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Calico Skies Sailing

It’s Getting HOT in Here!! We Better Get WET 🙃 (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 161)

This episode opens with Calico Skies underway, motor sailing of the Baja California Peninsula’s eastern shores, in the Sea of Cortez located on Mexico’s western coast. We left a little fishing village are set out for a spot called Los Gatos, which is f...

Dec 18, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:20:20

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Happy Holidays from Calico Skies!! 🎄🤶🧑‍🎄⛵️

Happy Holidays Everyone! For the first time in many years we are off Calico Skies for the holiday season. We flew from Phoenix to NYC to clear and old storage unit and then drove down to Charlotte to spend the holidays with Bill's family. For New Year's Ev...

Dec 24, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:00:33

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Change of Plans, I Have to GO (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.162)

This episode begins with an exceptionally rolly morning on the hook. Conditions have changed completely overnight and we are rocking and rolling so much that our buddy boat One Life can see the keel of Calico Skies! We decide to set a stern anchor to help ...

Dec 26, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:19:47

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Running Away from a Hurricane…Without a Working Engine 😳 (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 163)

This episode opens in the gorgeous Honeymoon Cay in the Sea of Cortez Mexico where Bill and Grace have just recently reunited after a 4 day separation. Grace had jumped aboard Delos to help out when our friend Kazza was sick. Now she's back, and better, so...

Jan 02, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:22:29

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Our Worst Fears, Witness to a Shipwreck in a Hurricane (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.164)

We arrive into San Carlos in the Sea of Cortez Mexico looking to hide from a massive hurricane that is less than 24 hours away. Because of our shallow draft and small size (36ft length, 4'2 draft) we are lucky to score a slip in a marina that is fully pack...

Jan 08, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:19:26

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RADAR is BROKEN: Tens of Thousands of Miles on This Thing Can we FIX it? (CS Sailing, Ep165)

This episode opens with Calico Skies leaving the dock in San Carlos after the hurricane has cleared out. Skies are sunny and clear and we set out on a 24 hour passage headed north west to get us back towards the area we were before the storm but also a bit...

Jan 15, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:16:02

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Adulting for the WIN, Calico Skies Sailing Ep. 166

This episode opens with a dinghy ride at sunset. We are driving, then cutting the engine to float and observe the very well camouflaged coyotes on the beach. It's a peaceful evening at dusk and we are in our element enjoying nature together surrounded by s...

Jan 22, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:15:11

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Boats n’ Holes! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 167)

This episode opens with Calico Skies being fitted into a travel lift. She's being raised up and out of the water and onto solid ground at the Cabrales Boat Yard in Penasco Mexico. Right away we can tell the bottom is not in great shape and since we haven't...

Jan 29, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:18

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Got Towed?! Sailboat Towing Other Sailboats 😂

We hit a rough patch mechanically and had to get towed three times in six month. Two tows were done by fellow sailboat..SV Delos & SV Avalon. Check it out!

Feb 02, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:00:58

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Rudder is TOAST: The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 168)

In this episode Bill explains that the next project will be dropping the rudder because of suspect-looking pitting at the joint. Calico Skies is hauled out at Cabrales boat yard in Penasco Mexico and it's the beginning of a mini refit. For this project B...

Feb 05, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:19:44

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Genius? Or Do You Have a Better Idea?? Livin’ Life on the EDGE in the Boat Yard 🤪 (CSS, Ep.169)

In this episode Bill begins work at the yard by dropping the rudder the rest of the way down, a continuation of last week's videos work. We've decided to have a whole new rudder made after discovering deep pitting on the stainless steel pipe. He needs to r...

Feb 12, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:20:55

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What Does it COST to Refit a 40 Year Old Sail Boat? Ep. 170

This episode opens with a reveal of our plans to build a whole new arch system from scratch. We discuss how we ended up with our current 'franken-davits' with a brief blast from the past to our NY sailing days and first cruises on Calico Skies. We lay ou...

Feb 19, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:52

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Brand $New$ Rudder, But Will it FIT??? (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 171)

This episode opens with Bill cleaning the rudder stuffing box with a wire brush in an attempt to remove years of corrosion in preparation for new packing material. Next, Bill switches gears back to our new arch project and continues to remove items from th...

Feb 26, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:14

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Can THIS GUY Successfully Engineer a Solar Arch In a Foreign Country?? (CSS, Ep 172)

Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/calico - Enter promo code CALICO for 83% off and three extra months for free! This episode begins with the sanding down of the now-cured fiberglass blisters on Calicos' hull. Next, Bill and friends Big D and J...

Mar 05, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:20:04

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Work, work, work BUT Are We Making Any PROGRESS??? (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 173)

This episode begins with Bill working on the head's thru-hull for the sink. He is struggling to remove it for servicing which is a bit of a surprise given that we've exercised them before leaving on a 3 week break for the US. Finally after days of fighting...

Mar 12, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:58

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Our Costly Mistake: Please Don’t Do This w/ Your Arch Build! (CSS, Ep.174)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://calicoskiessailing.com/calico-skies-crew/ This episode opens with a status update on our arch build. Ricky our welder...

