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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hello Everyone! Sadly we are on our way home. The restrictions are becoming extremely tight and the government does not want foreign boaters in the bohemian ...
Hello Everyone! Due to corona virus restrictions we had to remain in Staniel Cay longer than we'd been planning, but absolutely no complaints! We most ...
Hello Everyone! As our trip continues, we continue to be amazed at the beauty of the Bahamas. We anchor at Pipe Cay and dingy around to Compass Cay to see the ...
Hello Everyone! What a beautiful place Shroud Cay is. The water just keeps getting clearer as we make our way south. We took the dingy a couple miles north to ...
Hello Everyone! Here we are in Norman's Cay, one of our stops down the Exumas. We heard of a couple of places to check out including an old drug lords house ...
Hello Everyone! We finally made it to the Exumas! Our first stop is Highborne Cay where we are able to snag some fuel for the dingy and some fresh produce and ...
Hello Everyone! So we are still here in Nassau! Some weather kept us put in our little anchorage in West Bay. We got some good weather after a couple days of ...
Hello Everyone! So here we are in Nassau, caught in a bit of weather! Papa left us for a week so we decided to get some work done and adventure! Continue to ...
Hello Everyone! Thanks for continuing to follow along! We finally made it to a city in the Bahamas, Nassau. After moving to a more comfortable anchorage, we ...
Hey guys, finally got our next video together!! A lot has happened in this last month, from projects, repairs, getting jobs, making friends, surviving storms, ...
Early in the morning we start our way to the Northside of Dominica. Mario starts a race with another sailboat - as the wind died. Nina caught her first fish ...
This is a typical "Heads up" Video we post on Facebook. So if you want to know where we will be in the future, follow (or Like) Cruising Off Duty on Facebook. ...
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 ...
IS THE PORTABOTE THE PERFECT LIVEABOARD DINGHY? IT'S UNSINKABLE, ALMOST INDESTRUCTABLE, AND YOU CAN THROW AWAY THE PUNCTURE REPAIR KIT...AND IT ONLY TAKES 4 ...
Many dorado were caught on our Atlantic crossing and this is us bagging our first catch. It's a tiddler but it puts up a bloody fight. The fish is caught by ...
As every sailor knows, fresh water is worth its weight in gold, which is why someone had the bright idea of using an oncoming squall to take a quick shower. ...
You've seen this clip many times on nature programmes I guess but here is evidence that sailors are frequently accompanied by sea life. Shortly before this ...