Sailing Sitka Archive – Page 4

Hot mess in the yard. On this episode of Sailing Sitka, we begin our sailboat refit by sanding down the waterline and hull of Sitka. If that isn't hard enough, we are doing it in an extreme heat wave in the desert of Mexico!

Are we crazy for re-painting the entire boat ourselves?! Short answer is yes, of course, but it needed to be done! In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we continue to sand the waterline and hull in order to prep Sitka for a fresh coat of top-part paint. It fe...

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...

Did we just waste thousands of dollars on this? In this episode of sailing sitka, we come upon some sad news. After doing some regular maintenance to our wooden masts, we try out our new piece of equitment that will change the sailing game for Sitka... onl...

There is no going back now... In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we come up with an out of the box solution to our tides marine track problem... Stupid? Maybe... but at this point we have no other option.

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 ...

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...

Sitka is becoming a sailboat again. In this episode of sailing sitka, we start putting together some essentials to make our boat operational again. This includes testing our tides marine track to see how it holds our mainsail!! Please make sure to subscrib...

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 ...

SPLASH DAY! In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we FINALY splash our sailboat after 3 week on the hard!! After we finish last minute projects and painting the bottom, we get lifted up and back into the ocean where Sitka belongs. If you enjoy this video, plea...

First offshore passage of the season! In this episode of sailing sitka, we take our newly refitted sailboat on a sail across the Sea of Cortez after weeks of working on at her on the hard! We test out all our new upgrades and sail to our first anchorage of...

This made it all worth it! In this episode of sailing sitka, we sail and anchor in paradise! This is our first anchorage of the season after months of boat work on the hard. We soak it all in by playing in the waves and adventuring ashore. Stay tuned next ...

100th episode straight!!! Can you believe it!? Because we sure can't! In this weeks episode of sailing sitka, we take a short day sail to a new anchorage further south. From Chiapas to Bahia Conception, we show you life at sea and what a short sail consist...

What powers our adventures while sailing? Good question! In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we arrive in an anchorage referred to by Playa Coyote here on the Baja Coast of Mexico. While in cruising and sailing, we always get asked, how do you do what you do...

Life onboard an offshore sailboat at anchor! In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we pick up anchor and move destinations. This time, we explore Santispec here in Bahia Conception. Boat life can consist of both ups and downs... the reality is, you will experi...

In this episode of sailing sitka, we sail to a remote volcanic peninsula located in Baja California, Mex. We sailed south from Bahia Conception to Punta Pulpito and had a beautiful down-wind sail for 8 hours. We show what it is like to sail on our Cheoylee...

This bad news changes everything. On this episode of sailing sitka, we are stuck in a rough anchorage and if that wasn't bad enough, we figure out some dreadful news regarding our boat and our cruising future plans. Sailing and the cruising lifestyle can b...

Between the leaky boat, lack of sleep and our drained batteries... our boat and our cruising life has been stressful... but nothing can stop us from sailing on! In this weeks episode we "escape" the rolley, exhausting and windy anchorage of Punta Pulpito a...

This is what we live for! On this episode of Sailing Sitka, we sail from San Jaunico to Isla Coronados which turns out to be a glorious down wind sail. Our 1976 Cheoylee Offshore 41 sailboat LOVES sailing wing on wing and we are reminded exactly why we do ...

We need to leave now! In this episode of sailing sitka, we sail from Isla Coronados to Loreto so we can provision on food, water, diesel ect. When doing so, things turned for the worst and we had to abort our already-unprotected anchorage in Loreto and b-l...

Hand steering in sporty conditions. In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we sail from Ballandra to Escondido in 25-30 knots. Once we get there, we dive into two major breakages onboard Sitka... Thanks for watching!

BOAT LIFE! What life is like aboard our Cheoylee Offshore 41', Sitka. On this episode of Sailing Sitka, we are moored up in Puerto Escondido, a bay in the lovely Sea of Cortez, Mexico. While here, we attend to some much needed fixings on the boat, as well ...

What is Sailing without something breaking?! In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we sail from Puerto Escondido to Agua Verde but not without some unnecessary breakages and loses... Subscribe if you enjoy!

Our favourite anchorage yet! We spent a few days anchored in Bahia Agua Verde where we swam, ate and snorkelled our way through it all! This protected, beautiful bay is full of everything a cruiser could ever want. Check out this weeks episode and if you e...

This 6 year boat refit got us here! We spent several years refitting Sitka to get her ocean worthy. We ripped teak decks off, built a hard top dodger, sewed stack packs, glassed cabin top sidings and a cockpit floor, installed a hydrovane, sewed cockpit cu...

Sailing to an uninhabited island with a stranger! In this episode, we sail from San Evaristo to Ensenada De La Raza on Espirtu Santo Island in Mexico. When doing so, we got asked by a stranger (a former crew member on a boat we shared the anchorage with) i...

Exploring a desolate anchorage in Mexico with unexpected company... In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we adventure the waters of Espiritu Santo, an uninhabited island located on the outskirts of La Paz, Mexico. Here we experience loads of sea life, learn f...

Sailing into a boat cemetery...On this episode of Sailing Sitka, we sailed from Esiritu Santo to La Paz but little did we know the destructive mess we would be sailing into... 6 month ago La Paz got hit by Hurricane Norma and left a catastrophic aftermath....