Mar 19, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:22:59

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Now you see ”them” … Now you don’t! Water damaged hull to SMOOTH Sailing (CSS Ep175)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://calicoskiessailing.com/calico-skies-crew/ In this episode we work on finishing 'fixing' our mistake from last week an...

Mar 26, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:51

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The Secret We’ve Been Keeping 😧 (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.176)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing This episode starts with a sweet recap of the bottom progress we've made on Calico...

Apr 02, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:25:04

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The ONE product they’ll tell you to NEVER use on your Boat… And it’s our FAV🤪 (CSS, Ep.177)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing 0:00 Intro 0:10 How to get the wind gen mounted to the arch? 1:03 Fitting our thre...

Apr 16, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:05

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It’s See You Later 🥹💓 (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 178)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing 0:00 Intro 0:10 Tracking the Canvas Guy's Down 2:24 Sad Goodbye's 4:10 Getting the...

Apr 23, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:16:59

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If at First you Don’t Succeed … Try, Try, AGAIN! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 179)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing 0:00 Intro 0:10 Grace is back 1:42 Breakfast at Max's 2:02 Walkthrough of all the ...

Apr 30, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:22:23

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That Time We Cornered a SEVERAL Hundred Pound fish CAVE Diving

Brian (@svdelos ) and Bill follow Plucky from @SAILINGintoFREEDOM into a sketchy crack in a reef in the San Blas Islands in Panama. Once through the pass, the crack opens up into caverns and caves. Bill and Brian follow a narrow, pitch black, chasm and are...

May 02, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:01:00

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Get Back in your HOLE, Hunny! /Jackery Solar Generator (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 180)

@JackeryInc has just launched their flagship ‘Jackery Solar Generator 3000 Pro’ in Canada! Check out Jackery's official website: link: https://bit.ly/3Hdvv5b Use the code 'CA-3000Pro-YT' to enjoy early sale discount up to 499 CAD OFF ...

May 07, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:22:23

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The GRAND Reveal: Show Me Your Boot Stripe!! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 181)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing 0:00 Intro 0:10 Medical Update 1:52 Calico is on the move! 3:10 Off to Mexico 7:3...

May 14, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:22:13

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Ticking Time Bomb; How to Replace Sailboat Steering Cables (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 182)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing 0:00 Intro 0:10 Replacing the wheel brake 11:33 Reassembling Steering Gear 19:05 ...

May 21, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:29:44

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Creative Solutions 2 Taming the Rats Nest aka Our Lithium Battery Box (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.183)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing 0:00 Intro 0:10 Recap 0:50 Battery Box Rewiring 3:13 Cutting into Cabinetry 5:01 ...

May 30, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:20:50

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Not Ready to Leave 😞 (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.184)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing 0:00 Intro 0:10 Varnish? Binnacle Paint? 1:35 Machine Shop 7:12 Progress Update 9...

Jun 04, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:20:43

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My Toughest Passage Yet (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.185)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing 0:00 Intro 0:10 Recap 1:10 Solar Controller Install 4:23 Grace Getting the Cabin O...

Jun 11, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:07

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Is Life as We Know It, Over? (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 186)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing 0:00 Intro 0:10 Unexpected Bad News 1:52 Surgery Recovery 11:35 Tour of the Hyper...

Jun 18, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:24:31

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Live Stream w/Calico Skies; Health Update, Future Plans

Jun 25, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 01:16:40

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The Road Forward (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 187)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing 0:00 Intro 0:10 Return to Normalcy? 1:10 Launch Date Scheduled! 3:00 Packing Our...

Jul 09, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:11

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Failure to Launch ..We’re Taking on Water! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 188)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing 0:00 Intro 0:10 Moving Calico into the Slings 2:22 Painting the Centerboard 3:41 T...

Jul 16, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:04

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FIRST LOOK at our Brand NEW Jib ….& Logo!! 😲😲 (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 189)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing Thanks to @PrecisionSailLoftVictoria working with us on our new sails! 0:00 Int...

Jul 23, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:22:01

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Putting the Past Behind Us & Starting the Next Chapter on our NEW-ish Boat (CS Sailing, Ep 190)

Thanks to LMNT for sponsoring this video! Head to http://DrinkLMNT.com/CALICO to get your free sample pack with any purchase. Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) ...

Jul 30, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:21:10

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We Are Saying FAREWELL to our Jerry Cans! 👋🏼 (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 191)

Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon Crew for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSailing 0:00 Intro 0:10 Installing New Fuel Tanks?! 2:18 Removal of Old Holding Tank 5:40...

Aug 06, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:39:29

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The BIG Reveal: 36 ft Sailboat Refit & TOTAL Transformation! (1500 hrs of Work in 15 Mins CSS Ep192)

Thanks to LMNT for sponsoring this video! Head to http://DrinkLMNT.com/CALICO to get your free sample pack with any purchase. 0:00 Intro 0:10 Flashback 2:07 Surprise Finding #1 Blisters 3:32 Surprise Finding #2 Rudder Shaft Pitting 4:38 Failed Davits/New ...

Aug 13, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:16:56

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