Saying bye to Taylor and prepping for charter, but we end up staying put. Join me and my crew for the week as we make the most of some more engine issues. ...

Built a webbing ladder to assist me to climb the mast on my Catalina 25.

Scrubbing the algae off the bottom of my Catalina 25 sailboat while floating in the lake.

These portlights are all the same on the Catalina 22s, 25s, 27s and 30s late models. The gasket kit and caulk can be purchased at Catalinadirect.com.

The boatyard blocked our sailboat wrong, and that lead to the hull "oil-canning." I had to go in and fix the way the boat was blocked, and then Randi and I ...

Before hauling our sailboat out and putting it on the hard, we decided to try to do some scuba diving in the Gulf of Mexico, but ended up with food poisoning ...

We rented some scuba gear and went out to find our lost anchor. We also painted the bulkheads in preparation for installing new headliner in our sailboat. ...

As any sailor already knows, whatever can go wrong will go wrong. You have to be friends with Murphy, as he always shows up to any trip out on the water. Offer ...

This week we remove our chain plates and tour SECO South while picking up our new standing rigging. ...

Recording visible surface trash in the North Pacific. For more sailing adventures see our other Playlists: "Honolulu: The Beginning" - ...

Laura has the dawn watch. After Chuck comes up and takes over she makes Lunch, a short demonstration of cooking at sea. For more sailing adventures see our ...

Cruising under sail from Hawaii to Alaska, fine tuning the sails for a bit more distance made good in the afternoon of Day 16. For more sailing adventures see ...

For more sailing adventures see our other Playlists: "Honolulu: The Beginning" - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYi0ZDWfmQxHVdrSH1cGp7Krw9kSYcwIE ...

For more sailing adventures see our other Playlists: "Honolulu: The Beginning" - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYi0ZDWfmQxHVdrSH1cGp7Krw9kSYcwIE ...

In Part 2, the wind responds to Chuck's commands and the boat gets moving. We took the opportunity while we were becalmed to get some underwater video of the ...

Another day becalmed in the North Pacific High. Laura tries cooking up a storm while Chuck attempts to command the wind to puff. We talk about complacency in ...

Thanks to all of you who watch our videos, especially our subscribers. Here is a special message from us to you and a little peek at what is coming up in ...

In the North Pacific High but not yet in the gyre, we recorded a disturbing amount of junk in the water. We fouled our prop when we ran over what appeared to ...

Laura usually takes the sunrise watch. This morning she shot the opening video clip at dawn but got in front of the camera between preparing meals and doing ...

Our daily routine at sea from turning the running lights off at dawn to going shortening sail and going to watches at dusk. For more sailing adventures see ...

On Day 4 we performed four sail changes when squalls crossed our path in the morning and just before sunset. Still good sailing weather though and Laura was ...

Not much happening on Day 3 out of Nawilwili, Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands on our way to Sitka in Southeast Alaska. The weather is clear, the wind is fair ...

Now 80 miles north of Nawiliwili, Kauai, sailing a broad reach in 15 knots of wind, Lealea is making good progress towards her destination - Sitka, Alaska. ...

The weather has finally broken and winds, although not perfect, are good enough to allow us to depart Nawiliwili Harbor at Lihue, Kauai for Sitka, AK. We will ...