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June 7, 2024
Land Ho! Our Beautiful Sail to Maine (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 71)
After almost a month of boat work, the mast has been re-stepped and we’re finally headed back to cruising life. We head out with the wind, as we make our way towards Maine, our ultimate destination. In total about 500 nautical miles away, we tackle the p...
Sailing in Maine, holy lobster pots!!! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 72)
In this episode we explore the Isle of Shoals, a beautiful island located right on the border of New Hampshire and Maine. The next day we continue our journey further North, rising at 4:30 am in anticipation of a long passage. The early beginnings of our ...
Delos & Calico Livin’ large off the Sea on our Private Island (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 73)
If you had to spend 14 days "self isolating" upon entering the state of Maine, can you picture a better way to spend it than on a private island?!?! We got really lucky this past August as our friends on S/V Delos were offered the use of an island off the ...
We turned Calico Skies into a Slutter (aka sloop/cutter, solent rig) (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 74)
This episode opens with Calico Skies completing a short hop over to Brimstone Island. Brimstone is located about 3nm miles south of Vinalhaven and is a geologists dream. The beaches are littered with perfectly round, smooth black stones. We hike to the hig...
1100w of solar on a 36 foot sailboat, yes please! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 75)
In this episode we complete a major upgrade to to our solar generating capacity. We add an additional 600w of solar to our existing 510w. 1110w of solar on a 36 foot monohull sailboat must be some sort of record lol! Earlier this summer we upgraded to 600 ...
Maine or the Caribbean? (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 76)
With our summer boat projects complete it's time to get down to the business of exploring Maine. Our first stop is a sweet anchorage bordering Acadia National Park where we reunite with several members of TTYC, our quarantine crew from the Bahamas (Ada, Av...
Off the Beaten Path, Sailing Down East Maine in the Fall (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 77)
In this episode we decide to throw caution to the wind and sail to the very north eastern tip of Maine, right at the Canadian border. Its late September and we should be heading south but adventure calls! Exploring Cross Island is a real treat. The islan...
No wind, no transmission, no problem! S/V Delos to the rescue! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 78)
We are at the point in our season where we are starting to make our way back south and west after getting within ten miles of the Canadian border. Our first stop is Mud Hole. This sweet anchorage is only accessible at high tide. This entrance to this harbo...
Injury at Sea (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 79)
When it rains, it pours! This episode opens with us disconnecting our tow from S/V Delos and getting Calico Skies anchored under power from our dinghy. We being the process of flushing the transmission fluid several times after getting the dipstick caught ...
Can We Escape Maine? Time to Sail South!! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 80)
We seem to make a habit of overstaying our season in each spot we travel to 🙃. Whether it is the sweltering heat of the Bahamas this past June (almost July) or the freezing cold air in Maine at the end of October, we just seem to stay too late LOL. Well...
Riding the Back of Low Pressure System to make moves South (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 81)
Sometimes this lifestyle isn't all sunsets and cocktails....in this episode we continue our mad dash south to escape a rapidly descending winter in New England. We get underway in the evening departing from Cuttyhunk Massachusetts bound for Cape May, New J...
Oops, ANOTHER tow?!!…. (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 82)
They say bad things come in threes.... In this episode we once again find ourselves needing a tow from one of our buddies, SV Avalon. We are becalmed off Cape May NJ after a rough sail in near gale force winds and a malfunctioning engine. We attempt to s...
Off Season Cruising down the Chesapeake (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 83)
Annapolis seems to have some sort of magnetic pull on us in the late fall 😂, this years challenge is to escape before the first snow falls..can we do it?! This town is a great stopover for us as we make our way up and down the east coast. We have lots...
We caught a fuel bug on the ICW 😷(Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 84)
In this episode we start our trek south down the ICW at mile 0 in Norfolk VA. We are racing to get out of the way of a nor'easter and leave well before sunrise trying to make it to CoinJock NC where there is good protection at the marina. While motoring ...
Why to take the ICW when traveling down the US East Coast (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 85)
There are two options when heading south down the US east coast, you can take the offshore route which is more exposed to weather but more direct or take the "inside" route down the ICW. The ICW is a 3,000 mile long inland waterway down the Atlantic and G...
Calico Skies – Real Time Update
Real Time Update! Do our eyes deceive us...is that Calico Skies underway once again?! Where are we headed next and what are the "plans" 😎
¡Bienvenido a Mexico! Calico Skies Real Time Update
Hi Guys! Join us for a livestream to get a real time update on where we are and what the "plan" is! Hope to see ya on there 🤙
TROUBLE at the notorious St. Augustine Inlet (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 86)
Our time in the ICW is nearing a close in Southport, NC. A three day offshore jump to St. Augustine FL will save us weeks winding down the ICW through South Carolina & Georgia. We get underway at 1am from our anchorage right next to the Cape Fear inlet...
