It isn't often we find ourselves staying at a dock being full time cruisers. We opted to pull into Marina Isla Mujeres upon arrival as Immigration & Customs clearance in Mexico is known to be quite bureaucratic. The whole clearance process is simplifi...
Well, we made it to Mexico! And that mean's we're officially back to Cruising Life and done with Passage Life, at least until the next time. There are a few priorities upon arriving and the specifics change depending on where we are, but one thing that nev...
The last part of our passage to Mexico was a perfect demonstration of what fighting 25 knots in the Gulf Stream on a 36 foot sail boat feels like . . . Choppy seas form when wind goes against current but sometimes it's just a battle out there and there's n...
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...
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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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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