leros island in Greece where we left Wishful Thinking for the European winter on the hard at Moor and Dock Boatyard. We get straight into boat work to prepare to launch her for our second sailing season. Below the waterline we remove rust on...

Final days in the boat yard. In this episode of sailing sitka, we nearly wrap up this boat yard series by completing our last projects for our refit. Only thing let to do it finish our last coat of bottom paint and next week we SPLASH! Who's ready!? Thank ...

We've never done this to our boat... In this episode of sailing sitka, we continue to work on our boat projects while siting on the hard in the Guaymas boat yard. This included repairing and installing our new gooseneck as well as putting a hole in our boa...

Tackling multiple boat projects. In this episode of sailing sitka, we take on a whirlwind of boat work as we start many different projects, one being our second gooseneck repair in 6 months!! It can be frustrating having so much on the go but that part of ...

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...

We fix a leak coming from one of Wishful Thinking's thru hulls by doing some fibreglassing. We also get some other boat jobs done including servicing our winches and re-oiling our compass. We then make a second launch attempt and set off on our journey thr...

**THIS IS NOT A HOW-TO VIDEO** Rather a follow along and laugh at (or learn from) my mistakes. Kirra and I live on our Jason 35' in Victoria, BC, Canada. I am working on Spray to eventually head south to Mexico and beyond. Spray is a 1976 Jason 35'; a ...

http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - Yes we get to know with the first thunderstorms here in Panama and they are really different than the lightnings in Europe. And we fought with the thru hulls and the seacocks - to give them out. See what happened this week...