Welcome to the Sunshine State! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 87)
We dig into our engine issues after arriving into St. Augustine in an eventual manner, under tow from Boat U.S. After poking around our fuel system, it seems we made a user error rather than having a fuel issue (at least this time...). After getting the en...
How many fuel filter changes does it take to go 22 miles?? STALLED under a bridge 😬 (Ep 88)
In this episode we continue our seemingly never ending trek south. We decide to jump offshore from Ft. Pierce Inlet to West Palm to save time and avoid bridges on the ICW. We have a nice downwind sail utilizing our double headsails consisting of code zero ...
We Finally Solved our Fuel Issue (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 89)
Fuel issues plagued us the entire trip down the east cost; from ICW mile 0 in Norfolk Va to mile 1048 where we sit today in Boca Raton, Florida. Our friend Brian from SV Delos has come over to help us solve this issue once and for all Bill and Brian remo...
It’s a Party in Lake Boca with the Delos Crew! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.90)
Travel is about experiencing culture, right? At least that's how we feel. This episode opens with our friends on @svdelos gently bumping into us when their anchor drags in Lake Boca. Its just another day in anchor life and the situation is quickly rectifie...
Getting our Blue Water Boat Ready to Cross Oceans Again (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 91)
In this episode we are getting ourselves and Calico Skies ready to travel abroad once again. Our plan for the upcoming season is starting to come together and we are heading south and west, possibly to the Pacific Ocean. We are currently in South Florida, ...
How to Install Marine Air Conditioning in 4 simple steps 😜
In this episode we continue readying Calico Skies to leave the U.S. for the foreseeable future. Our cruising goal this season is to arrive in Central America prior to hurricane season. Once we arrive we anticipate hotter temperatures and more time spent in...
Will we be able to run our 16,000 Btu AC off our lithium battery bank?! (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 93)
In this episode we continue the installation of our marine air conditioner. We get right down to it, drilling a sea water exit hole in the hull. Typically this hole would be placed right at the waterline but we opt to install it near deck level since we ar...
Real Time update Live Stream from Panama!
Real time update from Panama! We will fill you guys in on the passage down here as well as future plans!
I’m on a BOAT…Spring Break in Miami 🍑 😂 (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 94)
Why oh why do we always decide to move the boat on a weekend or holiday while we are in south Florida?! This time we decide to make a twenty two miles jump from Hollywood, Florida to No Name Harbor on Key Biscayne on a Saturday during spring break 😂. I ...
Dry Tortugas, Isolated Gem of the Florida Keys (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 95)
It's time to escape the hustle and bustle of Miami and get back into what we regard as "real cruising" or sailing the boat to remote, less main stream locations. In this episode we complete an overnight sail from Key Biscayne to the Dry Tortugas. It was co...
Teamwork… How to Run a New Halyard with Mast up (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 96)
In this episode we prepare for a big storm coming with 30 knots expected wind predicted to blow for four straight days. We move anchor spots and then Bill gets to work on a boat project. Before the blow hits we decide to resolve an issue we’ve been hav...
Welcome to our new home…the Dry Tortugas 😎 (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 97)
Ever wondered what it would be like to live in the Keys? How about living in a place like the Dry Tortugas, a paradise only accessible by boat and sea plane, with white sand beaches, pristine clear water teaming with sea-life, and neighboring islands with ...
One Step Closer to our Cruising Dreams (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 98)
What do cruiser's do with all of their time? Quite a lot as this episode demonstrates 😉. It starts out with pizza night aboard Delos. We make the dough (from scratch of course) early in the morning and as the day goes on we work on the toppings. It's a ...
Sailing Away for Good, Final Days in the U.S.(Calico Skies Sailing Ep 99)
The time has finally come for us to leave the U.S for the foreseeable future and point our bow towards distant shores once more! We are in the Dry Tortugas staging for a weather window to Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Luckily there is no lack of entertainment he...
Ask us anything!!
Hey Guys! We thought it would be fun to do a youtube live Q&A! Got any questions for us?! Get all the answers on our livestream on Saturday. Drop us a DM over on Instagram or Facebook or leave a comment and we will compile the questions and answer as...
Code Zero Calamity; Broken Shackle & Jammed Halyard…. Can We Recover the Sail? (Ep 100)
The time to sail has come! Long before we dealt with a broken shackle and jammed halyard we were preparing for this passage. But finally it's time to depart and raise the Code Zero, pointing Calico Skies' bow towards foreign shores once again! We are off t...