We took a break from boat life! In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we do something we have never done before! We leave our boat at anchor to take a road trip inland Mexico. Sometimes you just have to say yes to life! We drive to Guanajuato Mexico which is a...
We have problem! Yes, you heard us right, we have a boat problem, but who's surprised? Everything on your boat is broken you just don't know it yet! On this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka we return from a well desired trip inland to a dead starter battery....
Changing the prop at anchor was an epic fail! In this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka, we introduce to you our first Youtube channel Collab with @sailingavocet ! Chris and Marissa help us change our old, bent prop to a new and shiny one that we got shipped ...
We experience an old aztec ceremony. On this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka we are invited by @sailingavocet and @dakotalebaron to take part of a traditional and spiritual ceremony which dates back to thousands of years. This ritual is known as Temezcal. ...
We can't sail until this is fixed! On this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka, we attempt to repair our broken gooseneck attachment which cracked while under sail while we were on our passage from Mazatlan to La Cruz, Mexico. Now, after paying an arm and a leg...
Our boat is ready to hit the high seas again. Thats right! We finally fixed and got our gooseneck attachment repaired on our mainmast. We then got the boat back into an operational state by putting the boom and sail back on. Sitka is ready for another pass...
144 hours in Guatemala! In this weeks episode, we fly from Mexico to Guatemala to renew our visas. We did as much as we could while seeing, eating and drinking everything. You'll see in this episode we take a trip to Antigua, Guatemala which is home to the...
We sail across Mexicos largest bay but not on our boat. In this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka we are invited by @sailingavocet to sail on their boat across Banderas Bay. Of course we said yes! We grabbed a mooring ball in Yelapa and stayed there for a few...
No longer stuck at anchor. In this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka, we test our newly installed prop by going out for a motor in Banderas Bay. After 3 months of repairs, it feels good to get Sitka moving again and in an operational state. @sailingavocet cap...
Our friends are rebuilding their Perkins Diesel engine and needed our help. In this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka we help @sailingavocet lift their engine out of their engine bay which is located under the floor boards in the middle of their vessel...much...
In this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka, we prepare our sailboat for a passage to Mazatlan, not before changing something that broken and getting a massive surprise... watch to find out!
Starting our 700nm journey north. In this episode, we say our goodbyes to La Cruz, a port that has been our home for 3 long months while Sitka was under repair. Now we have lifted anchor and set sail for our 700NM journey north towards Guaymas, Mexico. The...
Sailing with sea turtles in Mexico. Why is there so many? In this episode of sailing sitka, we continue our sail north towards Guaymas, but first stopping in Mazatlan to re-provision. It can be tough to get diesel and water in Mexico but we have our ways.....
ASMR. No talking, purely sailing. In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we do something a little difference. We lift hook in Mazatlan and hit the seas sailing north towards Guaymas... all while not talking. We thought we would give the ASMR trend a shot as the...
75 hours at sea. In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we finish our last leg of the trip as we sailed towards Guaymas, Mexico. During this video, we show what it is like to be at sea for a small passage... what it feels like, looks like and sounds like. This ...
Haul out prep in the northerner sea of Cortez. In this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka, we arrive in Guaymas, Mexico where we start to prepare our Sailboat for her haul out date! In order to be ready, we tackle side jobs to be fully ready for Sitka to be li...
Hauling out our cheoylee offshore 41 sailboat in Mexico. The time has come! We are officially taking Sitka out of the water in Guaymas, Mexico. The process was not as smooth as we would have liked being a sailboat with 2 masts in a small slip with an excep...
Hauling a$$ on the hard. In this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka, we are off to a rough start with day 1 in the Guaymas boatyard. This video contains boat projects that we need to get done within a span of 6 days before relocating our boat. Hot, blind and s...
Getting dirty in a boatyard without water! In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we get down and dirty in some boat projects, one being sanding the bottom of our sailboat. Boat work on the hard is tough enough, to make it even worse, the boatyard currently has...
Sanding the bottom of our Cheoylee Offshore 41 sailboat. In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we continue sanding below the waterline on the portside, to ready her for fresh bottom paint when we fly back to Mexico next season. We found a couple problem areas ...
We found holes in our boat! In this episode, we start day 4 in the Guaymas boatyard by inspecting the blisters and bubbles we found on our keel. We figure out what need immediate attention and also figure out a game plan on how to address them. We start cl...
Cheoylee Boat Tour! On this episode of Sailing Sitka, we have a special guest with us, the biggest coconuts and coolest cats around @sailingavocet We tour their CL 41' which is nearly identical to Sitka (CL Offshore 41') Spot the similarities and differenc...
Saying goodbye to our boat... In this episode of sailing sitka, we use our last day in the yard to clean up Sitka as best as we could in order to leave her stored in the yard for 3 months! We fly home to Canada to work in order to save up some cruising cas...
How we afford to sail offshore around the world. In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we do an unboxing of boat parts and products that help us achieve the dream of sailing around the world. Season 2 of Sailing Sitka coming at you next week!! Stay tuned, plea...
In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we return to our boat after 4 months away and after she survived a sandstorm up to 90 knot winds. We organize and clean the exterior and interior of Sitka to get her in a more liveable shape as well as get adjusted to a ma...
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