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...
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.....
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...
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!
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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 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....
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 experience the highs and lows of cruising. In this weeks episode of sailing sitka, we take on the joys of this sailing lifestyle but also sadly take on the bad. We broke our gooseneck on a passage and realized it had much more catastrophic damage than w...
Cruising is fixing your boat in exotic places right? In this weeks episode, we diagnose problems with our outboard engine that has been giving us a pain in our rear end for some time now! Cruising full time has its advantages but it can definitely have its...
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